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I'd like to get a new bike sometime soon, with the following specs:

1) 15lbs
2) Campagnolo gruppo
3) CHEAP!

I know I won;t get a 15 pound campy equiped bike for cheap, but what bikes can i get for a good deal? (best bang for the buck) I'm hoping not to spend too much, but still get a really nice bike. Also, preferably at least Carbon fork and rear triangle, the rest doesnt matter too much.

blandin

https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...champ05_sl.htm

This bike is $1095 delivered. The wheels alone are worth $400! I think that qualifys for bang for the buck.
Someone who bought this bike reported in another thread that it weighs 15.6 lbs.


Frame: 2.7 Pound XFusion SL Double-Butted Multi-Shape U6 Aluminum
+ Dual bottle mounts + replaceable derailleur hanger (last year's Fuji Team SL)
Fork: Aero Kinesis SL High Modulus Carbon Fiber with Carbon Steerer
Derailleurs: Shimano Ultegra 6600 10 Speed (20 Spd total) front and rear
Shifters:Shimano Ultegra 6600 10 Speed STI (20 Speed total)
Brakes: TEKTRO RX40 SuperDual-PowerPivot with Cartridge pads Gloss Black finish
Hubs: American Classic Sealed Precision Bearing Black Anodized 28/32
Rims: American Classic Sprint 350 with CNC sides and Radial Stainless Spokes (200 lb Rider weight limit)
Crank: FSA SLK Carbon Fiber ISIS spline 10 Speed 50/36 T
Bottom Bracket: Ultralight Sealed Cartridge ISIS spline 68x108 Hollow Spindle
Cassette/chain: Shimano Ultegra 6600 10 Speed 11-23 T / Shimano Ultegra CN-HG6600 10speed chain
Saddle: Moto SLR Ti Rail 180g
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS 270x27.2
Stem: Ritchey WCS OS (90/100/110 Proportional Sized - No Custom Size Options)
Handlebars: Ritchey WCS OS Butted Aluminum Bar (40/42/44 Proportional Sized - No Custom Size Options)
Tires: Vittoria Diamonte Prolite 700x23c

hmai18

Isn't that currently sold out?

blandin

Right you are, I didn't notice! It "was" a great deal. Oh well . . .

hmai18

Somebody else made a post about waiting to long to pull the trigger on one of those today. Sucks though, looks like a fantastic deal for an Ultegra-10 equipped, rebadged Fuji Team.

Mentor58

Yea, that was me... I can't believe that I waited too long. That would have been way better bike than I deserve, but hey, that's life. This one looks nice https://bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/spt05.htm but isn't the same....

Later

Steve W
Who spent longer thinking about buying the bike then when he asked his FIRST wife to marry him.

demoncyclist

That doesn't have CAMPY, so why did you post it when the OP asked for a light CAMPY EQUIPPED BIKE???

My bid would be for a Calfee Dragonfly, unless you weigh 200# like I do.

Oh wait, for a bargain price? How about the R900 I just got. Veloce (double or triple) grouppo, except for the TruVativ cranks/bb and the Omega brakes. $1600!!!

blandin

Because he said in the same breath that he new it wouldn't come cheap and then asked what bikes he could get for a good deal. The post I made qualifies on that basis. "I know I won;t get a 15 pound campy equipped bike for cheap, but what bikes can i get for a good deal?"

hmai18

Does the bike absolutely have to come with a carbon rear end? If not, the two obvious candidates would be the Lemond Sarthe and the Cannondale R900. They won't be at the 15lb point, but I don't think it'll be easy to find something that matches all three of his criteria.

53-11_alltheway

Build kit looks suspiciously like a Fuji Team SL. If the "ultralight" sealed ISIS BB was an American classic unit that would almost confirm it.

hmai18

I believe it was confirmed. There was a thread created by a poster who actually bought one.

blandin

There was a whole thread on this bike and the conclusion was that this is last years Fuji Team SL. One of the other bikesdirect offerings is actually another '04 Fuji, but I can't remember which one it is offhand. That other thread identified it as well.

53-11_alltheway

That one is ultegra 10s though. Would be this years model.

hmai18

Could be that they get just the '04 Fuji frames en-masse and slap on this year's gruppo. Either way, it was a steal when it was in stock.

Serpico

I thought the Sarthe was heavy. I picked up a 54cm one and it was a LOT heaver than my 57cm Lemond 853 (Zurich). I was pretty surprised, would like to see some comparison/stats of 853/vs/true temper O X

and the Sarthe was outfitted with lighter components (lighter wheels, gruppo, carbon post) than my Zurich.

blandin

The frame was last year's Fuji Team SL, the group was this year's Ultegra 10 speed. It's all kind of moot now since they are gone, gone gone.

53-11_alltheway

I still keep saying I want to look up the densities of all these materials. 853 is said to have more tensile strength than Ti, but Ti is less dense so you can use more of it. (a more extreme example is Aluminum which if you went by tensile strength gets blown away by 853)

I think Strong frames has a great discussion of this (5 parts long).

blandin

I don't know about TT OX, but my '01 KHS Flite 800 is thin tube Reynolds 853 and it is noticeably light for a steel frame bike. It's a keeper for me.