Thumper / Parts / Music
I snapped a few pix today. The color balance is a bit off. Simply, put I keep my house too dark to take good photos inside and with a strong sun today, the camera ‘sees’ the windows and ignores the dark foreground…
I picked up a couple more parts last night from Fat Tire Farm. My Titec Pluto Carbon bar-ends arrived and I bought a XTR rear derailleur for the Cannondale. It is now attached.
Needed parts to finish the Cannondale:
- Shimano XT crank set 170 mm (link)
- Shimano XT 11-34 cassette (link)
- Shimano XT brake/shift levers (link)
- Titec 118 Ti handlebar (link)
- Saddle – Undetermined.
I know I am forgetting something…
I want to ride the saddle on the FSR for a while to see if I like it. If I do, then I will buy another for the Cannondale.
I know I want bar-ends on the Cannondale. I have not made up my mind about putting the Pluto bar ends on the FSR. I asked Tim to order me the inserts that Specialized recommends for the carbon bars that came on the FSR. Once those come in, I will try out the Pluto’s on that bike. The sweep and rise of the riser bars might have a negative impact on that idea/implementation. In which case, I will migrate them over to the Cannondale. Otherwise, I will probably order another set of Pluto’s. I was impressed by the way they fit in my hands.
I REALLY like the Titec stuff. I got hooked on their gear years ago and have stuck with it whenever possible. Speaking of which I do have my prefered brands. I like Avid, Ritchey, Shimano, Titec, Mavic, Chris King, etc. I dislike Rock Shox because the ‘end of life’ their forks after a 3 or 4 years. I still have a ’96 Judy SL Long-travel and I can’t find parts for it.
Finally, I picked up the new Queensryche, Operation Mindcrime II. As usual, I need a few listens before I decide if I like it or not. On the first pass, I was neutral. Not Mindcrime, but then again it couldn’t be. I need more time before I decide.
