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Here's my stable...
This is my oldest bike. It's a Halfords Carrera TDF which I bought second hand from my next door neighbour when I started cycling. Barely any of the original bike is left. He'd changed the fork for a carbon one, I've changed the wheels for some decent handbuilt ones, I've had it powder coated and it's got a load of new and second hand Claris groupset parts on it. It's my winter/wet weather bike - not very glamorous but solid and dependable. I've put nearly 6000 miles on it over the past 3 years. Looking at it, I need to tweak the saddle position a bit - I'm blaming the fact that I've just rebuilt it the other day so not got everything quite straight yet!
This is my single speed bike. I bought the frame and all the parts and built it myself back in March or April or something. It's an On One Pompino steel frame with a steel fork, which takes mini v brakes, and it's got a Miche Primato crank and Sturmey Archer freewheel which makes funny noises and needs replacing with a Halo Clickster when I get some money together. It's got big fat 28mm tyres and mudguards so it'll get me through the winter as well. It's geared at 48*18, which is good for about 17-19 mph at 80-90 cadence. It's a great bike to ride, really good fun. It always feels like you need to push harder, because on the flat you need to pedal fast to go fast, and on the hills you need to push hard to keep going - it feels like good training! My longest ride on it so far is 38 miles and I'd like to do a metric on it sometime this year.
This is my best bike. Planet X RT-58 alloy with Tiagra groupset. I've upgraded the wheels to H Plus Son Archetypes on Miche Primato hubs which are very nice wheels, and put a Charge Scoop on it which is pretty comfy for longer distances. The only problem with this bike is the white downtube, which is impossible to keep clean!!
This is my oldest bike. It's a Halfords Carrera TDF which I bought second hand from my next door neighbour when I started cycling. Barely any of the original bike is left. He'd changed the fork for a carbon one, I've changed the wheels for some decent handbuilt ones, I've had it powder coated and it's got a load of new and second hand Claris groupset parts on it. It's my winter/wet weather bike - not very glamorous but solid and dependable. I've put nearly 6000 miles on it over the past 3 years. Looking at it, I need to tweak the saddle position a bit - I'm blaming the fact that I've just rebuilt it the other day so not got everything quite straight yet!
This is my single speed bike. I bought the frame and all the parts and built it myself back in March or April or something. It's an On One Pompino steel frame with a steel fork, which takes mini v brakes, and it's got a Miche Primato crank and Sturmey Archer freewheel which makes funny noises and needs replacing with a Halo Clickster when I get some money together. It's got big fat 28mm tyres and mudguards so it'll get me through the winter as well. It's geared at 48*18, which is good for about 17-19 mph at 80-90 cadence. It's a great bike to ride, really good fun. It always feels like you need to push harder, because on the flat you need to pedal fast to go fast, and on the hills you need to push hard to keep going - it feels like good training! My longest ride on it so far is 38 miles and I'd like to do a metric on it sometime this year.
This is my best bike. Planet X RT-58 alloy with Tiagra groupset. I've upgraded the wheels to H Plus Son Archetypes on Miche Primato hubs which are very nice wheels, and put a Charge Scoop on it which is pretty comfy for longer distances. The only problem with this bike is the white downtube, which is impossible to keep clean!!
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Stems getting lower, Enve Classic 65s and new grip tape (Lizard Skins DSP).
How do you ride with your shifters set up like that!!
They look fairly flat to me?
not to me, looks too low! would probably put a lot of stress on your palms but each to their own! guess he had a bike fit anyway so
Long and low, sloped slightly forwards but that's more comfortable than a sit up and beg type of riding position which is terrible aero wise.
To get a flat back I'd have to go lower or longer stem wise!
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Haven't changed much but minus pannier rack and plus new saddle and properly routed brake cables. Think she needs a clean and some new tape soon...
Picked up my first road bike
2015 GTC Pro?
Nothing fancy. But I have a San Marco saddle, Garmin Vectors and black bar tape now
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2015 GTC Pro?
New brake callipers : Dura-Ace 7800 to match the DA shifters and mech's. They are noticeably better than the Dia-Compe they replaced (though new Swisstop green pads might also help)
New saddle : Selle Italia Flite
Rest of the drive train is Ultegra 6700 / 6750 with a KMC SL chain
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Picked up my first road bike
2015 GTC Pro?
Hi new Cube friend!
Yeah mines is the pro which was the compromise on cost as I wanted what you have, £200 extra to jump up from mine to yours but for that £200 by hell you get a lot for that money. Very smart purchase you have made
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Some nice bikes on here thought I would jump in on the band wagon 2015 cube gtc race
Snap! I hope you're enjoying it! 800 miles on mine now.