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Madone 5.5 Dura-mental bits
Cause its fast.
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Crap frame, semi decent parts and wheels, sweet stem.
It's really comfy, but I want something new, something that's good.
So this is the current road bike. It's a bit of a departure from what I was riding this time two years ago ( giant carbon 1sl weight weenie special 🙂 )
I lost the love for road cycling until I saw this frame at the local tip on Christmas Eve 2012.
its a Geoffrey butler Reynolds 531 frame and fork which I paid £5 for.
The wheels are stans alpha pro 340s which are 1250 grams the pair.
It's 1x9 with dura ace shifter ,rear mech and cassette
Kcnc bars,stem and isis crank and skewers
The seatpost is an old carbon superstar which was chopped with a selle SLR saddle
The brakes are Planet X cnc milled single pivot with Swiss stop pads and Shimano r600 levers.
It's a mongrel but it rides really well and put the fun back into spinning the miles
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it does what i need it to do.
RealMan, if you don't like/want your road bike, can I have it?
This is the bike I ride on the road (occasionally), it's a BFe and I love it because I can take it off the tarmac and onto the fun stuff 😆
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Cheapy build to see if I liked it, I do.
Tcr2 alloy frame with carbon fork
XT hubs on open pro
Dura ace chainset
Dura ace levers
Dura ace rear mech
Dura ace front mech
105 callipers
Race face bar
Race face stem
Race face post
SLR saddle
I love it because its fast, I forgot the speeds you can get up to on a road bike.
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Cannondale 1987 tourer frame and forks, Sora plus Planet X wheels.
Because it fits me.
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Good lord...
okay, i'll be the one to ask the question - TooTall - just how tall are you 😯
Training/hack bike. Airborne Zepelin Ti. Reynolds carbon forks.
Ultegra gear/brakeset
FSA carbon chainset.
FSA carbon bars & stem, Deda carbon post, LOOKs, Chris King headset.
Aksium wheels (the worst wheels I've ever ever owned, soon to be gone)
This bike is what I do all my work on, Turbos, Sunday rides the lot. It's a super tough reliable machine and that's why I love it.
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Race bike, and I mean race only bike. Giant TCR. SRAM Force throughout. Deda Superzero finishing kit. Giant P-SLR1 wheels. The wheels are superlight yet ultra rigid and specifically chosen for UK shorter races and crits. I didn't see the point of heavier aero yet cheaper carbon wheels, and I wasn't interested in looks.
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I love this slightly dated bike, it's well crafted T800. Again I could have bought good looking, but for the purpose of it's existence function over forms matters more.
In use leading the bunch.
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TooTall - clearly the most accurate username to date!
Mine is an old Peugeot frame (not that old mind) Sti shifters complete with a set of pink halo twin rails. I like cos it looks odd and goes for miles despite only costing me £40 from a mate!
Gianni Motta frame from Merlin cycles.
Campag cranks
MicrShift mechs and shifters.
Shimano cassette.
Kmc chain.
A real mix on the drive side of things but it's the best shifting bike I have ever owned and I have owned a few. The frame is as stiff as a monks cock but very responsive.
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Ex British cycling team bike. USPS trek 5900. Full dura-ace, bontrager race lite wheels, ITM finishing kit.
Totally original save for tires, brake shoes and chain. For no other reason than its such a good bike I've never found cause to upgrade anything.
Had it over 10 years and don't see me replacing it any time soon. I'll be doing Barcelona ironman on it in October.
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Scott CR1 Pro
Full Ultegra
Ksyrium Elites/Ultremos
Deda Bars/Stem
Ritchey Superlogic Post
DA Pedals
Full carbon Arione
Goes laaaverly. Frame soon to be replaced with one of those bargain SL's.
Tifosi CK3
Look forks
shimano rs10 wheels
ultegra mechs and brakes
midge bars and microshift bar end shifters
...I just like brown to be honest
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Canyon Aeroad Ultegra di2
Zipp 404cc Rear, 303cc front, Zipp carbon bars
This is the new 16.7lb Lidl winter bike.
It replaces a 23lb winter hack.
Cheap - fast .. loving it too much.
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Defy Composite 3, wot I got last month through the cycle to work scheme
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Raleigh SP comp carbon frame, Campag Centaur and Sciroccos. 3T and Zipp finishing kit. Cost around £600, which i 'm pretty pleased with. I like it cos it's easier to train on gears than fixed, and it's fun to do the occasional road race.
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Trek 1.7 - nowt special Alu frame, carbon fork. Full 105 though.
