New bicycle!

[TheYoungconnoisseur]

just finished building last night and took it out for its first flight a quick 10.7mile buzz up the ocean. with at least a 15mph headwind which was just lovely haha. took about 3yrs off bikes due to some prostate issues that are hopefully sorted now. well see how things are there this afternoon.
any "cyclists" on here?

hydraulic disc brakes, all carbon everything including crank other than wheels, which I'm building a custom set of 12k weave carbons for the race setup.

heres one of my old GTS and old bike

 

[Mr K]

just finished building last night and took it out for its first flight a quick 10.7mile buzz up the ocean. with at least a 15mph headwind which was just lovely haha. took about 3yrs off bikes due to some prostate issues that are hopefully sorted now. well see how things are there this afternoon.
any "cyclists" on here?

Looks nice and light. Yes, there are a few cyclists here. I really like going up hills and mountains on my carbon bike, but don't get the opportunity often as it's fairly flat here, though not as flat as Florida. I keep fit by cycling to work 2 or 3 times a week when it's not wet or icy.

 

[D Walker]

Yep - very nice,
Just spent the last hour cleaning mine - full of winter crud - think it is time for a new BB !!!

 

[alfatwo]

Does it have a proper Campagnolo Record gear set or the Japanese version. Very respectable


Dave

 

[conaero]

Very nice bit of kit. Just been out on my 29'er for a 30 mile x country jaunt, ice on the road and can't feel my toes and you don't want to hear about my other extremeties!

Not been out on the road bike (Bianchi Infinato C2C) since the 1000 miles trip just over a year ago to the South of France.

Still have nightmares about the support driver!

 

[bigbob]

Loads I guess. I run three road bikes for different times of the year. I am big fan of Ultegra, have tried Di2 but prefer mechanical.

You have to be a bit careful in Scotland with tyre width and running too much aero, wheel wise, so you don't get blown off! Lots of hills here which is a great excuse for slower speeds!

 

[Dyer3200]

Very nice - I have the same car a very similar bike I just wish I had your weather

 

[Contigo]

Bike looks nice, you forgot the pedals though!

 

[rockits]

Nice bike. Seems like an expensive stand though.

 

[BennyD]

Is all the advertising really neccessary? If it is then so be it but, IMao, it looks just a little 'chavvy' for what is probably a decent bike.

 

[hoyin]

Yup. Very much into my bikes. I cycle to work everyday. 32mile round trip.

I think I am due a new bike soon and have been shopping around. Just need to decide how much I really want to / can afford to spend.

It is an expensive hobby.


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[zagatoes30]

I see some of you are seriously into your bikes and I have seen some very nice ones on here over the years a bit out of my league but dumb question time, why do road bikes never seem to have disc brakes like mountain bikes?

 

[TheYoungconnoisseur]

I see some of you are seriously into your bikes and I have seen some very nice ones on here over the years a bit out of my league but dumb question time, why do road bikes never seem to have disc brakes like mountain bikes?

extra weight mainly, secondly its about an 800-1200$ premium. I believe mine is approximately 500g heavier than the same setup with rim brakes.

Decided I wanted to go for just because. I used to race XC mountain bikes and actually produced carbon ceramic brakes for them for bit. The bicycle industry is 99% brand and advert snobs tho and will take a huge **** on anyone who's new and not pedigree'd out the gazoo. All my MTB race bikes were over 9k USD. the road bikes are a lot more similarly built/efficient/equal considering the "manufacture" ONLY builds the frame. all the other bits, wheels, gears, bars, etc etc are 3rd party companies. The rossetti and Stradalli are on a very level playing field despite the 4k$ difference of a similarly equipped bike, plus I like having something different.

they don't benefit road bikes unless you live in the mountains where wearing out and heating up your carbon rims is a problem. Next bike id go without, it will probably never go to my home up north in the mountains.

physically I feel ok, so hopefully thats all in the past. Will give a few day break then go again to "test the waters" on thursday perhaps.


*agreed, its a lot of logos on it.

 

[Jkulin]

Been around bikes for many years, and the change in brake technology and acceptance is a heatedly debated subject.

I'm was into my bikes every bit as I am into my cars (though you wouldn't believe it with the amount of weight I have put on this year :-( ), I like old school and new stuff, and apart from one bike (my track bike) all the rest are Colnago's from a couple of Steel Masters to two C59's and a M10 as my training bike.

Without exception I use standard as opposed to disc brakes, even knowing that disc brakes perform better especially in the wet. Both of C59's were bought new, one direct from Italy and I had the choice whether to go disc or not, but as the UCI discovered it needs to be everyone on discs or none, because of the chaos it can cause with braking efficiencies in the peloton, not to mention the heat build up of the discs on fast mountain descents and braking, something which is not so risky in mountain bikes.

