Looks good.  I'm about the same weight with hopes to hit 200 at best.

When looking at seats check out Ergon, pricy, but I'm loving mine.

I so want to get something like this.  Must find inspiration for what will work on mine.

 http://www.headbadges.com/id74.html

Move someplace cooler......

Got out for two rides this weekend.  Saturday was fairly social ride but covered 11.38 miles and 1143 feet of climbing.  Sunday was a little longer, a little faster and not as much climbing, 13.39 miles with 610 feet of climbing.

First impressions of course are Wow, this thing is light, 20lbs by bathroom scale.  Despite being so light it feels good on the trail, solid and planted, no weird vibrations, nice and smooth.  And FAST, oh so fast, coming from my Santa Cruz Tallboy LT, which is 32lbs and 5.5" of travel.  The light wheels and stiff frame accelerate so well.  The other thing I noticed, which is more of  preference is how odd regular Round grips feel weird (I've been using Ergons for a couple years now.) just odd without the palm support.  I joked that the suspension didn't really absorb the small bumps very well, by that I really mean that's where I felt the rigidness the most.  On larger stuff it wasn't quite as bad because I was out of the saddle soaking up the bumps with arms and legs more.  On Saturday we didn't really ride anything super technical as far as downhill, mostly just flowy fun stuff where things weren't that bad, except for a few stretches of trail that got a little rough, but again, being out of saddle the arms and legs do a pretty good job sucking up the big stuff.  During Sundays ride it was noted by someone I ride with often that he could tell I was slower on the downhill, where I would normally go straight through on the Santa Cruz, I was starting to look for the smoothest line and be a little slower, but as soon as the trail went up, I just exploded up the climbs.  This I had noticed on Saturday that anytime we hit a climb, I would zip past everyone, except the one guy in way better shape than me.

Overall Saturdays ride was great, with lots of comments about the bike, one guy took it for a spin around the meetup area, and liked how it felt.  Sundays ride was a little more adventurous as I got a puncture on the front tire that the Orange Seal just wouldn't seal up.  The puncture was from a rock strike, just left of the center tread.  While sealant was pissing out, it just wouldn't fill the puncture.  Fortunately the other guy with a 29er had a spare tube, as I hadn't put one in the saddle bag yet.  I attribute the puncture to being a little to heavy on the front end on a fast section with a sharp rock I could have avoided.  The question is, would another tire or tube prevented it???  Not sure.  I think the issue was to much weight on the front, not enough give without a suspension fork and the rock just pierced the casing.

Oh, and after all this, on the drive home, I literally almost lost the bike.  I have one of the bike racks that holds with wheels with straps and a clamp on the top tube.  Well at about 80mph the clamp slipped off, the bike fell down and was only held on by the straps.  God talk about a heart attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was able to pull over safely, stand it up and reattach.  I attribute the slip to having a towel to protect the paint and not tightening enough for fear of damaging the carbon.

Anyway, here are some photos from Saturdays ride.

Completed Build, with pump, tool kit, bottle cage, and crank boots picked up today.  Hate to add that weight, but it's better to have it than not.











Yes the wood graining is done by hand!  I have no idea how he does it.

After several hours of screwing around last night I did all the drilling but ended up doing the standard method.

On the 057 the threaded BB casing has no holes to access the tubes.  I was able to slide the routing tube one way, then the other to drill out.  As others, because of the angles the drilling had to be done by hand.  The upper hole was fairly easy, but the lower hole was a major pain and had to go in about 3 inches.

From there, I then ran the wire through the guide, removed the guide and tried to run the housing up from the bottom. Im not sure what it was, but I was hitting something very solid in the chain stay that I ended up not being able to pass.  I easily spent over an hour, probably closer to 2, just going back and forth.  With the cable in, I could not get the housing in more than 3 inches.  Without the cable it would go in about 8-10 inches before I hit something solid.

When I was hitting the solid thing, it would bunch up the cable and start some kinking.

I decided before things got really messed up, I would go back to the standard mounting with housing just on the outside.

So at the end of the night 2am, I had everything mounted and adjusted with the cable routed using external only housings.

Went with Orange on the new build.  Front Rocket Ron I added 3 oz, tire sealed up and had plenty of liquid still floating around.  My rear Thunder Burt with snakeskin didn't require any to seal, but will probably add 3 oz for puncture sealing.

My old Ardents took probably 6 oz each before they stopped leaking and sound dry inside.

Did some work tonight.  Polished, waxed and started assembling.  Got the cranks, derailieur and rear caliper on.  Threw the wheels on for a photo.

Planning to pick up a stem tomorrow, then push ahead with running cable and brake lines.

More pics to come later.