Josh's Race Ready SuperFly

There was some real nice weather today, but I didn't even make it out on the bike. I spent most of my Saturday at the LBS working on my bikes. There was some real progress made though so it was totally worth it.

The SuperFly is completely operational now and it is look'n real HOT! Only had to get a couple of new parts to complete the build. The last pieces of the puzzle were a BB and a couple of chain rings and cable housings. Not to mention some new team graphics. Check it out.

Warning this is some hard core bike Porn.

I went with some gold shift cable housing and I think it really added to the look. It's like a gold tooth, just adds some class. The only other thing that needs to be changed is the water bottle cages. I will probably have to go with white unless I can find some gold cages. Let me know if anyone knows where to get gold bottle cages.

Also, I got some work done on the EX today. There was a Sram XO rear derailleur on it that had a crapped out pulley cage spring. This caused a lot miss shifts and the chain to jump around in rough stuff. Came across of great deal on a new XTR so I needed shifters that would work with Shimano derailleur. I switched to some twist shifters on this bike too. Sram Attack twisties work with the 2:1 ratio that Shimano uses. These are suppose to be equivalent to Sram X-9 level. I had to get some new bushings for the upper shock mount too. Word to the wise........FS frames need some TLC, spend a few beans to replace barrings/bushings if the rear end gets a lil sloppy.

If you remember my woes from the Thursday Night ride with the EX's fork, the problem has been diagnosed as poor performance do to sub-zero temps. It seems to be working much better in the warm weather. Wonder it Mr. Fox refilled my suspension fluid with pancake syrup.

One last thing, I broke out the official Wamsley Cycles scale and got the weight of the SuperFly and EX. I was pretty happy with the weight of the SuperFly, it came in at right around 24lbs. w/o pedals. Not too bad for a 29er and a fork that's not super light. The EX came in just over 28lbs. There are some beefy tires on it that adds some weight and a bit of mud on the frame that could have added some grams.

Sunday's weather is looking pretty good for a long road ride. I've been taking it pretty easy this week, since it's a recovery week on the training schedule. Next week will start the higher intensity rides. Oh boy, sounds painful, I can't wait to get the that hurt box again.

Later,

Josh