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my new 2-wheeler
Finished the build a few weeks back but never got around to posting any pics. She's a mongrel but is fairly light and quick feeling for an all-around bike.
Salsa Cassaroll cromo frame Ritchey Logic cranks 34/48 Dura Ace rear derailleur Campy front derailleur Mavic MA-40 rims Suntour XC9000 front hub Shimano XT rear hub Shimano 12-25 8 speed rear cluster Campy brake levers Cane Creek SCR-3L brakes Shimano Ultegra 8-speed barcons Moots layback seatpost Salsa 110mm 105 degree stem Nitto "Noodle" bar SPeedplay Frog pedals Continental 700x26 tires The Blackburn touring rack goes on tonight, and I want to go to at least 700x28 tires.   
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03-30-2008, 05:55 PM
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03-30-2008, 06:36 PM
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Steel is real. I gotta get me one of those.
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I do love being on two wheels though... Obligatory art shots [  
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03-30-2008, 06:49 PM
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Damn! What's your inseam length? I might consider selling you my "classic" Raleigh "supercourse". Are you 6'3" or so???
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6'1". Inseam is around 34" depending on how you measure. A better way is floor to pubic bone height which is about 90cm. For road I like a bigger frame and getting the bars up close to the level of the saddle. This frame has a slightly sloping top tube and extended head tube. The effective top tube is a tad on the long side but as I get more miles my back will stretch out a bit. The noodle bars also sweep back a bit, so it is damn near a perfect fit.
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pretty...gotta build me a road bike one of these days as I miss the speed and distance runs.
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Nice bike. What does she weigh?
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As a newb to the road bike scene, I don't know what most of that stuff is, but it looks good.  How many miles do plan on riding a week?
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Weight? Hmm...if I had to guess I'd say about 19lbs. But I frankly haven't weighed it and won't because it'll have a rear rack, tools, pump, etc. The frame is about 4.5lbs and for is under 2lb. A good, solid, steel bike. One cool thing is that it has very long horizontal rear dropouts. You can actually run a single speed setup if you want (I don't want to), but you do have to crank down the rear qr otherwise the wheel can move. In a perfect world I prefer Breezer-style vertical dropouts...
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03-30-2008, 07:49 PM
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My plan is to commute to work (west LA to Marina del Rey) once or twice a week. That should be exciting. Every other weekend try and do a 20-30 mile ride. The other weekends I hope to get my son into the mountains on our mtn bikes.
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Damn nice ride.
Real men ride steel bikes. I'm currently on a Pinarello Catena Lusso. Actually just upgraded the rear cog to 10-speed & dérailleur to Dura-Ace. Did a 40-miler over to P.V. today. Beautiful. I heart Dura-Ace. Stuff is soooooo smooth.
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I've owned/riden both. There's something about wrapping your crotch around a 1,200 lb. personality.  . Yup, nothing like two wheeled movement. . Every time I see a nice bike like yours I think of my idle Lemond BA Triple in the garage and my 20 lbs. of redundant flesh.
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Great looking wheels!!
I have a dinosaur hanging in my garage that I've noodled rebuilding and riding. Late 1970s rig that I've logged countless hours and miles in TN, IL, VA, MS & AZ over.... lets just say a long time. It was last rewrapped by a buddy here in AZ back in '95. Ugh, that long ago? When I got this bike, I had to run alongside and jump on. My feet barely reached the pedals.  
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I had a slightly newer version of that (same color!) when I lived in San Francisco. It was how I got to work every day...left my apartment, hopped on my Green Raleigh and rode across GG Park to UCSF. Gotta love lugged steel...
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where did you get ma 40's? a few years back i was looking for a set, to build a training wheelset and couldnt find any...in 32 hole.
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03-30-2008, 11:45 PM
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The more and more you guys talk about this the more I want a bike. I do not need another expensive hobby as a college kid.
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We used to have a saying in college, "real men ride sew-ups".
Does anyone still use them? I can remember staying up until midnight repairing those darn things, real PITA. I got pretty good at it though, used to charge others $5 a piece and made an extra hundred a month doing that. Pretty good scratch back then. |
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Cool... nice color choice, I just finished mine about 4 weeks ago... had it powder coated similar color. VooDoo Reynolds 853, IF fork, Ultegra.
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Have you ridden it yet? The rear triangle looks a little tight and little rake on forks, might be twitchy. Good for sprint, tiresom for centurions.
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