Damn What Has I Done : Bicycle
 

Caught in a storm on a pass, after 35 years ive decided i want disc brakes on my road bike. Im no hard man, rim brakes are fing bs.

Wife says ok as long as i sell my old road bike.

My dad is embarrassed by the color but i think its hawt and besides, matches my socks.

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A lot more bike than i need but price was right. Gotta do a little corrosion repair. Sucker likes to climb.

Seems like bikes give me terrific return of hedonic units per $.

I admit....I had to look it up:


hedonic
adjective
1: of, relating to, or characterized by pleasure
2: of, relating to, or characterized by hedonism

Congrats on the new bike - I'm OK with the colour.....safe riding!

Portland bike. Cielos are nice. Rear dropouts are works of art. Too bad they're not making Cielos anymore.
Is that the original color? Looks like about a 58, my size!

Does it have any Chris King parts on it? Headset? BB? (It looks like it might be a CK headset but I can't be sure)

Hang on tight in crosswinds, those deep Enve's will try and sail on you and you don't want to lose your front end during an off camber downhill!!

Pink headset spacers. Damn. :)

Love the color and "New School" steel! :cool:

Search "Paul Klampers" for the ultimate in cable operated disk brake calipers (Shimano pads and disks).
Hydro disk brakes are great & all that but they require bleeding/maintenance.

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Ceilos were made by Chris King. I wasn’t aware that they had ceased production. Either way, it’s a beautiful bike, and you can’t go wrong with a handmade steel MUSA frame.

I thought disc brakes on a bike were silly until I rode rode with them.

Wow.
Surprised at the improved performance.
I'm now a big fan of discs.

You should be proud ;)


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"Dear zakthor.
...if you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further." :)

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ps- I had no idea pink was even an anodized color. I'm still stuck on 90's purple!

What a bunch of freaks. How do you guys know anything about this? Thanks for the complements.

Its a large, 57tt, 400mm reach. Is like it was made for me. Im used to hydraulic brakes from mtb, love mineral oil.

Everything on the bike that can be king is king. High point is the wheels: enve 5.6 with king r45 hubs, setup tubeless but rear wheel needs a retape.

Color was custom from king - he really wanted pink. Seller had it in bolivia for a year, has corrosion. Was living about a mile from my house.

$2200. Im just some schlub, going to get passed a lot.

Whether I pass you or you pass me on that bike I'm going to be sure and say "Nice bike, love the color"!

I have a white road bike so to add color, I used red handlebar wrap. Years later it’s faded to pink. I haven’t ridden in years but when I get back on the saddle again, I think I’ll put on black wrap.

I like it!
Years ago I had a team bike that was supposed to be burnt purple. The damn thing was pink.
I rode the wheels off that bike and it was great for me. Few top ten finishes, an outright win.
Our sponsor's slogan was "blow you away" and I cut out some of their decals and put them down the seat stays. I had the legs to back that up back then.

There's was a pink Casati hanging in the shop along with all others that were none pink back in 1986. It was my size and we get a discount since we were club members. I wanted it for two reasons, the color and because it was a Casati (they imported them). My friend would say to me, if you buy that, you had better get up and do your big turn up front or sprint out of every single turn during the training rides that or do not every let em' catch you. That's a "Bad Ass color but you have to live up to it. Muhahahaha. I never bought that frame. Couldn't afford it. I eventually bought a Casati from them and raced the hell out of it. Still have it handing in my garage.

Pink is fine,

So long as you're leading the Giro....🚴 😁

The OP bike would look great with black bar tape. Black saddle, black cables and black bars.

Chef's kiss.

I think it will look much better in front of the pack with his nose on the stem, flat back, with a few guys sucking his wheel on an incline in big ring and a 15 tooth cog.:D

I would love hydro disc brakes on my road bike. How much is a conversion?

Old-school steel guy here - How's the ride with that near-straight fork? I would think that to be quite jarring on a slightly bumpy road...

Another good thing about them is the rims are lighter because they don't need the strength for a calliper grabbing them. So less rotating mass = more efficient.

Sweet! I know a bunch of people in bike manufacturing and anodizing in Portland. I bet some of them contributed to this. Nice!

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Growtec discs are nice as well.

The fork is enve carbon. The ride is very very (very) smooth. Carbon forks really help a bikes ride.

Has 26mm tubeless tires (sworks turbo tubeless) so that helps too. Very stiff and just about 18lbs.

Main thing i care about: i rode down the steep hill to my house in the rain today and braked casually from the hoods.

Thanks for that info.

I've considered refitting my recumbent with disc brakes but haven't done so yet (would have to strip the paint to weld tabs for the rear and just don't want to deal with a repaint). Might be easier to build another bike...

Does the fork have tabs for disc caliper? You really only need the front because the front is where it does the stopping. I hate disc brake squeal.

Reminds me of that pink race car that's painted like a butchered pig!
:D

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Some things just require pink socks too :D!

The Rules

https://www.velominati.com/

Rule 9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period. Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather – be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot – are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.

Rule 5 // Harden The **** Up.

Rule 12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.

Rule 27 // Shorts and socks should be like Goldilocks. Not too long and not too short. (Disclaimer: despite Sean Yates’ horrible choice in shorts length, he is a quintessential hard man of cycling and is deeply admired by the Velominati. Whereas Armstrong’s short and sock lengths are just plain wrong.) No socks is a no-no, as are those ankle-length ones that should only be worn by female tennis players.

Rule 28// Socks can be any damn colour you like.White is old school cool. Black is cool too, but were given a bad image by a Texan whose were too long. If you feel you must go colored, make sure they damn well match your kit. Tip: DeFeet Wool-E-Ators rule.

No disc tab on the front either.

Setting up brakes on a 'bent is a bit different depending on how the bike is set up and where the CG is. My short-wheel-base bike needs equal braking effort front and rear or else the back end slides out. My old long-wheel-base bike would have the front slide out in a corner with too much braking effort up front.

I am a huge fan of shinamo's V brakes. They stop really well on my old MTB. or course, they aren't disc but are much better then side pull road brakes. Have you tried the latest versions of Ultegra road brakes? I assume it will fit your bike? They stop really, really well.

Welding disk brake tabs onto a classic frame can be done safely but please don't over heat Chromoly.

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This is a classic frame with new disk brake tab drop outs. You can also get them to suit thru-axles.

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The whole bikes for drools ... lol ;)

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My apologies to the OP - I may have hijacked your thread.

I do have v-brakes on my bike.

Yeah… i self identify as a single speed mountain biker. I wear my bibs outside my shirt so its easier to take a dump. Color? Sock length? Velominati are a bunch of poofs.

I can stop now. Didnt make sense that in the wet i use one finger on mtb but cant stop at all on road bike - thats the bad sort of fear.