Originally Posted by
cuda2k
^ Interesting build. Frame reminds me a lot of my old Flyte SRS-3, that darned frame beat the dickens out of me on rough roads. Hopefully your bike rides better than that. But honestly, IMO, not hot.
And to be fair, here's said Flyte (now long gone, when built it was well under 2k even with the full Campy Centaur group)
I see you had the R5's on your Flyte, I have R7's.
I agree on the 'not hot' verdict, even though it's my own bike. At first I loved it to bits, but it grew on me and is just a plain road bike with 'just Tiagra' and a bad paintjob. The geometry has been messed up by making it as comfy as possible. Even though the short stem makes it look freaky, it rides very nicely and handles great. I'm thinking about either getting a new bike (Merckx AMX-3), or getting mine painted and start over with a blank sheet on this one as the frame is in great condition.