Posts Tagged ‘look quartz’
Look! My new LOOKs…
In my everlasting quest of the unbreakable, I have settled on LOOK pedals since they brought out the Quartz MTB pedals 3 years ago.
I give these pedals a good thrashing and have never had one fail. For training I currently ride a Specialized Epic 29er with 2.20 Captain tires and 180mm cranks. The full sus 29er with fat tires means I can pedal anywhere anytime, but the 180mm cranks means I hit rocks all the time.
On the road I use the Keo2Max.
The Quartz clears mud really well, clips in easily and is light. In short- its a no brainer!
Surprise visit to XTERRA Vermont.
This is by far the hairiest XTERRA course I have ever pre ridden. Sure, its almost all uphill, but it is super technical and slippery. It has been raining for the past 3 weeks and everything is slimy.
Speaking of slimy, my foot is fine. The cut is 90% healed up and I even ran on it the other day…
The new (and only) Specialized Stumpjumper 29er built for racing.
My 29er race bike…
This puppy has been specially built for me by the engineers at Specialized. (thanks Jason!) To save weight, the BB has been replaced with a large diameter shell to fit the Specialized Carbon road cranks. (Which I’m running 2×9) And most of the paint has been left off. In my opinion, the silver looks a lot faster than the green and brown on the standard bike. (the stock bike weighs in at 28lbs) specialized.com.
This one weighs in just below 25lbs (11.3kg) (give or take- will update) vs my 26 inch Carbon Epic 23.7lb. (10.7kg) Nice.
