Ridley Compact from CC
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Upgradeitis - you have it!
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Where are you seeing the Excalibur with Rival for $1600? It's listed at CC for $3322.
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CC has a clearance 2008 Excal with full Rival for around that price... check their Specials / Frames page.
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Local race team has had a half dozen Cannondale's go crack and fail this year alone. One guy is on his third frame. Two friends have also had Cannondale frames fail within the last two years. I'd be hard pressed to recommend the brand to anyone right now.
As far as Ridley, and 7000 series aluminum; their original niche was cyclocross, where they were consider one of the if not the brands to race, their original frames were all 7000 series, which BTW has a fairly long list of specific alloys within the group, it's not just one type of aluminum. Cross tends to beat frames up a bit.
Unlike Cannondale, they didn't go belly up then resource their manufacturing, they've been working with the same factory for years and the bikes are finished (paint, Etc) at Ridley's own facitlity. My own experience with their product has been quite good. They tend to err on the side of overbuilding; these are Belg designed rigs where weight weeniedom dies in a pool of beer and frites.
Your issue will be sizing; based on your measurements you're a bit of a tweener. I'm slightly bigger than you and ride a small Ridley frame with a 120 stem, but I have a much more aggressive position than some people. A 90 or 100 stem would be about right for you on this frame.
You could do worse at that price.
As far as Ridley, and 7000 series aluminum; their original niche was cyclocross, where they were consider one of the if not the brands to race, their original frames were all 7000 series, which BTW has a fairly long list of specific alloys within the group, it's not just one type of aluminum. Cross tends to beat frames up a bit.
Unlike Cannondale, they didn't go belly up then resource their manufacturing, they've been working with the same factory for years and the bikes are finished (paint, Etc) at Ridley's own facitlity. My own experience with their product has been quite good. They tend to err on the side of overbuilding; these are Belg designed rigs where weight weeniedom dies in a pool of beer and frites.
Your issue will be sizing; based on your measurements you're a bit of a tweener. I'm slightly bigger than you and ride a small Ridley frame with a 120 stem, but I have a much more aggressive position than some people. A 90 or 100 stem would be about right for you on this frame.
You could do worse at that price.
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Local race team has had a half dozen Cannondale's go crack and fail this year alone. One guy is on his third frame. Two friends have also had Cannondale frames fail within the last two years. I'd be hard pressed to recommend the brand to anyone right now.
As far as Ridley, and 7000 series aluminum; their original niche was cyclocross, where they were consider one of the if not the brands to race, their original frames were all 7000 series, which BTW has a fairly long list of specific alloys within the group, it's not just one type of aluminum. Cross tends to beat frames up a bit.
Unlike Cannondale, they didn't go belly up then resource their manufacturing, they've been working with the same factory for years and the bikes are finished (paint, Etc) at Ridley's own facitlity. My own experience with their product has been quite good. They tend to err on the side of overbuilding; these are Belg designed rigs where weight weeniedom dies in a pool of beer and frites.
Your issue will be sizing; based on your measurements you're a bit of a tweener. I'm slightly bigger than you and ride a small Ridley frame with a 120 stem, but I have a much more aggressive position than some people. A 90 or 100 stem would be about right for you on this frame.
You could do worse at that price.
As far as Ridley, and 7000 series aluminum; their original niche was cyclocross, where they were consider one of the if not the brands to race, their original frames were all 7000 series, which BTW has a fairly long list of specific alloys within the group, it's not just one type of aluminum. Cross tends to beat frames up a bit.
Unlike Cannondale, they didn't go belly up then resource their manufacturing, they've been working with the same factory for years and the bikes are finished (paint, Etc) at Ridley's own facitlity. My own experience with their product has been quite good. They tend to err on the side of overbuilding; these are Belg designed rigs where weight weeniedom dies in a pool of beer and frites.
Your issue will be sizing; based on your measurements you're a bit of a tweener. I'm slightly bigger than you and ride a small Ridley frame with a 120 stem, but I have a much more aggressive position than some people. A 90 or 100 stem would be about right for you on this frame.
You could do worse at that price.
I really wish I could just test ride the compact, but I guess that's not a possibility.
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Hmm, so does this mean that the Ridley would weigh more than the CAAD9-5? I'm no weight weenie, but a weight difference of 2-3lbs would make me a little hesitant. I did attempt to add up all the components on the bike, unfortunately I couldn't find weights for a few of the parts so it's off.
I really wish I could just test ride the compact, but I guess that's not a possibility.
