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Inherited this from my recently deceased grandad;
It came with drop bars but I hated them having only ever ridden MTB's before. I bought a few bits and used some bits I already had so I could have flat bars. Ideally I'd like a polished silver stem and bars but yet to find anything suitable. I like the MTB bars but they look ridiculous being so wide. Commuted on it today and loved it. Rides really well and not as stiff as I thought it would be coming from my MTB.
It came with drop bars but I hated them having only ever ridden MTB's before. I bought a few bits and used some bits I already had so I could have flat bars. Ideally I'd like a polished silver stem and bars but yet to find anything suitable. I like the MTB bars but they look ridiculous being so wide. Commuted on it today and loved it. Rides really well and not as stiff as I thought it would be coming from my MTB.
ajstephe said:
Nice bike Diz..welcome to the Canyon Club. Just taken mine out for its inaugural ride today and it feels sweet. Didn't fancy the disc brakes though. Have you had a fit done on it yet?
Hi mate - no fit done but did the measurements and S was the right size for me I presume same for yourself?I have my measurements from a bike fit last year and will tally it all up accordingly. Bit of tweaking should be ok.
The thru axles confused me and although I have allen keyed the front one tight I am going to swing past my LBS tomorrow just from an education/safety point of view - luckily we have a good relationship, he knows I have bought one and as I spend a fair bit in there he is more than happy to assist.
Aeroad next!
rossmc88 said:
Good to see another codeine on the previous page, here's my 650B version
Nice. It'd be interesting to see the differences riding the big and little wheeled versions. Looks like it could use a dropper post!Since I've been tweaking my bikes a lot, i thought I'd stick up a pic of the other bike in the trio.
7.2kg as it sits which ain't bad for a large, almost-15 alu frame. Apologies to those sensitive to groupset mismatching
.W00DY said:
Nice. It'd be interesting to see the differences riding the big and little wheeled versions. Looks like it could use a dropper post!
Since I've been tweaking my bikes a lot, i thought I'd stick up a pic of the other bike in the trio.
7.2kg as it sits which ain't bad for a large, almost-15 alu frame. Apologies to those sensitive to groupset mismatching.
What wheels are those? eBay specials? Since I've been tweaking my bikes a lot, i thought I'd stick up a pic of the other bike in the trio.
7.2kg as it sits which ain't bad for a large, almost-15 alu frame. Apologies to those sensitive to groupset mismatching
.This is what I built in January, following the theft of my faithful old Ribble.
I intended just to buy a nice s/h bike at around £500 but couldn’t find anything just right on eBay. A good friend pointed me to a bare frame at 1/3rd price in Planet X pre-Xmas sale so I took the plunge. Spent longer deciding on the spec and sourcing parts and ensuring compatibility than on the build itself. Mix of new and used parts. Cost me £1,400 in total.
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No serious mishaps during the build though without a template bike I spent a lot of time looking at pictures to see how cables were best laid out etc. Also studied plenty of youtube videos on building from scratch. I especially liked this Swiss chap’s series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKHWrPTTiNN... Only job I took to the LBS was pressing in the crown race of the headset – I’d experimented with using plastic drainpipe and heating the crown race in the oven (as recommended in some forums) but chickened out for fear of damaging the carbon steerer tube.
First ride was quite edgy (especially as brakes weren’t bedded in) but I’ve rapidly come to like the ride and feel of the bike. I wouldn’t hesitate to build again. I’ve spent quite some time on tweaking of the ride position, including buying a shorter stem after the 120 mm one initially purchased proved uncomfortably long and then chopping 20 mm off the stem height. These are the sort of things I’d have been nervous about doing on a brand new bike but become second nature having built from scratch.
Final spec:-
Frame: Planet X RTD-90
Headset: FSA No. 42 Orbit C40
Seat tube: 3T carbon with 25mm setback (used, from a girl in Barcelona)
Saddle: San Marco Concor Protek (minimal padding – I may get something softer!)
