Oakley Collection

The following is my collection of Oakley eye wear throughout the years.

Back To Black

Decided to remove all the decals and go back to basic black. The DIY decals are getting dated and falling off.

Giro Trans Road Cycling Shoe

Giro Trans in da house...an incredible road cycling shoe with customizable arch inserts. The rigidity of the Trans is enhanced by the EC70 carbon Sole. Feel of the shoe is incredible with its customizable inserts that will feel like its snug but not restrictive. I have tried the Trans with and without socks (Being a triathlete and all). Ankle near the shin was chaffed when I went sock less due to the nature of the Tongue of the Trans which tends to protrude somewhat more then is needed. Nevertheless the GIRO Trans is a great shoe.

Titanium For Life...

New addition to the family. A classic Titanium Frame in a form of Litespeed Firenze with Zipp 404 Wheels, Zipp Service Course Handlebars, Zipp Service Course Handle Stem, Fizik Pave Saddle and SRAM RED Groupset.

Tommi's CFmoto 650nk

Gorgeous mod done by Tommi from Vietnam using the ZX10 Fork and Versys lower triple....

 Love the graphics on the bike...

Hollowtech To GXP Bottom Bracket Replacement

Just did a Hollowtech To GXP Bottom Bracket Replacement for the Cervelo P2 using the Sunlite Tool BB Hollowtech2 / GXP Wrench. FYI, the GXP & Hollowtech shares the same wrench configuration but the BBs are not interchangeable due to the size of the opening (Inner Diameter) of the GXP (SRAM) which is smaller than the Hollowtech (Shimano) BBs. At least that is true when I tried to insert the Shimano 105 Crankset after removing the SRAM Red Exogram crank which won't go though the left side BB. However I am still unsure the usage of the Plastic cap that comes with the wrench.

Carbon Fork Steerer Cutting DIY

Carbon Fork steerer cutting DIY

Not quite happy with the initial setup of the cockpit of the Litespeed Firenze. Felt that it was too tall at the front although it was very comfortable but had to look for an optimum position which was aero but comfy as well. Did not have the proper tool for the job so I set up to perform the task with whatever I had at the moment. The tools that I had used:

- Old handle stem with the same diameter (1 1/8)

- Old Fork spacer

- Metal Hack Saw.

- Dremmel Tool

Initially I measured the desired height of the handle while fastened to the fork. Marked the height as well as the measurement. Learnt that the grease from the head part will cause the marking you make to dissappear upon removal later. So remember to measure twice and cut once (Nearly cut the wrong length initially..phew!!). Clamp the old handle stem to the fork and slide the space into place. Then tape the space to the spacer to the handle stem about 1mm below the spot that you will cut so that it does not move around. Proceed to cut the fork at the desired spot ad dremmel off the irregular areas to make sure that the surface is as flat as possible corresponding to the spacer.