The new Soma Juice I mentioned way back here. is finally done. Actually, it has actually been completed for a month or so. Thus far it has been mostly ridden around town and with the family 'trailer bike in tow', though it has also been on a couple Forest Park rides (Forest park is a huge urban park here in Portland. The trailhead is about 1 mile from my new office, so hitting the trails at lunch will become a sweet summer time activity). The first time in "The Park", I basically stayed on the dirt road that leads through it cause everything was pretty mucky. Today however I rode with a coworker (on a geared bike no less) and we hit the firelanes - Up firelane 1 to Skyline, down
I love the way it rides - I'm really not seeing much in the way of rear wheel drag (some people complain about 29er bikes feeling like boat anchors when you get them going). The thing climbs like a monkey on crack! I opted for a rigid carbon fork on the bike, so that definately makes it feel different, climbing is much much nicer...
Anyway, I'm stoked on the bike. A shout out to Stan @ Soma and to the guys at Cyclepath for helping me pull together all the missing components.
The stats:
- Soma 29er Juice Frame
- Black Chris King Headset
- Pace Carbon 29er fork
- Easton Seatpost
- IRD Seatpost clamp
- WTB Speed V titanium rails
- RaceFace AlloyAir bars
- RaceFace Prodigy stem
- ODI Lock on Grips
- SRAM 9.0 levers
- Avid BB.7 Mechanical Disc Brakes & Rotors
- Avid Full Metal Jacket Brake Cable System
- RaceFace Turbine (old school) cranks
- RaceFace 36T Chainring
- Time Z Atac petals
- Shimano Square Taper Ultegra BB
- BBG Bashguard
- Avid 8 spd chain
- Bontrager Race Disc wheels with ‘Gusset’ single speed converter
- IRC Mythos F&R 2.1 29er tires
Misc
- Zefal Bottle Cage
- Specialized ‘Turbo’ Odometer
- Jand Mountaineering seat wedge
- 2 Spot Brand ‘rocket’ chain tensioners
