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The tax man

New hoops for the Pro Road.
Planet X 50mm carbon rims,booted with Vittoria Pave Evo 24mm tubs.


The re-sized Road Ace. Wheels all sorted and new tubs glued down.

AmberGold

Love the Road Ace, pristine. I had that Shimano bottle and cage too.

I also had a block like that, my knees are fooked but I hobble with pride.

The tax man

Cheers AmberGold. 42x21 is as easy as it gets.:eek:

funkyjebus

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

That's not a sportive saddle to bars drop on the Ribble

It only sportive by name, it's a racer at heart.

I did have the stem above the spacers, but found it very upright, so despite looking like a torture device, it's very comfortable for me. I must have long arms at bit like this.

denbatt

The tax man wrote: »

Cheers AmberGold. 42x21 is as easy as it gets.:eek:

Jesus!!

seanin4711

here is my offering a mix of the old and the new!

skerry

Introducing my new Canyon SLX, it's the second one posted up here in the last week, but it's a thing of beauty so I figured it would be rude not to share.

All is stock. Not really getting on with the Selle Saddle but only had one ride so far and saddle was a touch high so gonna give it another chance. Might have to get a Romin if not, I do love my Romin.

MajesticDonkey

skerry wrote: »

Introducing my new Canyon SLX, it's the second one posted up here in the last week, but it's a thing of beauty so I figured it would be rude not to share.

All is stock. Not really getting on with the Selle Saddle but only had one ride so far and saddle was a touch high so gonna give it another chance. Might have to get a Romin if not, I do love my Romin.

What's your Garmin sitting on?

skerry

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

What's your Garmin sitting on?

I picked up a K-Edge Garmin Mount which sits the Garmin in front of the bars for better visibility, and more importantly, it looks much cooler

Zyzz

Are you running DA 9000?

skerry

Zyzz wrote: »

Are you running DA 9000?

Yeah it's DA 9000 as per pics. Miles ahead of my old Ultegra in terms of shift quality, perfect every time. Shifts are pretty effortless too, can change to lower gear no problem with a small push on the top of the lever from the hoods, no way I could do that with my old Ultegra

Zyzz

skerry wrote: »

Yeah it's DA 9000 as per pics. Miles ahead of my old Ultegra in terms of shift quality, perfect every time. Shifts are pretty effortless too, can change to lower gear no problem with a small push on the top of the lever from the hoods, no way I could do that with my old Ultegra

No joke I've had a dream or two about having 9000 on my bike.. :pac:

Ole Rodrigo

skerry wrote: »

Yeah it's DA 9000 as per pics. Miles ahead of my old Ultegra in terms of shift quality, perfect every time. Shifts are pretty effortless too, can change to lower gear no problem with a small push on the top of the lever from the hoods, no way I could do that with my old Ultegra

Hmm..thats good to know. I love the SLXs - well wear skerry.

skerry

Zyzz wrote: »

No joke I've had a dream or two about having 9000 on my bike.. :pac:

Speaking of dreams I had a bad one last night about asking the ould lad to give the bike a wipe down, came back to see he'd put the saddle on backwards and totally resprayed the bike :eek:

I had debated getting the Ultegra Di2 version but glad I went with DA now. Reviews were saying that the shift quality is very similar between the two, haven't tried Di2 myself but can't imagine it being much smoother than this.

It's my present to myself for finishing my PhD so figured it was probably the only time I'd get to splash out on Dura Ace, feck it your only young once.

paddydriver

The tax man wrote: »

New hoops for the Pro Road.
Planet X 50mm carbon rims,booted with Vittoria Pave Evo 24mm tubs.


The re-sized Road Ace. Wheels all sorted and new tubs glued down.

Loving that man shed...:D

Brendan Hennessy

A busy evening on boards for me - 2 posts in one night!

