The Horizontal Hussy’s new bike
Horizontal hussy, beef curtains, break dance pants, whatever you call her….now you must pay homage to the newest steed in our shed… I present to you…the Castro Valley. Quite frankly the finest year ever made…I consider it the last year ever made.
How dorky am I that I’m exicted that my wife and I ride the same frame/fork…?
Now we just have to get her a Brooks saddle and some m324 shimano pedals…I’m gonna bring
home some Pasela Tour gaurds for it tomorrow. I had to put the Mungo bars on upside down to get her upright enough to be comfy. It makes the levers feel wierd, and I initially wanted to mount them under the bar…but whatever, it’s a work in progress. It’s due for another shakedown cruise to figure some more stuff out. She’s stoked so far though!
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oh i forgot to congradulate christine on having the first bike in the clan to have an integrated generator, as well as fenders. way to roll.
oy! crap sticks. did my other comment not go through! nuts.
Cool! I’ll be looking for her around town.
i’ve determined the route of the problem:
that STI nonesense. I have some NOS suntour barcons, friction only, and some aero levers sans shifters. you can have em if you use them wisely. and buy me a beer.
Well, she declined the Paselas on the principle that swapping tires just to be cool is…uh, not cool. So…now I’ve got the Paselas on my bike. Her tires are cool…they’re refective sidewall Vittoria Randoneurs with the puncture resistent tread stuff and all that fancy kind.
its not just to be cool. tan sidewalls let you know when you have a flat just by looking down. japanese tires are hand inspected and consistently well made.
and they are cooler.
but whatever.
oh and i bet 10 bucks the paselas are at least 200 grams lighter.