Completed Bike Upgrade
08-09-14, 07:39 PM
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Completed Bike Upgrade
This is a follow up to my recent thread "Upgrading My Bike" to show the final product. I went from a Shimano Sora setup to Shimano 105 5700. I converted the bottom bracket from a sealed cartridge FSA PowerDrive to Shimano Hollowtech II external BB cups. Completely recabled, new cassette coming from an 11-26 8 speed to a 11-28 10 speed. Crankset was a 50/39/30 triple swapped to a standard double. Very excited to see how the girlfriend likes it when our busy work schedules gives us time to put the pedals to the test! =)
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08-09-14, 09:07 PM
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Lookin good man! LOVE my 105's. Did you change the wheels to Shimanos also? I just swapped my stock Bianchi wheels with Shimano RS80 carbon alloys today!
08-10-14, 12:21 AM
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I put my RS10 wheelset on this bike as I picked up a set of Vuelta's that I put on my Cannondale to replace her lead weight Weinmann rims that were horribly unresponsive!
08-10-14, 05:39 AM
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Haha yea I hear ya. My stock Bianchi Reparto Corse's weighed about 1000 lbs and totally unresponsive
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Glad you posted the stock photo - I hadn't realized how much better the bike looks with all black components. You will have to report back after a couple good rides (and hills) to lot us know how the change of gearing is working for her. Love the shiny new cluster.
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08-10-14, 08:23 AM
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awesome... I made a similiar build recently 105 with a k-force crank. ended up getting a new frame on discount from the LBS
have fun with it
have fun with it
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