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02-04-14, 12:45 PM
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You need to slap whoever installed your levers because they're way too low on the bars.
02-04-14, 01:42 PM
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Does my CAAD10 w/105 and Ultegra belong here or in the poverty section?
https://imgur.com/a/ukIY0#0
It's not a $10,000 rig, but it gets me by.
I adjusted the saddle and made the RD housing longer, looks better now but rainy outside. The only thing left to want is a power meter, gray Ultegra brakes and a DA RD are on the way.
https://imgur.com/a/ukIY0#0
It's not a $10,000 rig, but it gets me by.
I adjusted the saddle and made the RD housing longer, looks better now but rainy outside. The only thing left to want is a power meter, gray Ultegra brakes and a DA RD are on the way.
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02-04-14, 01:50 PM
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Stages 6800 arm because I live in abject poverty and can't afford 9k nor an SRM or something "good". I'll probably buy the power meter in August. Now, if I didn't recently incur $8k in medical bills which also required buying a car with an auto-trans, I would have picked-up a nicer carbon frame with 6800 or 9000. However, this bike in it's current form will do just fine, along with that poverty power meter. I finally got a chance to do a proper ride for the first time since the surgery and it was a religious experience.
02-04-14, 02:18 PM
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I don't care for the white/red cages, even though they match the secondary/tertiary colors, but I think that it's pretty nice, overall. Hell, I don't even mind the red sidewalls...
02-04-14, 03:28 PM
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Any suggestions?
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02-04-14, 03:37 PM
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02-04-14, 03:43 PM
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The general rule (for about 95% of drop bars) is that if you put a ruler along the flattish bit at the end of the drops, it should coincide with the tips of the brake levers. Obviously when there's a continuous curve it's not an absolute, but if you treat the last 4" of bar as "flat" you'll get close.
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The Specialized above this post has it about right.
The general rule (for about 95% of drop bars) is that if you put a ruler along the flattish bit at the end of the drops, it should coincide with the tips of the brake levers. Obviously when there's a continuous curve it's not an absolute, but if you treat the last 4" of bar as "flat" you'll get close.
The general rule (for about 95% of drop bars) is that if you put a ruler along the flattish bit at the end of the drops, it should coincide with the tips of the brake levers. Obviously when there's a continuous curve it's not an absolute, but if you treat the last 4" of bar as "flat" you'll get close.
02-04-14, 03:57 PM
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This is a terrible pic, with filthy tape, and not a hot r not submission, only posted so he can see the cages.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_...5_Fiske+St.jpg
02-04-14, 04:00 PM
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It is pretty hot. What I like most about this bike is that it might be the most "practical" iteration of a bike when you consider, performance + price + looks. Great bike all around. However that RD seems to be sufferin' in that pic.
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The general rule (for about 95% of drop bars) is that if you put a ruler along the flattish bit at the end of the drops, it should coincide with the tips of the brake levers. Obviously when there's a continuous curve it's not an absolute, but if you treat the last 4" of bar as "flat" you'll get close.
02-04-14, 05:28 PM
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Hot for sure! I agree - I feel like that thing is perfect for pretty much everything you're ever gona do. Maybe I'd through some different wheels on there.
Need to get some picks up - although I'm gona be dropped off the pace for sure compared to that thing haha ;-)
Need to get some picks up - although I'm gona be dropped off the pace for sure compared to that thing haha ;-)
02-04-14, 05:39 PM
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I just got those same color Podium Chill bottles to match my Silver & Red Roubaix. What is that - Ultegra 6800 with an 11-32 cassette? The chain looks like it might be a little short.
02-04-14, 06:02 PM
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02-04-14, 06:35 PM
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. Got a fair deal from the LBS, offered me a Di2 specific frameset and Di2 upgrade kit, so I took the bait.
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