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cunavalos

Lumen wrote: »

Lovely bikes cunavalos. Not much seatpost showing on any of them.

Is it a deliberate comfort thing?

i had actually just taken out all the seatposts to make sure they hadnt seized and hadnt remeasured them. have all saddleheights set at the same distance from saddle top to bottom of pedalstroke as given during fitting. as a rule though orbeas tend to have a long seat tube measurement in relation to top tube length

blorg

@peterk19- yes, it is the 2008 Focus Raven Expert, carbon frame, full XT groupset, Rock Shox Reba SL fork. FWIW though, I think the 2009 has a nicer paint job.

@uberwolf- they are "Zertz" elastomer inserts that are meant to absorb road vibration. This is a common thing throughout Specialized's range, they do it on seat stays and seatposts as well as forks, the more expensive geared Tricrosses have it in those places as well.

ROK ON

[quote=blorg;58675043
@uberwolf- they are "Zertz" elastomer inserts that are meant to absorb road vibration. This is a common thing throughout Specialized's range, they do it on seat stays and seatposts as well as forks, the more expensive geared Tricrosses have it in those places as well.[/quote]

It does make the Specialised Tricross an exceedingly comfortable bike t cycle on IMO. OF all the bikes that I have ever commuted on/cycled, my tricross is easily the most comfy.

blorg

To be honest I would not 100% sure on the benefit myself either, the comfort could more likely be more to do with frame geometry and tyre width. Apart from the Tricross fork which is new to me I have used a Specialized seatpost with a Zertz insert for a few years now on a few different bikes.

peterk19

blorg wrote: »

@peterk19- yes, it is the 2008 Focus Raven Expert, carbon frame, full XT groupset, Rock Shox Reba SL fork. FWIW though, I think the 2009 has a nicer paint job.

Cheers for that looks like an option for using my cycle to work

what size do u think would suit me im 5'11?

blorg

peterk19 wrote: »

Cheers for that looks like an option for using my cycle to work

what size do u think would suit me im 5'11?

I'm 6ft and got the L/52, looks like 5'11" would put you between M/48 and L/52. You are welcome to give mine a go for size.

peterk19

Cheers blorg i was thinking the L52 myself ill get back in touch prior to ordering about trying your

Vélo

Here's an update on my bikes. I collected the MTB today.

MTB, Commuter and Fixie.

I'll get the Road Bike up soon.


http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/declan.goggin/Bikes#5294124086009626882

Explosive_Cornflake

Oh noes, I joined the bandwagon:

blorg

Ha, well done on that Explosive Cornflake, it won't disappoint. What are you planning on building it up with?

Very nice MTB there Aquinas, have you been doing that for a while? How is the Focus Merluza to ride?

Explosive_Cornflake

blorg wrote: »

Ha, well done on that Explosive Cornflake, it won't disappoint. What are you planning on building it up with?

Not sure. Spent the last two days in work looking at bits. Maybe trying to spec it to the US spec list, which would be
Wheels: Fulcrum Racing 1;
Groupset: Dura Ace (I have the shimano tools, so it makes sense);
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS Carbon
Stem: Deda Zero
Bars: Deda Newton
Saddle: fi'zi:k Arione Ti.

In no rush on it, so I'll take my time for the right parts. Busy building up my MTB at the minute. Think I dremelled some metal into my eye last night actually, cleaning the handle bars down.

Vélo

blorg wrote: »

Ha, well done on that Explosive Cornflake, it won't disappoint. What are you planning on building it up with?

Very nice MTB there Aquinas, have you been doing that for a while? How is the Focus Merluza to ride?

I've been geting all the parts for the MTB from e-bay over the last year or so. Well all except the groupset which I got dne in cyclesuperstore. I'm looking forward to going out on it soon.

When I took the Merluza out of the box I thought it was really heavy but once I got it out on the road I was pleasantly surprised. It was a great cycling home in the rain on Monday evening, the wind and rain was that bad it was coming at me from the side but I was bone dry when I got home. The mudguards make all the difference:cool:. It was nice and comfy with the thicker tyres also.

concussion

blorg wrote: »

Now that I have turned to the dark side...

