the farfignugen experience...

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expands. i've put a lot of money into this bike; in fact, more than i'd like. however the pay off is...it handles beautifully now. and i'm really happy with it. the fork was a bit of a worry for me. i was noticing some rust, and such...and come how; how old is this thing? so, it was time for an upgrade. new fork meant new headset, and stem too.

i settled on the race face ride stem. it is on their low end, but that wasn't a concern for me, plus the cool 'three-d' face plate sold me.

for the headset i went with the cane creek one-hundred. same functionality at their one-ten, but not a much money. little heavier. same concept, and functionality. smooth in its use. and it feels really snug to the fork, because of its compression ring. really like this headset.

fork. this took some time. i really didn't want cro-mo, and no disc...right from there my options were limited. a carbon fork with canti's...is there such a thing? only one, with a reasonable price point. so i picked up the origin eight black-ops carbon. not the best carbon fork out there, but it will do the job for me. the thing about their forks...depending on the length, they are able to be set up for a twenty-six or a twenty-nine inch wheel. it comes out of the 'box' set up for twenty-nine; however some simple turns of the screws, move the bosses down, and i'm set up for twenty-six. nice. lightweight. solid.

together...it all feels really nice, and smooth. the front end is lightened up. more responsive. just an all around smooth feeling, rigid, stable feel to the front end.

took it out for a long ride yesterday, and handled beautifully. like i said before...i have put too much money into this bike than i would like. other than what was mentioned...tires, wheels (not a set, mixed and matched), bb, chainrings, rear derailleur, freewheel, brakes, i put on a different saddle for more comfort (and i just wanted to save, as much as possible, the original), this i had lying around.

so, yeah, quite a bit of coin that i was ever intending to for this bike...but i have to say that the end justifies the means. this is a really nice ride. responsive. who knew that it would cost so much to not be extravagant?

just a really fun, all around, mountain bike; for 'kicking it'.

oh...this is goes out to kenny...when are you going to post, man? stay away from facebook...that will rot your brain...

amitabha...