Interbike is descending upon me quickly.  And I’m already going to start updating my Interbike section.  I’m stuck at home typing frantically while the “peons” are out setting up the booth.  Then I’ll get to fly in Wed. afternoon (think American Calvary), watch the ‘cross race and then enjoy an evening of _____ before starting in earnest on Thursday. Where I’ll be racing one of those go fast turny races.  Part of frantically typing on the computer is checking up on the Fairwheel Bikes forum interbike 2009 thread. And this is where I came across this little gem. It’s discussing a carbon disc brake rotor on our Electron Di2 Mountain bike build.  That’s right I said it, we got together with some Electrical Engineers and re-wired a Di2 build into a mountain bike configuration, 2 X 10 baby!

And with the CF rotor…..how does the braking compare to a regular SS rotor? Is there anyone making cast iron rotors? In racing I found that cast iron rotors increase braking mojo by a factor of at least one shitload. I would think a heavily drilled/machined iron rotor wouldn’t weigh too much. Also what’s the wear rate like on the CF?

Via @fairwheel "Into every life a little rain, or broken glass, must fall"

Also while I’m at it, sitting on my high horse, being pretentious and elitist because I’m too lazy to do any of the heavy lifting I’d like to pass along a “way to go boys” (see attached picture of broken display case) to those “peons” at the show.

AX-Lightness 161 Gram Rim; The lightest bike rims?

I’ve been working hard lately, mainly on projects that are for now best left until the beginning of Inter-bike on Wednesday.  But little bits and piece are starting to come to light.  This photo, of a new AX-Lightness Rim (161 grams!?!?!?!?) was “leaked” by my boss @fairwheel. It just got laced to a set of hubs that will make for a wheel set that… well, like I said, wait for Interbike.  But this picture, aside from the rim holds clue to one more project and another hint for this one.  Although the bike this rim is going on is going  to be light, very very light, it’s not the main focus of the bike.  If your interested in more, it seems as though @erichsanders has some information and posted it on his twitter account.

After the first coat

More on the personal front, I did take a break last night to go run and get some wood to start building a bike rack in the living room.  It’s going to be two rows of bike one higher than the other to fit more into the space.  Rubber coated hooks into two pieces hanging at the top.  And then in order to keep things cleaner there are going to be two 1 x 6s at the bottom for the rear wheel to rest on. All together, 10 bikes ten feet long taking up a good portion of one wall in the living room.  I’m pretty excited to get some bikes hanging.  Plans are also in the works for some hooks to hang shoes off of, a set per bike.  A fan might be in store for the winter when shoes start coming home wet.