Sunday, March 8, 2009

farfignugen...


continues.

a new look for the trek vw. i was getting a little worried about the original fork that was on the vw, so i knew i had to replace it. some rust and such. going the route that i wanted to go, i knew i had to basically get a new headset, and stem too.

i settled on the race face ride stem. it is on their low end, but that wasn't a concern for me, plus the cool 'three-d' face plate sold me.

for the headset i went with the cane creek one-hundred. same functionality at the one-ten, but not a much. little heavier. however; smooth in its use. and it feels really snug to the fork, because of its compression ring. really like this headset.

fork. this took some time. i really didn't want cro-mo. so i picked up the origin eight black-ops carbon. not the best carbon fork out there, but it will do the job for me. i didn't want disc., so my option were limited. i wanted a carbon fork with canti. brake bosses. the thing about their forks...depending on the length, they are able to be set up for a twenty-six or a twenty-nine inch wheel. it comes out of the 'box' set up for twenty-nine; however some simple turns of the screws, move the bosses down, and i'm set up for twenty-six. nice.

together...it all feels really nice, and smooth. the front end is lightened up. more responsive. just an all around smooth feeling, rigid, stable feel to the front end.

took it out for a long ride yesterday, and handled beautifully.

amitabha...

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