Road Cycling - Finally have my new ride+ extras!!! big pics/ specs

Hey everyone,

After mountain biking seriously a few years ago and getting burnt out on the sport as a whole, I had finally caught the bug again and (somehow) talked my mom into getting me a new bike for my (18th) birthday. Well, I scoured ebay and ended up getting this baby (sans pedals/ electronics) for $3200. The guy basically bought this 5900 in 2003 (upgraded everything) rode 800 miles, bought all new DA 10 in 2004, rode for 150 miles and sold. I had a great experience buying from ebay (shipped quick, packaged excellent, bike was in BRAND NEW condition.) Then, spent the last few weeks buying pedals new shorts, stuff like that and took some pics now that its all together.

Here is the bike
http://www.loudandcleardesigns.com/bike/bike.jpg

http://www.loudandcleardesigns.com/bike/drivetrain.jpg
And all the parts are:

Bars: Easton EC90
Seat post: Wound Up Carbon
Seat: Selle Italia SLR
Shifters: DA 10
F/R derailleur: DA 10
Brakes: DA 10
Cassette: DA 10 27-12
Pedals: DA
Crank: FSA Carbon Team Issue 53-39
Headset: Cane Creek S6
Wheels: Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL --- I cringe all the time over nasty roads so I bought a standard 32 spoke 105 wheelset for training.
Tires: Michelin Pro Race

Bike weighs in a bit over 16 lbs.

Other stuff worth noting-

These amazing looking shimano SH-R215 ($210 new on ebay) road shoes. All carbon sole, stunning craftsmanship...
And after all that mountain biking my racing jackets are pretty much dead. I got some new polarized half jackets ($160) to fill the void.
http://www.loudandcleardesigns.com/bike/shoes.jpg

Also,
The bike obviously has to have some electronics so I bought a Polar S720i ($227 new on ebay) and a wireless flight deck (I know a little redundant, didn’t know hr monitors could do all the same stuff.)
http://www.loudandcleardesigns.com/bike/bars.jpg


Let me know what you think!
-Ross

PS: Shaved my legs too so I already feel apart of the club :-D

nice

will your mom buy me a bike? :p

Beautiful bike... I really like how the CF treks look...nice shape.

btw not redundant on the HR monitor + computer, i was going to get cat eye TR100 which has wireless HR + cadence + speed etc; but wired to bike :( Instead I got the wireless top end cat eye (CD300? or something) anyway it has wireless cadence + speed and and all that other fun stuff. This way if I want to do HR I can get a wireless one of those and not have wires running all over my beautiful colnago...

Then again the Flight deck isn't wireless so I guess you could of gotten the TR100 anyway... lol doesn't matter :)


Are you an only child? I thought my mom was pretty cool because she paid for my membership to the local bike club ($110CDN w/insurance)... I had to buy my bike(s) myself. But props to you for having such a cool family I hope you appreciate it!

Chad

g'day,

12-27 cassette???........you planning to climb everest, (in the saddle!)?

cheers,

Hitchy

stunning. you got lucky there. enjoy.

Have you been to Vermont?
I regularly ride hills 5 miles at a 12% incline with stretches of 28%. (mount equinox).
I'd love to see you spin a 39- 23 up that.
-Ross


g'day,

12-27 cassette???........you planning to climb everest, (in the saddle!)?

cheers,

Hitchy

cool mom

you better treat your mom nice over the next 60 years or else im going to beat your ass :)

My car didn't cost nearly that much... :eek:

bkr

cool mom

you better treat your mom nice over the next 60 years or else im going to beat your ass :)

Amen. Thats quite a haul there. Enjoy!

I know, i know....
i equate my mom to lance's after reading "INATB"

your mom, must have love you a lot, now you have to be a good kid and finish your schooling,

Beautiful bike - tell us more aout your Mom - is she single? :)

55/Rad

NICE bike! Tell your mum that she now has a lot of lovers on this forum.
Yeah, tell us more about your mum...
Does she want a second hand son?

How about this one: My "aunt" bought me an IBM laptop (three and a half grand, FireGL, T41p). My aunt doesn't have any kids....that might explains it.

Wow - what a scoot! I use a Polar HRM with a flightdeck also. That way, I can use the HRM off the bike, and when I'm on the bike I get cadence without the bother of a cadence sensor. It's the best of both worlds, but it does require 2 devices. Now if Shimano would ..... nah.

Anywho, have fun on that machine! (as if it's possible not to!) :)

tell your mom i say she needs a lesson on not spoiling her kids rotten...

I got 40 bucks when I turned 18 : (

I got nothing when I turned 18. How in the world did you pull that off? I'm trying to save enough money over the next couple years to buy myself a 5900 SL. You better take good care of your mom. No nursing homes for her, she's gonna be living with you when she gets older.

Very nice bike and an awesome Mom! Congrats and I hope you get many miles out of the bike.

BTW, might want to consider more than just a card and some flowers next mother's day.

hmmmm....spoiled brat???? just kidding, I'm just jealous....have fun with it.



kern

(sigh) But it's a another Trek...

That's still a hot ride you got there. ;)

all i could pull off as a gift was a trek 1000....maybe next time

Very nice bike you have there. Enjoy, which I'm sure you will.

Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Still on a presidents choice 40lb mtb :/

Thanks for making me feel bad :P

Nice bike! Your mom's very nice! I'm coming up on my 13th b-day and my mom wouldn't even consider buying me a bike like that!

spoiled!

Dude, better go buy your mom some flowers! :)

Excellent Bicycle dude. You can't be in the club by shaving your legs. You got the bike and equipment. Now you have to prove your worth to be in the club. Use it well. Grats.

That is an awesome bike. I didn't get anything on my 18th birthday either. I'm one of those poor people that doesn't get anything they want. Oh well. I wish I could have a bike like that...yes, I'm envious.

damn.. al i got was perfect dark and vagrant story when i turned 18... sigh. youu better love that bike!!!

hmm, maybe if i email this thread to my mom she'll get me the cannondale r600 ive had my eyes on for my 21st. probably not :(

that is a badass bike right there though, enjoy it :)

bratt !!

BLAH why did you bump this! I am green with envy again.

(He's only young, he'll fall for this) "I'll swap you two baseball cards for that bike"