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02-02-20, 01:47 PM
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Gets a Hot AF from me.
To turn up the temp even more: Polished group to match the stem and post. I say the wheels look great, they make it look mean and fit with modern parts and they make the frame pop more than polished aluminum ones would. Oil slick bar end plugs, save the corks for a "Brooks, leather tape and twine" type rando or city bike build.
To turn up the temp even more: Polished group to match the stem and post. I say the wheels look great, they make it look mean and fit with modern parts and they make the frame pop more than polished aluminum ones would. Oil slick bar end plugs, save the corks for a "Brooks, leather tape and twine" type rando or city bike build.
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02-02-20, 02:35 PM
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Really? I have a pretty mint 120mm 17 degree one in black...
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02-03-20, 07:47 AM
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Gets a Hot AF from me.
To turn up the temp even more: Polished group to match the stem and post. I say the wheels look great, they make it look mean and fit with modern parts and they make the frame pop more than polished aluminum ones would. Oil slick bar end plugs, save the corks for a "Brooks, leather tape and twine" type rando or city bike build.
To turn up the temp even more: Polished group to match the stem and post. I say the wheels look great, they make it look mean and fit with modern parts and they make the frame pop more than polished aluminum ones would. Oil slick bar end plugs, save the corks for a "Brooks, leather tape and twine" type rando or city bike build.
Oil slick bar ends...I'll have to look those up. I think you are right, that would look good. I have also been looking at the oil slick cages (the minimalist one from supercaz)...pricey though.
02-04-20, 02:36 PM
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My now 2nd best bike and race bike. Excuse lack of pedals.
Scott foil RC with 303 FC.
My winter steed with guards fitted. Spend most of the year on this and yes inknow guards suck but they keep me dry and clean and are free extra training
Scott foil RC with 303 FC.
My winter steed with guards fitted. Spend most of the year on this and yes inknow guards suck but they keep me dry and clean and are free extra training
02-04-20, 04:07 PM
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What's with the composition on many of these recent photos? Can't be bothered to rotate your phone? L ots of sky and lots of foreground, not so much bike? This one even clips the front wheel! That's just lazy.
02-05-20, 05:01 AM
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So sorry to disappoint you.
02-05-20, 07:31 AM
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Hey, I've got a 2002 Lemond Alpe D'Huez too, I bought it new and I don't plan on selling it since its got such a past.
I bought it in high school at Race Pace Bicycles in Ellicott City, MD with some summer lifeguarding money. I rode it a bunch, upgraded it to Dura Ace 7700 with more lifeguarding money, then raced it my freshman year in college. I bought a team deal Cannondale as a race bike and the Lemond went to college commuter status. I crashed my race bike and lunched a derailleur, so i stole the RD off of the Lemond and it sat because I didn't have the cash to replace it. It sat for a couple years disassembled until my brother got transferred to Belgium and he wanted to commute with it. I built it up with some spare parts, and sent it off to Europe. When he was transferred back, the carbon fork got all scraped up and he was going to put the whole bike out on the curb for trash pickup so I drove to South Carolina to rescue it. I knew I wanted to get the junk components off of it that it had while on Belgian commuter duty, so I put on a SRAM force group I had laying around. I also had a SRAM Red Exogram crank laying around, but the crank wouldn't fit on the BSA BB shell, so I swapped the rings onto a set of Dura Ace 7800 cranks that I knew would work. I bought a Columbus Minimal 1" carbon fork also, and I think it dropped a pound and a half.
Overall, its a great bike. Not the stiffest, I can make the tire rub with a jerky enough sprint. Not the lightest, she's probably sitting around 19 pounds with the powertap hub on there. Not even the best handler with the slightly flexy front end, but the ride is fantastic.
So with that out of the way, hot or not? If nothing else she's got a great personality.
I bought it in high school at Race Pace Bicycles in Ellicott City, MD with some summer lifeguarding money. I rode it a bunch, upgraded it to Dura Ace 7700 with more lifeguarding money, then raced it my freshman year in college. I bought a team deal Cannondale as a race bike and the Lemond went to college commuter status. I crashed my race bike and lunched a derailleur, so i stole the RD off of the Lemond and it sat because I didn't have the cash to replace it. It sat for a couple years disassembled until my brother got transferred to Belgium and he wanted to commute with it. I built it up with some spare parts, and sent it off to Europe. When he was transferred back, the carbon fork got all scraped up and he was going to put the whole bike out on the curb for trash pickup so I drove to South Carolina to rescue it. I knew I wanted to get the junk components off of it that it had while on Belgian commuter duty, so I put on a SRAM force group I had laying around. I also had a SRAM Red Exogram crank laying around, but the crank wouldn't fit on the BSA BB shell, so I swapped the rings onto a set of Dura Ace 7800 cranks that I knew would work. I bought a Columbus Minimal 1" carbon fork also, and I think it dropped a pound and a half.
Overall, its a great bike. Not the stiffest, I can make the tire rub with a jerky enough sprint. Not the lightest, she's probably sitting around 19 pounds with the powertap hub on there. Not even the best handler with the slightly flexy front end, but the ride is fantastic.
