29er, Test Ride Recap
The 29'er frame with its components on, about to be test-ridden.
So last night after work, I scrambled over to Penn and picked up a tire to match the one I already had. Then I scrambled home to build up the bike for its first test ride. The build itself went very smoothly — the only issues have encountered are corrosion inside the bottle cage mounts — an easy fix — and the rear chainstays are close enough where a 2.2″ tire has a tight fit, but doesn’t quite rub the stays.
Of course, the important question is: how did it ride? Well, actually. Quite well. She wasn’t twitchy, she was stable and tracked a straight line. The bike was comfortable, and there was no creaking, undue flexing, or anything that would otherwise make the bike undesirable. I’m happy.
The next issues are re-attaching the front disc brake tab (removed during some frame mods last weekend) tonight, and then doing the cosmetic clean-up on the metalwork before I ship her off to paint. Today, I’ll be shipping paint masking artwork off to my vinyl-cutting guy, too.
So, hopefully, by this weekend, she’ll be in a booth somewhere, getting paint laid down. Cross your fingers!
