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Meet
"Bea" - My Mixte bicycle Completed Spring 2008
The
name Beatrice has 2 meanings: "Bringer of Joy" and "Voyager
Through Life". Each of these suits a bicycle, don't you think?
Finally, after two years, she's done.
Recent
updates include the following:
Raceface cranks and bottom bracket with the following silver-finished
rings: 42 (Raceface), 32 (Raceface) and 20 (AccuTech titanium).
Rivendell-designed MKS aluminum Grip King pedals with Knee Savers
pedal extensions
Topeak Mini Master Blaster frame mounted tire pump
Nitto front rack
Pletscher rear rack
Headlight - Blindingly bright C-cell Task Force Super 3-Watt LED
Aluminum Flashlight with 1930's style Velo-Orange mounting brackets
Luggage - Nigel Smythe olive plaid L'il Loafer in front, matching
Country Bag in back and a matching handlebar bag
The
rest of the goodies:
Aerospoke carbon composite wheels with Aerospoke proprietary 135mm
hubs
Rivendell 700x27 Ruffy Tuffy tires dressed in Honjo-Koken 43mm hammered
fenders and Nigel Smythe olive plaid mudflaps
SRAM/Sachs PC-951 chain
Shimano 9-speed 11-34 MegaRange rear cassette, giving a gear inch
range of 102.2 to 15.7
LX 9-speed shifters LX front derailleur XTR 2007 normal rise rear
derailleur model RD-M971
971 XT brakes and levers Kalloy aluminum trekking "butterfly bars",
double-wrapped in Velo-Orange hand-sewn elk hide over Brooks leather
handlebar tape.
Zoom adjustable open-faced stem
Brooks B-67 saddle affixed to a no-name but super-strong, super-long
aluminum seat post
Gold and black beehive bell
Japanese brass bell
Cateye Velo 8 cyclocomputer offering more information than I will
ever need
Tail lights - 2 red blinkie lights, one Cat-Eye and some other one
Zefal S-Cage water bottle cage and a Two Fish water bottle cage,
each holding a 27 oz. Klean Kanteen stainless steel water bottle
Velo-Orange leather chain guards
Greenfield kickstand
Gremlin
Bell - Everyone knows that evil road gremlins plague bicyclers and
often attach themselves to bikes. In fact, road gremlins are responsible
for most bikesā problems. As it turns out, they canāt bear the presence
of a ringing bell. They get trapped in the hollow of the bell and
the constant ringing drives them insane. They lose their grip and
fall to the roadway, creating potholes when they hit the surface.
Potholes are proof that Gremlin Bells do their job!
jzigurski@comcast.net
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