I love my bike

[eldavo]

First post for the sub-forum?
Well I forget the brand he rides but Mark Cavendish in 2011 (aka Year of the Cadel) said "I love my bike".
That sound bite always comes to mind when enjoying a ride. My first all carbon, first Specialized, for first post in the sub-forum I couldn't miss the chance to say it (Cav video edit to be inserted)

2008 S-Works Roubaix SL frameset and S-Works crank with carbon crankarms, then DIY commuter frankenstein for the rest of it.

[santacruzscott]

Same frame , slightly different build..........

[Hughesy]

Same frame , slightly different build..........

Nice bike

[Cruiserman]

I have the same Quickstep Sworks frame but again a different build, coincidently it is also my ride to work each day 57k round trip.

[rkelsen]

2008 S-Works Roubaix SL frameset and S-Works crank with carbon crankarms, then DIY commuter frankenstein for the rest of it.

Does it eat lycra-clad MAMILs for breakfast?

I love it too.

[aeroslave]

Nice!


In some countries though...this might cause a violent protest and riots.

[eldavo]

I prefer the looks of the drop bars, Zipp wheels are the winner though I think.
I only recently realised drops aren't like they used to be, with hoods now so people can be as comfy as a flat bar.
I'm looking for a flat foot stretched cruiser at the moment, so decided for Freaky Friday to try some similar ladies cruiser bling chrome and steel on for size. Back to back it's worse control than the flat bar riser, and negative degree below level it's not comfy at the moment, so will try mirroring with positive angle above level for trip home.

I call it the Pink Triangle now, multiple levels including Weezer reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Triangle_%28song%29


I don't know about some countries, the Australian Christian Lobby are doing well here.
http://www.acl.org.au/

With my other bike I thought why not promote the best of both worlds? Have your cake and sausage too. Queue some Bowie.


Back to original topic, does anyone recall the ad with Mark Cavendish ending "I love my bike"?
Google says he was on a Specialized that year, so I presume the team was and that was the team ad, but haven't found it so far.

[Cruiserman]

He was riding for HTC Highroad at the time. I luuuuuuuveee mah new boike. Have had a look around but havent found the advert for you.

[eldavo]

Yeah I found some HTC team ads, will look some more some time.

Your bike looks fast enough to chase down that red arrow before the year's end

[Cruiserman]

Your bike looks fast enough to chase down that red arrow before the year's end

Ill give it a good shake but a lazy period during the middle of the year has made for a big gap and some busy days coming up will make completing the usual 56k commute a little more difficult.

[The Walrus]

Hey eldavo

I'm thinking of swapping the drops for flats on my roubaix. Did you do the change yourself or through the LBS?

[eldavo]

I did it myself but started with stock frame and crankset, gear set from my downhill bike 1x9. New cables from LBS. Various bars and grips from my own previous bike spares.

[The Walrus]

No problems with the geometry issues that many people mention when I ask people about it?

Some say its fine to do it and a few say no, making the swap isn't a good idea?

I'm guessing that it depends on each individual and their fit to their bike.