Finally got it all put together and will take it out for maiden voyage tomorrow. Gotta get the kinx out cuz it is gonna race on Sunday at Iola. Wooooot!
Salsa Dos Niner frame
Reba Race with poploc
Disc-0-flea wheelset (thanks Russell)
Hayes Trail Carbon brakes (Thanks Lenny and the Hayes group!)
Answer Pro Taper OS bars (Hayes strikes again!)
Easton EA70 Stem
Salsa Shaft seatpost
Xt cranks, Shifters
Xtr Derrailleurs
Aztec Powerlines shift cable set
Salsa Pepperjack Grips
WTB SLT saddle (test ride, but hey! I’m cheap at heart!)

See ya at Iola!

LOL, I had too much fun today. I decided (while my wife told me I was nutz) that I would go for a ride this morning and get it done before the heavy weatyher got here. Ya know, the weather guessers were calling for T-Storms, but not til later in the morning. Against my wife’s lofty opinion of the merits of my ride, I left. I made it about 3 miles in and … rain. I thought, “hey! This isn’t so bad. I’ll keep going.”

It started to rain a little harder. hmmm. I am now about half way to nowhere. Kinda where I wanted to be, minus the now increasing rain. I decide maybe I should turn for home, but then I somehow get my tire turned towards, and proceed to get stuck on sto0pid. I just thought a quick trip around the Kettles wouldn’t be so bad. LOL. This is about the time the thunder started. Well, that and me cussing the weather idjits. I did find that the rumble of closing thunder really helped me pick up my pace. I pretended it was Bubba and Hauser chasing me down. It didn’t work too well after a few cuz a.) I like them and b.) I wasn’t liking how insistent the thunder was getting. I put on a good pace, got my a** home and took off about 18.5 pounds of clothes (2 gallons water = 16.6 lbs and about 2 lbs for the kit dry weight)

I then went and checked radar cuz it was crack-a-lackin reaaallll goood by now.

hmmm, mebbe I wasn’t too bryte going fer a ryde?

I live by the tip of the arrow … made it just in time