Snipex

https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...1&d=1517843005
Any upgrades i should do?

rumrunn6

is that comfortable?

Snipex

Yeah, im pretty used to low handle bars, aggresive position so its no problemo for me

Maelochs

The chain needs to be bigger. Not the drive chain, the security device. That chain cannot possibly meet the UCI minimum of 6.8 kg ... close though, from the look of it.

Snipex

Lmaoo

Snipex

The whole bike weighs 13kg including all the stuff in it, i know its heavy as **** but its alright, its just a commuter bike not a race bike, i ride to work for about 30 minutes, going full on with sprints just to make it enjoyable, i used to have a CAAD 8 Tiagra 4 years ago but i sold it when i went overseas to japan, im gonna get another one soon but for now im gonna work with what i have

Maelochs

just joking. The lock doesn't even look that big, except the way it is wrapped maximizes width.

I rode my commuter last night ... with its new industrial-grade front rack it must weigh over 14 kg but it is the Cadillac, even on high-pressure 23s. I am running 9-speed Tiagra and have zero complaints--I have the parts to upgrade but why bother?

Maelochs

What is that, by the way? it looks like something steel with canti brakes .... old MTB frame?

Snipex

Its a pretty low end japanese steel bike that i upgraded a little, like the attachable drop end, tires, and clipless pedals

Snipex

https://www.bikeforums.net/attachmen...1&d=1517844955

Maelochs

Site won't let me open the attachment but i remember a thread long ago about a guy who was planning to put bolt-on drop-bar ends on a straighth bar ... and since that is pretty rare, and I am pretty sure that one also had red tape, I have to suspect it was you.

mcours2006

Are you sure that saddle pointing down like that is comfortable?

Snipex

It wasnt when i took that picture, i was just experimenting at that time cos i always go pretty low when sprinting

tagaproject6

If it works for you...that is all that matters. But, since you asked...ooof, that is one ugly looking thing. It's like one ugly bike mated with another ugly bike and they have this twice ugly offspring. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this beholder has a lazy eye, ugh!

Snipex

Lool, i dont like the style either, i just slammed the front to go a bit faster, dunno what you expect from a 250 dollar bike, id get a caad 9 soon but im not sure if its necessary since i work day and night and the commute is only 30 minutes

fietsbob

Level the saddle if its un comfotrable straighten your hips, raise the bars.. you feel excess pressure on your hands ?

that will help.

Maelochs

I missed the red tires first time around.

I built a bike which looked a lot like that about ... 20 years ago? I used a 24-inch fork and wheel to lower the front end. It was also red .... but didn't have red tires.

Snipex

Already leveled the saddle, and i just changed the stem to drop the handlebar, you think its too low? i dont have much problem with it since i only ride 30 mins from home to work and 30 to go back, im always on the drops going full on about 35, 55 kmh on my way home, once i change my job to less time then ill just get a decent road bike, but for now i dont feel like its necessary yet

IK_biker

Any particular reason to ride cross-chained?

Snipex

left shifter was broken so i just pulled it to the biggest gear, is it that bad?

DMC707

When your sprinting at 55kmh as low as you can go, it helps to slingshot you forward a bit, besides you gotta keep up the rpm's somehow

I think Cipollini was the first to utilize this strategy,

aplcr0331

You sprint every day?


Just doing short rides? Can't imagine longer than an hour would be good for the ol twig and berries with that seat angle.


Ride whatcha got!

Snipex

yeah, im still getting used to it, got alot better at it now tho, could only push 50 at that time

Snipex

My whole 30 minute commute otw to work and otw home is pretty much all sprints, thats the only joy i get ever since i moved to this god awful boring country lol

Maelochs

That's right. I built my similar bike as sort of a Time-trial commuter---short distances at full speed, so comfort doesn't matter as much.

There is a poster here who rides that way (don't say "Timtak" three times ) and gets a lot of flack for his riding position, but for a half-hour at full speed, it works.

I think that if you don't ride what most ride, or if you don't ride vintage, people will give you grief out of reflex.

I saw a guy Sunday who had a Cannondale gravel bike with a lefty fork and 650 wheels. Looked like Dr. Frankenstein got drunk. I hate lefty forks anyway ... and this one looked six times as weird because it was on a road frame.

Thing is, looked at on its own terms ... this bike worked. It was well put together, it had all the right angles, it looked like it could have come from the factory that way. It was essentially a short-travel hard-tail for gravel and rock as opposed to serious MTB trails .... enough travel to soak up All the chatter which can make gravel roads so miserable on a road frame.

I bet if he posted pictures here, people would complain because of whatever gear he was in .....