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For a slow old man!
Nothing remotely flash but I can chuck it down the road without a worry 8)
5800 shifters/mechs and and 5700 cranks. 52/36 & 12x25, 5800 is a massive step up from 5700. Really looking forward to getting a proper ride in!
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[Not my wall/gravel...]
Nice. Love my TCR. Where you planning on racing it?
*tuts*
You know why.
Erm not sure yet (North West area though), waiting for it to get a bit warmer as my legs hate the cold!! Couple of MTB races first I reckon.
Arghhhh Tom yer killing me, I really don't. Thought I'd got everything perfect!
Why thank you. when are you delivering it?
change the pedals and cheers for ofsetting the valve weight with the tyre logo weight 😉
You can lend it for a week if I can have your Sunday for Fort Bill SDA 😉
You can have half the Sunday.. (the half you need)
back end is bearingless
ofsetting the valve weight with the tyre logo weight
Be bloody murder to find the valve for the mechanic though 😉
That and you aren't in the biggest gear. It's almost as if you haven't tried....
2 bottle cages?!
and that crank angle!?
did you not get the memo?
Very nice
Even I'd look fast on that, lovely
Crank 45 degrees forward and downwards.
It's like you people don't even pay attention.
That's your chuck able race bike?!? It's the same as my best bike bar that is ultegra
Just noticed its 'only' the alloy one, phew
seen him "chuck" bikes worth 3 times that 8)
They're not ****ing ornaments you know.
[Not my wall/gravel...]
Is that on a roof somewhere in Wiltshire by any chance? It looks awfully familiar!
*Edit*
(North West area though)
Ah, probably not!
those bricks are well laid
Looks good, now thrash it 🙂
mtbel - bearingless
I think they were designed to run with 2 bearings perma****ed in a shift pattern so it might just be alright!
Cheers all!
Looks great.
Is that quite a short stem?*
*this is not a criticism, just curious.
Probably by the standards of most roadies I'd imagine (?), 100mm, just what came with the old girl.
ha ha... 100mm on my TCR too. 🙄
it's just what I..er... spent ages measuring, re-measuring, eventually working out I needed 105mm then mulling over committing to going 5mm shorter or longer before fitting. 😉
I also prefer the sharper handling a 100mm stem gives over the 120mm mine came with, plus it wheelies betterer.
Same length of stem I use 🙂
What model is it exactly? That makes me want to upgrade
It's an old aluminium TCR (possibly before they brought out the alu TCR SL?), originally had 5700 105, Giant branded wheels and the most God awful Giant saddle on it I've ever come across!
They weren't available in the UK officially (Dutch model IIRC, which fits as there's a "made in Holland" sticker on it) but they must have struggled to sell 'em all so they got punted to UK dealers as the story went when I bought it. Lovely frame to look at with the smooth welds and in the unofficial bike in each hand test as light as the lower end CARBONZ frame with the same gear on it which my workmate wasn't pleased about.
A real shame they don't bring aluminium TCR's into the UK.
ahh so those wheels aren't stock!
its kinda sexy (for a bike)
Alu TCRs do come up S/H on Ebay and they are available as frame sets there new from Hong Kong. dunno if legit. the TCR Carbonz prices from HK seem too good to be true.