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Everything is in a box

by Matt Smith

August 01, 2011 - Filed under: Company

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Well, we are progressing, couriers willing. All the parts for the bike are on a container of some sort. The key one is somewhere on the Canadian prairies right now in a box with a bunch of R5ca frames that Chris Dekerf just finished painting and is sending us. I guess I can't complain too much as I am saving some money as the crank is hitching a free ride back here.

The frame is still in its box. All the other components are safely packed in the plastic box you see in the picture. The only thing that won't fit in the plastic box is the handle bar. It really is interesting how much air makes up the bike.

It has only been out once when Thorben, who used to work in customer service at Cervélo and is now doing his PhD in planning at York University, dropped by with his wife a week ago to scope out my place to see what it looked like after I had renovated it and to pick up some maple syrup I got for them. Thorben goes, "that is $10,000 in your hands" to Ireen after he handed it to her. Now, Thorben is one of those riders not easily impressed and is one of those riders who can effortlessly make you suffer while his is sitting upright cleaning his glasses going up a 3% grade. But, even he was impressed with the quality of the frame especially the paint job. So, that I guess is a good sign.

The ride in Wisconsin is out as the bike won't be built in time for that. Blue Mountain will have to do for this showdown. Don has been awfully quiet though. I am guessing he is secretly gathering his parts together now.

Now the only component I still have to figure out are the wheels. Need to find some wheels that are lighter than the current tubulars I have which I got back in 2008, the Reynolds 32 UL T. They came in at just under 1000 g without the cassette. Reynolds does have their new Rzr 46 which are around 900 g. Leightweight also make some nice wheels which are sub 1000 g. I guess it may come down to availability.

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