Bike build is all done!  I'll be taking some pics and then posting all the stats and info. in a pjorn thread.  I'll also be putting the Giant frame up on the classifieds and/or auction block soon.

Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mom!!  She is the big 6 0 today .............

Brought the fork and the seatpost in to take to the shop to cut it (I don't have a blade guide at home, so will go to the shop to do it there).  I need about an inch off of the fork and can take about two or three off of the seatpost (it was a 350, all I could get in that model).  The fork was 296 grams before cutting and the seatpost was 191.  We'll see how much the cutting knocks off. ;)

With cages and pedals and uncut seatpost/fork the bike weighed in at 15.5 ........ kept looking at all my numbers seeing where the "bust" was and figured I had estimated the wheels/tires/tubes/cassette but when I actually went down and weighed those there was a 218 gr. difference between what is advertised and what they actually weigh ... grrrrrrr.  That's a 1/2 pound!!  I did buy lighter tubes, so I'll get those put in soon.  But it is all not going to get the complete bike below 15 like I was hoping.

May be time to break out the Zero Gravity brakes and go to SRAM red for the shifters and rear derrailleur.  Those would take out well over 250 grams and easily get me below 15!!

Damn big frames weigh too much ........ why do I have to be so tall???

Spent over 3 hours cutting the grass yesterday, and it is still not finished!  Our riding mower has a starter problem and the mechanic picked it up Friday, so I have to do our whole 3/4 acre of grass (acre yard) with a regular push mower.  I kept working until it finally had enough and flooded when I was restarting it after filling the gas (for the 3rd time).  But the yard does look nice!

We have a live show for the "Backyardigans" for the kids in Baltimore today, so most of the day will be taken up with that.  Then we'll see if I can get out for a ride later.  I sure hope so .....

Hurray for Ferrari!  1-2 at GP of Barcelona today.  Take over constructor's championship and puts Raikkonen even further into the driver's lead.  Woohoo!!

No ride obviously .... started raining lightly and working on bike set-up.

Picked up the parts from the shop yesterday.  Still need to swap a few things over, but the bike is basically put together other than cables and such.  The Giant frame weighed in at 1,171 compared to the 1,011 for the Scott.  That's 160 grams or .35 pounds.  1/3 of a pound may not seem like much, but for just the frame that is pretty good!  Especially considering the Giant wasn't a boat anchor to begin with - it is still lighter than probably 80% of the stuff out there.

All the rest of the weight savings is coming from the parts, which would be weight loss reagradless of what bike I put it on.  But I wanted durability as well, so while I could have gone lighter on some things I'd start sacrificing strength and performance.  I'm also not upgrading the wheels, so I'll continue using my Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL's, which aren't bad, but are not as light as a lof of things out there.  I'm not going to be able to get it much below 15 it looks like without changing out all the Dura Ace stuff for other aftermarket parts or going with the SRAM Red things.  Still tossing that idea around ....... ;)