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@spinnnout
The year is 2017. I've signed up to be a sports science guinea pig. The pay? Just enough to snag the new Hope 20FIVE hoops. Sure, there are other "perks"—if you can call a VO2 max test a perk—but #crossiscoming, need those wheels for the CX bike.
For five weeks straight, I'll be doing one-hour, all-out tests on a static bike. No music, no clock, no data. Just me, the bike, and my own thoughts. Time stops. Nearly walk away after the baseline test but those Hope hoops, they're gonna change eveything this season.
Fast forward seven years, and, well… I hated those wheels. Honestly, I’m not even sure it was a good CX season. Fark that sports study and the rims - narrow, hard to mount tyres on, never set up tubeless nicely, and now they’re dinged and outdated. Salvaged the hubs and dropped them off with Arkane for a rebuild on something much wider.
Rule #1 of tubeless setup, if the first wheel goes up easily, the 2nd is going to ruin the afternoon.
First one mounted by hand, popped it on with a floor pump, no soap and away. grrr, got there in the end..
For the keen-eyed, if you're still reading (well done, by the way), you might have noticed the rogue spoke on the old rim. Yeah, that thing had the last laugh.
It's dark now, no pictures of the bike but despite the blood, sweat and nearly tears, finished with a big grin. The winter bike vision for the Faran is nearly complete-ish.