July 19th, 2008

I'm itching to ride! I got back back to Gainesville last Tuesday night, and my bike got here on Thursday. Sort of.

A whole corner of the box was missing when it was delivered, and it was taped over. When I unpacked the bike, my road shoes, my road pedals, a water bottle, and one of my clip'n'straps pedals were missing. Whoops. That can't be good. Upon further inspection, what do I find but some chunks missing from my downtube.

Looks like that $3000 worth of insurance might come in handy. I photographed the box extensively and submitted my claim post-haste. Here's hoping they pay up soon. The worst part is that they lost all my pedals, so I can't even ride my other bike! It's now been 14 days since I've ridden at all. What a bummer.

But if there's a better way to waste time than by planning your next bike build, I don't know it. I've been dorking out pretty hard about it and have everything completely nailed down. Just because I know you're curious, here's the plan:

Cannondale CAAD9 (white with black and blue highlights)
Move my Record group over
Deda Zero100 stem (black)
Deda Newton bars (black, white tape)
Deda Zero100 seatpost (black)
Specialized Toupe (white)
Shimano Ultegra pedals
Shiman SH-R220 shoes

And maybe, just maybe somewhere down the road, some Reynolds DV tubular race wheels.

In case you weren't keeping track, that's mostly white with a few black touches, and a very select few small blue highlights. Should be classy and nice, and match the orange/grey/white kit at least decently. I'm looking forward to it, but then again, at this point, I'd probably ride just about anything. I think I'll be going for a run tomorrow, just to hopefully keep some semblance of an aerobic base at least.

This season has been an on-off-on-off spin cycle. Here's hoping I can find some consistency soon.