My new Fixed Gear build for the winter. I am just waiting on some custom parts but as it stands it is 13.51 lbs. Goal is to get it under 13 lbs.

The stem will be flipped and I will loose a spacer or two, new carbon conical spacer, new carbon spiderless chainring, KMC X10SL chain, Fizik Bartape and some new lightweight tubes.

First ride was great until the first corner when I forgot that I could not stop pedaling. Did not go down but it sure woke me up very quickly. All is good now.

Nice build...but it's not black!

 


had some bad news after doing my taxes last night so this pretty babe will make it to the classified section soon. totally house-trained!

I like the color scheme in your house, it is the same as mine. Wood floor, white trim, greenish walls. Oh and nice bike too.

It is funny that you mention that. I was finishing the build on Sunday and my wife comes out to the garage and says to me. "IS THAT A NEW BIKE?". I did tell her about this one and that I was getting it. I guess she had not seen it hanging in the garage. So she says "Oh it is not black that is why I noticed".

So how long do you think it will take me to get it painted black like the rest of my bikes? I actually like the natural color but it would look great painted black with white decals.

I might just have to think about that.

I'm a retro kinda guy:






but also like the new stuff:

Do you ever ride that front disc out on the road?

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Yea I have in the past, and I get white knuckles with any kind of cross wind !!

edit: It's also a very different sensation looking out and over that 650 front !!

DB

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Now has a Renn 575 for the rear.... and stem cut down!

cool race number!

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blood, sweat...and big gears

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
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lots of traffic here so no bulls horns and bar-ends for me...

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I guarantee whoever owns the Cervelo P3c Porsche RS knock off is a .......

please finish your sentence.

roddw

ok... we'll see if this works...

my newest addition to the family - frameset, fork and seatpost courtesy of Pez Cycling News / R and A Cycles

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Doug

(i just verbed myself, and it feels pretty good).
Dan Empfield aka Slowman

   
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Rgds,

Joey2mak

So you traded the Plasma for the Giant, eh? Where's your write up?
Also, how do you like the wheel cover--and where did you get it? I used to have one of the first gen thingys back in 1988.

I still have the Plasma and still like it a lot. But I also got a Cervelo R3 for training-damn, talk about PLUSH.

Pardon the crappy cellphone picture.

My new Felt B2. Renn 575 rear. Otherwise basically stock, except for the yellow handlebar table. Love the new SMP saddle.

Looks like there are more of us on the Ceepo Venom. The bike is light, rides great on bad asphalt, but stiff when you jump on the pedals. The aero frame tubes are super thin and the rear wheel is fully enclosed with a nice tight wheel gap. And it may not look like it in this pic, but the seat angle is 77 deg:

What's it like to run off the funny bike? I've often wondered why we don't see more of these machines at races. Very cool looking.

I guess since this old thread has been revived I might as well post mine. :-)