Handlebars: Toseek carbon (low price Taiwan supplier)
Stem: Kalloy Uno 100mm lightweight (used, from USA)
Gearset: Ultegra 6800 (used, but excellent condition)
Brakes: TRP Spyre cable discs with Ashimo Ai2 140mm rotors (64g each)
Cabling: Jagwire Pro compressionless (XL version for internal routing of rear brake)
Wheels: Carbonspeedcycle - 23mm carbon clinchers, 38mm depth, 24 x 24 spoke, Novatec hubs (being a cyclocross spec, the front is heavier than a typical carbon road wheel but I found little choice of Chinese carbon disc brake wheels currently)
Overall, the bike weighed in at 7.2 kg which is fairly good for disc brakes.
I intended just to buy a nice s/h bike at around £500 but couldn’t find anything just right on eBay. A good friend pointed me to a bare frame at 1/3rd price in Planet X pre-Xmas sale so I took the plunge. Spent longer deciding on the spec and sourcing parts and ensuring compatibility than on the build itself. Mix of new and used parts. Cost me £1,400 in total.
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No serious mishaps during the build though without a template bike I spent a lot of time looking at pictures to see how cables were best laid out etc. Also studied plenty of youtube videos on building from scratch. I especially liked this Swiss chap’s series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKHWrPTTiNN... Only job I took to the LBS was pressing in the crown race of the headset – I’d experimented with using plastic drainpipe and heating the crown race in the oven (as recommended in some forums) but chickened out for fear of damaging the carbon steerer tube.
First ride was quite edgy (especially as brakes weren’t bedded in) but I’ve rapidly come to like the ride and feel of the bike. I wouldn’t hesitate to build again. I’ve spent quite some time on tweaking of the ride position, including buying a shorter stem after the 120 mm one initially purchased proved uncomfortably long and then chopping 20 mm off the stem height. These are the sort of things I’d have been nervous about doing on a brand new bike but become second nature having built from scratch.
Final spec:-
Frame: Planet X RTD-90
Headset: FSA No. 42 Orbit C40
Seat tube: 3T carbon with 25mm setback (used, from a girl in Barcelona)
Saddle: San Marco Concor Protek (minimal padding – I may get something softer!)
Handlebars: Toseek carbon (low price Taiwan supplier)
Stem: Kalloy Uno 100mm lightweight (used, from USA)
Gearset: Ultegra 6800 (used, but excellent condition)
Brakes: TRP Spyre cable discs with Ashimo Ai2 140mm rotors (64g each)
Cabling: Jagwire Pro compressionless (XL version for internal routing of rear brake)
Wheels: Carbonspeedcycle - 23mm carbon clinchers, 38mm depth, 24 x 24 spoke, Novatec hubs (being a cyclocross spec, the front is heavier than a typical carbon road wheel but I found little choice of Chinese carbon disc brake wheels currently)
Overall, the bike weighed in at 7.2 kg which is fairly good for disc brakes.
millen said:
This is what I built in January, following the theft of my faithful old Ribble.
I intended just to buy a nice s/h bike at around £500 but couldn’t find anything just right on eBay. A good friend pointed me to a bare frame at 1/3rd price in Planet X pre-Xmas sale so I took the plunge. Spent longer deciding on the spec and sourcing parts and ensuring compatibility than on the build itself. Mix of new and used parts. Cost me £1,400 in total.
.
No serious mishaps during the build though without a template bike I spent a lot of time looking at pictures to see how cables were best laid out etc. Also studied plenty of youtube videos on building from scratch. I especially liked this Swiss chap’s series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKHWrPTTiNN... Only job I took to the LBS was pressing in the crown race of the headset – I’d experimented with using plastic drainpipe and heating the crown race in the oven (as recommended in some forums) but chickened out for fear of damaging the carbon steerer tube.
First ride was quite edgy (especially as brakes weren’t bedded in) but I’ve rapidly come to like the ride and feel of the bike. I wouldn’t hesitate to build again. I’ve spent quite some time on tweaking of the ride position, including buying a shorter stem after the 120 mm one initially purchased proved uncomfortably long and then chopping 20 mm off the stem height. These are the sort of things I’d have been nervous about doing on a brand new bike but become second nature having built from scratch.
