Road Test/Bike Review (1990) SEROTTA Davis Phinney
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Road Test/Bike Review (1990) SEROTTA Davis Phinney
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105 seems like an odd group choice. Wonder home many of these frames are in the wild.
09-14-21, 08:28 AM
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I have the non "budget" iteration of the frameset (also in SLX) and although the workmanship/straightness is the best that I have ever seen in lugged steel, it is also the least lively and "dead" frameset that I have encountered.
Left chainstay has the curve and all.
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09-14-21, 12:52 PM
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Hah, yeah, that's kind of my question, too. That's a sweet looking paint job. Kind of looks like a fishing lure, but I've been on a fishing kick lately, so could just be me.
Sad to hear it feels "dead" though. I've always kind of wanted a Serotta.
Eidt: Oh, and thanks for making me look up Davis Phinney. I started reading the article and thought, "Gee, wonder what he's up to these days?" Now I see that he has Parkinson's disease, and a Foundation for it. Kind of a downer, but great to see that he's tackling it.
Sad to hear it feels "dead" though. I've always kind of wanted a Serotta.
Eidt: Oh, and thanks for making me look up Davis Phinney. I started reading the article and thought, "Gee, wonder what he's up to these days?" Now I see that he has Parkinson's disease, and a Foundation for it. Kind of a downer, but great to see that he's tackling it.
09-14-21, 12:56 PM
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Great budget choice until brifters became mandatory on the market.
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That era's 105 was just an amazingly well dialed in group. I just installed one and although the paint / powder coat / whatever finish isn't as pretty as the higher, anodized and polished groups I believe it works as well as anything with indexed DT shifters ever did. The brakes are excellent.
Great budget choice until brifters became mandatory on the market.
Great budget choice until brifters became mandatory on the market.
09-15-21, 09:44 PM
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My 1st road bike; has newer drop bars since pix…i remember a vid of Durianrider (i think thats his name) showing all of his bikes; but serotta dp was the one he paused to talk about the most…
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09-16-21, 07:47 AM
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Bought this about 10 years ago from Big Bossman, if my memory is correct it was an '87.
Gorgeous bike but was never able to get really comfortable on it despite trying several different groups, saddles, bars, stems, etc.
Could probably do a much better job of fitting it today, we've all learned so much over the past decade.
Gorgeous bike but was never able to get really comfortable on it despite trying several different groups, saddles, bars, stems, etc.
Could probably do a much better job of fitting it today, we've all learned so much over the past decade.
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