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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 04-08-16, 08:03 PM
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C&V invasion!
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Old 04-08-16, 08:33 PM
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Ok, here is a newer one.

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Old 04-08-16, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by migman
Ok, here is a newer one.

Classy and hot. The only thing I am not a terrible fan of are easton bits but still looks very nice
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Originally Posted by migman
Ok, here is a newer one.

Like the colors, but really hard to make out what brand of bike this is?
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Old 04-08-16, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by migman
My 1986 Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra with 2006 Campagnolo Centaur group.



Super hot. What's that saddle?
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Old 04-08-16, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by migman
My 1986 Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra with 2006 Campagnolo Centaur group.


Gonna go with this as my favorite of the bunch- that's a seriously classy mix of old and new(er). I know a lot of the more modern bikes are a blast to ride (and nicer than anything I own) but I can't get over some of the tossed-on parts (like the Oval seatpost on the other Merckx).
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Old 04-09-16, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by chipndale9

Hey, not bad for the price. FSA cranks scream 'cheap bike' but there's no functional reason to mess with them. Reflectors?
As for the Cdale- solid build, fine bike, but pretty boring to look at. Why do you bother owning the Schwinn?
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Old 04-09-16, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Raiden
Gonna go with this as my favorite of the bunch- that's a seriously classy mix of old and new(er). I know a lot of the more modern bikes are a blast to ride (and nicer than anything I own) but I can't get over some of the tossed-on parts (like the Oval seatpost on the other Merckx).
Thanks! I was very happy out the Corsa Extra turned out. The other Merckx is mine as well, but I wouldn't say the the Oval seatpost was tossed-on. I bought the frame/fork and then assembled the rest. The stem/bars/seatpost are all Oval Concepts. If doing it again today I may have gone with 3T or Deda but from a quality standpoint they are all pretty similar.
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It's true, it's all pretty similar. I've just spent a lot of time around Fuji/Oval/ASI stuff and have trouble seeing it as anything other than OEM junk (though often very nice OEM junk that shares tech with fancy name brand parts. Ritchey seatposts for instance).
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Old 04-09-16, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Raiden
Hey, not bad for the price. FSA cranks scream 'cheap bike' but there's no functional reason to mess with them. Reflectors?
As for the Cdale- solid build, fine bike, but pretty boring to look at. Why do you bother owning the Schwinn?
I use it to commute and cruise around the neighborhood when I want to relax. It's heavy but it's built like a tank and is very comfortable and I love the contrast to the aggressive CAAD. I was going for that opposite characteristics to complement each other and that's part of the reason why the reflectors are still on if that even makes any sense . I was going to upgrade the parts but like you said I couldn't find a good reason to do so for my particular purpose. As for the CAAD I do think the murdered out black look is getting tired. I wish I had the blue frame to pair with my red Schwinn. Then it would be perfect.
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Old 04-09-16, 07:07 PM
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I've changed a few things on my original entry which was this picture:


Lets see if you can pick out the changes...





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Old 04-09-16, 10:27 PM
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I've changed a few things on my original entry
Prefer the original entry much more than the end product. What saddle is that in the original?
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Old 04-09-16, 11:00 PM
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Love the paintjob. Don't like the flipped up stem though
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Old 04-10-16, 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by RPK79
Lets see if you can pick out the changes...
Seems the only things that didn't change in some way were the group, cages, and skewers.
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Old 04-10-16, 06:47 AM
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The original saddle is a Nashbar something or other.
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Old 04-10-16, 06:57 AM
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@kbarch the group, bars, spacers, seat post collar, cages, and pedals are all the same.
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Old 04-10-16, 07:13 AM
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At first I thought they were two different bikes seeing that you have two Fujis. Are you comfortable with that new saddle angle?
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Old 04-10-16, 08:50 AM
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@chipndale9 it just looks angled it's actually level and I have several hundred miles on it comfortably.
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De Rosa Superking Full DA 9000, fulcrum racing 3 Selle italia SLR saddle

Ridley CX Fire, full carbon, Full Ultegra with Paul Canti Brakes and Mavic Ksyrium ES wheels

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The De Rosa is hot

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De Rosa Superking Full DA 9000, fulcrum racing 3 Selle italia SLR saddle
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Smoking HOT. What chainring is that?
Kcnc Cobweb Standard Road Chainring - Fair Wheel Bikes

Bike will be in the Peace Race May 5-8th...
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Old 04-11-16, 02:54 PM
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I'll toss my hat in the ring with a new-to-me bike:

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^Love the bike, hate the bar tape. Yikes, some people may like it but wowsers, I can't do that with bars...
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^Love the bike, hate the bar tape. Yikes, some people may like it but wowsers, I can't do that with bars...
Bike yes, bar tape and hoods, no.
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