Purpose of this bicycle
This bike was an incredible spur of the moment purchase to ensure I had a bike to race at the 2012 Mt Hood Cycling Classic. At the time I reasoned that it was ok to get the bike because eventually I'd use it for the upcoming winter since my Felt was getting a little too beat up. I ended up racing this bike in numerous races through the 2012 season and got some great results including 3rd at the Queen stage of Mt Hood, 3rd on the first stage of Baker City and I even rode it to a win over at St. Honoré!
Equipment
| Frame & Fork: | Aluminum 61cm 2010 Cervélo S1 |
| Crankset: | Compact FSA Gossamer |
| Chainring: | Compact FSA 50/34 |
| Stem & Handlebar: | FSA something or other |
| Seatpost: | Aero Cervelo seatpost |
| Pedals: | Speedplay Zeros (I'll swap these pedals between this bike and my R5) |
| Shifters: | Shimano Ultegra |
| Chain: | Shimano Ultegra |
| Deraileurs: | Shimano Ultegra |
| Brakes: | Cervelo Brakes |
| Saddle: | San Marco saddle |
| Fenders: | Strap-on fenders with Tacoma Bike flaps |
Wheel Set:
| Rim: | American Classic Hurricane |
| Hub: | American Classic |
| Tires: | Maxxis Detonator 23c |
| Cassette: | Shimano Ultegra 10 speed 25/13 |
Gadgets:
| Power Meter: | iBike Newton+ Power Meter |
| GPS: | Garmin Edge 500 |
| Sensor: | iBike Speed/Cadence Sensor. |
| Lights: | Cygolite Bike Lights (Mom, you will be glad to know that these are very bright). However, I need to figure out how to mount the light to the non-cylindircal seatpost, maybe my friend Eric can use his 3d printer to make something. |
Personal Stories about this bike
I have decided that this blog series is bad luck!! This morning I got up and one of the first emails I got before even leaving to work was a nagging email about cleaning up the office kitchen of which one of the points was to not put in peanut butter jars caked with sesame seed and coconut oil remnants. Uggh, how am I going to clean all my jars now? Getting my bike to go to work I realized that I must have at one point forgot my floor pump outside my locker because it is nowhere to be seen inside my locker. I took forever to get prepared and finally got into the office at around 11am.
Then on the bike ride that night I really got started at around 9:30pm and got a flat on totally new tires. And it was raining. Then after I got back and had done the bike's photoshoot I opened up a brand new peanut butter jar full of applesauce I was about to devour, but I lost grip of it and it fell to the floor shattering into an inedible pile of glass and apples immediately outside the door to my bike locker. Come to think of it there are really a bunch of other crappy first world problems in my life, but I also blame all of them on this unfounded superstition of this bad luck blog post series!
