From work that is. Anyone who is nearby me knows that I need it too. I am off of work from POS until January 2nd and I am off work from
the shop until December 26th. A whole week without any work at all and almost two weeks with no "real" It's looking like perfect timing too, I should really be able to get into my training groove now without having to worry about time constraints. That will help me get the full motivation to make all of my training sessions very direct and purposeful.
I installed a 44 tooth chainring for the big ring on the X-Fire last night and am anxious to give it a whirl. I really am still up in the air as far as which gearing options that I want to use but, I have nine months to make my decision. I am still throwing the single front ring option around in my head since it would definitely keep things simple. I used a single ring setup for the last two races of the year was was pretty comfortable with it. I will be using a 13-26 10-speed cassette so it looks like the gearing would work just fine for a 42 tooth single ring setup. Decisions, decisions...they are what makes building a up a bike from scratch a true adventure.
I also threw on one of my old handlebars and a set of brake levers to get a little bit of an idea about the overall reach of the X-Fire. It's about 95% good as far as the preliminary fit goes. I did finally order the handlebars that will be permanently installed on the X-Fire last night while I was at the shop. I went with the
FSA Omega Compact in a 44cm width. I was able to use the Omegas on
Blue's Colnago and really like the shorter drop and reach while on a CX bike not to mention that their price is about half that of a lot of other brands. His bars were only a 42cm width but, I knew in advance that they would be a touch on the narrow side.
The final item for now is pedals. I think that I will just stick with the tried a true system of the
Shimano SPD system especially since I have two sets of the M540 models already sitting here.
Read the complete post at http://carlosdajackal.blogspot.com/2007/12/time-for-break.html