our stables please add

[young Ed]

My Roubaix after being "blinged" with straws and tinsel:

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Haven't got a pic to hand of the Sirrus.

good to see the founder/owner/manager of the site has a good/nice bike

i see several of us on here have the roubaix, is it fully plastic? how much does it weigh roughly? thinking of getting one but not sure the wallet agrees?!
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

i'm not sure shaun tbh - its a 29er frame 17" suspension forks removed and replaced with rigid suspension adjusted carbon forks - its immensley comfortable though

Maybe its the angle of the front wheel

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also forks sit off set further forward then the head tube?
Cheers Ed

 

[jowwy]

also forks sit off set further forward then the head tube?
Cheers Ed

Correct - same as the suspension forks did

 

[young Ed]

Correct - same as the suspension forks did

oh right
not familiar with this setup, what are the positives/negatives of it compared to forks directly below and in line with the head tube?
Cheers Ed

 

[jayonabike]

Mine....

Dawes Century SE
This is my work bike/pottering around town bike/jump on in jeans and trainers bike.

Ritte Vlaanderen
My dry weather bike

Enigma Ti
My all weather bike (I do most of my cycling on this)

Cervelo R5 VWD
My best bike, only comes out occasionally

 

[young Ed]

after seeing so much Ti i think i need a Ti with carbon forks and a 100% plastic bike!
Cheers Ed

 

[jowwy]

oh right
not familiar with this setup, what are the positives/negatives of it compared to forks directly below and in line with the head tube?
Cheers Ed

havent got a clue lol

 

[ianrauk]

after seeing so much Ti i think i need a Ti with carbon forks and a 100% plastic bike!
Cheers Ed

Better start saving up then Bud. And by the time you are in your 20's you may have at least one of them

 

[young Ed]

Better start saving up then Bud. And by the time you are in your 20's you may have at least one of them

might have the carbon forks by then!
Cheers Ed

 

[jowwy]

I got another coming on wednesday to add to my stable - will post when it arrives

Its a specialized Shiv Elite A1 TT bike

 

[young Ed]

I got another coming on wednesday to add to my stable - will post when it arrives

Its a specialized Shiv Elite A1 TT bike

i'm definitely not jealous!
Cheers Ed

 

[SWSteve]

I got another coming on wednesday to add to my stable - will post when it arrives

Its a specialized Shiv Elite A1 TT bike

So you made up your mind? (unless someone else posted on this forum about buying the same bike...

 

[fossyant]

i'm not sure shaun tbh - its a 29er frame 17" suspension forks removed and replaced with rigid suspension adjusted carbon forks - its immensley comfortable though

Maybe its the angle of the front wheel

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That should have knobblies on, and you should be getting it filthy !!

 

[fossyant]

oh right
not familiar with this setup, what are the positives/negatives of it compared to forks directly below and in line with the head tube?
Cheers Ed

The reason they do that, is the same with all forks. It's all about "rake". Doesn't matter where it is (top of forks, bottom of forks), so long as the front axel sits in front of the line drawn down from the middle of the head tube. Having no rake would make the bike unstable.

 

[Chris1983]

My Stable - I did at one point have slicks on the MTB...but got fed up with swapping back and forth to nobblies at the weekends so i just brought a road bike as well