I really wish I could just test ride the compact, but I guess that's not a possibility.
You could test ride it, worst case you'd be out shipping, worth considering at that price point:
https://www.competitivecyclist.com/ro...ns-policy.html
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I've only put one 60 mile ride on it so far with about 3k ft of climbing.
Initial impressions - stiff but lively, soaks up a lot of road buzz compared to my CAAD9 (obviously) and even my Streetfire. Frame is reasonably light and is powder coated rather than painted which I love. The fork is really heavy, I might end up replacing with a Edge 2.0 or EC90.
The main reason that I like this bike better than my previous bikes is the geometry. This is a size Large with a 57cm VTT and a 190mm HT. The upright position is great for long rides
Initial impressions - stiff but lively, soaks up a lot of road buzz compared to my CAAD9 (obviously) and even my Streetfire. Frame is reasonably light and is powder coated rather than painted which I love. The fork is really heavy, I might end up replacing with a Edge 2.0 or EC90.
The main reason that I like this bike better than my previous bikes is the geometry. This is a size Large with a 57cm VTT and a 190mm HT. The upright position is great for long rides
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Possibly. Ultimately, the geometry that you will benefit the most from is the geometry that fits you. All things being equal, a more aggressive geometry would benefit a racer (technically).
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Unless you're slammed onto your headset now and need to get lower, the headtube would be a non issue.
I'd consider the groupo, if you prefer the SRAM over Shimano or vice verse that might be the swing vote.
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I wonder how that patented Ridley triangle shape feels like on an Al frame. I have a Damocles in one home and an Excalibur in another, and I find the Damocles (which has the same tube shape but in a carbon) to be noticeably more responsive when I step on the pedals (more so than the Excalibur).
That's one hot looking bike, the Compact!
That's one hot looking bike, the Compact!
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Yes, very nice bike. I probably would have gone with that frame had I not bought a Boreas from Excel. I actually considered buying it as my Boreas is a Medium and a Small would be a slightly better fit for me.
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So my choice got even tougher.
I went to a shop that sells Felt bikes, and they gave me a quote of $1600 on a Felt F5:
https://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...s/F5-Team.aspx
Then, the owner of the shop actually offered to sell me his 2006 Felt F3C which has all Dura-Ace, and Easton mid profile clinchers for $1500.
Is $1500 too much for a 4 year old carbon bike?
I went to a shop that sells Felt bikes, and they gave me a quote of $1600 on a Felt F5:
https://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...s/F5-Team.aspx
Then, the owner of the shop actually offered to sell me his 2006 Felt F3C which has all Dura-Ace, and Easton mid profile clinchers for $1500.
Is $1500 too much for a 4 year old carbon bike?
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I got a kuota kharma all 105 and easton wheels for 1500 brand new like 2 years ago.
CC has a ridley excalibur also in the super deals, hope it is your size because no way u'll get a full ridley excalibur for 1600 bucks.
CC has a ridley excalibur also in the super deals, hope it is your size because no way u'll get a full ridley excalibur for 1600 bucks.
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So my choice got even tougher.
I went to a shop that sells Felt bikes, and they gave me a quote of $1600 on a Felt F5:
https://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...s/F5-Team.aspx
Then, the owner of the shop actually offered to sell me his 2006 Felt F3C which has all Dura-Ace, and Easter mid profile clinchers for $1500.
Is $1500 too much for a 4 year old carbon bike?
I went to a shop that sells Felt bikes, and they gave me a quote of $1600 on a Felt F5:
https://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...s/F5-Team.aspx
Then, the owner of the shop actually offered to sell me his 2006 Felt F3C which has all Dura-Ace, and Easter mid profile clinchers for $1500.
Is $1500 too much for a 4 year old carbon bike?
And buying a used carbon bike freaks me out. But to each his own.
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OK, so I got the frame in last week and components came last night.
Started on the build this morning,
As everyone can see, everything is going along fine.
I am ready to run the cables and ride!!
Yup, took a minute or two, head over to tool box to grab cable cutters...
NOOOOOOO
Cable cutters are gone. Forgot that I returned them to my cousin. Guess I have to finish up the build tomorrow.
Started on the build this morning,
As everyone can see, everything is going along fine.
I am ready to run the cables and ride!!
Yup, took a minute or two, head over to tool box to grab cable cutters...
NOOOOOOO
Cable cutters are gone. Forgot that I returned them to my cousin. Guess I have to finish up the build tomorrow.