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400bhp
Guru
Gun Hill?
I've tried out Mavic elites before - they fly!
couple of days to go then!.
Only one decent ride of any length, scared of getting it dirtyso still on the winter/ tourer. http://www.brytonsport.com/mapTrackView?id=2008947
It's a 59 btw
Delivery was pretty quick then? We need some good weather soon - looking forward to it too much!
oldfatfool
Guru
Great, running true despite the crappy roads, light and stiff. Might get some 36 spokes built up on op and Ultegra hubs and keep the Elites for the continent.
Once the bike was built up and dispatched from Germany it arrived in 4 days.
Stu Smith
Veteran
- Location
- Lancashire
2 for 1
Alembicbassman
Confused.com
From the Far East via San Marino and Rotherham comes this home creation. 11.6 Kg with lights, bottle cage, wedge pack (innertubes levers etc...) pump, pedals and computer. Built as pictured for £450 
Foghat
Freight-train-groove-rider
This was my Number One from 1999 to around 2010. It's been 9sp Dura Ace 7700 since the start, but recent builds and changes in bike fleet hierarchy/status mean the rear derailleur, cassette, chain and levers have just been upgraded to 10sp 7800. Front derailleur remains 7700 as the 7800's original frame is band-on rather than braze-on.
Its maiden trip back in March '99 was a week of big-climb-storming in the Yorkshire Dales - Buttertubs, Stang, Malham etc, including a visit to the frame's place of birth in Richmond. Descending The Stang in snow was fun.....
The frame was custom-built to my design and peculiar dimensional needs, with a Colnago-inspired colour-scheme. The bike was fun to build, although back then I didn't do my own wheelbuilding. The ride is good - it handles very well but it is quite harsh, and owing to the severely deteriorating road surfaces in England I shall imminently be putting some 28mm tyres on for a more comfortable ride.
I've also done a fleet-wide change from Time pedals to Shimano SPD-SL and SPD, as Time quality/function has gone downhill badly since the days of Equipe/TBT pedals and soles (and my feet are now too long for my TBT-soled shoes) - so some new Ultegra pedals added too.
Its maiden trip back in March '99 was a week of big-climb-storming in the Yorkshire Dales - Buttertubs, Stang, Malham etc, including a visit to the frame's place of birth in Richmond. Descending The Stang in snow was fun.....
The frame was custom-built to my design and peculiar dimensional needs, with a Colnago-inspired colour-scheme. The bike was fun to build, although back then I didn't do my own wheelbuilding. The ride is good - it handles very well but it is quite harsh, and owing to the severely deteriorating road surfaces in England I shall imminently be putting some 28mm tyres on for a more comfortable ride.
I've also done a fleet-wide change from Time pedals to Shimano SPD-SL and SPD, as Time quality/function has gone downhill badly since the days of Equipe/TBT pedals and soles (and my feet are now too long for my TBT-soled shoes) - so some new Ultegra pedals added too.
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
very very niceThis was my Number One from 1999 to around 2010. It's been 9sp Dura Ace 7700 since the start, but recent builds and changes in bike fleet hierarchy/status mean the rear derailleur and levers have just been upgraded to 10sp 7800. Front derailleur remains 7700 as the 7800's original frame is band-on rather than braze-on.
Its maiden trip back in March '99 was a week of big-climb-storming in the Yorkshire Dales - Buttertubs, Stang, Malham etc, including a visit to the frame's place of birth in Richmond. Descending The Stang in snow was fun.....
The frame was custom-built to my design and peculiar dimensional needs, with a Colnago-inspired colour-scheme. The bike was fun to build, although back then I didn't do my own wheelbuilding. The ride is good - it handles very well but it is quite harsh, and owing to the severely deteriorating road surfaces in England I shall imminently be putting some 28mm tyres on for a more comfortable ride.
I've also done a fleet-wide change from Time pedals to Shimano SPD-SL and SPD, as Time quality/function has gone downhill badly since the days of Equipe/TBT pedals and soles (and my feet are now too long for my TBT-soled shoes) - so some new Ultegra pedals added too.
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
From the Far East via San Marino and Rotherham comes this home creation. 11.6 Kg with lights, bottle cage, wedge pack (innertubes levers etc...) pump, pedals and computer. Built as pictured for £450
thats a whole load of bike for not a lot of mulah, nice
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
We have the same durrreeeeeeeeeeeeliaaarrr and front crank, I've been trying to date mine for a while.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Very nice !
Thegiantpeanut
Active Member
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
And whose mavics where those eh?
The rose xeon is a lurvley bike, it was pretty much a neck and neck between that and the Canyon Ultimate AL, I ended up going for this bad boy. It sure does fly, not too harsh on the roads and super stiff, raced it in a 3rd cat circuit race and I couldn't have wanted more!* (not my own picture I know!)
*some nice deep aero wheels would have been nice...
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
And whose mavics where those eh?
The rose xeon is a lurvley bike, it was pretty much a neck and neck between that and the Canyon Ultimate AL, I ended up going for this bad boy. It sure does fly, not too harsh on the roads and super stiff, raced it in a 3rd cat circuit race and I couldn't have wanted more!* (not my own picture I know!)
*some nice deep aero wheels would have been nice...
Incredibly sexy.
