agressor

My best road friend :-)
https://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1377587433

just dank

there ya go

Zach_Stone

Not mine, but one I built for a friend. The guts are a Nashbar Alloy frame, Carbon fork from a Windsor frame I built as a commuter w/a cromo fork (see the commuter bike thread...) FSA integrated headset. The drive train was cobbled together from parts I had laying about. 600 LH shifter, RSX 7s RH, RSX RD, Suntour FD, 105 crankset (52/39), Tektro (branded Marin) brakes, and rolling on Mavic CXP22's I had on my commuter before I demoted my 105 wheelset to that bike. While the white on white is bad photo form, I was happy with how the bike road and looked. The frame has a suprisingly nice pearlescent finish, esp. given the price, and the red bottle cages I found in my parts box set off the headset nicely, or so I thought. Anyhow, my friend wanted a road bike to try out triathalons and wanted to spend less than $400, and putting it together was a fun afternoon.

robbyville

I posted this a few months ago but have made some changes including fitting, and these are new wheels that I got for gravel roads, winter use, and an upcoming Fondo that has some pretty long dirt stretches. I set these up tubeless and have 23mm wide rims. When I compare the wheels to my normal width ones using the same tire it's incredible to see how much wider these seem (and they sure do ride cushier). I also added the DI2. The seatpost battery was pretty cool and the installation was good fun.

martinus

Yeah, IF they actually have small parts... and the guy working on your bike is a "spindoctor" or "cat1" trained, it *may* be ok, to drop the bike off...
Like stated above... Go in and look around it easy to see, they are only intrested in *easy* profit, poorly tranied mostly young staff, and no surprise there, the only solution to any cust serv issue/problem is to terminate, so lot a new faces montly thanks to all the complainers that wanna save a buck. So yeah if your that guy, stop it, its not really helping the cycling community, or F-it keep doing it, and make PBS look worse... they only train a few select employees after x amount of time already employed...
Back to the no small parts inventory, just about the only thing they have in stock is cables, if you need a spoke they will send you to another shop/competator, Straight fron the DM's mouth... I went in needed a spoke, they didnt have it, asked to cut one down. No hand threader in the "shop", ( LOL, Def. no Phil wood 3K machine ) the SM told me they ( serv dept ) arent even allowed to order it/anything ( Ex : a 50$ box of 100count dt swiss spokes ) for the shop in the winter, so make sure you get your service done in the summer so the poor serv manager is allowed to get stuff in ... if you need something more than cables ( example : brake pads ) and its not on the floor, for the mech to take/ "store use" you are SOL.
My performance (shop) dont even have one of these :

SpeshulEd 

I'm not really sure who you're talking to here, but I'm assuming its me considering I was having my frame replaced at Performance.

Umm, no where was I ever raving about Performance, I bought my first bike (Fuji Altamira 2.0) there because the price was right. It served me well until the seat stay cracked. Obviously, I'm going to take it back to the store I bought it from to see what the warranty will do for me. I can also say the guys working in the store, are the same ones that were there in March when I bought the bike and the few times in between that I stopped in for a water bottle, etc. No, they don't carry high end parts. Neither do half of the other bike shops from my experience - I went to three shops looking for brake pads for carbon wheels. I went to two looking for valves for tubeless rims. These are little items, easily stockable and cheap, yet just about every bike shop caters to the beginner or mid level rider. The guy wanting premium parts, needs to find the premium bike shop selling things at a premium price or buy online.

Needless to say, the head mechanic has an excellent reputation at Performance. He comes with several high marked reviews. I trust him in moving my components from my old frame to my new frame. To be honest, I could have done it, just didn't want to be bothered. I'm still waiting to get the bike back as they had to order a new bottom bracket for my dura ace crankset that I dropped off to replace the FSA/Oval crankset. That's life, its cool.

