But the last week as been crazy really started to get stuff going for the 50 mile socal epic my first real solo endurance race will be Oct 3rd http://www.12hrsoftemecula.com/SOCALFATTIREEPIC.html
Started my training plan via Coach Zippy http://zippyathlete.blogspot.com/ good stuff last week was 8 days straight with a couple days in the gym that made me nice ans sore (weak weak upper body and core....) but its good stuff!
This week I had 3 bike goals, follow my training plan, finish the Pronghorn biuld, and get in shake out rides before the http://www.racersandchasers.com/ race saturday!
I got her biult!!! here minus the egg beaters, carbon Pringhorn cockpit, and Stans no tubes kit. but ridable non the less.
So fresh and so clean!
Diggin the white cable housing! fits so nice!
Front to back I'm impressed with the bike.
Fork, magura is stepping up its game in the suspension arena.... the fork is sub 3 lbs..... 100mm and is stiff! I did some tweatking and think I found the right settings for me and broke her in yesterday.
The controls: the X9 shifters are def a step up over the SLX... the shiftign is crisper, the levers are all medal no plastic just has a nice fit and finish. the Elixer brakes I have a love hate relationship with them.... I love the front but just like on my stumpy I hate the rear... it was swish from teh box, I rebled it 2X and got it ok... but still not great... but they are nice and light... Teh ESI grips I didn't think I was gonna like... the weight was the right # but they seemed so squish but on the bike I like um!
Frame, well I'm plesently surprised at this one... I knew it was gonna feel race like very agressive and I thought it would be unforgiving but its not! I was saying to the guys while pedaling thru a canyon it felt like a hardtail but when I looked down I coudl see the shock movin a lill bit. It climbed like a hard tail esp in pro-pedal (which with the shock on top sooo easy to flip the switch) but when it got tech and you hit the rear wheel on a water bar you didn't get jared it soaked it up nice... (not plush like the stumpy but not ruff like a hardtail) Going down is where I was really worried and at first I was sketched!!! the front is twitchy and fast reaching from the steep head tube angle.... I was worried here but after riding for a bit I started to get used to it. I mean I'm not gonna be able to bomb tech downhills on this think, but is tight switch backs it was manuverable and super responsive! dare I say a fan of its decnding? I mean its not a desender but not as bad as I thought it woudl be and shined in teh tight stuff that wasn't too steep!
Drive train: the X9 stuff was great I set it up and aside from the odd Hi mount top pull front derailuer it was easy to dial in. No issues on the first ride with it!
Wheels: wow! I think its the best part of the bike! The pronghorn 1490 wheels were uber fast! the Kenda smal blocks roll fast! the hub sounds King like with out being uber loud engaugment was instant! I'm so pumped on these wheels, we'll see how they hold up as they are about as light as my CX wheels....
Only had one trailside fix, seat post was slipping down a bit and I think I'll ruff up the post a bit to get that to stop but after cranking down on it no issue after that. At the end of the ride my headset was loose sso I needed to tighthen that also but after a really fun ride on some of SD's funnest trails the verdict was GREAT!
Oh and I figured out how to post ride details from my training peaks account!
http://tpks.ws/p1Fe
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