It lets me get around the nice countryside quicky and comfortably. Damn good for fitness when the weather is crap too.
This is my Bianchi. It's probably one of the lower end road bikes that I've owned but it's my favourite. For a start I've always wanted a Bianchi but it also rides better than anything else I've ridden.
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Crap frame, and 8 speed tiagra make it one of the lowest spec road bikes you'll see around. But I love it, cause well, it's murdered out innit.
Well almost.
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Trek Madone 6.9ssl
Ultegra drivechain, Bontrager RXL/XXX finishing kit & wheels.
Love it because, well, first of all because it didn't cost me anything - you know the 'Rapha Rising' thing on Strava, where the 1st prize was a bike, well that's it, all those days spent riding up hills paid off! 🙂
One off paintjob means you don't get it confused with anyone elses, outside any cafes and, although I must admit I wasn't massively impressed with the difference between it and my PLanet X Superlight Team when I first got it, it's earned a place in my heart by being utterly ace while riding in Tenerife.
Amazingly comfy all day long, brilliant handling on the descents and nice and light when you have to carry it up the stairs back at the hotel 🙂
Sadly I [url= https://twitter.com/twinklydave/status/355010915575418881/photo/1 ]smashed it to pieces[/url] a couple of weeks ago, but hopefully it'll be back up and running as soon as I am...
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Mostly all 8 years old apart from chainset
Just so comfy and so light it just responds to every little bit of effort , can't see any need to replace it anytime soon
Record 10 - extralight wheels - Easton - use ti post - slr - frm brakes
Some crackers in there and eclectic... Keep em coming..... 😛
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My Devinci Leo SLK, ultegra spec. Absolutely love it...
Ex British cycling team bike. USPS trek 5900
That's a 5500, not the 5900. The 5900 was made of OCLV 110 carbon, the 5500 was OCLV 120, I had one, very good it was too.
Not got any photos of mine, they were all hosted on Fotopic, need to host them somewhere else, but it's an ageing Madone SL with Dura Ace and Race X Lites!
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Pegoretti Duende with ultegra/DA mix DT mon chasserals king/Thomson
What I like about it is the geometry/fit is sorted so you ride it and forget about it. Oversize steel (most people think its aluminium) so it's no noodle but ride all day comfort. It's also a one of a kind paint-job
Best thing is the price. £4.5k bike that cost me £500 and a day of my time. 8)
Dolan Ares SL
SRAM Force
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as a rule, blue is my least fav colour but i really like that Dolan
Lemond Zurich, 853 frame with Ultegra, frame and forks currently for sale (size 59cm)
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Cannondale six 105 2010 (got bike of the year)
Upgrades:
Bike fitting - shallow drop deda bars
Strada a23's and own brand hubs 1400g alu clinchers
Record headset
Full ultegra 10spd
Rotor Crankset
as a rule, blue is my least fav colour but i really like that Dolan
Thanks ... Really appreciate the comment
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have an antares 00 on it now instead
its faster than i am
Dirtyrider, unsurprisingly I really like that!
Would really love to 'enve' my bike out properly like that 🙂
Oooohhhhh.. Keep em coming........... 😈
2008 Felt F65 with basic ish build inc. tubeless.
It's nice and comfortable. 18.5lb, tubes are straight and round, it was cheap and there isn't an ounce of bling on it.
A slightly sad one this, just spent the afternoon breaking up my old road bike I built in college, it had been languishing in my brother's garage in wales for quite a while. Leaving this thoroughly written off old 80's Harry Quinn Frame
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It also means I have a motley bunch late 80's/early 90's retrotastic stuff to offload (including an ultegra biopace chainset!)
Here is the Taiwanese one while the Italian one is waiting to be compleated.
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Getting some 50mm Carbon wheels soon.
Cheap 2nd hand Condor Squadra frame and forks bought to replace my Lynskey 'dream bike'.
Campag chorus 11 speed groupset, 3T bars, Spesh carbon/zertz seatpost, Deda stem, Open Pro/105 front wheel, Kysirium SL rear here but now an Open Pro/Hope rear, Gatorskins.
Not super bling or expensive, but a solid workhorse that makes me smile.
Specialized Langster SS winter bike. Deda bars and stem, Tifosi carbon post, spesh saddle, Open Sport rims built onto the original spesh hubs, Rubino pros, Profile BMX chain tensioners, Topeak DeFender RC11 mudguards.
Bought as standard complete bike 2nd hand for couple of hundred quid. New wheels transformed it into my go-to bike for solo rides and winter miles.
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