'shop'ing

Hit the bike shop. the team shop. Yeah they are the team shop once again. Signed up for '07 after a few issues. Anyway... that's hopefully all water under the bridge.

I walked in with a list:
Brake Pads (inserts) for my Shimano XT cantis (old school on cross bike)
cable end caps
bolt for trail-a-bike
tube for 38s (il bruce... that rim tape job ya handed me sucked ass)
valve/seal/grommet thing for the Super Pista Pump

Got em all. Freaking amazing. Great stuff. They had that shizzle in stock.

now. for the score...

they're blowing out ALL their old stock shoes for $25 a pair. Some shoes you can save $215. I grabbed two pair. A Cannondale Mt Bike shoe with a crossover casual look, in black, $25. And a set of Sidi, MT shoes... only two velcro straps, no ratchet, BUT... did i mention $25.

Sure, they ain't as super secure as say the ratchety models, and the two straps is inferior to three... but... $25.

I passed on a set of Road Shimanos. R125s Also $25. but... i decided the road shoes i have are working better than the mt shoes, i don't need to buy three pairs of shoes today.

Wicked damn good score. Also scored time with the wife and oldest. Schools out today and they were in town and we made it a family trip out to Prov Bike.

its nice to know that the team shop has the shit in stock. even with an obscure laundry list of shit...

I'll save the new chains and 12-27 cassettes for later. Although...

about gearing... i got to thinking... Why not just run a 2 speed for cross. Stick a 18 or 19 singlespeed freewheel in the back and run a 38-46 or 38-48 or something... bang bang highspeed, lowspeed... simple... durable...

just a thought... is it better than having single front and 9 in the back?

On thing i've consciously done is to remove the computer before a cross race. normally i have the thing on when i'm commuting with it (cause i don't have a watch and its what i use to gauge time and all that)... so i dunno how fast i'm going... in the race, although i don't think it matters much - ya go as hard as ya can go, trying to make what ya got last to the end of the race...

Cyclocrossworld.com has the Dugast tires in stock... kinda makes me wanna have a nice big fat account to pull cash from to buy shit like that... ah well... i think if i go with another set of tires i'll try and get some Vreds... maybe go with the 34mm size... I'm still pretty amazed at how freaking well they worked in the muck and all that... just wishing they had a bit more volume... flats suck... And i'm sure solobreak will get a kick out of the next bit: My AirB tube... flat... *crying* ah... well... kinda stupid to be riding around with $15 tubes anyway... *sigh*

I guess right now my biggest question: Will the results be posted? Will i get bonus DFL points?

Peace, Chocolate Waffles, and Cross... The most fun you can have on two wheels...