so after our bike weigh-in at the spr breakfast i saw my poor bike slip further and further down the leaderboard.  so much so that it now resides in the bottom third in the rankings.  it was a contentious point at home with me complaining that my bike is too heavy. 

i thought that i was on a winning argument until it was pointed out how many of these lighter bikes are beating my poor old fondriest up the hill on sunday.  based on recent results, only three maybe four fall into that category and therefore i must not need to lighten my bike. 

luckily i purchased my new hubs both before the weigh-in and before the aussie dollar went belly up.  coming in at 190g lighter than a set of dura-ace these little beauties come from jens’ homeland and also come with a weight restriction, so i better not pack on too much weight when baby number two comes along.