yipee

well, things are starting to move again on the new 'cross ride. emails with mike truelove were exchanged this week and with some good luck i should be getting the new frame by mid-september.

started collecting parts and here's what i am going with:

• thomson stem and seat post
• chris king headset
• bontrager handle bars - morgan gave me his old ones, thanks morgan
  
• tektro brake levers - cane creek's without the cane creek price
• paul's brakes - neo-retro front and touring canti rear
• chris king hubs - these if i can get them, road if i can't
• mavic open pro rims - already have a set, with revolution spokes
• truvativ cyclocross cranks - 175mm
  
• crank brothers egg beater pedals

i'll be setting this up as a singie speed, but have left myself the option to run gears in the future (mike is going to weld a hanger onto the paul dropouts). will probably run paul thumb shifters when i do.