Santa brought me a new Madone!


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Giddy Up!

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My new Roubaix

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I walked away from cycling and then found this gem, in my favorite color, plus, it is solid red. There's a lot of parts coming, so, will repost once it is transformed to my liking.

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Fuji Roubaix. First new bike purchase in 2014. Has spent most of the last few years on the trainer or storage. Eventually may get things fixed back up to ride outside.


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Diamondback Century 6c with many upgrades. Good everyday bike and longer rides.


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Ridley Helium SLX Disc custom build at 14.02 lbs. Built October 2023. Super fun bike to ride and obviously performs the best going upwards.

Great bikes, FujiQG7. Since I’m an endurance road bike guy I love the Diamondback Century. Do you have a pic of the Fuji Roubaix?

Cheers,

Scott

Thanks! I didn't think I had a photo but I found one finally and edited my original post to include it.

2007 Kuota Ksano
 

DURA ACE 7800 Groupset
Mavic 125 Anniversary rims
Conti GP 5000 700x25 tires
Selle Italia SP-01 saddle
Easton EC90 Equipe Pro 40 drops
Shimano PDEH500 Pedals
17.5 Lbs.
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bike 1 is Scott Addict 10 (2022). i love and find interesting that scott addict (their endurance line) have clearance for up to 38-40c tires, and even fender mounts. it currently has 32c tires on it and set up for commuting (which I did when I was in Seattle last year). The 12s electronic sram rival has a huge cassette in the back 10-36 that helped me tackle those steep Seattle hills and fenders helped with the Seattle rains.

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I love this bike because its so versatile. I'm contemplating putting some 40c gravel tires on it or now that I'm back in CT, I might sell this bike since I'm not commuting to work anymore also because I just got this....



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2023 Specialized Aethos S-works, sram red, enve cockpit/wheels.

Both super sick bikes. Any downsides to the aethos as a ultra lightweight bike? (Like concerns around durability etc)...

This is the one I ride when I feel fast:
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And this is what I ride most of the time nowadays (lmk if it belongs in the Hybrids forum instead):
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Purchased this a couple weeks ago. Went from titanium with Ultegra on alloy clinchers to pretty much the opposite. But I absolutely love the ride so far!

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Blue Bella

Build list:

Frame: 60 cm Libertas (Belgian) mixte, w/531 main tubes, 35 5/8” wheelbase, 126 mm rear spacing, mid ’70s
Headset: IRD/Tange roller bearing
Bottom bracket: Shimano cartridge 122.5 mm
Stem: Nitto Technomic
Bars: Cinelli Giro d’Italia 42 cm, double wrapped w/Velo Orange yellow over Velox white (and no finishing tape(!))
Brifters: MicroNew 3x7
Shift cables: Jagwire
Brake cables: Shimano
Brake calipers: Tektro R359
DT cable guide: Campagnolo
DT cable stop: Origin8
Crankset: Velo Orange Grand Cru triple, 165mm, 48-34-24
Pedals: Shimano M520 double-sided SPD
Front derailleur: Shimano Deore II MT-62 triple
Rear derailleur: Shimano Tiagra RD-4400 GS
Chain: KMC 9-speed
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Seat: Selle SMP Well, white
Wheels: Campagnolo Record hubs, FiR tubular rims, Vittoria Corsa Control 28mm rear, Rally 23mm front
Freewheel: Sachs sealed 7-speed, 13-15-17-19-21-23-26

Weight as shown: 11 kg (24.25 lbs.)

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Blue Bella came out nice, I think.

Looks great! Probably one of the best looking bicycles in the past few pages of this thread (not plastic, which is always a win). That's a very unusual mixte frame. Fairly short chainstays, it looks like the frame geometry is very similar to typical racing frames rather than touring frames.

Thanks, sincerely!

Can you believe she got dissed in the Hot or Not thread? Maybe it was the Tourney derailleurs I had on. Prejudice is a terrible thing... :(

The wheelbase is just 1/8" longer than my old racing bike, and it's not just the chainstays - I had to get my first 165mm crankset ever, to avoid toe overlap!

She's a fun ride. I like her looks so much I've been carrying a water bottle in my pocket to avoid cluttering her up!

Most of the mixte frames I see on evilBay are low level ones and fairly short. If there's one with Vitus or Reynolds tubing, tall and with proper dropouts, they tend to be way too expensive, which is why I don't have a mixte frame. Which is a bit of a shame, as that would be a great commuting bike.
It looks compact and should be pretty responsive, by the look of things. As for shorter cranks, apparently good for one's knees :D Happy riding!
As for Tourney derailleuirs, in my experience they work pretty well and do what they are supposed to do. My general preference would be an older upper level derailleur from the late 80's to mid 90's (say, Tiagra, 105 / Ultegra) because one can be had for the price of a new Tourney / Altus and they are better built. But other than that, there's nothing wrong with Tourney. That being said, only one of my bicycles has indexed shifting and I'm switching it to friction as well later this year.

fire

That is sweet!

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For the winter mostly road my Aethos because of the bigger tires, threaded BB, and because it's simply lighter so doing elevation training on it was easier. The Scott Foil I have been slowly upgrading to fully ride for this summer. Upgraded the BB to a BBinfinite 1 piece ceramic one and changed the rear derailleur pulley wheels to BBinfinite ceramic ones. Also went with the Specialized Romin EVO Mirror saddle mostly because of the SWAT system so I could run a saddle bag and Garmin at the same time. If anyone is wondering these expensive 3D Printed saddles are not worth it since they aren't really that much more comfortable but are heavier and and come in only pretty wide sizes. Finally after over a year got my Syncros bars in the correct size and had them installed. True fully integrated cockpits are insanely stupid I will never buy a bike again with one. Only upgrades left for the year are some cosmetic ones for the Foil in some iridescent decals for the Winspace Hypers and some oil slick bar ends. Thinking of converting my spare wheelset (Elitewheels Drive D50) to tubeless for events.

My new bike, a Canyon Ultimate cf slx 8, Ultegra Di2, DT Swiss ARC 1400 wheels, etc. It's pretty light, especially for a disc brake bike.

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Picked up a Madone SL7 Gen7 last week.
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Any initial riding impressions so far?

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sold off my scott and bought a gravel bike. so my bikes are now a Specialized Aethos and an All City Cosmic Stallion