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ZepinAtor wrote: That's a huge saddle set back. Are your thighs abnormally long or is this your preferred position ?

Nice bike btw.

Looks like a standard 25mm setback seatpost to me

My new baby CAAD8 105

Yongkun wrote:
skeptical about the colour?! i love the colour scheme!

Thanks, I really like it now that I have had it. I was skeptical as the person at the bike store just described it to me, but now that it is mine, i love it

ZepinAtor wrote:

briztoon wrote:Oh look, somewhere else for me to put up a pic of my new Specialized Tarmac Comp SL2.



It's better than me at this stage, I hope to catch up to it by Christmas.

That's a huge saddle set back. Are your thighs abnormally long or is this your preferred position ?

Nice bike btw.

Thankyou re the bike.

As for the saddle. Yes I do have long legs in regards to my total hieght. When I bought my first bike I was fitted to an Avanti size 58. Sitting upright it felt natural, but after riding for a short time I developed a pain just between and just below my shoulder blades. I was reaching for the handle bars. When I got fitted at the Specialized (the bikes a 56) store it was mentioned that the seat post was about as high as it could go, and that any higher and if the seat didn't go as far forward then I would have had to have gone with a straight seat post that didn't have that little angle bend back at the top.

Anyway, it's a very comfortable ride and I like my bike.

.isaac. wrote:
My new Track Bike. Sorry for the cruddy picture.

Going far, young man.

Jim

familyguy wrote:

.isaac. wrote:
My new Track Bike. Sorry for the cruddy picture.

Going far, young man.

Jim

And fast. There ain't no stopping this puppy.

duds2u wrote:

familyguy wrote:

.isaac. wrote:
My new Track Bike. Sorry for the cruddy picture.

Going far, young man.

Jim

And fast. There ain't no stopping this puppy.

Anyone ever seen how planes stop on an aircraft carrier? I can imagine the track attendants deploying cables to catch .isaac. as he whizzes past.

"he's going to fast, release, RELEASE!"

The new Avanti Chrono Evo II


And the 2012 Colnago


Mine to ride for a little while, gunna be a happy few weeks!

The new addition to the family, and she's fassst

roxii wrote:The new Avanti Chrono Evo II


And the 2012 Colnago


Mine to ride for a little while, gunna be a happy few weeks!

Roxi, does the TT bike have electronic shifting? must be big $$$$$$$$

sherlock wrote:2012 Felt F75. Have a Fizik Arione saddle and Conti GP4000S' on it. Zipp bars and a Zipp stem are incoming soon.

very nice!

Hanibal wrote:2011 Merida Scultura 905. My First Roadie. It has rekindled my early child hood love affair with bikes.

great looking ride!

Ellipsis wrote:

htleung88 wrote:New ride. No more bike shopping!

Those new Focus Cayos look fantastic! Thought Wiggle stopped selling them to Australia or did you get that locally?

I am in the all consuming bike shoping mode...I am looking forward to making a purchase so i can get some work done

Awesome looking bike by the way!!!

brendeng wrote:My new Look 695 SR with Di2.

What a beast!!!

zeBrendO wrote:my new fixiehope that worked.Not really sure on posting pics

sweet ride!

hung wrote:


one of my toys

WOW nice toy...I like the invisible stand too

fattima wrote:New toy time.

BMC SL01
SRAM red
SRAM S30 AL gold
Built by Kaos bikes and I love it, they did a great job on it. It really deserves and better picture

I was not very fond of BMC at first glance but now i just love them...IMO they look so much better in real life, pictures in general do not do them justice. Very jealous....I want one!

BarryTas wrote:

roxii wrote:The new Avanti Chrono Evo II


Mine to ride for a little while, gunna be a happy few weeks!

Roxi, does the TT bike have electronic shifting? must be big $$$$$$$$

Yeah Di2 Shifting, I think I may now be spoilt for life!

As for $$, not sure yet, havent been brave enough to ask yet!!!

Very nice TT bike!

MarkG wrote:My new baby, all ready for war!

What a F&^%ing beast of a bike!!!!

bosvit wrote:

Hanibal wrote:2011 Merida Scultura 905. My First Roadie. It has rekindled my early child hood love affair with bikes.

Beautiful bike Hanibal.

Nicest Merida I have seen IMO

+1 the wheels top it off nicely

MarkG wrote:Very nice TT bike!

Aint it just? Prolly the best looking TT bike going about.

Chuck wrote:

bosvit wrote:

Hanibal wrote:2011 Merida Scultura 905. My First Roadie. It has rekindled my early child hood love affair with bikes.

Beautiful bike Hanibal.

Nicest Merida I have seen IMO

+1 the wheels top it off nicely

That squeegy is fully sik.

This is Creaky, a 2011 Giant TCR Composite 1...



The reason I call my bike Creaky?

It's not the original frame. The first had a nasty creaking noise that was identified by Giant Technical Support as "non structural delamination of the carbon fibre around the seat tube".
Subsequent to the new frame being refitted, it developed a different sounding creak. This time the low torque of the seat clamp led the aero seat post to slip (noticeable during a 90km+ ride when the seat height dropped approx. 5cm). Took the bike back the LBS. While the mechanic scratched his head for a solution I suggested he use FSA carbon assembly paste - the seat hasn't moved since. More to the point, it hasn't made a sound since!

One of the first things I had fitted was a set of FSA K-wing carbon bars, and black cable outters for the internal routing.
I've replaced the standard TCR pew with a Giant Defy spec saddle.
Also added is a Token chain catcher on the front derailleur.

I rode Creaky in the 2011 Kinglake 120km. Anyone that participated knows just how rubbish the weather was.
Needless to say the water and muck that got into the cables (combined with the tight angles of the FSA K-wing internal routing) eventually made shifting almost impossible. So I've had the derailleur cabling replaced by a Gore Ride-On fully sealed cable kit and the shifting is now sweeeeeeet!

Oh, and I picked up some Token C30a wheels to replace the DT Swiss R1900 that came standard.

matyb wrote:

Hanibal wrote:2011 Merida Scultura 905. My First Roadie. It has rekindled my early child hood love affair with bikes.

great looking ride!

Cheers matyb.

If only the rain would let up I could her a little bit. Fingers crossed for the weekend.