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Message started by aikigreg on Aug 29^th, 2009, 9:23pm

Title: Well, it's here!
Post by aikigreg on Aug 29^th, 2009, 9:23pm

The xstream sorta arrived in bad shape. Raam will do that to the bike, and Tim obviously pounds his bikes pretty hard. Several components were mismatched, including a underwhelming crankset and bacchetta front brake which I hate.

My only beef with the prototype were the brakes. Now the Xstream comes with a v-brake rear. Here's how I've got it set up:

For a little while it's going to have mismatched wheels: an american classic front and a velocity rear. Tim is sending me the front velocity. I also have a HED disc rear. Anyone happen to have a crackpipe so I can pump it up????

Now it has a sram red front brake and this bike stops so fast it's like hitting a curb. Terracycle front idler, tektro brake levers, and an fsa carbon crank with small and middle q-rings and a 56t aero big ring. This was my old tica crank.

Now she's all pretty, spiffed up with a couple nice high end parts, and ready to go. I need to find a bag that will work. The brainbox will not fit.

Taking her out tomorrow with Kent on the TTTT course.

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by MrOverdressed on Aug 30^th, 2009, 6:06am

Congradulations!

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by Bud_Bent on Aug 30^th, 2009, 8:20am

This thread is worthless without photos...

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by bikerteam on Aug 30^th, 2009, 3:11pm

Greg - glad you choose the SRAM red front brake. I love the SRAM red brakes. I have both the front and rear on my Xstream. The Angletech Aeropod bag fits both the Hoagie and Carbon seats. I really like my Aeropod, and even bought one for Angie's V3

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by aikigreg on Aug 30^th, 2009, 6:52pm

eh, voila!

booty view:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/xstream/CIMG3370.jpg

sram red brake
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/xstream/CIMG3372.jpg

crankset
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/xstream/CIMG3371.jpg

front view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/xstream/CIMG3373.jpg

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by mleuck on Sep 2^nd, 2009, 1:39pm

aikigreg wrote:

I missed something, why do you now have a Xtream?

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by Bud_Bent on Sep 2^nd, 2009, 2:02pm

mleuck wrote:

I missed something, why do you now have a Xtream?

You really did miss something if you haven't figured out that Greg likes to buy a bike every couple of months.

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by aikigreg on Sep 2^nd, 2009, 9:11pm

Bud_Bent wrote:

[quote author=mleuck link=1251598992/0#5 date=1251916773]I missed something, why do you now have a Xtream?

You really did miss something if you haven't figured out that Greg likes to buy a bike every couple of months.
[/quote]

True dat. Thankfully I've never lost money on a bike except the corsa, and and that was only because I sold it to Steve. Theoretically I have nowhere else to go :)

Title: Re: Well, it's here!
Post by goatstick on Sep 2^nd, 2009, 10:40pm

aikigreg wrote:

Theoretically I have nowhere else to go :)

But downhill??? That's where I wanna go... :^)