Post your Roadie
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vandenberg
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Primate road bike, built by Tarn at Primate Frames. Custom geometry to fit me and me only.
Bellissimo!
Finished building this up a fortnight ago. Have been loving myself sick on it ever since. So fast & quiet under power (& such a great noise from the back hub when free-wheeling!), so solid where it's meant to be while floating over the rough stuff, catlike agility and sooooo Italian-stylish. I would say my life is pretty much complete right now.
Finished building this up a fortnight ago. Have been loving myself sick on it ever since. So fast & quiet under power (& such a great noise from the back hub when free-wheeling!), so solid where it's meant to be while floating over the rough stuff, catlike agility and sooooo Italian-stylish. I would say my life is pretty much complete right now.
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My 2012 Orbea Orca
Recently purchased the beast from Chain Gang Performance Bikes in Brisbane. Currently stock set up with SRAM force groupset and Look Keo max carbon pedals. The Orca rides like nothing ive ever riden before. Next upgrade will most likely be a set of Fast Foward 90mm deep dish black on black carbon wheels followed by a 3T LTD cockpit.
"Get on, Get going"
Recently purchased the beast from Chain Gang Performance Bikes in Brisbane. Currently stock set up with SRAM force groupset and Look Keo max carbon pedals. The Orca rides like nothing ive ever riden before. Next upgrade will most likely be a set of Fast Foward 90mm deep dish black on black carbon wheels followed by a 3T LTD cockpit.
"Get on, Get going"
Had a decent financial windfall recently so decided it was time to get serious about the road riding after smashing KM's on my Trek 4300 that I had set up as a commuter. I got myself a 2012 Giant Defy Advanced with 105, Garmin 200 to route training rides etc. I also picked up a 2012 Felt F3. Sram red double tap.... Jesus it is a rocket ship... weighing it at a fraction over 7.25 with Ultegra pedals
Cannot wait to clock up some serious KM on these bikes!
Cannot wait to clock up some serious KM on these bikes!
kerryn
Squid
Great bikes featured on this thread.
Thought I would post a pic of my 95" Olympia. This is just a mock build so I could ride the frame before a paint strip and respray.
It is now stripped and the next time I post a pic it'll be red with new genuine decals I found in Italy and silver campy. The only current components will be the wheels, bars and seat post. Having ridden it i'm pretty excited to get it done now, as picture it's 7.5kg with a Columbus EL-OS steel frame and 1kg wheels. "Oh and she's twitchy and light in the steering" :tickled_pink:
Thought I would post a pic of my 95" Olympia. This is just a mock build so I could ride the frame before a paint strip and respray.
It is now stripped and the next time I post a pic it'll be red with new genuine decals I found in Italy and silver campy. The only current components will be the wheels, bars and seat post. Having ridden it i'm pretty excited to get it done now, as picture it's 7.5kg with a Columbus EL-OS steel frame and 1kg wheels. "Oh and she's twitchy and light in the steering" :tickled_pink:
Slick_mick
Squid
Good luck to you. Very nice bikes you have there.
Elbo
pesky scooter kids git off ma lawn
Nice Surly Lorday!
Pebble
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As a typical mountain biker I've never given much thought to skinny tyres. But here is my first roadie! Old Gordonson frame built up with some parts from a probably equally old Repco Superlite. I haven't gone for a proper test ride yet (Fri next week all going well). Ha ha when I rode the Repco I wasn't that impressed with it, but it was a bit big for me anyway, hence why I built this frame up.
Never thought I'd be riding a road bike, but it seems to have taken build preference to the old mtb I have in the shed as well as a project to do up.
Really happy how it turned out, only things I've brought new on it so far are the bar tape and tyres. I really hope this is the bike that gets me into liking road bikes. And if I think it's nice for commuting or road riding compared to a mtb then I can see myself upgrading the seat and brakes down the track at leat, if not the wheels eventually.....welll maybe, these are 700c alloys off the old Repco which will probably be fine with a proper spoke retention and a bit of trueing (they were really loose so I tensioned and gave them a bit of a trueing....good enough effort for a novice anyway).
First thing I'll do is figure out if I'm going SS or not and the ratio that will be good for the 15km ride to town and then back home. at this stage.
Never thought I'd be riding a road bike, but it seems to have taken build preference to the old mtb I have in the shed as well as a project to do up.
Really happy how it turned out, only things I've brought new on it so far are the bar tape and tyres. I really hope this is the bike that gets me into liking road bikes. And if I think it's nice for commuting or road riding compared to a mtb then I can see myself upgrading the seat and brakes down the track at leat, if not the wheels eventually.....welll maybe, these are 700c alloys off the old Repco which will probably be fine with a proper spoke retention and a bit of trueing (they were really loose so I tensioned and gave them a bit of a trueing....good enough effort for a novice anyway).
First thing I'll do is figure out if I'm going SS or not and the ratio that will be good for the 15km ride to town and then back home. at this stage.
crank1979
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Looking good.
scblack
Leucocholic
I have replaced my frame this week, I shall put some pics up when I collect it next week.
Its Italian goodness, I can't wait.
:love:
Its Italian goodness, I can't wait.
:love:
Nath8
Likes Dirt
Thanks.
I've been riding these wheels for 3 years and they have been great. I used to have some AC wheels on my MTB also.
I'm thinking about selling the Classic's and put something new on the new bike. Still undecided.
scblack
Leucocholic
I picked up my new roadie today.
Cinelli Pro Estrada.
Having the Chinarello was good fun, but I needed to get a "real" bike.
Thanks to Atelier DeVelo in Sydney CBD for swapping my parts over. Oh, the important statistic as per their scale it weighs 7.41kgs.
Check out the seatpost:
Lots of Cinelli bits:
Cinelli Pro Estrada.
Having the Chinarello was good fun, but I needed to get a "real" bike.
Thanks to Atelier DeVelo in Sydney CBD for swapping my parts over. Oh, the important statistic as per their scale it weighs 7.41kgs.
Check out the seatpost:
Lots of Cinelli bits:
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