XT brakes, shifters and cranks????!!!! Sick sick man - you must purge yourself....give me the bike

kenmc

Aquinas73 wrote: »

It was a great cycling home in the rain on Monday evening, the wind and rain was that bad it was coming at me from the side but I was bone dry when I got home. The mudguards make all the difference:cool:.

What? How? That defies the laws of physics! Were you cycling inside the back of a van or something?

Vélo

kenmc wrote: »

What? How? That defies the laws of physics! Were you cycling inside the back of a van or something?

OK then my face was wet but seriously that's all but maybe I've just been lured into a false sense of security. Next time I'll be soaking.:eek: I was surpsised as I've heard you get wet no matter what you do.

blorg

Mudguards unquestionably make a big difference, a lot of the really bad soaking is water coming up from the road (particularly onto your arse) and mudguards prevent that.

DirkVoodoo

All these mountain bikes! A friend is taking me out next weekend (maybe) for an induction, I'm hoping it makes me a little more confident on the road bike being able to control the bike better over rough terrain. I had a rear wheel slip over one of those bus-stop surfaces yesterday and it freaked me out!

concussion

Although I've never done any road cyling bar cycling to forests, I believe off-road cycling has given me a distinct advantage as a commuter - MTB demands constant attention to the terrain and conditions, quick reactions, lots of hard (frantic!) braking and nonstop repositioning of the body in order to stay 'rubber-down'. I can think of several times while I've been commuting where I would have had nasty collisions if I didn't have supreme control of my bike.

As I've said, I've done no road cycling and I don't mean to say that it's not taxing or requires little reflexes and control (I would proably freak out if I had to cycle in the middle of a group, making constant adjustments to stay on someones wheel. Equally, how the hell do you manage to avoid someone who goes down in front of you??!!) but MTB involves a lot of 'crash stops' and evasive actions in order to avoid stuff and I reckon that's hugely beneficial for cycling in traffic.

Raam

concussion wrote: »

Equally, how the hell do you manage to avoid someone who goes down in front of you??!!

You hope that they get the hell out of the way. I nearly ran over rflynnr's arm when he went down in front of me. He moved it out of the way just in time.

blorg

Raam wrote: »

You hope that they get the hell out of the way. I nearly ran over rflynnr's arm when he went down in front of me. He moved it out of the way just in time.

Lucky that, could have done some nasty damage to the Cervelo.

Raam

blorg wrote: »

Lucky that, could have done some nasty damage to the Cervelo.

I was on the Allez I'd happily have ridden over him twice on that

Standard Toaster

My steed. BeOne Nirvana 3.0








Good to be back in the saddle.

kincsem

Wicklow 200 image test. Just trying to find out how to attach an image.

How do you show the picture so that you can see it on the screen (without clicking the attachment).?

Home:Ballyhoura

kincsem wrote: »

How do you show the picture so that you can see it on the screen (without clicking the attachment).?

• If its your own picture, host it on image shack, flickr or similar. They will give you a specific url for posting the image in forums.
• If it is an image on the internet, click on the yellow box with the mountains in it when creating the post and enter in the url/web address of the image. This can be found by ctrl-cicking on a Mac & I think it would be right-clicking on a PC (on the image displayed). It come up as "copy image location"

kincsem

Thanks for the help.

I'm trying to help Planet X get a picture of his titanium Enigma Eclipse (with Campagnolo 11) on here. I'll send him an email and we might see a nice bike on here in a day or two.

kenmc

alternatively, upload the image as an attachement, then preview your post - copy the link in the post to the image (e.g. the link to W200_IMG_8988.jpg in kinksems post is "http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=71618&d=1233397745".)
Then edit the post and write it like this (without the spaces around "img" and "/img")
[ img ] http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=71618&d=1233397745 [ /img ]

TinyExplosions

Man, that's a sexy pair of legs there you've posted Ken -I wonder who that good looking fella could be

Why aren't you out on the spin!

kenmc

not 100% - haven't been all week really. been luassing to work even...
and i just used the link supplied... didnt even look at what it was!

TinyExplosions

kenmc wrote: »

not 100% - haven't been all week really. been luassing to work even...
and i just used the link supplied... didnt even look at what it was!

That's not good -get well soon mate! I've had something lingering for a while too, but I'm refusing to let it stop me -it's just the hangover that hurts atm

Planet X

Planet X TT bike,

PX1.jpg