I really wanted an Irish built bike and through some helpful assistance came across this Gordon. Billy Gordon built bikes in the 50's and 60's, mainly for club riders as far as I know. http://www.lisburn.com/archives/info/news-2009-2/billy-gordon.html



The bike is 531 (of course), Nervex lugs, Campagnolo gears (does anyone have a Stronglight chainset?), Mafac Brakes and you can see the rest. It also has a boss on the back of the seattube for a Pennine CO2 pump. I resprayed it British racing green. By the way that type of bottlecage is a must for anyone contemplating L'Eroica.

It rode well on the Shay Elliott Vintage spin, with a 42 x 24 being a few gears more than the Tax Man's road ace...yet he went over Glenmalure before me!

MajesticDonkey

So....I went ahead and bought a Turas. Arrived yesterday by courier.

After asking about the difference between Shimano v SRAM, I went ahead with SRAM Force.



One spin so far, last night with the club. Fecking awesome I must say. 7.2kg without accessories. Also noticed a massive difference between the 50:34 crankset on my old Trek as opposed to the 53:39 on this.

manafana

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

So....I went ahead and bought a Turas. Arrived yesterday by courier.

After asking about the difference between Shimano v SRAM, I went ahead with SRAM Force.



One spin so far, last night with the club. Fecking awesome I must say. 7.2kg without accessories. Also noticed a massive difference between the 50:34 crankset on my old Trek as opposed to the 53:39 on this.

lovely bike right up my street, and pretty unique

AstraMonti

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

One spin so far, last night with the club. Fecking awesome I must say. 7.2kg without accessories. Also noticed a massive difference between the 50:34 crankset on my old Trek as opposed to the 53:39 on this.

Do you need all these spacers? There must be 100mil of them there.

colm_gti

AstraMonti wrote: »

Do you need all these spacers? There must be 100mil of them there.

And more importantly, 200g of spacer and steerer tube

MajesticDonkey

AstraMonti wrote: »

Do you need all these spacers? There must be 100mil of them there.

I'm not entirely sure how much the spacers add up to...got professionally fitted last year so must get out the diagram and measure everything up

colm_gti wrote:

And more importantly, 200g of spacer and steerer tube

Pfffft....200g me arse. More like 30g!

Harrybelafonte

Saddle seems a bit "slippy"?

ford2600

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Saddle seems a bit "slippy"?

Spirit level required

MajesticDonkey

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Saddle seems a bit "slippy"?

You talking to me? 'Cos I am finding the seatpost constantly dropping when I hit any description of a bump...the saddle itself is fine :P

Ole Rodrigo

Straighten the saddle, slam the stem and HTFU.

lennymc

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

You talking to me? 'Cos I am finding the seatpost constantly dropping when I hit any description of a bump...the saddle itself is fine :P

there is a grippy paste that you can apply to the post that will help with that. I had it on the BMC, and the paste worked wonders. Not sure what its called or where you get it tho. Mine came with the bike.

Harrybelafonte

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

You talking to me? 'Cos I am finding the seatpost constantly dropping when I hit any description of a bump...the saddle itself is fine :P

As Lenny said about the grippy paste, but do you not feel yourself slipping off that saddle a bit? Or find you push yourself back on it a bit, especially when in the drops?

MajesticDonkey

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

As Lenny said about the grippy paste, but do you not feel yourself slipping off that saddle a bit? Or find you push yourself back on it a bit, especially when in the drops?

No not really. I like to be leaning forward a bit most of the time on the bike, and I usually only use the drops when sprinting or if it's terribly windy.

But like I said, I must go and set up the bike properly to the spec I was given when I was fitted, so most things will probably change slightly


Thanks for the tip about the paste BTW.

Idleater

lennymc wrote: »

Not sure what its called or where you get it tho.

Carbon assembly paste; bike shop.

Seweryn

Idleater wrote: »

Carbon assembly paste; bike shop.

I would call it friction compound and it is suitable not only for carbon fibre. It is also specified for alloys .