Cyclo-Konijn

Tardy

2009-01-09T19:38:00.002-06:00

..I've been bad with updating. I hope to change that soon. First thing I need to do is get my Trek off the blog and my baby Ridley up!!

Elevation Profile For Erwin Park Back Roads Ride

2008-07-27T16:53:00.004-05:00

So here is the elevation profile for this particular ride: view map here. I've got 39 miles mapped out but there is a lot more there to ride that I've found since I last mapped it out. The best part of this ride is the low traffic! Only about 7 cars passed me on the last ride...and I don't think I've ever had more than 12 pass me.

Most people think of Texas, especially North Central Texas, as very flat, and it is in a lot of places, but this ride has some great hills. They aren't long hills, but there are a lot of them!

Erwin Park Back Roads - One of My Favorite Rides

2008-07-10T06:19:00.005-05:00

These are pictures from one of my favorite rides. It's the back roads behind Erwin Park MTB trails. It's about 40+ miles of almost no traffic roads. "Roads" is used loosely. Most of the roads are fine but to get to all of the "fine" roads I have to go down an almost cobbled road, a few dirt roads, and a gravel road. Hills are good (considering this is North Central Texas).

Mavic Ksyrium Elite 2 Wheels - Ordered!!

2008-06-29T21:37:00.002-05:00

Just ordered these wheels last Monday. I should have them in just a few more days! I paid $676 at Plano Cycling. Now, with frame and wheels the bike total is up to $1,426. I'm going for the Shimano Ultegra 10 groupo and, so far, I'm thinking about Vittoria tires. It's all coming along...slower than I originally thought...but better, too!

Royalty Delivered and I'm a Slacker

2008-06-29T21:28:00.002-05:00

Sometime in April...maybe it was even in March, the most beautiful, spectacular, shiny, wonderful frame was delivered to me. Touching it was like touching royalty...whatever that feels like. Anyway, I am a slacker. It has taken me what...nearly three months to post the debut of my sweet Ridley frame.

The Sexy Frame Has Been Ordered!!

2008-03-10T22:54:00.003-05:00

So this is what I ordered - just the frame. I'm going to be building it myself. The frame is a white 2008 Crossbow! The company I ordered it from was out of the 2007 white frame...so I paid a little more to get the white 2008 model. They had to then order it from Belgium. It's been almost 4 weeks...so I should have only about 4 more weeks to wait!!

I Need What Size???

2008-03-09T21:54:00.000-05:00

So the drama started when I decided to get a Ridley cyclocross bike. I thought long and hard about the best bike to get. In the end, how can you go wrong with a Belgian bike for cross? My normal frame size is a 53-54. After countless measurings, much research, several sleepless nights, and a phone call to Ridley I decided they must be right...a size 54 Ridley frame would be way to big. So I ordered a 48! A 48! I still can't believe it...though it makes sense based on how they measure it.

Check out this .pdf on Crossbow geometry.