Also, I can assure you I will be checking over the bike once I get it home to assure everything is up to standards, just like everyone who buys a bike from anywhere. Who knows if the person that set it up tightened that last bolt securely? I just spent a very large sum of money on a Cannondale Supersix EVO with Ultegra Di2, I had to wait a week for it to be delivered to the "premium" bike shop, then the "premium" mechanic put tubes in my tubeless wheels and didn't tighten the bolts on the stem. From my experience, all bike shops have issues, not just the "walmart" ones and I have no loyalty to any of them. I'd rather buy my parts from online retailers on the cheap and do my own wrenching at home.

gc3

Ed - I'm with you on Performance for service. It'll always do in a pinch, and if you can find one where the wrench knows you and your bike, then it's feasible to think you'll get decent work accomplished. When I'm checking out a new LBS, I always start with something small to see how it turns out.

robbyville

FWIW, I spent two days dropping some collateral off for the Mtn Bike Park we just built and had 4 Performance Bike Shops on my route. All 4 had very helpful staff who were very keen to let their customers know about our park. The staff, while young were very friendly and approachable which is nice for the average buyer.

SpeshulEd 

Honestly, my biggest issue right now is how long it's taking. There's nothing I can do really and I understand, but the wait is always excruciating when you have a new toy on the way. It took a week for them to get a hold of fuji. Took another week to get the frame. Add in a few days to swap, a few more for the new part, etc and its been almost a month.

However, it's the same everywhere. It took over a week for Cannondale to be delivered. No rush shipping, that I would have paid for, available.

Lamabb

New Orbea Orca Bli2. It has an amazing ride!

SpinDr

Starley JKS R1...




Frame: Starley JKS R1 carbon
Forks: Starley JKS R1 carbon
Bars: Starley Works carbon
Stem: Use Race aluminium
Headset: Starley JSR
Bar Tape: Fizik Microtech
Shifters: DA7900
Front Caliper: DA7900
Rear Brake Lever: DA7900
Rear Caliper: DA7900
Cables: DA
Front Mech: DA7900
Rear Mech: DA7900
Seat: Fizik Arione with Team Garmin colourway
Seat Post: Starley Works carbon
Seat Post Clamp: Starley
Cranks: DA7900
Chainring(s): DA7900 53/39
Chain: SRAM Force
Cassette: SRAM Force 11-25
Pedals: Look KEO 2 Max
Bottom Bracket: DA7900 with Wheels Manufacturing adapter (BB30 frame)
Wheels: Fulcrum Racing Quattro
Tyres: Continental GP4000S

I haven't weighed it, but probably around 7kg.

jibjab1978

2013 All City Space Horse
SRAM Force/Rival Drivetrain
Paul MiniMoto Brakes
Thomson Stem/Seatpost
Brooks B17 Select Saddle
Arundel Stainless Cages
Cane Creek 40 Headset
Custom Wheelset (White Industries Hubs 36 spoke 3 cross to TK540 Rims)
Vittoria Randonneur Tires 700c 28 (for now. I rotate tires depending on activity)
Tubus Cargo Rack
Planet Bike Fenders




It's my swiss army bike. Go anywhere. Do anything. Commute/Gravel/Whatever. Just ride.

alexaschwanden

Commuter set-up:

petermk

Just got this one - Wilier Gran Turismo - 16.6 lbs, including pedals and cages.

Gourley

My bike, not high end parts but it works for me.
Nashbar frame (which I am switching out to a smaller size)

Ghost Ryder

The bike in the background/against the pole belongs in the "Hot or Not" thread!

Gourley

You ain't kidding!

Mike F

Looks great!

applebaconator

nice s5

chil2makefun

practically dying to pick up my new ride and post it 2 days left... 2 LONG days

jparillo

Love the finish on this frame. All around great color scheme.

White FSA crankset and seatpost along with the cages is a nice touch.

pepox369

Here is my new to me bike!

its a Giant TCR with t-mobile theme. Weight is 9.1 kilos with the pedals, which is super light to me.. I weigh 65 kilos and am in pretty good shape so weight is definitely not my concern.







and it has pretty cool wheels, 16 spokes in the front and 20 in the back.

gc3

^^^ different strokes for....different folks...

Waxbytes

I like the T-Mobile colours on a bike, not so much on the Team kit. Nice bike.

gc3

The Parlee after last night's Retul Fit...saddle raised an inch and moved forward an inch...I may be able to go to a non-setback post at this rate, at least I no longer need the 25mm setback on the Ritchey...which is only 300 mm length and right at the minimum insertion point now. Apparently my stem height should go no lower. Went for a short 25 mile test ride today to see how it felt, without HR monitor or anything else, to get a more seat of the pants sensing. It was subtle but felt noticeably easier to generate same general speed/power.



Here's the "before" from last week...almost the same backdrop and angle...