So with that out of the way, hot or not? If nothing else she's got a great personality.
02-05-20, 08:48 AM
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I think what we are learning with the Colnago as it goes through the changes is that it is hard to mix the black and shiny silver parts. The exception is the wheelsets. Black rims with machined brake tracks always look good. Personally, I don't care for black components. Give me shiny silver every time. The black components just look cheap. There, I said it. Look at those Dura Ace cranks that have been on bikes on the last 3 or 4 pages. They look cheap and plasticy.(I guess they are plasticy) Not much different than this in looks. Just my opinion.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Genesis-7...hite/841500714
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02-05-20, 08:58 AM
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I like them both, but I can't stop looking at the fender lines on the Cannondale. The rear is close, but the front...
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02-05-20, 08:59 AM
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Hey, I've got a 2002 Lemond Alpe D'Huez too, I bought it new and I don't plan on selling it since its got such a past.
I bought it in high school at Race Pace Bicycles in Ellicott City, MD with some summer lifeguarding money. I rode it a bunch, upgraded it to Dura Ace 7700 with more lifeguarding money, then raced it my freshman year in college. I bought a team deal Cannondale as a race bike and the Lemond went to college commuter status. I crashed my race bike and lunched a derailleur, so i stole the RD off of the Lemond and it sat because I didn't have the cash to replace it. It sat for a couple years disassembled until my brother got transferred to Belgium and he wanted to commute with it. I built it up with some spare parts, and sent it off to Europe. When he was transferred back, the carbon fork got all scraped up and he was going to put the whole bike out on the curb for trash pickup so I drove to South Carolina to rescue it. I knew I wanted to get the junk components off of it that it had while on Belgian commuter duty, so I put on a SRAM force group I had laying around. I also had a SRAM Red Exogram crank laying around, but the crank wouldn't fit on the BSA BB shell, so I swapped the rings onto a set of Dura Ace 7800 cranks that I knew would work. I bought a Columbus Minimal 1" carbon fork also, and I think it dropped a pound and a half.
Overall, its a great bike. Not the stiffest, I can make the tire rub with a jerky enough sprint. Not the lightest, she's probably sitting around 19 pounds with the powertap hub on there. Not even the best handler with the slightly flexy front end, but the ride is fantastic.
So with that out of the way, hot or not? If nothing else she's got a great personality.
I bought it in high school at Race Pace Bicycles in Ellicott City, MD with some summer lifeguarding money. I rode it a bunch, upgraded it to Dura Ace 7700 with more lifeguarding money, then raced it my freshman year in college. I bought a team deal Cannondale as a race bike and the Lemond went to college commuter status. I crashed my race bike and lunched a derailleur, so i stole the RD off of the Lemond and it sat because I didn't have the cash to replace it. It sat for a couple years disassembled until my brother got transferred to Belgium and he wanted to commute with it. I built it up with some spare parts, and sent it off to Europe. When he was transferred back, the carbon fork got all scraped up and he was going to put the whole bike out on the curb for trash pickup so I drove to South Carolina to rescue it. I knew I wanted to get the junk components off of it that it had while on Belgian commuter duty, so I put on a SRAM force group I had laying around. I also had a SRAM Red Exogram crank laying around, but the crank wouldn't fit on the BSA BB shell, so I swapped the rings onto a set of Dura Ace 7800 cranks that I knew would work. I bought a Columbus Minimal 1" carbon fork also, and I think it dropped a pound and a half.
Overall, its a great bike. Not the stiffest, I can make the tire rub with a jerky enough sprint. Not the lightest, she's probably sitting around 19 pounds with the powertap hub on there. Not even the best handler with the slightly flexy front end, but the ride is fantastic.
So with that out of the way, hot or not? If nothing else she's got a great personality.
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02-05-20, 01:19 PM
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yes unfortunately the front guard is a ambit finicky trying to pull the front flap down, not much incan do with it with the range of movement. Only positive is that I get a free 2mph when intake it off in spring 😂
02-06-20, 04:01 PM
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02-06-20, 04:12 PM
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02-06-20, 09:58 PM
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Not bike related, but this thread related. These guys believe in staging.
02-07-20, 12:47 AM
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yup, 505 drifters, ultegra deraillieur and DA chainset. Right proper hedge podge but rides and shifts great. Nice and heavy for proper training too 😁
02-07-20, 04:53 AM
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02-07-20, 09:08 AM
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Also, it's not like other, early road hydro levers were terribly pretty - friggin' SRAM looked like rhino horns.
02-07-20, 09:12 AM
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True. At least they give enough **** about their mode of transportation to stage it properly. I'm not saying it will make it hot, but the care garners a few more points in that direction.
02-07-20, 09:25 AM
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It just seems like an aluminum lever on an Ultegra body(like current 105) would have lowered the cost enough.
Those were laughable.
Campagnolo hydraulic levers are pretty bad too.
Campagnolo hydraulic levers are pretty bad too.