Bike Nerd Stuff.

June 28, 2022

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Last warning. XXX

I am going to censor myself, but not the sexy bike photos. So, I'm not going to bore you with the details of each bike and will instead let the photos speak for themselves.

Our original plan was to find a 'new' bike for Susanna. After some careful perusing of Craigslist and Pinkbike, I found this beauty:

After purchasing it and riding it home, I quickly fell in love with it. It actually fit me way better than my Salsa Vaya. It has a more aggressive road style geometry, which is very similar to my road bike; and I schemed how to make her mine. Mwa ha ha ha. If I had a twistable moustache, I would doing that evil villain thing.

It turned out that this was a win win for both of us. The Vaya has always fit Sue perfectly, and we are both happy with our respected bikes.

After the rebuild. Somewhere in Stanley Park. Glad we were able to keep our stickers in the family. They are cherished tokens of the cols we have climbed over the years.

Put all new 105 shifters, and full GRX on. Big 36 cassette in the rear. Hunt Gravel Wheelset. Sue is looking forward to getting this lovely bike on the road.

Free Vancouver tourism promo. Container Brewery and Salsa Vaya. Going to have to cut that stem chimney back!

Okay. The peep show is over.

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Jacquie GaudetIt's amazing (to me) that you are such similar sizes. I have a photo of Al riding my Co-Motion to test the gears and it's hilarious. He's almost a foot taller than me.
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Patrick O'HaraHi Jacquie. I know, right. Things worked out pretty good. If only we could share clothes.😀
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