Sunday, January 28, 2007

Soma Rush

I started & finished the transformation of the Soma Rush this weekend. I took it on it's inaugural ride to return a movie and it rode great. I can't wait for the commute tomorrow.


frame with headset

frame, fork, cranks, bars, etc.

finished!


Much of the bike was transferred from my old fixed gear. New stuff includes frame, chain, tires, bar tape...

Here are the stats
55 cm Soma Rush
Forte Carbon Fork
Kore bars
Fizik tape
Sette stem
Shimano brakes hoods (the left is a dummy)
Shimano 105 front brake
Surly fixed/fixed hubs with 15/17 cogs laced to black velocity aerohead rims
Soma extra thick tires
Hurricane components cranks with a 42 tooth downhill RaceFace chain ring
Time ATAC pedals
Sram chain
black seatpost (forgot the brand)
Specialized seat

Surly Tuggnut Chain Tensioner/keeper
Zefal cage
One Less Car sticker...

1 comment:

zoner v3.4 said...

Sweet ride. Strange name for a bike though....two things that don't go together necessarily well...sleep and high speed cross riding. It's sort of like stitching "Drunk!" on a 747 pilot's uniform.