Spent today closing my eyes and throwing some money at my already extremely schweet Specialized S-Works Epic. My old XTR "paddle shifters" served me well but my fingers were breaking off every time I tried to shift onto the big blade up front. I'm going the SRAM route this year and have put on grip shifts X-9. Meant changing the rear derailleur as well. Again am going the X-9 route. Massive price differences between the X9 and X-0 sort of made up my mind for me. Hope the differences are mainly cosmetic. As far as brakes are concerned, was "lucky" enough to pick up an almost new pair of Juicy Ultimates. Add all of this to a new cassette and chain and you can guess that the numbers are getting quite big.
Mark will be on his Scott Ltd. What a "weapon". The thing is lighter than his hard tail. On the subject of hardtails (ht's), so many guys are considering riding them instead of their full sus rigs. I'll be surprised if they don't express a few regrets on more than one occassion. Check back regularly to see how things pan out
I'm off to finish my packing now. Flying down to Cape Town early tomorrow. The holiday starts NOW!
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