Volagi

If you ever go to www.bikerumor.com, you've probably noticed an ad for a disk brake equipped bike with a want-to-be Italian name. A couple of weeks back, they stopped in our store to see if we wanted to carry their bikes. From the information and reactions I got from my questions, the company is made up of freaky endurance riders (one of them has ridden for 38+ hours straight), the majority of whom have worked at Specialized. My impression is that they were not believers in a lot of what Specialized has been doing with fit accessories and frame making, and wanted to start a new company.

Aw! Come On!

I went on the Sunday Morning Mustache Ride with Isaac, Anna and one of our customers this morning, and it was very obvious that I hadn't been on a bike in two weeks. We dropped Anna and the customer because they(the customer, really) were going slow enough that they had to be dropped so Isaac could open the shop on time.

Through out the entire ride, my bike was shifting like shit. I knew it was off a little when I was in 34/28, but the chain was hopping around the cassette like crazy. When we got back to the shop we found that my hanger was bent. How, I'll never know, because the bike never does anything but lean up against my wall, go for rides and travel on my car. I haven't fallen in years and even then, it was on the other side of the bike. Regardless, it was off and we bent it back in place.

After bending it I had to dial everything back in, but not before I replaced the cable because I couldn't get it to go back through the derailleur. Now I have to wait for this cable to break in, but at least I know that once it does, it should shift consistently. If not, good thing the shop has plenty of them in stock.

Pics of the Tarmac

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the changes I made to the Tarmac. They're not great, some are fuzzy, and they're dark and dingy, but there here. And no, none of them are of the full bike. Not enough room in my apt.