Archive for June, 2008

Counting the days

by Tanja on June 24, 2008 in Events, recent with 1 Comment

 Just a few days of work, 1.000 km’s by car and I’m in paradise! Sunday we’ll ride the Passport du Soleil, starting at Les Gets (hopefully in sunny bliss and no broken stuff!). Want to know what the Passport du Soleil is? I’ll quote what I wrote last year:

What is the PPdS (look at TBX’ photo’s of 2006)
It’s 80 km’s (320 m of total uphill climb) in a resort with 12 ski-lifts and you can ride there all day long, starting between 8 and 10 in the morning. 7 different resorts to start from:
- In France: Avoriaz, Châtel, Les Gets and Morzine
- In Switzerland: Champéry, Morgins and Torgon

…yeah, I’m SO stoked to go!

RM Switch one year later

by Tanja on June 5, 2008 in News, recent with No comments

My Switch came back from the bikeshop after a tune-up. It’s been about a year and I’ll let you know the damages of a year riding on it.

  • 2 sets of brake pads,
  • 1 new chain and a casette change (didn’t like the race set-up),
  • new bearings in front wheel (suspected production error),
  • tiny scratch 1 innerleg fork (thanks to this *peep*)
  • 1 broken spoke and 1 dent in rear wheel (kinda fixed),
  • thinner oil in fork,
  • standard maintainance to fork and shock.

That’s it! And it still looks praktically new, the paint still looks good. It has minor scratches on the rear, a few on the rims and cranks. Nothing out of the ordinairy. To be honest, I’ve had bikes looking like crap after just one year. My Switch still looks brand new, people ask me if I actually use it…

Anyway, I’ve bought new tires Continental Mountain King, going to use them with Bontrager anti-pinch innertubes. Light weight save without compromising the protection. Keep you posted with my experience, I must say that Continental makes impressive tires. For loose compound track I like to ride the Verticals, they have tiny spikes and a lot of clearing. Hopefully the Mountain King tires do well to.

I'm back

by Tanja on June 5, 2008 in Personal, recent with No comments

Hey all! I’ve been busy the last few weeks with buying a house, moving and the extreme home-makeover. Please remind me never to move again, ever! The good news is, that Passportes is just around the corner. About 3 weeks to go. I’ve bought a fourcross frame and I want to have that finished in the next week. I’ve bought a used Banshee Scirocco with some parts I had lying around: Halo Freedom wheels, Truvativ Holzfeller cranks and Syncross cockpit. New Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes and forks (need to decide today: Reba or Recon). Pictures of the build will follow asap, watch this space!