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02-25-13, 02:44 PM
#3826
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Swapped out my handlebars and slammed the stem, so a new photo:
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
02-25-13, 02:48 PM
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Swapped out my handlebars and slammed the stem, so a new photo:
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
02-25-13, 02:52 PM
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grolby, I love that set up. Custom. Orange and Blue. Maybe because it looks a fair amount like me sparkly orange spooky (enve fork, thomson post, etc).
I'll get a new pick up next time I am out without fenders.... stupid snow.
I'll get a new pick up next time I am out without fenders.... stupid snow.
02-25-13, 02:59 PM
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I get a lot of compliments for this bike around here - almost every seems to really like it, and you can't miss it! The bike shop manager at my LBS (a buddy of mine) who did the measuring and ordering process with me has told me more than once that he thought I was smoking something when I asked for those colors, but once we got it built up, he thinks it's one of the prettiest bikes around. It might not be modest and I might have a bias, but I agree!
02-25-13, 04:06 PM
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02-25-13, 04:35 PM
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I get a lot of compliments for this bike around here - almost every seems to really like it, and you can't miss it! The bike shop manager at my LBS (a buddy of mine) who did the measuring and ordering process with me has told me more than once that he thought I was smoking something when I asked for those colors, but once we got it built up, he thinks it's one of the prettiest bikes around. It might not be modest and I might have a bias, but I agree!
Found this, which is the best picture of my near-current setup (got some black bottle cages on it now... otherwise this is pretty close). Gotta love Orange and Blue. Perhaps I should get some blue bartape...
02-25-13, 04:44 PM
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Swapped out my handlebars and slammed the stem, so a new photo:
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
Full custom steel Cysco. I was feeling cramped on the bars I was using (3T Ergonova), especially in sprints, so I switched back to my old 3T Rotundo. Saved a bit of weight, too, now down around ~17.8 as pictured. Not confirmed on scale, the bike was 18 on the nose with the Ergonovas, and these bars are listed as being 80 grams lighter. Pardon the crappy tape job, I reused the old tape and will replace it with new tape after taking a little while to be sure I like the change.
Races are coming up (3/23), I'm anticipating that I'll be racing with this configuration.
02-25-13, 05:22 PM
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Actually, I believe I will be wearing a green kit, so keep your eye out for that. See ya there.
02-25-13, 06:52 PM
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02-25-13, 07:23 PM
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For what it's worth, I'm tiny (135lb) and used rotundos my first two years of racing. Great bars, I've thought about swapping back from the ergosum.
02-25-13, 07:53 PM
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i'm a walrus compared to you (a zaftig 70.5kg). I like classic rounds. I was just yanking wako's chain
03-03-13, 12:41 AM
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Thought this was a better backdrop for the picture. Only change is that there's now a 0.5cm spacer between the stem and the cap, so it's no longer technically slammed. 12cm headtube + 0.5cm spacer +1cm of headset stack = 13.5cm effective stack. Now it'd be nice to be at 13.0 (since this is what's been submitted and posted on slamthatstem), but that's minor compared to the fit i'm getting.
03-03-13, 05:44 AM
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Thought this was a better backdrop for the picture. Only change is that there's now a 0.5cm spacer between the stem and the cap, so it's no longer technically slammed. 12cm headtube + 0.5cm spacer +1cm of headset stack = 13.5cm effective stack. Now it'd be nice to be at 13.0 (since this is what's been submitted and posted on slamthatstem), but that's minor compared to the fit i'm getting.
03-03-13, 10:31 AM
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sweet bike, echapp! i don't often love white frames and saddles, but the combination of blacked-out wheels, grey badging, and black post looks REALLY awesome. love it.
agree with the comment about the tiny people. are they 200 feet away?
when's the first race?
agree with the comment about the tiny people. are they 200 feet away?
when's the first race?
03-03-13, 03:57 PM
#3844
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Thanks for the kind words, guys.
@smallguy. I think the front is 2011 and the rear is 2010. Btw, that's a very perceptive to be able to tell the provenance of the wheels from just the valve hole sticker on the rear wheel.
My first race is in two weeks, which will be a crit and i plan on attacking with 20min left and see where I get. Was in pretty good condition in early February, but didn't quite get the consistent training i wanted and was sick last weekend. Right now, i'm building back toward the form I had in early February and hoping to surpass that and do well in late April. 55 days left.
@smallguy. I think the front is 2011 and the rear is 2010. Btw, that's a very perceptive to be able to tell the provenance of the wheels from just the valve hole sticker on the rear wheel.
My first race is in two weeks, which will be a crit and i plan on attacking with 20min left and see where I get. Was in pretty good condition in early February, but didn't quite get the consistent training i wanted and was sick last weekend. Right now, i'm building back toward the form I had in early February and hoping to surpass that and do well in late April. 55 days left.
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03-03-13, 10:20 PM
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Here's a not-terribly-good iphone pic of mine after getting it quickly set up for my race over the weekend. I'll get a better pic with a real camera someday.
Nothing flashy, but it gets the job done, and I like the ride a lot. This is my second November frame, a buddy of mine is now riding the original since I switched to the white one.
Nothing flashy, but it gets the job done, and I like the ride a lot. This is my second November frame, a buddy of mine is now riding the original since I switched to the white one.
03-03-13, 11:44 PM
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They're the original November RFSW 50s. The decals came off after I got a little carried away with the Goof-Off while taking off the old glue and they got ugly.
I have a set of their new, wider 38mm tubies on the way.
I have a set of their new, wider 38mm tubies on the way.
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03-04-13, 09:50 AM
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03-05-13, 08:39 PM
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Finally had the steerer tube cut and like the fit! Nothing fancy but it gets the job done. This will most likely be my setup for HoS end of the month
03-06-13, 08:39 AM
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Chappy I have decided that that bike is far too sexy for you. Well I take that back, with that abomination of a saddle it is like taking a super model and putting a huge mole on the end of her nose...
And mismatched cages??? Kinda like two different sized breasts...
Hehehehehe Just kidding, that is a really nice bike...
And mismatched cages??? Kinda like two different sized breasts...
Hehehehehe Just kidding, that is a really nice bike...