puttin my bikes on a diet!

i've got some diet goals for each of my bikes: to drop 340g (0.75lb) off my naked, 227g (.5lb) off my giant, and 680g (1.5lbs) off the niner. the niner will be easy, but the giant and the naked won't be as easy....

to start i pinched the bar/stem and pedals off my xtc for my niner. currently the giant sits at 9090g (20lbs even) that was before i took the bar, stem and that off

the original weight for the niner build was 10060g (22.1 lbs)

i switched out the bar for a lower rise carbon bar and cut down some steerer tube. put on some foam grips too. got it down to 9870g (21.7lbs)

the naked is sitting at 9200g (20.25lbs) with some serious tires. i've got some tires on the way from schwalbe, if they ever get here, that should shed some excess lard

project niner

it's my new niner!!! took it out for the first ride yesterday. bike was great enigine blew up ;)

easton monkeybar, avid bb7 w/ oldschool ultimate levers, xt shifter/der, stan's wheels with rival hubs

24"

here are my current bikes. i've a full on weight nerd (similar to drug addict) with a weakness for Ti. my bikes are perpetually changing setup, searching for the that perfect feel

that's my custom 24" naked trials bike http://timetogetnaked.com/

2.4" front tire, 2.6" rear runnin aboot 10-15 psi. carbon bar, Ti bb and pedal axles as well as pretty much every bolt. hovering just under 20lbs

complete with king for the bling (and engagements)

blog?!?

myspace is long dead
facebook is pretty lame
journals take up space in the real world.....
so i started a blog

don't expect much other than bikes and rants