ridethecliche

I upgraded my CAAD9 a little bit ago thanks to an awesome gift!
I got an SRM!

The bike is in winter setup with crummy trainer rear wheel since I've been riding on the trainer. The other rear wheel is 200 miles away.


New Stuff:
Reynolds Ouzo Pro Al Bars. (ratty old tape so I can dial in the fit before wrapping for next season).
SRM.
Aliante Saddle since my SLR cracked (hoping to get a warranty replacement, will find out soon.

Also, I have no idea how much this weighs.
Here ya go.





Sticker on toptube is from Invisible Children. It's from the Ugandan Civil war. I've worked there for two summers and it kind of reminds me that my suffering on the bike is nothing compared to what the world deals with, so I can push harder.


If you look really closely underneath the stem and to the right, you can see a Khamsa (sp). It's a jewish spiritual thing and wards off the 'evil eye'. A friend got me two from Israel when she was there, so I put them on my two road bikes.

oneradtec

Wow!

dmb2786

flip it.

judkins1970

Nice bike keep up the good work.

ridethecliche

I knew I forgot to mention something!

That's after a pro fit

I trust my coach and his fitting skills

Thanks for all the comments. It's strictly business. I might get new wheels for race only purposes, lets see how that happens!

Flak

Paint your garage floor.

ridethecliche

It's my parents' place. I live in a dorm without a garage door.

Hammer02

Be a good son and paint your parents garage floor. You were probably the one who messed it up to begin with anyways.

NuBiker

so, I am giving you the evil eye; beware on your next ride. No israelite sticker is going to protect you.
They are not able to protect themselves.

enjoy riding it.

Impulse666

Do you have a neuvation rear as well? how do you like them? And what models are they?

btw, nice bike!

BarryJo

Is the Tompson a 0 setback post? I was thinking of going with this set up because I'm a little too stretched out on my 54 Caad9 with the seat slammed all the way forward. I don't want to go with a shorter stem so this seems like a good alternative.

And kudos on riding with the stem up. A good fit is everything.
Nice set up Cliche!

ridethecliche

First, I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!

Nope. We bought the house a few years ago. The city is an old steel city, so the paint probably wore off a long time before I moved in here. I've never really used the garage for much anyway.

It's a good luck charm. Does that work for you? And it's not a sticker.
Since it's still thanksgiving, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you're intoxicated and that statement was made by mistake.

I do enjoy riding my bike, so thanks for that


I do have a neuvation rear as well. These are an older R28SL2's. I've been very happy with them. They're pretty light (1630 grams with rim tape i think?) and they've served me pretty well. I've had to true them a few times to get rid of minor things after hitting huge potholes. Great bang for the buck, I dig em!

Yup, thomson masterpiece 0 setback post. I bought it used from a bf member for a little more than what I'd pay for a new thomson elite. I love the adjustment on it! Go for it!

I think I might actually need a setback post, but oh well. I've found that I'm a lot more powerful if I move forward on the saddle a hair, so I might try to raise the saddle and move it forward in order to achieve the same fit but with a slightly more powerful position. If I do it a month before I start season, I'll get used to it by then.

In response to the stem flipped up. Agreed 100%. I've messed with my fit at times, and my back hurts so bad if I'm bent over too much that I've had to give up in the middle of a race because every pedal stroke hurt my back. I had to hold my back to get upright again. Raise the bars 1-2 cm, and it was all day comfort...

I think I CAN flip the stem or drop a spacer or two on this fit though, since the shifters are a LOT higher up on the bars than I normally have them, and this is atleast a 1 cm (possibly 2cm) less of drop to the hoods than earlier. The angle of the hoods on the left shifter hurt my wrist a little after an hour and a half, and I'm going to see if I can make a few changes and fix that.

For some reason, aesthetics mostly, I really wanted to have a flat transition to the hoods from the bars. I got pretty close and I'm going to hold back from my anal retentive tendencies because a) I got darn close and b) it's comfortable. I wrestled with getting the fit of the bars/shifters for a bit. I had to double wrap the drops to get it to work, but it's sweet as heck now! I'm not going to let my anal retentive tendencies ruin my fit!

sfcrossrider

Very cool, and smart build. You have everything you need to go fast, and get faster.

ridethecliche

Thanks.

I'm on the fringe about getting aero carbon wheels (tubies or clinchers), but I'm not 100% sure. Part of me says that the boost in top end speed will be nice (I can sprint at about 40 right now) and the aero effect will allow me to save just a little bit more energy till the end of the race.

Then the part of me that likes my wallet starts thinking and I think about WaterRockets racing and kicking ass on his open pros since he started training with power. Then I feel like I should just pocket the money and use it for things concerning fit and race fees. Maybe I might splurge a bit and get matching cages for the bike

I kinda feel the need to prove myself before getting 'high zoot' stuff. Lets see what happens

I can't wait to start racing again!

SushiJoe

Hey nice seat post! Looks a lot like this one:



Oh yeah, it IS that one! (I sold it to him ).

BarryJo

I'm going to invest in the Thomson to see if I can get a little more forward on my bike without runing a shorter stem.
There is a lot of information on bike fitting out there (much of it seems contradictory), I've read a lot of the give and take about the 0 setback post and it not allowing you to get proper knee positioning over the pedals. But with my saddle pushed forward like it is it's pretty close to 0 setback.

Thanks for the information on your set up Cliche..... I can't wait for the race reports in the upcoming season.

ridethecliche

Honestly, I think I need a post with setback. My coach seemed to want to put me back further but the post wouldn't allow it.

I think I'll get more power if I move the saddle forward about 5mm and raise it by enough to keep my fit about the same. I'm not sure how much I'll need to raise it, but I can just do some math to figure that out because I know that the seat tube angle is 73.5degrees.

dmb2786

your coach knows nothing.




p.s. flip it

Jynx

looks great and the bars do look slightly different then mine. wierd. you have the full build specs you could post?

nivekdodge

I saw that too.Wow are we anal huh? Rustoleum has nice two part package with flakes thingies that really looks nice. I rented a floor buffer with a srub pad and 5 years later it still sticks

ridethecliche

Hm. Build specs...

I bought a Stock CAAD9 with 105 and swapped the frame and some parts. So...

56cm CAAD9.
105 brakes, shifters, and FD.
Ultegra RD.
Thomson Masterpiece 0 setback seatpost.
Aliante gamma Saddle (for now)
Ritchey Pro 110 stem.
Reynolds Ouzo Pro bars. 40cm ctc.
Shimano Dura Ace octalink BB.
SRM amateur crankset 172.5mm crankarms.
Neuvation R28SL 2 wheelset.

That's about it I think. Anything in particular you wanted to know?

Also, I just measured the drop and it's about 6-7 cm (possibly more). Looks like less because of how the hoods jut upwards on the lever and the flipped stem of course.
That's a pretty reasonable drop methinks.

Jynx

I didnt know you got 40cm wide bars. Is that normally what you run? Very rarely do I see people with bars that narrow.

ridethecliche

Heh, yeah. I used to run 44cm bars that were stock on my cannondale.

My 84 trek has 38cm bars on it and I got pretty comfy on those. It made moving through a pack so much easier! CDR told me I needed 42ish bars after he saw me and my coach said I should just get 40. I got 40's and haven't had any trouble with them yet

If you can't get low, get narrow right?