Got the Race Face North Shore cranks in from across the pond. Gorgeous, machined, overkill. A very nice matte dark gray-purple finish. So nice, I may have to slap ’em on a try out 165’s on the SS, in the face of conventional wisdom.

3 hours later: In fact I just did. Very pretty. Slight increase in q, substantial overall increase in general badass flava. Yes, pics would be illustrative now. I also dropped back down to the 30t ring in the front. I think a 30:20, and the fat rear tire, will be needed for Rim ridin’.

I’ll give the new setup a go in Sedona tomorrow while M’s welding, then off to the great Valley of Sin and Fire to drop M off at the airport and the beginning of The Great Suiby Quest. I’m not sure if naming the car before seeing it is bad luck.