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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 11-07-12, 11:20 PM
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Mavic.
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Old 11-07-12, 11:22 PM
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CAAD-9.

Or is this all about Mavic?
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Old 11-07-12, 11:37 PM
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except their Wintech computers...or is it wintec? vintak?
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Old 11-07-12, 11:38 PM
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CAAD-9.

Or is this all about Mavic?
anything cycling related.
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Old 11-08-12, 04:43 AM
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Old 11-08-12, 04:58 AM
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Old 11-08-12, 05:12 AM
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Old 11-08-12, 05:41 AM
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Old 11-08-12, 06:04 AM
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Carbon fiber bottle cages.
25 mm tires.
Chris Carmichael "training system".
Steel.
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Campy. Eew blasphemy
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Cat 1

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Old 11-08-12, 08:45 AM
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That didn't take long. But yet I'm surprised it took that long.
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Bike fit
incorrect.
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Old 11-08-12, 08:51 AM
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Overrated & a waste of money:

Expensive carbon wheels of any variety
Aero frames (says the guy who rides a Scott Foil)
Any very high end or custom frame
Groups above Ultegra/Force/Athena
Bike weight below 18/19 lbs
Road tubeless
Sew ups
Expensive helmets
Expensive sunglasses
Expensive carbon bars/stems
Expensive cranksets, especially carbon cranksets
Any press-fit bottom bracket standard
Expensive retro grouch threaded headsets
Integrated seat masts

Not overrated & worth spending money on:

High end shoes that fit
Quality cycling-specific clothing
Quality tires
Good pedals
A good saddle
Ultegra/Force/Athena
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Old 11-08-12, 08:57 AM
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Indexed shifting for recreational use.
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