Hello Dennis,

I check out your site on a daily basis and I thought your readers would appreciate seeing a few pictures of my winter training machine. It is an IRO Jamie Roy with a disc specific cyclocross fork. The frame was designed for a road fork so the handling with this fork is kind of slow but fine for riding in winter. The drive train is a Ritchey cyclocross crankset with a single 40T ring, a Dura Ace splined bottom bracket and a CXP23 rim laced to a Suzue ProMax SB 36 hole rear hub. I am using Miche 14T, 15T and 17T splined sprockets which I choose before I go out on my workout depending on wind and expected surface. Tires are Nokian Hakkapeliitta studded tires or Michelin Sprint cyclocross tires when the weather permits. I am using an Avid road disc brake with a Dura Ace brake lever. The rear wheel was built by the wheelman at Harris Cyclery and the front wheel is currently a spare from another bike. This is my second winter on this bike and it does the job!!!

Regards, Marcelo  marcelor@bu.edu