Built and ready to race.
The cross bike is now built up, tested and ready to race. The only problem is that we’ve been having enough smoke from wild fires west of us that going for a real training ride feels like smoking a pack of filterless Camels. Nothing that a september snow can’t take care of – now it just needs to drop 50° to let that happen.
Dave
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LOVE the aesthetic! But black seatpost, Dave, black!
wow. i love that matt black. love this color scheme. nicely done. looks wicked fast too to boot!
I hear you – this old silver post was all I had at the moment but it will soon be replaced.
Thanks for the feedback.
Dave
Oh my…this just screams “modern classic” from the hilltops. I’m definitely looking you up when the time is right, Dave. Cheers!
Matte gray over fillets, huh? Balsy. The new art and design is refreshing in a world of cream panels and pinstripes.
What is that scaffolding in front of your garage? Looks permanent. Is it?
Happy racing season,
Chris–
Thank you sir – I’ll be here when you are ready.
Dave
Yes the steel structure in front of the garage holds up a newish outdoor balcony. The balcony serves two purposes – first to shade the work area in the garage so I don’t get cooked while working with the door open in the summer and secondly it provides an upstairs outdoor space to sit and watch the sun rise of to talk with customers about their projects without bothering Karin who works from the same space.
We really like it.
dave
That bicycle is, frankly, pornographic.
Wow. This is stunning. I Love the terraplane stays with the disc, functional and beautiful. This looks like a dream bike to me. Brilliant work.
Wow. Awesome paint scheme. Almost a shame to get it muddy, but that flat/matte black will certainly help with that.
Killing me. May need to upgrade!
Hey Dave,
Is there any frame wax/polish/spray that you can use on a matte paint finish that won’t take away the matte look and make the paint shiny? Love the headtube graphics!
Geoff
Dave, between the smooth fillets and the texture of the matte gray paint it looks like a shark! Ready to attack the mud? Actually a white seatpost may be nice, looking seemingly connected to the white panels on the seat tube.
Dave, I just got my new road frame built up today with BB7 road brakes. Levers are Tektro (good for small hands). I’m underwhelmed with the braking power. I realize MTB lever have more mechanical advantage, but I’m wondering:
– is there a bed-in period for the Avid brake pads (or are there better pads?)-
– I put some light KCNC Razor discs on, and they have less area than heavier discs. Have you fooled with lightweight steel discs? In theory, area doesn’t matter, but in theory, theory and practice are the same, and in practice, they’re not.
– any other tips?
Thank you! And that is a beautiful bike sir!
Hey Marc,
There is a significant bedding in and break-in period. If you go to the Avid website they will outline the procedure. Until they are bedded in properly they are worthless.
You of course want to be sure that the pads are as close as possible to the rotors without rubbing so that the pads hit the rotors early in the brake lever travel. But if you haven’t followed the bedding in procedure it will all be moot. So go back to square one and bed those suckers in and they should work great.
Dave
Thanks – very clear!
Dave,
I really love this bike. It makes me miss my full steel, super-lightweight cyclocross bike I raced the past 3 years. I made the move to disc brakes, so I parted with that steel bike.
Why did you decide on using cable specific braze-on’s and segmented housing for the rear disc brake?
When I ordered my Moots disc only cyclocross bike, I did not think to specify that I was going to use hydraulic disc brakes and now I am stuck with Jagwire Cable Grips to use hydraulic housing. http://jagwireusa.com/index.php/products/v/Cable_Grips
Anyway, I’d like to hear your thoughts on why you chose not to run full housing for the rear brake where you will be riding in dirty conditions.
Jason
I knew i would never be running this bike with wet brakes – it has a Shimano DA kit on it and Shimano seems to be a long way from making a wet brake lever so I knew this bike would be used with traditional cable brakes. If i thought I might ever use hydro brakes I would have used different guides.
thanks for looking.
Dave,
Bike looks great, love the matte finish with such clean fillets! Are you using a mountain disc hub 135mm spacing and 42.5mm chainline?