The "Show off your bike" thread!
Discussion
shogun001 said:
This arrived on Thursday. Full ultegra 11speed is a bit of an upgrade from the 9speed sora on my old allez sport.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Yes I know it's grubby and many rules are broken.
Unchanged spec is:
- DA 7900 (10 speed) all round (except crankset)
- 3T finishing kit with gorgeous carbon bars and Lizard Skin tape.
Mods are:
- Cack-handed American brake setup swapped to the correct hands.
- Horrible (but valuable) Fizik Arione Tri 2 saddle swapped for Selle Italia Flite Flow Kit Carbonio (stupidly long name, but an eBay bargain at £48). Seems hard but supportive so far.
- 90mm 3T Arx-Team stem swapped for 110mm version of the same - stem flipped.
- Look Keo pedals swapped for my Shimano R540s - they can be upgraded over time but will do for now. I don't really like SPD-SL so might give the Keos a try at some point.
- Mavic Ksyrium Elites swapped for my Quattros. These will be my winter wheels - I want some 50mm carbon clinchers for next spring, which will finish off the look of the bike.
- Rotor double crankset swapped for Ultegra 6750 compact, meaning that I can actually ride up hills.
AFTER:
Yes I know it's grubby and many rules are broken.
Unchanged spec is:
- DA 7900 (10 speed) all round (except crankset)
- 3T finishing kit with gorgeous carbon bars and Lizard Skin tape.
Mods are:
- Cack-handed American brake setup swapped to the correct hands.
- Horrible (but valuable) Fizik Arione Tri 2 saddle swapped for Selle Italia Flite Flow Kit Carbonio (stupidly long name, but an eBay bargain at £48). Seems hard but supportive so far.
- 90mm 3T Arx-Team stem swapped for 110mm version of the same - stem flipped.
- Look Keo pedals swapped for my Shimano R540s - they can be upgraded over time but will do for now. I don't really like SPD-SL so might give the Keos a try at some point.
- Mavic Ksyrium Elites swapped for my Quattros. These will be my winter wheels - I want some 50mm carbon clinchers for next spring, which will finish off the look of the bike.
- Rotor double crankset swapped for Ultegra 6750 compact, meaning that I can actually ride up hills.
yonex said:
A very shrewd observation sir. The bar tape was a particularly thick variety and I had difficulty getting it to tuck in neatly behind the plug. Not my best bar wrapping effort. I will re-do it at some point when I can be bothered. Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff