LOPES GOES TO POLAND WITH A TRANNY…
…don’t tell Paula!
Brian took delivery of a couple Tranny’s last week, and tomorrow he’s off to Poland and Slovenia for an invitational 4X followed by the first World Cup of the season.
Here’s the poster for the 4X, Brian said the promoter was really really good.

Here’s Brian’s note to me from last week after his first ride. I think he likes it!
Rode the bike tonight at the track and it was so friggin bad ass. SUPER stiff and the head angle was perfect. A lot of people at the track were tripping out on it, couldn’t believe how nice it looked. The only thing that I can say right off the bat is I need to drop some weight off it. I am running saint cranks on it because xtr just flex too much on a stiff frame like this. The new saint cranks will drop like 150 grams when I get them. Hopefully I will get the new 15mm Marzocchi fork which will drop 3/4 pound. I will be riding it a bunch more in the next few days, but I am SO happy with it and thanks SO much for getting me this before these first few races that I most likely will really need this hardtail.
Good Luck over there Brian!
Chuck and the Ibis Crew

