24 October 2014

Friday catch up & Salsa Mukluk Mk1 XS ready for winter

Busy week again this week. Sold all the bikes/wheels/frames etc that i had for sale on ebay, it takes up alot of time getting the stuff ready, taking photos, uploading listing, answering stupid questions, boxing up and posting. Its also very clostly - Ebay/Paypal/Posting bills came to £218 ! but hopefully it has all gone to good homes. I have stripped another couple of bikes and started cleaning the frames ready for selling but not sure if i really want to sell them or keep them. One is my Kona Hei Hei from 1994 that cost £1.5k and i got it converted to disc brake on the rear. The other is my Salsa Beargrease Alu frameset 2013, this thing is rare and i have not seen one come up for sale yet. 
Only managed a couple of rides and both were on the Salsa Carbon Krampgrease, this thing is just a joy to ride and the lines are still dryish so bombing along still (below are a few pics). Work has been crazy busy as i have been trying to finish off all my outstanding workload as im going to be off for a while. I will also be taking some time off from the blog as well after the weekend. As some of you might or might not know I go for regular check ups at various hospitals cross the NE inc the Sir Bobby Robson Centre, they have been keeping an eye me inc a new growth on my back for the last couple of visits but it never changed so left it alone. A couple of weeks ago it grew in size/shape so had to go back in for an examination - yes its got to come out so booked in for surgery next week. Hopefully all will go well and the sample results will come back negative but i will be off the bike for a while until i get sorted. Keep the miles rolling under your rubber while the weather is still fine, all the best for now



The marks left from the cx training @ Meadowfield on Wed night








After stripping the Salsa Alu Beargrease i transfered the wheels, chainset, & brakes onto Arrans xs mukluk, its shred a few pounds in weight now. I also fitted Surly Dirt Wizard 26x3" tyres onto the Marge Lite rims - check out the mud clearance now!



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