#212: X-fired
This afternoon I built up my new X-Fire frame.
SRAM Drivetrain… Red crank, Force Brake lever/shifters, Force FD, Rival RD. Empella Frogleggs brakes. Thomson seatpost/stem, Richey handlebar.
Andrea dressing up the bars as she does.
Ready to ride.
After the build, Andrea and I did two laps of the Farms before the sun went down.
Now, comes an interesting question. The ride of the new X-Fire is sweet. It is considerabely more responsive than my CrossBow. I haven’t weighed it yet, but I would guess it is 18-19#. Since my CX3 jersey quest is off the rails, I was planning to ride in the western Arkansas mountains with teammates this weekend. The other choice is the 2nd weekend of Columbia…. I probably will do the climbing and race Southern Cross and Chattanooga #2 the following weekend.
[...] Ryan and I worked on putting his new Ridley together. I helped some with the assembly (taping BB threads, installing crank & RD, and some [...]
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Nice rig!
Comment by Richard — January 17, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
[...] how much legs are left for the 2nd Chattanooga CX race on Sunday. It would have nice to have my new Ridley out on those gravel roads today…although I don’t know I would have dropped off Mt. [...]
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