hey all...
been hella busy lately - sorry for the lack of posts in the past few days...
been on a rampage trying to find some more races that are not 1000 miles away and that have some type of payout. seriously - they are hard to find. rest of the year looks like:
6 hours of power
wilderness 101 (though, i can't find a flyer on this one....)
norba snowshoe enduro
suicide six
solo worlds - 24 hour
(filler race here between worlds and georgia - maybe another 24?)
conyers - 24 hour
(and maybe a few more races, if i can find any!)
then, i am finishing off the season with the cleveland cross series that starts the week AFTER conyers (oh joy!). should get an early cross race somewhere in september, as there is a cool little cross race up near the lake up in cleveland. last year, i ended up second overall in the cleveland cross series and even ended up winning one as well - beating out mr. paul martin himself whom was having a bad day of crashes and mechanicals. was going well throughout the series because of my 24 hour fitness, but kind of died on the last race and nearly lost my second place as i finished a horrible 9th place (or something close to that).
so....
anyhoo...
the santa cruz sold (yahoo!) and will be shipping out tomorrow.
got the asylums back - new chainrings, cable all adjusted, frame polished, new pads... my babies are ready to roll up in new york.
check out jeff's page - he got the new cateye light systems unveiled!
hmmmm... that's it for tonight.
maybe a post or two before new york - where my arch nemisis skip brown from seven has beaten me a few times there. grrrrr....... (that is the sound i make when i am mad with fury....)
time to hit the hay...
sologoat out.
3 comments:
thanks for everybody checking it out - and giving a shout out to the sponsors. every little bit helps.
regarding my rings-
i run the standard fsa rings on the crank (175mm arms), which are a 32/44 and i take off the granny gear. i then run an 11x34 xt rear cassette to make up for the lack of a granny gear up front.
i started doing this when CODA came out with a 29 tooth front ring years ago (i ran a 11x32 back then) and liked it because it gave me practically the same gearing in inches as running a normal setup.
since then, 29 tooth front rings are hard to find and are expensive, so i just go with 32 up front and run the bigger cassette in the back. i can usually muscle up most things, but i come from the cyclocross school and if i am riding slow, then i'll get off and run.
additionally - if i ever drop my chain, i am less likely to get the chain caught down in between the granny gear/crank arm/spindle.
Good luck at the 6 Hours of Power this weekend Solo Goat! I may be there snapping pics.... if I get some of you, I'll be sure to send them your way.
bsetliff - cool. if you get any shots, please send them! been looking to get some good shots. would suggest maybe going up the hill a little bit on the first climb, after the first little "step" where it starts climbing upwards again (almost near the top of the first climb). got some shots there last year and they turned out really cool - the climb looks super long from there as you can see a good ways down the climb.
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