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It's been quite a while since I recorded the most recent changes to my CycleLog. I hadn't documented it previously, but what I would now call v2.6.0 updated the ride display page. When I bought the Quattro last year I needed to update this page to record the litany of new data points it provided over some of my other computers. While working on this I also integrated Google Maps of my recorded route. This is something I started a couple 2-3 years ago being I could record them on my phone using Google's nifty My Tracks Android application. Once recorded I could easily create an external link to the map, but I've finally embedded them into my CycleLog data. I now just pull the map embed code to include with my logged ride data. Presto, maps right on the ride page!

For v2.7.0 I've updated the Cycling Yearly Summary page. The quick and simple change was another that I've been wanting to do for quite some time. That being, reverse the order from first to newest year (1995-2013) to now be newest to oldest year (2013-1995). The accumulated "Lifetime" section still appears at the end as it always did. The other more significant task was adding a "Rides Table" that lists all rides for that year in tabular form. And being this can be pretty long, it's initially collapsed, but can be toggled open for viewing. Each entry date links to the actual ride if one wants to drill into any particular ride being this table only contains the basic ride data. In any case, it provides yet another way of looking at the large amount of data that I've accumulated over the years.

I'm now 5 months in with Project Yokota and have acquired a number of additional parts towards its build. First up would be the "good as new" Look HSC Carbon Fiber Fork:

Next up would be a Marin 1-1/8" 90mm Handlebar Stem:

Being the headtube, headset and fork are all 1", I need a 1" to 1-1/8" Stem Adapter for the above stem:

Also to deal with this same issue, instead of the 1" stem cap that came with the headset I bought, I need this new 1-1/8" Carbon Fiber Stem Cap:

Digging deep into my pocket I bought the most expensive thing I've had to purchase yet, a set of SRAM Rival Brake/Shift Levers:

And digging almost as deep I bought a SRAM Force Carbon Fiber Crankset. But that's for my Pinarello Quattro, but the purpose was to take the SRAM Rival Crankset for this project:

Similarly I bought a SRAM S60 wheelset for the Quattro so I could repurpose the DT Swiss R1850 Wheelset for this project as well:

So at this point the cost of this project has been:

• Yakota Legend Frame - $113
• Sandblasting and Powdercoating - $150
• FSA Orbit X Theadless Headset - $40
• Most Ocelot Saddle - $30
• Look HSC Carbon Fork - $139
• Marin 1-1/8" Handlebar Stem - $21
• 1" to 1-1/8" Stem Adapter - $7
• 1-1/8" Carbon Fiber Stem Cap - $7
• SRAM Rival Brake/Shift Levers - $203
• SRAM Rival Crankset - $185 (The cost of the Force Crankset as this wouldn't have been much cheaper.)
• DT Swiss R1850 Wheelset (w/Continental Gatorskin tires) - $300 (Estimate of what these would cost had I bought them.)
• Current Cost: $1210

This round I got a number of the most expensive parts purchased which really pushed up the cost of this build. That being done I now have a litany of smaller cost items and only a couple of roughly $100 items to go. At this time these items are all sitting around waiting for some other critical components so the actual build can start. Hopefully within another month or so I'll have acquired enough of them to get started with that.

Previous installments in this series:

• Project Yakota
• Project Yakota - Update 1