Blackdays

I don't know how I didn't notice that. Is your seat height adjusted correctly?

Triguy

Your ability to fit bicycles without seeing people on them is uncanny.

Flatballer

actually, now that I look, they may just be REALLY small. Judging off the wheels it's a really small frame. Might be the smallest they make and then the person's legs were still too short for a proper fit so they have the saddle low. Must make it hard to reach the bars though. I'd love to see a picture of them on the bike.

Flatballer

A race bike with 2 inches of seatpost showing and 0 saddle to bar drop generally isn't the right size (or the right type of bike). It's possible it's the best non-custom fit they could get, but I doubt it's a proper fit like that, unless they have some seriously strange proportions.

kandyredcoi

im not an expert but i did notice that too, but the bike overall is small, i wonder how tall the rider is?

shovelhd

Not everybody wants a pro fit, even on a bike like that. There's plenty of room in the stem for bar drop, too.

Pilsley

Your bike looks even better.."in the flesh."

Fun time at the prologue.

M

adriano 

its "in the plastic!"

Dannihilator

18 pounds right on the button.

utahp8ntballer

Ha! I was wondering who you were and meant to ask you your name before you took off. Thanks for the compliments on the bike.

sounds7

My Cannondale Synapse (carbon) Record SI Compact that I built and talked about on another thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=#post11137327






It is a really comfortable bike for riding long distances but also has quite a bit of zip to her. I am considering another build in the near future however and I think I will go more pure racing geometry this time. I will never get rid of the Synapse though. Love it!

dokterd1

do your wheels cost as much as your bike?

freeskihp

Record bottle cage, never thought I'd see one on a bike.

DCnoJ

NICE! That thing is a beaut! It's lighter then my 2008 Bianchi Via Nirone by almost 2 pounds.

Looks like a collector too:Link

FreddyV

Very nice. Lighter than my '02 Giant OCR. I should get one too, should save me nearly 5lbs.

One thing I noticed, the valve stems are crooked, maybe some tension on the inner tubes?

Forza

kabex

holy freaking crap that is stunning

I don't know if it's improper to ask but how much :O built it yourself or off-the-shelf? weight?

tyler777

You guys have some nice rides!

Here's a picture of mine. I love g-o-o-o-ld! The look of it! The shmell of it! The tashte of it! The texture!

Forza

Thanks! To answer your questions...

- It was a little pricey. (You can pretty much price it out based on the picture)
- I did the final assembly, I bought major chunks between two shops, pedals from a third, and the Garmin 705 from REI.
- Weight is right around 13.4 pounds without the Garmin Head unit; 13.7 with it on.

brandonobrien

Just got my new green sided tires to match my frame:



It's coming in right around 18lbs. I need to figure out how to shave some weight off this thing

ACE77

good lord thats hot

zstjohn

i have that bike in blue with the same green tires. mine weighs 21 and aquarter pounds. putting force group on so should drop a couple pounds since i have shimano 2300 on it now lol. 18 is pretty light for that bike i dunno why it weighs so much

mzd

sweet. my girlfriend has pretty much the same trek, only green. would you mind sharing the specs?

thegunner

why do i have a hard time believing the trek is 18 pounds?

VA_Esquire

Brandon:
switch your Ultegra wheels for SOUL S3.0SL wheels (252g/0.55lb. savings) $470
idk what groupset that is, but the SRAM Rival grouppo weighs only 2275g, but also costs $800

even if you just buy the SOUL wheels, itll still bring it down to 17.5lb.