Well, This Season Has Gone To Hell

My initial lack of riding out of shapeness has now devolved into me having no energy (feels like I have mono, which you can't get twice) and my knee problems have come back.  It has really discouraged me from riding.  So much so, that I haven't even finished building my road bike.  It's all a bit of a downer.  So, to cheer everyone up, I'm going to give my short review of Dura-Ace 9000 mechanical.

Reviews

Since I work at a shop and get to play with a lot of nice toys, I thought I would start sharing my impressions in the form of reviews.  Some reviews will be just quick "Hey, I got to play with this, and this is what I think."  Other reviews will be a bit more long term.  These will most likely be items I buy for myself and rate after using them for a few months.  Since I'm not getting paid to do these reviews, I'm going to be honest about them.  My "honesty" can sometimes sound like I'm trashing a product, so I'm going to try and just point out my experience with the product and the pros and cons of it.  I'm going to use a 5 star rating system, because I like 5 star rating systems.  If you have any feedback on either the products or my review of them, please feel free to leave a comment.  I love hearing other people's feed back, especially if it differs from mine.  Just don't be a cunt about it.

3T, Tune, Enve And Me

I order a bunch of stuff two weeks ago.  My road bike is sitting in various piles of all of its parts and the Roubaix ride we do every year is April 13th, so I would really like to ride my road bike then.  well, about that...

Wheel Woes

For well over a year now I've been talking about getting a carbon wheelset.  For longer than that, I've wanted a set of Enve's S.E.S. 3.4s with King R45 hubs because the 35mm deep, 26mm wide front and 45mm deep, 24mm wide rear wheels are aerodynamically on par with a V shaped rim at 50mm deep and 22mm or less wide.  And I love me some King hubs.  Well, here's where I am on that...

Buy Organic

My most neglected bike, by far, is my mountain bike.  I ride it slightly more often than my CX bike, but for shorter distances, and I hardly ever take care of it.  It's always covered in mud, it's the only bike that doesn't live in my house, and I rarely do maintenance unless something is broken.  That changed last month.