Whitening my ride

I've wanted to write about the small upgrades of my trail bike last year but I was too lazy. Last year I changed the seat of my mountain bike with a white second hand Selle Italia seat. The original seat got to my city bike so that bike got a little bit sportier and more comfortable (it had a big bulky city seat).

Also last year I changed my bottle cage because the aluminium one was making my bottle dirty so I got a white plastic bottle cage and change the yellow bottle with a white bottle :)

Last year I started to have bigger problems with my pedals, one of them was broken for a few years, but after falling too many time because I could get my shoes unclipped I decided that I should get new pedals. Given the options of silver, black and white I chose some nice white pedals. 

Last week I changed the pedals (I want to change the cleats also, but I need a lot of tome for that) so this Sunday I went for a ride with the new white pedals. 

The trail was nice and dry, the ground was a bit to hard but it was a nice Spring ride.

And a picture white my whitened bike:

And a close up with the new pedals from Rosebikes:

I wonder what is the next bit that is going to be whitened... Too bad they don't make white Nobby Nics with reinforced side walls...

Dreaming of spring...

It is cold and wet outside and I am dreaming of riding in the forest...

I have some old pics that I took on one of the last rides, before moving to Berlin and after upgrading the bike. The upgrade wasn't just an upgrade, I had to change the chain and the cassette because the chain had started to jump after about 6000 kilometers. I bought an XT cassette and an XTR chain. The middle chainring and the brake pads were changed also. Here are the pictures that I took near the castle in Targu Mures:

I have a new fork

This winter I killed my Dart 2 so I had to get a new fork. I decided to buy a white Rock Shox Reba. I had the chance to try it out in the city and I can feel the difference. The ride is a lot smoother and it feels like the front of the bike is lighter (the new fork is about 700 grams lighter then the old one). The Dart is en entry level fork, the Reba is almost as good as the famous SID (it's a bit heavier). I'm looking forward to try it out in the forest, were it belong. I'll post more pics and technical details later. Here is a picture I took last night: