The "Show off your bike" thread!

[Yacht Broker]

I recently sold my old Giant TCR Advanced which I found was getting a little racy for my aged (40yrs) state of physical disrepair (too much time spent in the office and not enough time on the saddle).

My original plan was to order a Spooky Mulholland frame and go for a sporty build with full Thomson finishing kit. I then spotted the Kinesis for sale over on BikeRadar and the rest is history. I have added the Prime wheels and am now pondering what else, if anything to change next.

The spec is as follows:-

Kinesis Racelight Gran Fondo Ti v3 Disc frame – 57cm (Di2 ready with all the bits & bobs for the conversion)
Kinesis Tracer carbon disc fork
FSA headset

Prime RR-50 carbon clincher disc wheels 6-bolt (tubeless ready)
Maxxis Padrone-TR 170 28mm tubeless tyres
Orange seal

Shimano Ultegra 6800 groupset with RS805 flat mount disc calipers
Shimano RT86 Ice-Tech 6-bolt 160mm rotors
Shimano 105 cassette
Shimano R550 SPD-SL pedals

PRO PLT Ergo bars – 42cm
Fi’zi:k Performance 3mm bar tape
FSA OS-99 CSI 110mm stem
FSA K-Force Di2 carbon seatpost
Fi’zi:k Arione VSX K:ium saddle

As I mentioned above, I was rather lusting after a full Thomson finishing kit (Elite seatpost, X2 stem and carbon road bars) as all my mountain bikes have always had Thomson stems. The finishing kit on this bike is probably better than Thomson (other than perhaps the bars), so I guess it would be silly to change. There is still quite a bit of weight to take out of the bike from areas such as the cassette, chain, pedals and bars. The wheels aren't fantastically light, but unless I was going to spent huge amounts, it's hard to get really light with 50mm tubeless disc clinchers.

What I have found however is that although I carrying around a fair amount of added bulk from the Giant, the bike is seriously fast. The 28mm Padrones roll beautifully and the bike just zings along. It is also seriously stiff, yet not so much that the ride is uncomfortable.

It's still early days with the discs and I think I may be hampered by slightly contaminated pads (the brakes don't have a huge amount of bite and they squeal all the time). They still need running in properly, so time will tell.

Anyways, I hope you like....

[Ares]

Yacht Broker said:

I recently sold my old Giant TCR Advanced which I found was getting a little racy for my aged (40yrs) state of physical disrepair (too much time spent in the office and not enough time on the saddle).

I take issue with your 'getting racy for your age'....! As a 45yr old that has just slammed his stem, taken his FTP over 300w for the first time ever and took 25mins off his Ride London time last week (to 4hr31), I resist the notion that 40 is getting aged!!!


Aside from that, nice bike ;-)

[Rich_W]

45Flipper said:

10 days from ordering to delivery... I'm very happy with my new purchase!!

Aeroad4 by Paul Dolphin, on Flickr

Aeroad2 by Paul Dolphin, on Flickr

Aeroad7 by Paul Dolphin, on Flickr

WANT! Though looking at Canyons site there's a lot of "out of stock" currently



Like the P2 as well earlier, except for the ski bars. Prefer flat straight ones. Or perhaps a very slight S bend.

[45Flipper]

Ares said:

I take issue with your 'getting racy for your age'....! As a 45yr old that has just slammed his stem, taken his FTP over 300w for the first time ever and took 25mins off his Ride London time last week (to 4hr31), I resist the notion that 40 is getting aged!!!


Aside from that, nice bike ;-)

Me too!! I'm 46 in a couple of months and I've just taken delivery of an Aeroad! More comfortable than I expected too. (I also hit 300ftp and did a decent time at Ride London whilst coughing and spluttering this year as well!)

[45Flipper]

Rich_W said:

WANT! Though looking at Canyons site there's a lot of "out of stock" currently

Probably because of their sale, they must have shifted a lot of stock whilst it was on!

[Ares]

45Flipper said:

Ares said:

I take issue with your 'getting racy for your age'....! As a 45yr old that has just slammed his stem, taken his FTP over 300w for the first time ever and took 25mins off his Ride London time last week (to 4hr31), I resist the notion that 40 is getting aged!!!


Aside from that, nice bike ;-)

Me too!! I'm 46 in a couple of months and I've just taken delivery of an Aeroad! More comfortable than I expected too. (I also hit 300ftp and did a decent time at Ride London whilst coughing and spluttering this year as well!)

Grey power

[Rich_W]

45Flipper said:

Rich_W said:

WANT! Though looking at Canyons site there's a lot of "out of stock" currently

Probably because of their sale, they must have shifted a lot of stock whilst it was on!

I watched the GCN vid where they toured the Canyon factory in Koblenz.

Turns out they build batches of bikes. So if you time it right you can get it quickly, but if not you have to wait for them to finish building 100 (or something) of their mountain bike before they start building 100 Aeroads or Speedmax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_iOFAXdi4

It's not the best vid ever tbh, which is a shame since GCN are normally pretty good.

[DS240]

After a long long period off a road bike i've finally got another (always something else to budget for). Can't wait to get back on the road and see how things go. Hopefully back to some small club racing next year.

Cervelo R2. A few mods from the new spec to make it Ultegra throughout. See how things go and then maybe new wheels next year.

[Tri_Doc]

^^ very nice. Good value the R2 as well.

[okgo]

Rich_W said:

WANT! Though looking at Canyons site there's a lot of "out of stock" currently



Like the P2 as well earlier, except for the ski bars. Prefer flat straight ones. Or perhaps a very slight S bend.

Almost certainly this position is quicker, everyone seems to have adopted it at the sharp end of time trials.

[Rich_W]

okgo said:

Rich_W said:

WANT! Though looking at Canyons site there's a lot of "out of stock" currently



Like the P2 as well earlier, except for the ski bars. Prefer flat straight ones. Or perhaps a very slight S bend.

Almost certainly this position is quicker, everyone seems to have adopted it at the sharp end of time trials.

Tony manages just fine without it.



Preying Mantis is faster aerodynamically. (Essentially uses the forearms to deflect air around the mass of the core) But UCI rules dictate +/- 10cms in vertical height. So you wont see extensions anywhere near as long as that on a non Triathlon spec bike.

http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulat...
p33

Plus I always think of Landis. And that's never a good thing.

[okgo]

Almost no TT's in the UK have to adhere to UCI rules as they're governed by CTT

[nammynake]

45Flipper said:

10 days from ordering to delivery... I'm very happy with my new purchase!!

I like the bottle cage - what brand/model is that?

[loudlashadjuster]

This thread really does nothing to help quell my Aeroad lust.

[JuniorD]

Yacht Broker said:

That's class. There's something really pure and purposeful about a Ti bike with a very classic geometry

[timnoyce]

JuniorD said:

That's class. There's something really pure and purposeful about a Ti bike with a very classic geometry

My mate has one of these also and it's great.

[Surfr]

stongle said:

That's either a very large ring, or you have very short cranks!!!!!

Nice.

Bit of both. 165mm cranks and a 58t ring

[stongle]

Surfr said:

Bit of both. 165mm cranks and a 58t ring

Good work! I also ride 165mm cranks so make a 53 look big, 58, looks massive!!!

[okgo]

loudlashadjuster said:

This thread really does nothing to help quell my Aeroad lust.

Their after sales should see to that.

[Rich_W]

okgo said:

loudlashadjuster said:

This thread really does nothing to help quell my Aeroad lust.

Their after sales should see to that.

Explain?

I'm thinking about a Canyon next year....