like honey on the lips
Posted on September 4th, 2009 by Robert
I went and picked up my completed bike last night. Dan worked hard to make sure that I got it not only in time for Sunday’s Mountain Populaire, but also my Thursday night bike ride.
I got the message mid-workday that it was almost finished and just needed to be test ridden. I briefly considered getting “sick” but thought the better of it. I like having a job…
The rest of the day was a struggle to keep in my seat though. I raced over to Dan’s house straight from work with the bike rack that I’ve kept in the car “just in case”.
He was snapping photos of it and generally looking pleased with his work. It turned out amazingly beautiful.
I’m going to keep updating my flickr account with better shots as I get them. There are so many subtle details that I haven’t captured yet, like the taillight cable routing through the rear fender.
As I drove away with the bike, I noticed Dan in my rear view watching me roll down the hill with it. He had a huge grin on his face.
11 Responses to “like honey on the lips”
Beautiful, but too bad about the color (kidding!) maybe not honey on the lips, perhaps Orange Marmalade?
Yr Pal Dr C
She’s a beauty, for sure…. congrats!!
Congratulations on the new ride. I’ll be looking forward to those detail shots. It is amazing how these things are evolving as we (as a cycling culture) get better at building integrated machines.
Hopefully the Nokon housing won’t drive you mad with the barrel adjusters on the downtube. Mine never stayed adjusted, as the housing was free to rotate and was under some compression from the inner wire. And it creaks.
It is a beautiful bike. May it serve you well.
Cheers,
Will
P.S. Good call on the orange/white, and on the graphics package. Lovely.
What kind of rack is that?
Gorgeous!
Thanks again, all.
William – The Nokon housing is kind of a perma temp solution to my cable routing issues with the handlebar bag there. I’m strongly considering the 2010 Ultegra shifters as a permanent solution. I’m not really excited to swap a whole bunch of stuff out if I can avoid it and most of this was carry over from the Salsa bike.
Jansenh – The rack (as well as the decaleur) is custom from Dan Boxer. He did a wonderful job on both. I’ll try to snap some better photos for a future post.
I’m surprised you could see the grin on my face from the bottom of the hill!
So, like, um…
how’s it ride?
Dan – It rides (and fits) wonderfully. It took me a minute to get used to the feeling of the different tires and the front load, but it was all butter from there. I put about 35 miles on it last night and enjoyed them all.
Dude!
How sweet is that!
Be U tea FUL! I might even show up at the populaire despite the rain just to see it in action – as it pulls away from me on the very first hill… Oh wait, is that a retractable tow cable I see?? Sweeeet – thanks Dan!
Lookin good! And welcome to the wonderful world of front loading, I hope you’ll love it as much as I do.
Can’t wait to see this new machine in action on the upcoming 600k on Friday, at 9 PM sharp. See ya soon!
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