General Cycling Discussion - New Bike ready first ride tomorrow

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John00
03-30-03, 01:57 AM
Built my bike up two weeks ago, but the day I finished, I got a call from work and worked 11 to 14 hours every day since then, but thursday we finished.:D
Took these pictures before I cut the fork. Pedals and seat are from my MT bike. Going to get accustomed to new bike before I install new seat and pedals. It is Ti with Ultegra.

John00
03-30-03, 01:59 AM
Picture
John00
03-30-03, 02:03 AM
Another picture

ParamountScapin
03-30-03, 06:28 AM
Looks very nice. What is it?
John00
03-30-03, 01:38 PM
Bought the frame from http://www.titaniumsports.com/ They make frames for Bachetta, Bontrager, Colorado Cyclist, Dean, Diamondback, Fuji, Gary Fisher, GT, Ibis, Kona, Marin, Mongoose Pro, Sampson and Yeti. They have about 300 frames mostly Mongoose Pros road and MT they are selling direct. Mine is a Mongoose Pro
Features:
• Ovalized and Curved Chainstays
• Tapered and Curved Seat Stays
• 1" Headset
• Bi-ovalized Downtube
• Brushed Satin Finish
• Downtube Mounted Shifter Mounts
• Two Water Bottle Mounts
• Ti-6-4 Machined Dropouts

It is my first road bike I have one of their MT bikes but not one of the ones they are selling now.
fubar5
03-30-03, 02:21 PM
No bar tape, now thats savin' weight!!! Hardcore style!
ZackJones
03-30-03, 06:15 PM
John00: Sweeeeeet bike. Let us know how she rides.

Zack
urbanrider
03-31-03, 04:31 PM
I gotta tell ya, I'm not a roadie but your bike could make me reconsider! What a beauty.
John00
04-02-03, 09:05 PM
Well I've been out for two long rides so far. This bike is as comfortable as my MT soft tail. It took an hour before I felt relaxed. It likes to dive into turns, it feels like I fell into a hole on sharp turns. Not the slow steady turns of my MT bike. It is a triple but it hasn't got the granny gears I spin up the very steep hills in on my MT bike. There is a one mile long steep hill with a very steep last two hundred yards about twenty two miles out I thought I would end up walking up, but I was able to spin all the way to the top.
It is so light under me it’s a real blast.
If it doesn’t rain this weekend I think I'll ride up Mt. Diablo. That’s a climb of 3740 feet in 10 miles.
Total cost so far is $1770. About a thousand less than a similar bike from Lightspeed. I'm very happy with this bike.