the phoenix...

Rises again.  The Quantum Pro has been resurrected.  Okay fine, it never died, just went into a Coma after the last road race last year.  Hmm that would have been Mystic Velo on the 15th of May last year.  Long time to be hanging from the rafters.

Took a bit to find the bits removed from it.  First the Reynolds Carbon brake pads that I sold with the Reynolds Strikes (had to pay for CX season somehow) were removed, but I didn't put the old pads, and the cassette was removed, and well both have been sort of MIA lately.

A bit ago I did find all the bits of the cassette (chain is still under 0.75 on the park tool for stretch) mixed in with a 10sp one.  Easy enough to sort out.  And last night I got ready to steal pads from the Tektro 720s to put in there and I found one block, then two, three and finally dug some more and found the 4th.  Funny that.  They were right where I had put them and thought that I put them, but some how the light or something was right and I saw them.  Yeah I should clean up the kuck piles.  I'd rather ride bikes or get paid to work on bikes or cook food for the family.  Maybe I'll get to it sooner than later.

End result? It is functional, it carried me into work (with the trailer even), but man these bars are wicked strange.  Old Mavic 350s.  Yes.  Mavic 350s.  They be old and stuff.  Like me.  Old but still functional.

Feels strange to have my knees near a top tube instead of brushing the top tube with my calf (on the blue, yes maybe the bike is too small).  Enough drop that sprinting in the hoods isn't a handicap, but yes, I can still get in the drops.

No bottle cages for tonight.  Fox didn't ride with one last week "Who needs water for an hour long ride?" Good point.  That and I didn't want to swap shit around or put the ejecto-cage on the seat tube with a few of the rougher roads we ride on.  Just took the wheels off the blue, swapped cassette and boom, in business.

The bike actually felt pretty might spot on, saddle might be a tiny bit too far forward, but not by much, reach and drop feel good.  But after 8 hours with the new (2010 shimano) levers these old 7700 hoods are strange, but not foreign.

A big question for tonight is how the legs are.  The bike is ready to go, but do I have any snap after monday's slog in the wind?  Tough to say.

Weather looks to be clearing though. Which is good. I forgot the front headlight AND the selfish fender, hoping i don't get striped on the way home.  Better than showing up at work with a dripping crack.

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