It has been almost a year since Jared at Rivendell and I discussed Sam, 
elected a build kit, and pulled the trigger.  There have been some really 
sweet spots of riding, meeting and engaging with many of you here in the 
bunch, and some pleasurable wrenching on Sam.

I liked the Alba bars, and know that many of you benefit from them.  I 
elected to have them when Sam was built.   My gun, my  bullet, and my 
trigger.  So please take no disrespect.  But for me, it was time for them 
to go.

I have been riding my Boulder All Road rando with noodles far and wide, and 
always, even if fatigued from a long effort, felt pretty good.  I was NOT 
feeling that about hands resting on the cork grips, the metal brake levers, 
or the hard, shellacked bar tape ahead of that on my Sam.

The rando didn't replace Sam, it just serves a different purpose.  Sam is a 
horse of a bike that can do a lot.  So, solution:  make Sam more like rando 
without compromising (gentling, for Wheel of Time fans) him.  Noodles with 
eggplant tape.  And a generator lighting system.  That's the ticket.

So here he is in his new 
configuration.<https://www.flickr.com/photos/20853610@N05/sets/72157644521377844/>
  
There is an explanation for the 
background.<https://www.flickr.com/photos/20853610@N05/sets/72157644507522452/>

~Tom

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