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Here She is dressed in a nice layer of New Mexico dirt. 
The frame arrived last Tuesday at noon. I was riding it that evening thanks to the good guys at Mello Vello. That's costomer service for you. :thumbsup: So no first build clean pics of this one. I have done four rides so far and am very impressed with her.
It rides real nice. No harsh riding aluminum here. The geometry makes for one fast ride. This bike screams on the hard packed adobe around here ( think "blue groove" ). The Reba team maxel-light is the plushest most stable fork I have ever ridden. I like the Ralph's a lot but put a 1/4" tear in the center of the front one on a rocky decent. So far the stans sealed it up OK. It started leaking the next day and sealed again. they have so much air volume that you can loose a fair bit of air before you have to put more in. The vector bars in combo with the ESI grips have a comfy feel and that magic carbon vibration dampening. The Formula Oro's came off my old bike. They always squealed on the rigid but are quiet on the Ahrens. They seem to like the bigger wheels better. Me too. :thumbsup:
The build came in at 24lbs with a burly fork. I could lighten it up with a lighter post and crank but I had to do some cost cutting at the end ( you know... recession and all ) and use a cheaper crank and old seatpost.
I guess my XL Blur is for sale now. I don't see myself back on smaller wheels anytime soon. :nono:
Mike Ahrens was great to deal with. He included some nice swag with the frame including a wisecracker that I intend to use with every ride if I can. :yesnod:
All in all I'm very pleased with The Chocolate SS... a tasty treat for sure.
Links-
http://www.ahrensbicycles.com/
http://mellowvelo.com/
The frame arrived last Tuesday at noon. I was riding it that evening thanks to the good guys at Mello Vello. That's costomer service for you. :thumbsup: So no first build clean pics of this one. I have done four rides so far and am very impressed with her.
It rides real nice. No harsh riding aluminum here. The geometry makes for one fast ride. This bike screams on the hard packed adobe around here ( think "blue groove" ). The Reba team maxel-light is the plushest most stable fork I have ever ridden. I like the Ralph's a lot but put a 1/4" tear in the center of the front one on a rocky decent. So far the stans sealed it up OK. It started leaking the next day and sealed again. they have so much air volume that you can loose a fair bit of air before you have to put more in. The vector bars in combo with the ESI grips have a comfy feel and that magic carbon vibration dampening. The Formula Oro's came off my old bike. They always squealed on the rigid but are quiet on the Ahrens. They seem to like the bigger wheels better. Me too. :thumbsup:
The build came in at 24lbs with a burly fork. I could lighten it up with a lighter post and crank but I had to do some cost cutting at the end ( you know... recession and all ) and use a cheaper crank and old seatpost.
I guess my XL Blur is for sale now. I don't see myself back on smaller wheels anytime soon. :nono:
Mike Ahrens was great to deal with. He included some nice swag with the frame including a wisecracker that I intend to use with every ride if I can. :yesnod:
All in all I'm very pleased with The Chocolate SS... a tasty treat for sure.
Links-
http://www.ahrensbicycles.com/
http://mellowvelo.com/
