Show Us Your Carbon!!!

[l4dva]

My boardmans has a nice "Made in Taiwan" badge under the botton bracket too lol

 

[montage]

Love a bit of boardman - though a lot of people complain about the cabelling. These use cheap nasty stuff apparently to keep the cost down...doesn't really do the sram rival set justice. Worth bearing in mind incase you start to doubt sram rival's shifting.
Nice bike though, I'd love one

 

[l4dva]

It is an awsome bike! Feels so quick and light I love it.

The SRAM gears aren't 100% set up correctly and the brakes do feel spongy at the moment though (it's halfords after all I wasn't expecting the set up to be spot on) I did think the cable for the rear brake felt a bit rough when pressing the brakes, thought it might not have been greased properly but it probably is cheap quality like you say (Shimano SIS - I dunno if thats good cable or not??)..... I guess they got to keep the cost down some how.

 

[montage]

I'm fairly tempted to convert from shimano to sram - it's just a £££ issue, and Ultegra more than does the job.

 

[MadoneRider1991]

I was playing along with Mr Madone

Pretty much all frames are made in China/Taiwan aren't they? Even the big names.

Still, it is misleading.

Nice Boardman l4dva!

mines made in waterloo

 

[MadoneRider1991]

I'm fairly tempted to convert from shimano to sram - it's just a £££ issue, and Ultegra more than does the job.

same,

just not too sure atm about double tap gears and going up hill!! my shimano groupo will have to do for now i guess lol

 

[l4dva]

Even tho my gears aren't 100% correctly set up (chain rub on certain extremes) I can still feel a big improvement to shifting compaired to the tigra group set on my old bike. Apart from the loud click/clunk sound when you shift you don't feel a thing through the cranks, and because the cassette has such close range cogs(close compaired to my what i had one my old bike - 11-34) you just notice that your instantly pushing that little touch harder or softer. It's great.

I'm no expert in these maters but im impressed so far and it can only get better once set up properly. Double tap dose sound daft but it really dose work.

 

[MadoneRider1991]

Even tho my gears aren't 100% correctly set up (chain rub on certain extremes) I can still feel a big improvement to shifting compaired to the tigra group set on my old bike. Apart from the loud click/clunk sound when you shift you don't feel a thing through the cranks, and because the cassette has such close range cogs(close compaired to my what i had one my old bike - 11-34) you just notice that your instantly pushing that little touch harder or softer. It's great.

I'm no expert in these maters but im impressed so far and it can only get better once set up properly. Double tap dose sound daft but it really dose work.

yh i have used sram on a test when i rode my friends madone, and tbh wasnt 100% impressed by it

would be something i would have to use for about a month on a bike to see if i likes it

 

[e-rider]

I was playing along with Mr Madone

Pretty much all frames are made in China/Taiwan aren't they? Even the big names.

Still, it is misleading.

Nice Boardman l4dva!

My Focus Cayo carbon frame was definitely made in Hamburg, Germany.

 

[simon walsh]

Finaly got round to getting some pics of my bike.

Kuota Kharma Ultegra with Mavic cosmic carbone sl

 

[ianrauk]

a lovely bike Simon.

 

[Carbon]

Looks great! Is that the 2008 frame? Looks a bit different to the current model..

 

[MadoneRider1991]

Finaly got round to getting some pics of my bike.

Kuota Kharma Ultegra with Mavic cosmic carbone sl

yummy wheels!!

 

[cyclecraig]

My Onix Azzuro with Onix Fusion Carbon Integrated Bars,Onix Carbon Seatpost and Onix Carbon Cage

My Onix weapon of destruction and the only one in the whole of the U.K!!!!

 

[Mark_Robson]

Very nice bike