Final spec:-
Frame: Planet X RTD-90
Headset: FSA No. 42 Orbit C40
Seat tube: 3T carbon with 25mm setback (used, from a girl in Barcelona)
Saddle: San Marco Concor Protek (minimal padding – I may get something softer!)
Handlebars: Toseek carbon (low price Taiwan supplier)
Stem: Kalloy Uno 100mm lightweight (used, from USA)
Gearset: Ultegra 6800 (used, but excellent condition)
Brakes: TRP Spyre cable discs with Ashimo Ai2 140mm rotors (64g each)
Cabling: Jagwire Pro compressionless (XL version for internal routing of rear brake)
Wheels: Carbonspeedcycle - 23mm carbon clinchers, 38mm depth, 24 x 24 spoke, Novatec hubs (being a cyclocross spec, the front is heavier than a typical carbon road wheel but I found little choice of Chinese carbon disc brake wheels currently)
Overall, the bike weighed in at 7.2 kg which is fairly good for disc brakes.
Nice.I intended just to buy a nice s/h bike at around £500 but couldn’t find anything just right on eBay. A good friend pointed me to a bare frame at 1/3rd price in Planet X pre-Xmas sale so I took the plunge. Spent longer deciding on the spec and sourcing parts and ensuring compatibility than on the build itself. Mix of new and used parts. Cost me £1,400 in total.
.
No serious mishaps during the build though without a template bike I spent a lot of time looking at pictures to see how cables were best laid out etc. Also studied plenty of youtube videos on building from scratch. I especially liked this Swiss chap’s series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKHWrPTTiNN... Only job I took to the LBS was pressing in the crown race of the headset – I’d experimented with using plastic drainpipe and heating the crown race in the oven (as recommended in some forums) but chickened out for fear of damaging the carbon steerer tube.
First ride was quite edgy (especially as brakes weren’t bedded in) but I’ve rapidly come to like the ride and feel of the bike. I wouldn’t hesitate to build again. I’ve spent quite some time on tweaking of the ride position, including buying a shorter stem after the 120 mm one initially purchased proved uncomfortably long and then chopping 20 mm off the stem height. These are the sort of things I’d have been nervous about doing on a brand new bike but become second nature having built from scratch.
Final spec:-
Frame: Planet X RTD-90
Headset: FSA No. 42 Orbit C40
Seat tube: 3T carbon with 25mm setback (used, from a girl in Barcelona)
Saddle: San Marco Concor Protek (minimal padding – I may get something softer!)
Handlebars: Toseek carbon (low price Taiwan supplier)
Stem: Kalloy Uno 100mm lightweight (used, from USA)
Gearset: Ultegra 6800 (used, but excellent condition)
Brakes: TRP Spyre cable discs with Ashimo Ai2 140mm rotors (64g each)
Cabling: Jagwire Pro compressionless (XL version for internal routing of rear brake)
Wheels: Carbonspeedcycle - 23mm carbon clinchers, 38mm depth, 24 x 24 spoke, Novatec hubs (being a cyclocross spec, the front is heavier than a typical carbon road wheel but I found little choice of Chinese carbon disc brake wheels currently)
Overall, the bike weighed in at 7.2 kg which is fairly good for disc brakes.
I have a press for headset and BB bearings, but crown races get the 2" plastic pipe and rubber mallet treatment: it never seems to involve enough force to worry me.
Your Dad said:
W00DY said:
Apologies to those sensitive to groupset mismatching .
Mismatching, fek me. The only thing missing is some Sturmey Archer! .
ALawson said:
What wheels are those? eBay specials?
An older set of Fulcrum Racing Speed.IroningMan said:
Nice.
I have a press for headset and BB bearings, but crown races get the 2" plastic pipe and rubber mallet treatment: it never seems to involve enough force to worry me.
I did try that, with plastic drain pipe from Wickes. It just wouldn't budge beyond a small 'step' on the bottom of the steerer tube - I even considered cutting a slot in the crown race. In the end, the LBS pressed it in for just £10 though I didn't see them do it.I have a press for headset and BB bearings, but crown races get the 2" plastic pipe and rubber mallet treatment: it never seems to involve enough force to worry me.
Here's a view from the opposite side
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