Zanconato

[suspectdevice]

Always sarcasm, always.

Mike-
What's your favorite bike you've built for yourself?
What bike, out of all the bikes you've ridden would you say has affected your jive the most?

[zank]

I'll take the second one first.

My Klein Rascal. Maybe I'm looking back to my 140# past with rose-colored glasses, but that bike was awesome and I couldn't wait to ride it every single day.

I built a cross bike for myself back in 07 that I couldn't wait to roll up to the line on each and every weekend. That also coincided with a time that I was more fit than at other points in my life. Funny how that works.

[zank]

UCI Approved.

[DCT]

mike-

thanks for the seminar on friday and saturday. all of us at the vsalon ball got a bit smarter.

ps- your bikes kill

[Saab2000]

mike-

thanks for the seminar on friday and saturday. all of us at the vsalon ball got a bit smarter.

ps- your bikes kill

Yes. Darren caught me off guard yesterday in front of the group, asking me what I liked about my Zanconato. I didn't have my prepared text with me so I said it was 'lively'. This is correct. But later we came to the consensus that a really nice bike does nothing to bring attention to itself, and certainly not in a negative way. Yesterday I rode 81 or so miles over really tough terrain - up steep hills on pavement, down the same, up and down steep gravel hills, around corners, over potholes, over washed out dirt road sections. I never once thought about the bike. And that is a good thing.

[suspectdevice]

Hey everybody! Bikes are meant to be ridden!

[roguedog]

Hey everybody! Bikes are meant to be ridden!

Love it. Rock that, Mickey!

[suspectdevice]

Love it. Rock that, Mickey!

That's Mr. Bikereg.coms child hauler and grocery getter.
The Bikereg office is always full of a few Spookys and and a Zank or two on most days.
Smart people.

Yo Mr. Z,
Those team bikes were pretty early on in your career, right?
Were they built in Pittsfield?

[zank]

Wow. That bike brings back memories!

[zetroc]

Whoa, a Zankstracycle. I'd ride that to the grocery store any day.

[zank]

Yeah, very early. Fall of '99 or '00. I can't remember. That batch of 6 was built in Pittsfield and painted by Vicious for Adam, Steve, and Kathryn. Adam lent his to Chris Hill to race the Junior race at Worlds in Belgium. Good times.

[suspectdevice]

That would have been fall of 2000 then. Adam rode Gunnars in '99*.

*the bikes, not the Shogren.

[zank]

Remember when guys like Gunnar would come up to New England for the entire cross season back then? I wish I kept a diary. So many memories.

[suspectdevice]

Remember when guys like Gunnar would come up to New England for the entire cross season back then? I wish I kept a diary. So many memories.

One of the things on my "to blog" list is a history of the last 20 years of Pioneer Valley cycling. There are lots of bits and pieces floating out there in various peoples minds- a sort of oral history could be assembled fairly easily. There is even some written source material documenting the nascent days of our cx scene like Gunnar's Whattisupwidat column from DirtRag!

[Jason Musgrave]

Mike - I might have missed this somewhere, but are your cross rings available yet?

[zank]

Mike - I might have missed this somewhere, but are your cross rings available yet?

Hi Jason,
I'm just starting to get product from the vendor for the first run. These are all pre-sold at this point. We will start working on getting another PO going once the first run is totally done, but I don't know what the timing will be like. I'll keep you guys posted for sure!
Mike

[Chousen One]

Hi Jason,
I'm just starting to get product from the vendor for the first run. These are all pre-sold at this point. We will start working on getting another PO going once the first run is totally done, but I don't know what the timing will be like. I'll keep you guys posted for sure!
Mike

Man they are looking great and showing up all over the place! MAKE SOME MORE SO US SLOW TO PULL THE TRIGGER FOLK CAN GET IN ON THE AWESOMENESS!!

[zank]

It was my pleasure, Wayne!! Taylor was really picking it up, and Jordan is already crushing it. Sorry I had to bug out in such a hurry. It was great seeing you guys!

[allerge99]

Looks like Molly Cameron is using some new rings at crossvegas tonight.

[kpomtb]

A question about the Hammer/Nail thread. Would it have been possible to replace the single tube that was dented?