What road bike do you have?
11-25-08, 06:23 PM
#9626
Old & Getting Older Racer
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11-25-08, 08:20 PM
#9627
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Here is my Bianci full carbon Beast
11-26-08, 12:09 PM
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Snail-paced new boy
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Needs saddle adjustments but here we are finally...
No white garage door pics due to darkness and crap British weather.
Build list -
Frame - 2007 Look 555 XL with HSC4 full carbon fork
Groupset - Full Sram Red with 50/34 and 11/26, Gore Ride-On cables as standard
Wheels - Shimano Dura Ace WH7850 C24 CL
Bars - FSA K-Force compact 46cm, Ritchey bar tape
Stem - FSA OS-99 120mm
Seatpost- FSA K-Force 25mm setback
Saddle - Fizik Aliante Carbon / Carbon rail
Bottle Cages - Elite 'Moro d'Elite' carbon
Tyres - Conti GP 4000
Tubes - Schwalbe
Computer (not on yet) - Garmin Edge 305 with Cadence and HR
No white garage door pics due to darkness and crap British weather.
Build list -
Frame - 2007 Look 555 XL with HSC4 full carbon fork
Groupset - Full Sram Red with 50/34 and 11/26, Gore Ride-On cables as standard
Wheels - Shimano Dura Ace WH7850 C24 CL
Bars - FSA K-Force compact 46cm, Ritchey bar tape
Stem - FSA OS-99 120mm
Seatpost- FSA K-Force 25mm setback
Saddle - Fizik Aliante Carbon / Carbon rail
Bottle Cages - Elite 'Moro d'Elite' carbon
Tyres - Conti GP 4000
Tubes - Schwalbe
Computer (not on yet) - Garmin Edge 305 with Cadence and HR
Last edited by AlexTaylor; 11-26-08 at 01:57 PM.
11-26-08, 05:21 PM
#9632
Buh'wah?!
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Figure out a way to change the numbers on it to "666" and it might just be the literal ride of the beast.
I thought it was funny.
-Gene-
I thought it was funny.
-Gene-
11-26-08, 05:46 PM
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Et voila The new Look 666-
The new Look 666-
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11-26-08, 06:12 PM
#9634
Mitcholo
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Very nice Alex! I like the wheels, are those the new carbon-aluminum Dura-Ace wheels or the scandium ones?
11-26-08, 06:21 PM
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Ta.
They are the new carbon aluminium ones, love them. It was a toss up between these, Hed Ardennes or Mavic R-sys premium. I struggled so much to get hold of a pair of Ardennes even to look I thought that the after care in case of an issue would be a nightmare so didn't bother. Loved the Mavics but doubts about wheel collapse followed by spoke impalement, plus the extra dough put me off.
The Shimanos won...
They are the new carbon aluminium ones, love them. It was a toss up between these, Hed Ardennes or Mavic R-sys premium. I struggled so much to get hold of a pair of Ardennes even to look I thought that the after care in case of an issue would be a nightmare so didn't bother. Loved the Mavics but doubts about wheel collapse followed by spoke impalement, plus the extra dough put me off.
The Shimanos won...
11-26-08, 06:34 PM
#9636
Mitcholo
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Very cool. How long have we been waiting for this bikes update again?
11-26-08, 10:00 PM
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11-26-08, 10:26 PM
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FSA K-force
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=9648
Sweet build btw Alex Could you have gone with a larger frame though? (1 size smaller stem, less spacers, less seatpost showing)
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Sweet build btw Alex
Could you have gone with a larger frame though? (1 size smaller stem, less spacers, less seatpost showing)
11-26-08, 10:32 PM
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11-26-08, 11:18 PM
#9640
Waiting for his CX
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just picked this up. jamis satellite one of very few new steel road bikes so I am a big fan, yes I know the stem is high thats how I like it. This is my first experience w/ a carbon fork. I rode it on cobbles and it performed very well.
11-27-08, 03:57 AM
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FSA K-force
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=9648
Sweet build btw Alex Could you have gone with a larger frame though? (1 size smaller stem, less spacers, less seatpost showing)
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=9648
Sweet build btw Alex
Could you have gone with a larger frame though? (1 size smaller stem, less spacers, less seatpost showing)As I said in the first post, seatpost hasn't been adjusted yet, LBS put it in the minimum amount because if they put it in too far and i had to raise it it would be marked.
This is the biggest 555 they do, it fits me great, I like the long stem as it's less fidgety.
Edit: Just adjusted saddle - over an inch lower, saddle to bar drop is 10cm-ish.
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11-27-08, 04:02 AM
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) it was about two weeks from ordering to it all being fitted.
11-27-08, 08:28 PM
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11-28-08, 02:27 AM
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^^ Cool pic Cat4Lifer.
Impulse, nice spesh, looks class. The 5's to 6's was done with correction fluid and red and black marker pens.
Impulse, nice spesh, looks class. The 5's to 6's was done with correction fluid and red and black marker pens.
11-28-08, 12:02 PM
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Cat 4
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Got my new bike about a month ago, and just found my camera to take some shots.
Blue 2008 RC6AL with SRAM Rival Build.
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Note: Still in the process of removing decals from wheels, just think it looks better without them.
Blue 2008 RC6AL with SRAM Rival Build.
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Note: Still in the process of removing decals from wheels, just think it looks better without them.
11-28-08, 04:21 PM
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11-29-08, 01:14 AM
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Hi,
In my continuing quest to keep the economy healthy, my Look KG481SL is no longer mine. It should be making its way across the US to its new owner. So my 2007 Serotta Attack is now my training bike. Here is how it looks now:
I know the yellow tires clash but that's what I've got right now for those wheels.
How am I helping the economic recovery? I'm building up a Cervelo R3 as my race bike.
In my continuing quest to keep the economy healthy, my Look KG481SL is no longer mine. It should be making its way across the US to its new owner. So my 2007 Serotta Attack is now my training bike. Here is how it looks now:
I know the yellow tires clash but that's what I've got right now for those wheels.
How am I helping the economic recovery? I'm building up a Cervelo R3 as my race bike.
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