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Published On: May 15, 2007 04:23 PM
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Published On: May 15, 2007 04:23 PM
Carbon wheels and spacemen
I do remember being with a bunch of
other Lego spacemen of various colours ... however motivated by my recent good
performances in timetrials on the trackie I decided to invest in some proper
go-faster kit....
had the weirdest dream last night.... I've no idea
where it came from but no doubt any shrink would have a field day if I told them
that I was a Lego spaceman (in a white suit) sitting in the passenger seat of an
old Buick that belonged an old-skool style of gangster/fugitive. I can't
remember why or anything like that but I do remember being with a bunch of other
Lego spacemen of various colours in a spacestation
type
environment and then somehow driving through a typically American SouthWest desert landscape with decrepit gas stations and not much else.
Very odd.
Enough of that, back to my other reality... a new go-faster toy for my Condor track bike. Motivated by my recent good performances in timetrials on the trackie I decided to invest in some proper go-faster kit. Here's the first bit... a rather spangly 90mm deep carbon rim built onto a very shiny custom Royce Titanium track hub with 24 bladed spokes. The bearings in the hub are simply unbelievably smooth - it feels like it'll spin forever. Maiden voyage, if all goes to plan, will be next Wednesday.... the only possible spanner in the works of that plan is that everywhere seems to be sold out of decent tubulars... both Vittoria and Veloflex which is a bit of a bummer. Unfortunately a spare length of garden hose just won't cut it... I have a spare Tufo tub hanging in the garage but based on past experience I'd be better off with garden hose. My old Tufos are far more useful as slings for hanging stuff from the garage rafters.
One other thing.... are rainjackets uncool or something? It's absolutely lashing it down as I write - and cold, and the thunder is rumbling around but all the kids on their way home from school are walking with no more protection than the typical polyester school jumper, in some cases just shirt sleeves..... Nuts.
environment and then somehow driving through a typically American SouthWest desert landscape with decrepit gas stations and not much else.
Very odd.
Enough of that, back to my other reality... a new go-faster toy for my Condor track bike. Motivated by my recent good performances in timetrials on the trackie I decided to invest in some proper go-faster kit. Here's the first bit... a rather spangly 90mm deep carbon rim built onto a very shiny custom Royce Titanium track hub with 24 bladed spokes. The bearings in the hub are simply unbelievably smooth - it feels like it'll spin forever. Maiden voyage, if all goes to plan, will be next Wednesday.... the only possible spanner in the works of that plan is that everywhere seems to be sold out of decent tubulars... both Vittoria and Veloflex which is a bit of a bummer. Unfortunately a spare length of garden hose just won't cut it... I have a spare Tufo tub hanging in the garage but based on past experience I'd be better off with garden hose. My old Tufos are far more useful as slings for hanging stuff from the garage rafters.
One other thing.... are rainjackets uncool or something? It's absolutely lashing it down as I write - and cold, and the thunder is rumbling around but all the kids on their way home from school are walking with no more protection than the typical polyester school jumper, in some cases just shirt sleeves..... Nuts.
Posted: Fri - May 11, 2007 at 03:41 PM