caloso

New frameset -- Ridley Excalibur -- built up with Campy 10 (Chorus/Centaur) and Open Pro training wheels. That's athletic tape on the bars just in case I need to make any big changes to the cockpit. I will post up a glamour shot with race wheels and proper bar tape soon.

Sh0ty

Frame I grabbed on the bay and built up with an old Exage group
Custom designed and manufactured relocated DT shifters to bar ends

EDIT: And howdy, long time lurker, first time poster.

chil2makefun

you are one lucky man. I've tested that complete same setup and even with those fulcrum quatros on there it rides like a dream. But still €3500 for the frameset is a bit pricey for me. Personaly i'm thinking of going for the ridley noah. Does anybody have experience with these?

papik

My little PEUGEOT "pulse" alloy frame and CRMO fork and shimano "SORA" equipments

papik

Other view of my PEUGEOT "pulse" (with my apologies because I don't know how to insert largers pictures....)

Mike F

I love the way your bike looks. Clean and subtle.

Sh0ty

Why thank you sir

Tom Sawyer

Picked this up a couple weeks ago after being out of cycling for a while... was hit on my 5.2 back in '11.
The Look Keo 2 Max pedals take some getting used to, had only used speedplays in the past. They are definitely easier to walk in though.

2012 6 Series P1
Force Groupo

papik

Very nice !

X-LinkedRider

+1, It came out beautiful, especially for a BD bike.

chil2makefun

how do the sram grips feel since i've only ridden campy's and DI2's and i'm thinking of changing my groupo

SpeshulEd 

What bartape is that?

X-LinkedRider

Just Updated crankset to 2013 Sram Red (compact) and Sram Red FD w/ YAW

X-LinkedRider

I personally love the ergo of the Sram doubletap stuff. I found the older (Pre 2011) shimano shifters were too large and made my hands hurt trying to shift the long gears. However, I have ridden some of the new Shimano stuff and it seems like their new ergonomics on the shifters are much better. I still do like the Sram feel better. Shift quality, now that might be a different story for everybody.

chil2makefun

thanks for the help, but about the shifting... do you get used to it fast, because with the double tap system i'd think i'd miss quite a few times compared to campy with the 2 buttons

PatrickGSR94

Same for me being used to Shimano. I think with Doubletap I'd probably shift too far and accidentally shift down when I meant to go up, or vice versa.

robbyville

New frame with the DA 9000 components and November wheelset coming from the Ridley Excalibur I built up this past Spring. Frame is a Trek Domane 5.9 52cm. Rides beautifully and exceptionally comfortable. Looking forward to getting my first long ride in shortly!

EddNog

Was very intuitive for me, transitioning from Shimano lever action to SRAM lever action. Took me only one medium length ride to learn it. Rear was easy, took maybe 15 minutes. Front took a bit more time, mainly to understand that one full long pull takes the chain to the big ring, one short pull drops it to trim and a second short pull drops it back to the small ring. If it's in the big ring or in trim down from the big ring, a full length pull puts it back up to the large chain ring. If it's in the small ring, a short pull yields nothing-there is no trim position for the small ring (this is how it is on 2013 Force; I hear older SRAM FD has trim on small ring and not big ring, but new stuff is trim on big ring, not small).

-Ed

chil2makefun

sounds a bit like a hassle to me

EddNog

Personally, it was no big deal, and the size and shape of the hoods (which fit my relatively small hands better) plus the shockingly quick shift response (ZeroLoss front AND rear for 2013 Force) were absolutely well worth the little bit of effort to change. The reach adjustment function is also significantly more elegant than Shimano's shims.

-Ed

X-LinkedRider

It took me about 60 seconds to get used to it on the bike. I like the ability to kind of change your mind out back out of a gear and go opposite. But everybody is different. if you can clip in and out of pedals, you can get used to the DoubleTap.

X-LinkedRider

This is true. The 2013 stuff has no trim that I am aware of. At least the Sram red w/ YAW doesn't. You pretty much just set it up and go. The setup is slightly more finicky than shimano but once you have it dialed in, it's definitely a nice feel.

EddNog

I should have been clearer: SRAM group sets with Yaw FD like 2013 Red, Red-22 and Force-22 do not have or need trim at all. All current group sets without Yaw FD (2013 Force, Rival and Apex) have trim off the big ring. I don't know what year SRAM changed this from trim on the small ring.

-Ed

Nmank

Heres my Raleigh Technium 450 road bike. My first one!!

chil2makefun

cool first post, should actually throw my bike on here as well but i'm getting a new one within a few months so i tought i'd wait for a bit