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I picked up my charcoal Ristretto off the Paceline Forum classifieds - a perfect fit and a great bike. The workmanship on the frame is very impressive. I've raced it 5 times, got 2nd in a TT, 2nd in a road race, and 2nd in a crit (and 2nd in the omnium as well) in the first week I rode it.
The red one (also metallic) I grabbed from eBay. Same geo except the charcoal one has a 20mm headtube extension (to make it roughly the same geo as a 56 CAAD12), hence the spacers under the stem on the red one.
The plan is for the charcoal twin to be the training/road race rig, and the red one the flatter crit bike (the single 52 ring should be the giveaway).
So far, I really love these rigs. With 5 wheelsets between them to swap around, I have a lot of flexibility for setup next year!
The red one (also metallic) I grabbed from eBay. Same geo except the charcoal one has a 20mm headtube extension (to make it roughly the same geo as a 56 CAAD12), hence the spacers under the stem on the red one.
The plan is for the charcoal twin to be the training/road race rig, and the red one the flatter crit bike (the single 52 ring should be the giveaway).
So far, I really love these rigs. With 5 wheelsets between them to swap around, I have a lot of flexibility for setup next year!
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#5103
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I almost started a new thread for this...good thing there is a search function. Here is my #savetherimbrake SL5 S-Works for 2022...
"old" is new again on my end.
"old" is new again on my end.
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I've one super secret project going on before I post up the 2022 TT bike setup in full glory.
The parts arrive early next week. All I can say is I may get out for $40 instead of $3000. If the $40 gamble fails, whatever. If it fails I'll get $40 worth of fun out of it and use the parts to make a TT themed table lamp or something to give away to the points winner of the 2022 weeknight club TT series.
The parts arrive early next week. All I can say is I may get out for $40 instead of $3000. If the $40 gamble fails, whatever. If it fails I'll get $40 worth of fun out of it and use the parts to make a TT themed table lamp or something to give away to the points winner of the 2022 weeknight club TT series.
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Gotcha. Just regular use...training/race-bike (mainly crits). We (North Carolina) do have some mountainous terrain in western North Carolina (Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather MTN, etc.) where I feel like disc brakes would be great during the 1-mile + descents, but my time out there is relatively infrequent.
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Gotcha. Just regular use...training/race-bike (mainly crits). We (North Carolina) do have some mountainous terrain in western North Carolina (Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather MTN, etc.) where I feel like disc brakes would be great during the 1-mile + descents, but my time out there is relatively infrequent.
There's some climbs with grades in NC, but Mitchell isn't very steep. I was fine on that years ago on rim brake when I weighed a good bit more than I do now headed back down from the top down to Marion.
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Gotcha. Just regular use...training/race-bike (mainly crits). We (North Carolina) do have some mountainous terrain in western North Carolina (Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather MTN, etc.) where I feel like disc brakes would be great during the 1-mile + descents, but my time out there is relatively infrequent.
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Grandfather lets bikes in? Is that free? That's a paid entrance park. If driving you stop, pay at a gate, then enter. When the family visited I didn't notice anything at the gate about it.
There's some climbs with grades in NC, but Mitchell isn't very steep. I was fine on that years ago on rim brake when I weighed a good bit more than I do now headed back down from the top down to Marion.
There's some climbs with grades in NC, but Mitchell isn't very steep. I was fine on that years ago on rim brake when I weighed a good bit more than I do now headed back down from the top down to Marion.
More notably 181, Shull's Mill, etc. The ride pictured above finished going up the 3-mile entrance to Grandfather which was truly diabolical. You are correct that that entrance is gated and I am unsure if they have that one exception per year for cyclists. There are also multiple routes for going up Mt. Mitchell, so it's a matter of picking your poison in that case (Asheville, Marion, South Carolina...).