Tah Dah!

Here she is. I haven't named her yet.
I finished building her late last night and went to bed feeling so happy.
She was my first one. No, not that "first one". She's the first bike I've bult up from parts. Oh sure, I've always wrenched on all my bikes but she's the only one...OK, again, not that "only one". Hey, I'm a guy, we love our tools and...oh, would you just stop it!
I'm pretty happy with the way things turned out.
Tonight I'll ride with her on the trainer. Yehaw!

Her specs:
Frame and fork: QR carbon size M (56)
Drive train: Zipp cranks and bottom bracket
Rear deraillier: Sram Force
Cockpit: Vision Tech carbon base bar and aero bars
Shifters: Sram TT carbon
Brake levers: Vision Tech
Brakes: Sram Force
Bottle cages: Bontrager carbon.
Wheels: Shimano SH-500, tough road training wheels.
Engine: 156 pound male. 5 foot 8 inches...blah blah blah.

I ended up using a dremel tool (picture below) to very carefully grind out the small section inside the carbon aero bars that was stopping the shifters from being installed properly. I don't recommend doing this to new, expensive aero bars. I'm a bit dumb and live on the edge so I did it just to see if it could be done. It can be done but next time I'll get all parts and components that are compatible and don't need grinding and retro-fitting.


Dreaming of all things fast.

sorry for any spelling errors, spell check isn't responding right now.