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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Grinnell, Iowa

Regardless of how well or how poor you do. No matter the weather conditions. The feeling you get before a 4am in Grinnell, Iowa is legit.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Joe Horvath Photography

EXPO Juniors

Joe Horvath Photography : EXPO Racing

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Drove it out west to find some gravel today. Managed a simple 30miles to help dial in a few items. I found myself in love with the Ergon GX3 barend. So much so, that I rarely ever touched the green stuff. So I took off the 100mm stem and slapped on a 110mm. Bam, perfect. Found a feed basket at the Bicycle Doctor which I am pretty stoked about. This should aid in feeding without getting dropped.

Sigh... I am starting to get quite excited for this thing called Trans Iowa. Bike has never been so comfortable. My legs seem to be much better that year's past. I found Tanka Bars to taste so amazing, I will fill my pack the hot ones for sure. Test Battery life of my Stella as I type(4 hours and counting on high...) Oh yeah, I sighed. Yeah. I'm nervous. I want to finish this thing!

Friday, April 16, 2010

The Build

Big Big BIG HUGE thanks to everyone who helped put this dream build into motion. Jay, Russell, Aris, Ian, Jim, Jeff and most of all Trixie. You all dropped what you were doing at some point in the past three weeks to lend a hand in the build. Weather it was opinion, $$$, wrench, space, time or labor you all helped get me rolling. I wish I had a scale because this bike is sick light. Heck, if I can't drop the pounds, might as well shave them off the bike.

Please note the *** identifies new for 2010.

Trans Iowa Bike (attempt 3)
-Bianchi Roger Frame and Fork and Headset
-Sugino XD w/Square Taper BB and Surly Ring***
-Izumi Track Chain***
-Avid BB7 Road w/ Avid SL MTB levers***
-Sun Ringle Black Flag Weelset***
-Schwalbe Marathon Extreme 35mm tires***
-Rear is laced to a Chris King SS hub!***
-WTB Rocket V Ti rails saddle***
-Bontrager X-lite Riser Bar and Stem*** (May switch to a Flat XXXLite Bonty Bar)
-Ergon GR2 grip mated to the GX3 bar end... I know, it's sick.***

Pics to follow tonight. I'm stoked.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Taste

What can I say? It is pretty raw when you have two guys that not only ride EXPO's purple sleeve, but hold such talent in the imaging world as well. Joe Horvath and Jeff Frings certainly gave the EXPO Juniors a taste of what it is like to rock a pro team. Photo Shoot was legit with laughs and the usual down time associated with such a task. It was a blast.

Taste:

Expo Racing Team Video Preview from Jeff Frings Photography on Vimeo.

This week the rest of my Trans Iowa bike parts should finally trickle in. I am so stoked to list the parts make-up of this year's bike... I just want to wait another day to truly make sure the parts are actually coming. I absolutely can not tell you how excited I am to Tackle my third attempt. A finish would make my season.