After many trips to bike shops and test drives and hours surfing Criagslist, I got a bike, a really fast bike, more bike than my engine deserves. In bike culture, you should have the legs to live up to your bike, and the Van Dressel Hellifast is an amateur racer’s bike (see Georgetown University Cycling team), I do NOT have a racer’s engine. Back in Colorado, there was nothing more fun than flying by the guy in matching get-up on the latest full suspension bike, and doing it on your beater hardtail made all the sweater. It’s going to suck to be on the other end of that. On the other hand, if I ever do get a serious set of quads, adding an aero bar cockpit to this already sleek frame would make for a killer Tri-bike.
Huge thanks to The Wrench for all of the Beta prior to purchasing, and for having all the specialized tools, know-how, and most of all generosity, to help me put the bike back in working condition. It still needs some work for sure (what the heck is carbon paste?), but working on a used bike and making it like new gives a great sense of ownership.
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