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Ore to Shore Conclusions

The Race: This has become my favorite race!  I had not done the Soft Rock in about 4 years.  I had forgotten how fun this course is.  It is mostly downhill and very fast when you want it to be.  The downhills are incredible.  This year it was more like a ride to me than a race and I think this made it even better.  I seen a lot of things that I had not seen in the past because of the ride pace.  The best part was riding with Jay Jay and helping him to achieve his goal.  That was worth much more than any trophy!
Mission Accomplished.  Photo Courtesy of Don Miller

After the Race: My back felt great and I did not feel to tired.  This would be do to the pace.  Jay Jay also said that he wants to do the race on the Fat Bike next year.  So the Green Machine will now become his primary ride.  He asked me today when we would do our next ride.  That will hopefully be tomorrow evening?  I will take pics of the Green Machine and review the build in a future post.

The Farley 6: The Farley was the perfect bike for this course.  The drive train is stock 2x10 Shimano, Deore Shifters, XT Shadow Rear derailleur and Xram XO front derailleur.  Brakes are Avid BB7.  The wheels are the stock Bontrager Hubs, SunRingle Mulefut rims.  Tires are Vee Mission in the rear and Vee Mission Command on the front with QTubes superlight 26x2.4-2.75 tubes and blue Surly rim strips.  The fork is Chinese Carbon with 135 spacing.  Bike weighs right around 28 pounds.  Not bad.

The only change that could make this bike better is a Bluto fork.  I believe I will be making this upgrade before next years race.  Will also require me to purchase a new front wheel unless someone makes adapters for the Bontrager Hub.  This will also add a couple pounds to the bike.  

Whats Next?: We are thinking that we will ride Peak 2 Peak.  Michelle would like to go to Crystal Mountain and so would I.  Jay Jay said he will do the sport class race on the fat bike.  Let the fun begin.

I will post soon on the Green Machine build for Jay Jay and training plans.

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