Project Bike Build...…is completed!!

[DJPetrolHead]

Evening all...... So I started the "Project Build A Bike" in Jan in an attempt to get myself a winter bike and protect my precious Trek Project One from the crap weather we been having!!

It's now complete - all sourced from eBay the spec is:

Cannondale R1000 XL (61cm)
Campagnolo Sirocco Wheels (old set I had from a previous bike)
Campagnolo Veloce drive train, brakes etc
10 speed miche cassette
Richey 44cm handlebars
Stem (only put this as cost me 99p on eBay for a 130mm!!!!)

All in I think I have spent prob around £500 to get it up and running (not including the wheels as I had them from before). I think a pretty fair deal for a frame that originally cost something like $2k (full bike)

I'm pleased and enjoyed the process










The fleet (not including fixie!!!!)



(Apologies for side shots no idea how to turn them!!)

[Disco You]

You've changed your tune about winter bikes then eh?

[DJPetrolHead]

Yup since I went sideways and broke a rib .... More importantly scratched the P1 :-)

I'm always open to change haha

[Disco You]

So you crashed your project one twice then? Great going!

[Gribs]

Hmmn, a winter bike without mudguards, I'm not sure I understand.

[anonymous-user]

I'd swap them over on that rack so you are not hanging the expensive carbon frame from the top tube. I appreciate its probably featherweight but its not ideal.

[TheLemming]

pablo said:

I'd swap them over on that rack so you are not hanging the expensive carbon frame from the top tube. I appreciate its probably featherweight but its not ideal.

Is that bad? I was about to put up a rack to store mysummer carbon in the same way...

[Kell]

Impressive.

I like how you've attached them to the ceiling...

[shalmaneser]

TheLemming said:

pablo said:

I'd swap them over on that rack so you are not hanging the expensive carbon frame from the top tube. I appreciate its probably featherweight but its not ideal.

Is that bad? I was about to put up a rack to store mysummer carbon in the same way...

Probably safer up there out of the way than being bashed around whilst leaning against the wall.

[NISMOgtr]

all you need now are some pedals

[Disco You]

shalmaneser said:

TheLemming said:

pablo said:

I'd swap them over on that rack so you are not hanging the expensive carbon frame from the top tube. I appreciate its probably featherweight but its not ideal.

Is that bad? I was about to put up a rack to store mysummer carbon in the same way...

Probably safer up there out of the way than being bashed around whilst leaning against the wall.

It's true to say that the carbon fibre isn't designed to take load in that manner.

Provided you are careful, I doubt very much that it that it will damage it.

[shalmaneser]

Disco You said:

shalmaneser said:

TheLemming said:

pablo said:

I'd swap them over on that rack so you are not hanging the expensive carbon frame from the top tube. I appreciate its probably featherweight but its not ideal.

Is that bad? I was about to put up a rack to store mysummer carbon in the same way...

Probably safer up there out of the way than being bashed around whilst leaning against the wall.

It's true to say that the carbon fibre isn't designed to take load in that manner.

Provided you are careful, I doubt very much that it that it will damage it.

In my old bike shop we used to play a game with an old Scott CR1 warranty frame with a crack by the bottom bracket. The game was 'how hard can you hit the top tube with the narrow side of a park pedal spanner and still not crack the frame?

The answer was very hard indeed.

Be careful with carbon frames but they're not that fragile. There is a large margin for safety built in.

[TKF]

Lots of preciousness when it comes to carbon. I certainly hope nobody takes them out in the wet. They melt, dotcha know.