Redline Doo-Doo Brown Revival Part 2

Upgrade Rear Wheel

 Doo-Doo scrapped the old joytech, 360 degrees between engagement, bearing binding, hub laced to a cardboard WTB Speed Disc hoop from circa 1999, and called this old Bontrager Scandium wheel back up to the Big League.  Its tubeless, has decent engagement, and, aside from the gargantuan rear tire, its pretty light.

Rejuvenated

So far Doo-Doo has received the following treatments:
1) Suspension fork w/ lockout
2) Matching headset
3) Isis equipped crankset (its a step up from square taper?)
4) Upgraded rear wheel w/ quick release

Up next for Doo-Doo is a front wheel conversion to a tubeless system and new brakes (the Hayes HFX 9's were obsolete about a year before they came out, although mine work well, minus the sticky rear piston).

Stay tuned.

Let the Good Times Roll...

Redline Doo-Doo Brown Revival Part 1

My Redline has see  it all.  Its been a junk bike, a race bike, a travel/backup bike.  Its had suspension, and been rigid.  Its had good wheels and junk wheels, flat pedals and clips.  Its been a fixie, a dirt jumper, a wanna be trials ride.  In short it has earned itself a revival.  It will be called the Redline Doo-Doo Brown Revival (my homies from college may recognize the name).

"New to me" fork with fresh seals and travel reduction from 120mm to 100mm.

Part one of the revival is the upgrade back to a suspension fork.  I like to have my cake and eat it too, meaning it has a lockout.  The folks at Marzocchi were also kind enough to confirm the forum dietary chatter (never trust a forum blindly, the internet does lie!) regarding removal of the damper spring so it dropped a few grams during its workup.

Next on the agenda are wheels.  The front wheel is bomber so it stays.  A bomber wheel seems fitting for a bomber fork.  It has a date scheduled with Stan in the near future.  The rear wheel is getting donated to the shop.  In its place will be the tubeless ready, scandium Bontrager Rhythm Pro wheel I've been sitting on for a few years.  That also means a Surly cog and Surly Tug are in the near future as well.

Stay tuned (Funny, because I'm basically telling myself to read the junk that I write).

Its About Time

NBC Sports is finally going to show the Tour of Oman, about a month after it happened.  I guess, since the assumption is Americans don't watch cycling, its okay to delay it for a month.  Paris-Nice also starts airing this week.  Awesome!

Fresh Ground

What's brewing? Fresh Fox and Marzocchi. Smooth.

Highs and Lows

Highs: There are "lunch loop" trails within minutes of my shop! I had visions of fun Crits, group rides with kids from the shop, and pre and post work spins.

Lows: The local unsavories run the place at night. Based on my detective work, their dinner of choice is Mickey's and for dessert, they like to break the empty Mickey's bottles. Entertainment consists of watching geeks like me blow Stan's all over the place and walk back to the park entrance.

People Change, Bikes Change

My buddy and I converted his old hardtail to a singlespeed last weekend and he sent me this awesome pic from Sedona.

It got me thinking, bikes are like people.  They change.  Bikes can grow in the sense that things get added to them.  Dropper posts, upgraded wheels, forks, GPS, stickers, carbon stuff.  Bikes can go minimalist anti-stuff, like when they get converted to singlespeeds and get rigid forks.  They can become mini-vans with panniers and trailers to haul work stuff to work, kids to the park, or beer to parties.  One bike can go through all of these phases, be all of these things and still basically be the same bike.