Something wicked

* Frame: Speedvagen steel custom drawn to Vanilla specs
* Fork: Alpha Q CX-20 carbon
* Shifters/Brake levers: (1) Shimano Ultegra 10-speed, (1) Cane Creek
* Rear dérailleur: Shimano Ultegra 10-speed
* Single ring setup: 42 Salsa ring with N-Gear on the inside, Salsa 44 guard on the outside
* Crank: Ritchey WCS 175mm
* BB: Shimano Ultegra
* Pedals: Crank Bros. Eggbeater SL
* Chain: Shimano Dura Ace 10-speed
* Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 10-speed 12-27
* Wheels: Ultegra hubs w/ Mavic CXP-22 rims with 32 spokes and Michelin Mud2 tires. Also Mavic Classic SSC clinchers laced to Mavic hubs with 32 spokes. All black, all badass.
* Bars: Salsa Bell Lap Moto Ace
* Stem: Ritchey WCS 110mm
* Seat post: Integrated
* Saddle: WTB rocket V Ti
* Headset: Chris King
* Brakes: Paul Neo Retro front and Touring Canti rear

The unleashing

Alpenrose, Portland, Sunday 10/7/07-- the people's Speedvagen debut.

Finished building my Speedvagen at 10pm Saturday. What better way to break 'er in than a race the next morning? Saw K-Murder and his Grayvagen surveying the course as I was going hypoxic. Saw a Surprise Me rig out there too racing A's. Some pics I've grabbed from OregonVelo and BikePortland--two sources with some of the juicier stuff... Curious for cross in Portland: no mud!
More detail shots of mein Vagen coming soon.

Glory glory hallelujah

CAN I GET AN AMEN!
Fixie Rider is the first in this crew to get his. Let me tell you, that pink is a monster in person.

I have an 80's Tesch in what I think he called "Juicer Pink"-- never built up because I didn't think I could rock a pink like that. I hadn't seen another color like it, until a few nights ago when I stalked Sacha and Scott at the shop and saw "Surprise Me" for the first time. I LOVE it.

Okay. I'm patient. But I am looking over at SE Portland right now, wondering if that wasn't a flash of Robin's Egg Blue I just saw...

I. AM. BLIND.

I. HAVE. SEEN. THE. GRAIL. i touched the grail. i touched 2 grails. a grail was held in my hands. i smelled the grail. the grail was felt right the eff up by me. (fixie, it might've even been yours.)

selleveryfreakingbikeyouownNOW.

ihaveonlyseenthesurprisemecolor,andwhilerobinseggblueisexquisite
andsublime,oneshouldknowbetterthantonotgowithSachawhenheoffers
anoptioncalled'surpriseme'.

O.M.G.

there are no days of the week now. only time until your bike arrives to you. time is not even the appropriate concept. there is a black hole of continuum between now and then.

prepare yourself, no matter what the color. no, nevermind. you cannot prepare yourself.

prepare your loved ones for your going away for a while. your happy place is nigh.

now i understand... i understand ELEVEN.

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Days? Hours?

When when when when when when? Something. Help. Anybody? Anything. Please.