And when I used to ride with my club you could have upwards of 40-50 riders in a bunch, so if one braked a lot quicker that the others then there was a greater risk of bringing everyone down.
As many have seen high speed crashes can and do happen on descents, imagine the injury that could happen when a very hot disc touches raw skin! I believe that until assurances with regards to safety can be agreed/designed then the peloton won't be forced to change.

Oh just to start every one off, Campag, Shim Sham, or scram? Yes I have the Campag Tattoo and ride both manual and electronic SR

 

[hoyin]

Been around bikes for many years, and the change in brake technology and acceptance is a heatedly debated subject.

I'm was into my bikes every bit as I am into my cars (though you wouldn't believe it with the amount of weight I have put on this year :-( ), I like old school and new stuff, and apart from one bike (my track bike) all the rest are Colnago's from a couple of Steel Masters to two C59's and a M10 as my training bike.

Without exception I use standard as opposed to disc brakes, even knowing that disc brakes perform better especially in the wet. Both of C59's were bought new, one direct from Italy and I had the choice whether to go disc or not, but as the UCI discovered it needs to be everyone on discs or none, because of the chaos it can cause with braking efficiencies in the peloton, not to mention the heat build up of the discs on fast mountain descents and braking, something which is not so risky in mountain bikes.

And when I used to ride with my club you could have upwards of 40-50 riders in a bunch, so if one braked a lot quicker that the others then there was a greater risk of bringing everyone down.
As many have seen high speed crashes can and do happen on descents, imagine the injury that could happen when a very hot disc touches raw skin! I believe that until assurances with regards to safety can be agreed/designed then the peloton won't be forced to change.

Oh just to start every one off, Campag, Shim Sham, or scram? Yes I have the Campag Tattoo and ride both manual and electronic SR

Only tried campag and shim.

Personally I prefer Campag as you can make minor adjustments whilst changing gear which you can't do on the Shim.

Plus I find it troublesome changing gear with a moving brake lever.


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[Ewan]

I have a Pinarello with Shim and a Cervelo with SRAM. I bought both so I could properly try them out then keep the one I prefer. But with all the other distractions in life I hardly every get out on them so can't decide which to keep. In the meantime the depreciation is so catastrophic that selling either becomes somewhat pointless, so doubtless I'll end up keeping both.

But my QP is auto, my MCV is CC and my Atlantique is manual - and I like all three. It's nice to have difference gear systems to play with, whether on a bike or a car.

 

[bigbob]

I see some of you are seriously into your bikes and I have seen some very nice ones on here over the years a bit out of my league but dumb question time, why do road bikes never seem to have disc brakes like mountain bikes?

Disc brakes or not is like arguing over which gearbox you should have on a Maserati - there is no wrong answer it just depends on how you use the item. I have discs on my winter road bike and they are fine in that context but on my shoulder season and summer bikes I don't as they are too heavy and are unnecessary unless it is really wet. Having had a fast 'off' a few years back (30+ mph) I share the concerns about safety but basically when you are paying to get a bike of, say, only 7.0/7.5kg there is no point in adding another 0.5kg when you don't need too.

PS As has been said, bike depreciation is high so I tend to keep old bikes and adapt them for a different use.

 

[Jkulin]

Problem is if you have a number of sets of wheels and want interchangeability then you need the same sprockets on each, it's a little bit easier with 11 speed as there is some cross over.

As for losing value, one of my C59's is the Europcar job and probably cost me over £10-11K, I think the frame was about £3700 alone, the whole lot now is probably only worth 2/3rds if I was lucky!

In the old days when I used to race you only had a choice of Campag, Simplex, TA, Benelux and Stronglight, so as youngsters we always aspired to Campag and it made you a bit of a die hard and very stubborn, so much so that I used to love winding up the club lads and when I was having a tattoo of my dogs paws done after he passed, I got the tattooist to do one on my calf as below: -



After a bit of a difficult year last year, I have put a load of weight on and none of my kit fits properly now, do you think I need to lose some weight? : -

 

[D Walker]

I have SRAM Red on my road bike and rather like it,

But then again not tried the others as never had a road bike up until the point of coming off mountain bikes took the body to long to repair.

Having said that - my right collar bone may have something to say - never broke anything on a mountain bike.....

 

[conaero]

I have Campag on the Bianchi Road bike and Shim on the 29er.

The Shim changes smoother but the change ends with a jump, where as the cross milled front cogs make for a smoother but slower change on the road bike Campag.