Bike Build

Since my bike came to me in a number of boxes it was time to get the thing built. Now, I'm no slouch when it comes to working with my hands but it's less than a month away from my race and I don't have any time to learn the hard way. I also don't want to damage one of my new components due to my own ignorance... too expensive to replace and, with all the trouble Paul over at Ellsworth bikes went through battling back-orders just to get me parts in the first place, I figure I should enlist a pro to do the build. So I did. The guys over at Belgen Cycles (a.k.a Village Bicycle of Richmond) took great care of me. They worry about the stuff that matters and you don't need to worry about their prices.

In fact, I had scheduled the build for earlier in the week but due to my fork and brakes still being in transit, I called Gene and said I needed to cancel. He replied with a "don't worry about it, I'll keep you on the list.". A few days later my parts arrived and he fit me in the next day. How can you argue with that?
- Drew