...and it's aliiive! :-)
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End of day 2 - the bike not finished yet, but I took it for a quick spin, to figure out my position and test everything. The initial thoughts were that it's fast, very fast - compared to my aluminium road bike!
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Day 3 of the build - The tricky part of cutting down the seat post, fine-tuning everything and adding finishing touches, such as the handlebar tape, refreshing the wheel graphics etc.
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A (mobile phone) photo of the finished bike. Not completely colour-coordinated, due to a change of heart about the pink graphics earlier on and I've had an intention of getting a rear disc wheel, so I hadn't put the gold stickers on the rear wheel. Anyhow, that's it - time to start riding it now!
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23/Jun/2011 - Packed up and ready to go on the National Time Trial Championship race on a local race track.
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Although it was 34'C in the shade...
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...the spirits were high as well!
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As hot as it was outside...
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...I've still had to get warmed up, of course.
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Rolling to the start.
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The moment of truth!
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRO9G4DmSA
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First lap...
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...and already dedicated to the max, with a heart rate of over 190 bpm.
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It was scorching out on the track.
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My Polar (ooh, the irony!) HRM recorded ambient air temperature of 37 degree C!
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For that reason, the race was shortened from seven laps to six.
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