Boom King
downloaded a pic of moorey's bruised arse
Back before I discovered MTB, I used to ride road, around 150km per week. Work commitments stopped me riding in the mornings and that was that, until my son asked me (about 5 years ago) if we could go mountain biking, which we did.
I was hooked immediately and began the never ending cycle of upgrading. At some point, finance became a rather large issue and I sold the road bike (unridden for a number of years) for a paltry sum, figuring it won't get ridden. Fast forward a few years and I wish I still had the roadie. Being able to roll out the drive for a 1 hour, 30km spin to Mordialloc and back, instead of a minimum half day trip to the closest trail has become quite attractive.
I always glance at the hard waste throw outs out of habit and came across a set of road wheels a year or so ago, Mavic Askium Race with 3/4 worn Conti rubber. Who knows when I might need these I thought, so in the boot they went. Towards the end of last year, I was walking the dog with my youngest and spied a road bike in a pile. It was an older Giant TCR Two, complete except for front wheel. If it's still there on the way home, I'm grabbing it. It was.
After a clean up, wheel change, saddle swap with a spare in the garage, pedal swap (thanks to a friend in the right place), and new tyres due to a burner buying group, I'm now able to get a spin in from home.
Long story short, I simply managed to n+1 my quiver with a bike that will, before too long, bare no resemblance to this aside from pedals and tyres.........
You gotta love cycling....
Frame - Giant TCR Two acr Aluxx 6000
Front fork - Giant Aero composite
Handlebars - Yep
Stem - BBB something
Headset - Yep
Grips - Deteriorated bar tape
Saddle - Fiziik Tundra 2
Seatpost - Giant something
Front brake - Ultegra
Rear brake - Ultegra
Cranks - Ultegra
Chain - Yep
Pedals - Time Xpro 10
Front derailleur - Ultegra
Rear derailleur - Ultegra 9sp
Front shifter - Ultegra
Rear shifter - Ultegra
Cassette - Ultegra 9sp
Front hub - Mavic Askium Race
Rear hub - Mavic Askium Race
Front rim - Mavic Askium
Rear rim - Mavic Askium
Spokes - Aero something
Nipples - Yep
Tyres - Pirelli P Zero Velo
Tubes - Yep
Total weight - Less than my mountain bikes
I was hooked immediately and began the never ending cycle of upgrading. At some point, finance became a rather large issue and I sold the road bike (unridden for a number of years) for a paltry sum, figuring it won't get ridden. Fast forward a few years and I wish I still had the roadie. Being able to roll out the drive for a 1 hour, 30km spin to Mordialloc and back, instead of a minimum half day trip to the closest trail has become quite attractive.
I always glance at the hard waste throw outs out of habit and came across a set of road wheels a year or so ago, Mavic Askium Race with 3/4 worn Conti rubber. Who knows when I might need these I thought, so in the boot they went. Towards the end of last year, I was walking the dog with my youngest and spied a road bike in a pile. It was an older Giant TCR Two, complete except for front wheel. If it's still there on the way home, I'm grabbing it. It was.
After a clean up, wheel change, saddle swap with a spare in the garage, pedal swap (thanks to a friend in the right place), and new tyres due to a burner buying group, I'm now able to get a spin in from home.
Long story short, I simply managed to n+1 my quiver with a bike that will, before too long, bare no resemblance to this aside from pedals and tyres.........
You gotta love cycling....
Frame - Giant TCR Two acr Aluxx 6000
Front fork - Giant Aero composite
Handlebars - Yep
Stem - BBB something
Headset - Yep
Grips - Deteriorated bar tape
Saddle - Fiziik Tundra 2
Seatpost - Giant something
Front brake - Ultegra
Rear brake - Ultegra
Cranks - Ultegra
Chain - Yep
Pedals - Time Xpro 10
Front derailleur - Ultegra
Rear derailleur - Ultegra 9sp
Front shifter - Ultegra
Rear shifter - Ultegra
Cassette - Ultegra 9sp
Front hub - Mavic Askium Race
Rear hub - Mavic Askium Race
Front rim - Mavic Askium
Rear rim - Mavic Askium
Spokes - Aero something
Nipples - Yep
Tyres - Pirelli P Zero Velo
Tubes - Yep
Total weight - Less than my mountain bikes
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