Found this photo of my Motobecane before I converted it to a fixie. I occasionally used this for a 52 mile roundtrip commute into the City of Milwaukee. Dura Ace 8 speed shifting gear, Cinelli bars and stem, 600 crankset. Original 27 inch Wienmann rims.

Barring an unusual influx of dollars, this will be the ride for Trans Iowa V.2. I'm primarily a roadie so drop bars are a given though these are short and shallow. Bar ends shifting is durable and reliable. ST Thudbuster smooths the ride, Rockshox SID is pretty light and locks out for the gravel road stuff. If the weather is dry I might take a CX bike along. If extra money does come along it will go toward training trips.

So it doesn't get any better than this. A good hard bike ride followed by ice cream, free Culvers no less. This was taken after the Horribly Hilly Hundreds in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, June 2005. This fine day was preceeded by the eight days of Hellweek in Richland Center, WI. Working on trying to get another season as good as this past year. Got signed up this year, boy did it fill fast. The jersey is from my home turf club Spring City Spinners, Waukesha, WI.

First a test of this thing

And then there's a blog, oh yeah and beer.