The "Show off your bike" thread! (Vol 2)
Discussion
Gareth79 said:
Mostly finished the Colnago build. Just need to trim the steerer to a final length, add some Di2 grommets, then probably redo the brake routing - I have tried them uncrossed and crossed (coming from the opposite holes on the bars) and neither is satisfactory. When crossed, the front and rear cables don't foul when turned, but the rear brake is pretty stiff... The front brake grommet was missing so I have made one out of brass until the importer can get hold of one.
Cant beat a bit of Italian Aero lovelinessEdited by Gareth79 on Sunday 21st July 21:05
Mine.
IMG_5039 by chunkytfg, on Flickrloudlashadjuster said:
Lovely. You'd better be the fastest turning up for a club ride on that though 
Considering i'm the wrong side of 100kg do fairly well. https://www.strava.com/activities/2512678329
Not the fastest by any means but i wouldn't consider myself a slowpoke either
Teebs said:
Very nice, i went from a Emonda SL5 to a S works Tarmac and I think the Trek was a better bike..
Interesting, I went from a Tarmac to this. Geometry on the Trek seems very slightly more relaxed and stretched, but it's a sublime ride and I'd never go back to rim brakes now. 
A few years ago I built this:
From this:
£50 Carrera Blast 24 from eBay for my lad.
This has now has passed down to my Daughter who is now 8.
She's ridden it a few times but thought it was due some updates.
Revised spec will now be:
1*10 SLX/Saint drive train with Deore 11-42t cassette
Suntour XCT JR cranks with 30t n/w with Superstar alloy bash
Shimano M365 hydraulic brakes with Purple Superstar 160 rotors
Stan’s Crest on Superstar Electro hubs with Schwalbe Black Jack tyres
X-Fusion HiLo Dropper with Madison youth trail saddle
Inspired by Sam Hill's Yellow & Purple EWS Mega we ended up with:
So pretty much finished bar the dropper post (remote is in the post).
Happy little girl after maiden voyage:
Dropper waiting for remote:
Have a Bontrager lever on order from Triton.
From this:
£50 Carrera Blast 24 from eBay for my lad.
This has now has passed down to my Daughter who is now 8.
She's ridden it a few times but thought it was due some updates.
Revised spec will now be:
1*10 SLX/Saint drive train with Deore 11-42t cassette
Suntour XCT JR cranks with 30t n/w with Superstar alloy bash
Shimano M365 hydraulic brakes with Purple Superstar 160 rotors
Stan’s Crest on Superstar Electro hubs with Schwalbe Black Jack tyres
X-Fusion HiLo Dropper with Madison youth trail saddle
Inspired by Sam Hill's Yellow & Purple EWS Mega we ended up with:
So pretty much finished bar the dropper post (remote is in the post).
Happy little girl after maiden voyage:
Dropper waiting for remote:
Have a Bontrager lever on order from Triton.
Discs are the big change (huge fan). The rear feels marginally stiffer. The whole feels more compliant, but I'm using different tyres for now which could make a difference. It does feel very fast but that's hard to quantify at the moment. I'll have to wait until after PBP to take it out on familar interval loops to see if it is quicker for the same power.
Loving that new bike feeling where you just want to go out and smash everything. But I have to be patient. I won't get to ride it for a couple of weeks now.
Loving that new bike feeling where you just want to go out and smash everything. But I have to be patient. I won't get to ride it for a couple of weeks now.
Gruffy said:
Picked it up on Wednesday. Raced it on Thursday. Social ride with some efforts on Sunday. It's amazing.
Project One based on a Madone SLR7 Disc, with 38cm bars, 53/39T chainrings, XXX6 wheels and giraffe-spec seatmast and stem.
Great bikes. I hired that exact model and colour whilst on a two week holiday in the south of France earlier this month. Did just under 500k and 20,000ft climbing on it - inc the Col de Madone twice and the Col de Vence. It never missed a beat. Brilliant in fact.
ShortShift811 said:
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