Fork Add on pt2

This is what I'm thinking for the fork addition:

• sand down fork (to roughen and possibly thin fork blades down past the Cervelo decals)
• glue on base wood strip (wood strip wont be as deep as the final depth of the fork)
• fill in bondo glass to create airfoil
• sand bondo and smooth
• fill in any surface imperfections with bondo body filler
• primer
• final coat of satin black
• satin clear coat

Fork Add on

Here's a before and after of what I'm thinking of doing to my fork. Adding 34mm (1.33 inches) to the back of my stock Cervelo fork to increase the depth.

Edit: the fork started out as 544 grams.

Rear Headtube Fairing Pt 2

 
Just made some changes to the rear headtube fairing: made the trailing edge sharp and smoothed out the surface as well. Bondo is cool. Though I will attach with gray tape instead of white.

Also, repainted to match the frame. I might be making another version that wraps around the headtube as well. But we'll see.

Front Aero Brake

Just installed my Tektro front aero brake. For the price ($20) this was a very good purchase and while it wont be as fast as a Hooker brake, it'll be a lot better than a standard brake. This was technically a rear brake, so I had to replace the short bolt with something longer. Fortunately, this wasnt too big of a deal.

Also, I'm hoping to fabricate some sort of carbon fairing to cover the whole unit.

Rear Head tube fairing

So I made the rear head tube fairing, and I think it came out pretty decent. I still want to sand and finish it so it looks prettier. But check out the cabling, very aero!

 

Rear Headtube Fairing

In the process of making a rear headtube fairing like the above.

Lessons:

• Use 2 pieces full sheet of fiberglass (not glass tape)
• Put toothpicks in back of mold and press into another piece of foam so that it stands up
• measure out resin and hardener, so it goes off as expected
• make mold trailing edge as sharp as a knife blade (not rounded)

P3 modified handlebars

They came out really nice and are only 34cm C-C. No basebar is that narrow!

Aero Cranks upgrade

Just got some new FSA Kronos aero cranks on the P3alu. So much sexier than the Truvativ triple cranks that were on there previous. Who would put a triple on a speedemon TT bike like the P3?

It might not make the bike any faster, but it sure looks faster dont it? Also, its a 54 tooth large ring. The American River Bike trail is so flat, need a slightly larger ring, plus its just cooler.

5 miler report

I never wrote about the 5 miler I did back in September, so here it goes:

The weather was horrific: 30-40 mph winds with torrential rain. Probably some of the worst conditions you could expect for a September weekend.

By the time I was on the line, I was cold and felt a little crazy for being out there.

The race got off and I was fast, it was hard not to be. So much adrenaline and energy just sitting around in the rain.

During some hilly portions of the course I felt really good and passed some people-----running hills around my house prepped me well.

My goal was to negative split the course and I did! Avg'd 7:26 min/miles which is pretty decent considering how long its been since I raced and the weather.

Snowshoes!

Just picked up a pair of running snowshoes on eBay. I figure, what better way to embrace the cold white Boston winter than to go out and enjoy it.

There are many snowshoe races in the area as well, so I'm out running again to get into race shape.