Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Well not really. They are Swarovski Kristallwelten, still very cool. No price yet but given how expensive sidi shoes normally are...expect to pay a handsome premium!

Official Product Shot- CAAD10

Wrong Wrong Wrong

Another horrible setup spied via the internet



(And yes I do need to do the write up for last week)

Cannondale- 2010

This isn't my picture.. I don't know enough people in the game. But these are photos of the '10 cannondale caad 9's with BB30. These are the most underrated road racing rig on the market. Cannondale were known for years for their aluminium frames, then like the rest of the sheep they started chasing the "Carbon dream". I have to admit, why when you are the acknowledged master's of aluminum frame fabrication would you want start to produce carbon frames, and even frames that you have made in asia and forsake your roots. These are now only one of two different frames made in Bedford. Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against asian carbon mass produced frames, but what Cannodale used to do and scale they did it on was still somewhat artisian....

Well this week has been another mixed bag, not alot of riding due to having to deal with other issues...I now own a house and am alot poorer for it, my wife quit her job and is changing companies, I have been dealing with recruiters all week, and finally the one day (Saturday) I was looking forward to racing my bike I get asked if I can do a job interview at 2.00pm.

So there was my week, I have to look after wee man solo for the next two days will the wife is in Sydney for work. So if I want any training in it's 4.00am, yay for me ;)

The worlds most hated wheels???

To find out the full story follw this link,

velo-news

The really scary thing was they are testing a MTB version,

Rings

Well these arrived in the post today, about a month after I ordered them from Greenspeed.

"The Pup" 39 tooth


New Big Dog 53 tooth

In all the years I have been riding this is the first time I have actually bought a new set of road chain rings. And boy was I in for a shock I got a little bit of change from $AU340.... I choose TA Specialties because they are available in two colors (hey image is always important!) and AFAIK they invented the system of a single sided fixing system for the big ring that Shimano is now using on it's 7900 group set.
So getting them out of the package the first thing I was struck by has how much machining had gone into the production of the big dog... really impressed! But I think it's the fixing system where the secret is


Backside of the "Dog"

Setup
I had to remove the SRM cranks to get the other small chain ring off. This is a bit annoying but if you have the tools it adds only another 5 minutes to the process.
Removing the existing rings was another 2 minutes, and setting up the new rings another minute. Getting the new bolts to thread correctly was the biggest problem. It took me two goes, as I didn't want to cross-thread the chain ring. So second time lucky and it was all back together then back on the bike.


The end result

The shifting in the stand was fantastic but will have to wait till Saturday for an on the road evaluation.