Ellsworth Moment - bike build story chapter II

It's so pretty....I get to go race it in Colorado at the Snowmass Mountain States Cup (MSC) this weekend, and that's exciting.

My fork and wheels arrived, and then my lovely SRAM xO shifter and derailleur, so it was time to take the hijacked parts off the Moment, put the delicious new parts on it, and reassemble the Dawg.

The last part of the puzzle was the fork, and on Monday last week I found out that it had arrived at Hyland Cyclery (a super shop, set up for everything one could need, and great service, cool guys, all that good jazz) in Salt Lake City.

I busted down to SLC after work, and after chatting with Steve and the other shop guys, and having them cut my top tube and set the crown race and star nuts (and after trying to talk one of their customers into buying a Moment, let him ride mine...hopefully he's sold now!) I raced back home and got to work.

I was so excited that I didn't even change my clothes! Oops...thank goodness for aprons, or the aftermath might have been worse than this:


(PS for a sponsor shoutout - I didn't even try to do this but those are Zeal sunglasses, a Patagonia skirt, and a Fox Racing shirt, heh! Love them all.)

When last we saw the Dawg it looked like this:


After a couple hours of going back and forth, pulling parts off of one bike to go back on the other, the Dawg looked like this:


Woot! I've done so much bike assembly lately that it almost seemed easy! And yes, I went over and checked all the bolts, just to be sure. :)

The Moment, well, it got a lot burlier, and girlier...yes, it is possible to be both! From this:


To this:


Notice the pink SRAM xO shifter?


And derailleur?


And blue Hope hub and shiny white Stans NoTubes rims?


This fork came off the Moment and went back on the Dawg...


And this beefy 6" Magura Wotan fork went on the Moment...(it feels so buttery and smooth even though it still needs to be adjusted for my weight):


I got a little dirty...but didn't mind.


Ok, ok, ok, I'll stop gushing now. Sorry - I've just NEVER had a bike so tricked out and pretty and perfect before! Thanks to Ellsworth, Magura, Stans NoTubes, SRAM, WTB, and Crankbrothers, my bike is amazing. (Thanks also go to Fox Racing, Patagonia, and Zeal Optics for helping kit me out so I can ride protected and look good too.)

Ok, done drooling now, but don't worry, there will be plenty of drooling and ranting and raving to come! The bike isn't QUITE finished - I need to get the Hammerschmidt crankset, and in the meantime need to find a spare front derailleur to keep my chain from falling off.....but small steps. It's almost done.