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one oh five.

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the 2010, shimano 105 5700 group now comes in black.  the only components I’m concerned with are the front and rear hubs.  I’m having freewheel 3x lace them with sapim double butted black spokes, red anodized nipples, to black mavic open sports and 23c continental gatorskins for more rotational mass as well as puncture resistance.  or maybe I’ll go for a 25c…hmmm.

I’ve already placed the order, but travis told me they won’t get built for a while.  they’re backed up for a couple weeks.  not overly concerned though, by time the wheelset is built, I hope to be dialed on the supersix, in terms of saddle height, angles, etc.  the headset is enroute from georgia, and should be here next week.  I’m hoping tuesday, so it’ll make the appointment I made for wednesday.

bike gods, help!

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zero100 handlebars.

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the bike gods have spoken.

waiting on the last piece of the puzzle, supersix integrated headset.

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daily.

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one of the members of the e30 forum I use to mod at, took this photo near jackson, wyoming.

props nick!

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full pic.

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thanks to justin, for the picture of all our bikes.  left to right: justin’s new look 585, my caad9, joseph’s giant, naveen’s giant, and then kevin’s bmc.

look!

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justin’s new whip.  should be ready to ride by tonight.

stoked for him.  oh and I picked up some gel while I was there.  also made an appointment for the supersix september 8th.  hoping the parts will all be in by then!

superzero.

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the deda superzero seatpost showed up in the mail today.  it’s definitely not the lightest thing in the world, but I’ll be having the shop cut it down a bit.  335mm seems a tad bit long considering the one I have on the caad9 is 240mm, and the perfect length.  and it’ll shave a tad bit of weight off.  still waiting for my zero100 compact drops.

gave big swingin’ cycles a ring…my supersix headset is STILL not there.  it’s been nearly 2 weeks.  if this is the single component that holds back the build, I’ll be a bit annoyed.  it was the first thing I placed on order.

heat wave’d.

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hottest night all year.  must’ve been at least 80*!

zero100.

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deda zero100 servizio corse – 130mm, 82*.  titanium bolts.  showed up in the mail today, AW YA.

stoked.

fruits for birthdays.

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mmm, watermelon, grape, kiwi, nectarine fruit salad as a dessert for my brother’s birthday.  hope you have a good one, nick.  I’ve got high goals for both of us this year.

fambam.

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spent some time with the fambam on sunday night at my uncle’s place in the sunset.  he grilled up some patties…they were tasty.

and there was mahjong.  many, many games of mahjong.

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