08.24 - you want me

on your cross bike...

here's the newest addition to my main moots cross bike - a 2006 dura ace crank with a 42 ring and a salsa chaingaurd. dan and i ran the numbers pretty much a thousand different ways and this was pretty much the way to go light and strong without going carbon.

i'll run this crank with a third eye catch and no front derailler.

while it is light, i run this setup mainly because i have found that i rarely shift into a bigger ring during cross races and when i did have two rings, it seemed not shift that great because of the mud build up and the fact that you usually have a ton of tension on the chain and that i was loosing time having to ease up to upshift and downshift on the front ring.

also, on those random times when the chain did drop, i seemed to have a difficult time getting the chain back on in the heat of battle.

though, it's mainly preference as to why i do it.

also, out of preference, i had my last moots cross bike made without water bottle mounts as i normally don't run water bottles during a one hour cross race. if you have to really run one to go out on a ride, then there is an option. twofish actually makes a water bottle mount that comes with a velcro mount. not the prettiest thing in the world, but if you hate taking on/off water bottle cages on your cross bike for races, it is an option.

more pics and posts on cross setup later - possibly even a youtube video instructional on dismounts/remounts. exciting stuff.

sologoat out.