So it has been two months since the second break of my collarbone. (here and here)
I guess being scared to re break it is not an excuse any more.
I am just waiting for a non freezing day to get out there and get used to the bike again. Gonna take a bit for wilderness to dry out, and I will ride it in the daylight for a while before I do the night rides. Come on global warming.
It was a no brainer, gotta get the moots dog collars. They are made by spiffy dog and are pretty cool. kinda like them chineese finger torture webbing. Apparently it is supposed to be easy to dry out. And fuggles is supposed to be an uber water dog, and maggie can’t get enough water.
Them be some pimp pups.
set up a pixelpost gallery of the new bike: here
thanks to Jwiltshire, Josh for pointing me in the right direction on the gallery software.
Looks like you are going to be seeing a bunch of pixelpost galleries here soon 
made a crappy youtube flyby on the bike
It has evolved to more than a bike. (all firsts go to my loving wife Theresa, you rock) It is my second true love, The second most beautiful piece of art I have ever seen. Second most awesome thing I have ever ridden (he he, hey we are married 
) And brings me the second most complete and utter happiness I have ever known.
Just really enjoying the sweet ass ride. It has completely obliterated all of my expectations.
thanks MWC
Go check out the MWC blog they gave me a few kind words. he he
this thread is gonna be a work in progress for quite some time. Will let you know when it is done though.
Major super duper kudos to the monkey wrench for building it
got the thing out to the park last night, it was unpossibly more betterer than I could of imagined.
I have been giggling nonstop for 12 hours straight.
A not complete list of components:
- 18 inch mooto-x ybb
- DT swiss hubs with custom laser etching
- a917 mavic rims
- WTB nano raptor (rear), exiwolf (front)
- XTR rear cassette
- XTR dir’s
- XT crank
- paul thumbies with dura ace bar end shifters
- Jones H bar
- 2007 Reba SL fork
- Moots laid back seatpost
- my trusty used b-17 leather sadle
- Thompson 110 stem (gonna be 120 here soon, borrowing from MWC at the moment)
- Avid ultimate levers
- Avid BBDB 7 disc brakes
- shimanno SPD’s
According to my not very accurate bathroom scale, it is about 27 lbs. Not too shabby for a 29′er.
It rides so amazing.
- I can bunny hop on it like nothing I have ever experienced
- The front is so light. I almost ate it going off a curb cuz I expected it to take a bit to get the front up, I almost flipped over backwards.
- The DT swiss hubs roll like butter and engage like a shark.
- shifts like butter
- The ybb, laid back post, and big ol wheels suck up every bump. It makes the old dual suspension feel like a rigid. Completely serious, I am amazed.
- That reba is the fricking bomb, it floats like silk.
I can hardly describe how it feels on the trail. I was under the assumption that it would feel like a big wheeled bike, take more effort to turn and handle, and feel big. It is so responsive, it blows me away. I look like I am epeleptic on it. Every movement I make flows right thru the bike. It turns on a dime. I was literaly turning too sharp in the beginning, cutting corners too hard. It makes the GF double squishy seem like a barge.
I had to keep telling myself it is a 29′er, it felt just like my 26 inch bikes, no school bus action here.
It is so light, it seems like I am riding a piece of styrofoam. It accelerates like nothing I have ever experienced, it is as if it pulls me along. I was rocking it, I can actually say I ride faster, it just goes.
So being titainum it does have a little flex to it. The front triangle is solid, the big tubes do their job. The rear stays do have some flex. it is so strange feeling it do its thing. it is like riding a solid piece of liquid metal (cannot describe). It hooks up so fricking sweet, I love the feeling.
You can see it right there. No, not the bike, the pride Nate takes in doing a job right.
Ya see, there were a few bumps in the road on the way to building my dream bike.
I was going to use my apparently jerry rigged 952 XTR crankset with new chain rings and BB. All seemed good till it was apparent that the old crankset that functioned so good on a really rigid aluminum frame, was not as fortunate on a bendy TI frame.
I stood in awe as Nate and Eric not only diagnosed the issue, but cannabalized their own current and future bikes to make sure I got to take mootsie-poo out for a spin thurs night, while wrenching over an hour past closing time.
I cannot even begin to express my gratitude to the best LBS I have ever known, but I thank you Nate and Eric for being so dedicated to doing peeps up right.
There are not words that can describe how amazing the new ride is. I will work on it tomorrow. Lets just say I need to call the viagra hotline to see what to do for my 4 hour erection.
see the discussion here
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