Show us your super light road bike

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby stinhambo » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:03 pm

schroeds wrote:Not mine (not sure if there is one in Aus yet) but I wish it was!
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There's one for sale round the corner from me... In Cairns!!

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby pawnii » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:25 am

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New 303 training wheels.
Should I remove the zipp stickers?



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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby rpmspinman » Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:56 pm

Love the wheels pawnii. Sets the frame off perfectly. Keep the stickers on there. The Zipp name will have all drooling :lol:
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:25 pm

Training wheels :lol: ... lucky bugger 8) .
Nah leave the stickers on... I have a soft spot for Foils, I think they look freakin fast!.

But that Look... eek, that is hideous, but mainly because of the wheels. I love the Brazil paint job they do though in that model... they probably do an Aussie one too?. Everyone in my club rides them as we get a lot of cast off Cofidis ones... they do nothing for me though. That might change when I become a French passport holder :P .

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby pawnii » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:21 pm

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Opps, too late. I couldn't help myself.
I never wanted those stickers in the first place. When I brought the wheels last week I thought I would be getting the 2012 Beyond Black stickers (which was on display) but they sent me the 2013 stickers.


This was what i was expecting. It's grey and black in colour and has 'speed weaponry' under the Zipp writting. The 2013 decals are too bold and glossy IMO and detracts from the dark matte frameset.
http://dutchandwolf.co.uk/content/produ ... 00x900.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby rpmspinman » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:42 pm

I see why you removed the decals. Still looks horn in the matte finish. Stealth FTW :mrgreen:
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby schroeds » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:25 pm

toolonglegs wrote:Everyone in my club rides them as we get a lot of cast off Cofidis ones... .
Oh, TLL, thanks for making me feel really really hard done by :mrgreen:

I love my precious Cofidis 595, it pains me to hear you talk like that!
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:49 pm

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I liked it better with the stickers. At a distance it helps differentiate them from all those Chinese knock offs.

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby Nikolai » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:17 am

singlespeedscott wrote:At a distance it helps differentiate them from all those Chinese knock offs.
I think what you ride is more important than what others think you ride :-)

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:34 am

schroeds wrote:
toolonglegs wrote:Everyone in my club rides them as we get a lot of cast off Cofidis ones... .
Oh, TLL, thanks for making me feel really really hard done by :mrgreen:

I love my precious Cofidis 595, it pains me to hear you talk like that!
sorry giants are rare for me... Times are the commodores of my club :-) .
Sorry I am being a bit harsh... Just that one in the pic with the white wheels is a bit yucky ;-) ... I am probably just jealous because of all the cast offs we get offered, none of them are XL ! .

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby gassyndrome » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:14 pm

pawnii wrote:Image

Opps, too late. I couldn't help myself.
I never wanted those stickers in the first place. When I brought the wheels last week I thought I would be getting the 2012 Beyond Black stickers (which was on display) but they sent me the 2013 stickers.


This was what i was expecting. It's grey and black in colour and has 'speed weaponry' under the Zipp writting. The 2013 decals are too bold and glossy IMO and detracts from the dark matte frameset.
http://dutchandwolf.co.uk/content/produ ... 00x900.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Just buy the beyond black decals off eBay. $10 from the UK. They mightn't be from Zipp but buggered if I can tell the difference.

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby pawnii » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:17 pm

I just did. I'll give them a go when they arrive. If I don't like them or they're crap quality i'll just rip them off and keep them blank.
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby schroeds » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:20 am

toolonglegs wrote:
schroeds wrote:
toolonglegs wrote:Everyone in my club rides them as we get a lot of cast off Cofidis ones... .
Oh, TLL, thanks for making me feel really really hard done by :mrgreen:

I love my precious Cofidis 595, it pains me to hear you talk like that!
sorry giants are rare for me... Times are the commodores of my club :-) .
Sorry I am being a bit harsh... Just that one in the pic with the white wheels is a bit yucky ;-) ... I am probably just jealous because of all the cast offs we get offered, none of them are XL ! .
Actually when I bought my shiny red 595 I needed to get some wheels .... there were some great deals on those American Classics at the time and they reviewed well (particularly in the US!) and i did consider it, but in the end ruled them out because I was concerned about the leery factor. Ended up with some Zipp 404, much more sober graphics :) So it was interesting to say the least to see the AmClass wheel on the new Look, kind of surprising actually since I see the brand as being a little more traditional in its aesthetic (although becoming less so with every new model). I'd love to see how they'd look on the Cofidis 595, if only I had the photoshop skills (hint, anyone?)
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:42 pm

Funnily enough, on Thursday I meet with a guy to give him some cash to build up some wheels, we got talking and turns out he is a product tester for Look and Time ( they are both based near home ). I asked how I could get on the gig as I break most things given a chance :lol: ... I think he has many friends in the industry, probably no testing but he did mention Time are looking for a photographer :D .

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby open roader » Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:13 pm

toolonglegs wrote:Time are looking for a photographer :D .
:D :D :D
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby senator52 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:55 pm

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What bars are you running pawnii?

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby pawnii » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:12 pm

I've got 3T EgroNova LTD bars and stem Senator.

Pretty happy with them. I got them painted in Matte to suit the frameset.




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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby pawnii » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:17 pm

It has 3T EgroNova LTD bars and stem Senator.

Pretty happy with them. The standard reach and shallow drop suit me. I had the gloss coat taken off and painted them in Matte to suit the frameset.






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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby senator52 » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:50 pm

I'm running the Rotundo's at the moment, don't mind them, but might change to something different in the future. Like the look of your bars.

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby KL. » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:52 am

schroeds wrote:Not mine (not sure if there is one in Aus yet) but I wish it was!
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Hi schroeds, very nice and I like the wheels. Funnily enough, today I was at a friends place and his bike (an Avanti) had these wheels, very nice :-)

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby schroeds » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:55 am

I still can't make up my mind...the lary bugger in me says yes, the conservative says no.

Anyway, makes a change from stealth, that's for sure :)
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby Nikolai » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:41 pm

Swapped a CAAD 8 with Campag to this SL4 with SRAM Red.

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby donkuok » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:01 am

My first carbon road bike...Scott Foil 40 2013. 7.9kg
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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby adamr » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:18 pm

donkuok wrote:My first carbon road bike...Scott Foil 40 2013. 7.9kg]
Does that include pedals and bottle cages, or not. I am trying to finish off a build, and I am looking to reduce weight at minimal cost. A logical start is to compare to similar budget bikes that weigh what I would like it to be.

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Re: Show us your super light road bike

Postby donkuok » Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:03 pm

adamr wrote:
donkuok wrote:My first carbon road bike...Scott Foil 40 2013. 7.9kg]
Does that include pedals and bottle cages, or not. I am trying to finish off a build, and I am looking to reduce weight at minimal cost. A logical start is to compare to similar budget bikes that weigh what I would like it to be.
Yes inclusive but bear in mind i have got the size S

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