Originally Posted by
Inpd
Nice! Looks great and 18.5 pounds for an XL frame is pretty good given you have training wheels (like I do).
Where did you get the white hoods from? It's a great bike. I can't get the smile of my face when I ride it and it actually makes climbing (almost) fun and the 5800 groupset is wonderfully efficient and reliable.
6800 and 5800 shifters have the same upper body shape so you can use 6800 hoods; you can get them on
Amazon for 10 bucks. I agree, the thing is a joy to ride. Being a bigger guy (260 lbs), carbon frames are generally out for me. This has most of the dampening effect, better reliability, and not much of a weight penalty at all. I'm definitely sold on it.