My Fondriest has been decommissioned. After riding it for about 6 months, I believe I am ready to sell it. It was a great frame, but it never seemed to "do" anything special for me. It was as if I never noticed the bike was underneath me. It cornered on rails, was extra plush on my butt and had a rock solid bottom bracket. However I never felt any personal connection to the frame. It was like this foreign thing that I would ride on for hours a day. All the while, it didn't like me and I didn't like it. I sound insane but the Fondriest just didn't have any love. Or it could be that my stem was too long, cranks to short and saddle to gimmicky to ever enjoy the ride. Whatever the reason; the frame, stem, cranks and saddle have either sold or will be sold on eBay very soon. I am now looking forward to a new Sycip road frame for the 2004 season.
What does this all mean!? That ole' ''Morte Nero" (my CX bike) is now doing duty as my full time road bike. I spent almost 9 months training and racing on it this season, and now it is back. Just in time for some serious miles! Morte Nero is a bicylce frame that has love. Strangely enough, it cost about 1/4 of the Fondriest, is made entirely of bone jarring aluminum (even the damn fork), fits me a little small and handles pretty slow. But for some reason I really love riding it.
Its all about the love - oh yes brother-man - it is all about the love.
