Goodbye Dear Sweet Cyclocross Friend

Goodbye my dearest Ridley Crosswind that hasith servithd me soith wellith.

I sent you with my friend Ray on his first Expert CAT 1/2/3 race in Louisville when you realized he had broken his hanger and you knew it was the right thing to do. You propelled me to a high finish last year at Frankenbike. You gave me about 10 top 10 finishes last year in the Ohio Valley Cyclocross Series. You held me upright, you let me get you dirty quite a bit over the years. You were nice to me and never broke down. You went slow, fast and half-assed as I drove you to the brink of your limits. You let me push, pull, throw, grab, shoulder you over and over and over. I rode you from Mid-August till late December without near a whimper. You let me ride you as a road bike, with different tires and didn't complain one bit, even at 35 mph or more.

You may be getting replaced by someone else, but please don't take it personally. I will miss you.







Thank you Ridley Crosswind. I will see you down the road.

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Ridley Crosswind Bike 2010

Just some recent Photos -
I used some wire shrink wrap to cover the bare wires along the top tube. I also replaced the goofy stock headset front brake wire guide with a XTR - v-brake 'noodle'.

This seemed to smooth out the front brake quite a bit and provide slightly more stopping power up front - not that I need it - but hey - it was a cool experiment.

I also gave up hope on the white Look Quartz pedals. They are gone and have been replaced by Time Atac carbons.

I have also since  added some blue hoods covers for my Ultegra 6700 shifters, which actually seem better than stock. They look cool too. They were ordered from Fairwheel bikes, it seems even Hudz doesn't even make covers for the 6700 levers for some reason.

These are my training wheelset, with Kenda Small Block tires 34c. A good solid set of wheels, with Mavic Open Pro rims and older Dura Ace 7800 hubs. I have beat the living crap out of these wheels, they have not come out of true or needed any work.