CF frame #4 just got to US customs
12-25-11, 02:01 PM
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Don from Austin Texas
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Its just something I got into several years ago. I was a 1/4 mile oval dirt track racer for over ten years and had pink race cars because I thought they looked neat and also just to kind of jerk everybody's chain a little as that color was pretty much considered for ladies only. https://www.donsautomotive.com/racing.html
I really like the pink/green contrast and wish the hubs would have been a lighter green, but it was cool that my LBS dude was inspired to give me a handful of green valve caps when he built the wheels. When I was looking for a bike computer for this build, I freaked out seeing the Sigma on E-Bay for 25% of what that model normally goes for, and PINK to boot!
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I really like the pink/green contrast and wish the hubs would have been a lighter green, but it was cool that my LBS dude was inspired to give me a handful of green valve caps when he built the wheels. When I was looking for a bike computer for this build, I freaked out seeing the Sigma on E-Bay for 25% of what that model normally goes for, and PINK to boot!
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I think the pink bike computer maybe a breast cancer contribution item, i.e. a portion of the sales price goes to one of the breast cancer charities. I was wondering if the pink bike had any relationship to that as there are a lot of "manly" pink items being sold with that connection these days.
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I think the pink bike computer maybe a breast cancer contribution item, i.e. a portion of the sales price goes to one of the breast cancer charities. I was wondering if the pink bike had any relationship to that as there are a lot of "manly" pink items being sold with that connection these days.
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Nice bike Don!
The no-name CF bikes are discussed in roadbikereview quite a bit:
https://forums.roadbikereview.com/bikes-frames-forks/
There are literally hundreds of post and replies regarding these frames. I just recently switched from vintage 80's downtube shifting steel to current plastic frame with brifters. My new CF bikes feels great and I was able to move to current technology for under $1500.
Photo of completed bike (please excuse the background, this is the only pic I have now):
I bought my frame via Ebay from 'maniac_bicycle', shipping included it was $375. The prices seem to fluctuate. I think the frame came from mainland China.
The no-name CF bikes are discussed in roadbikereview quite a bit:
https://forums.roadbikereview.com/bikes-frames-forks/
There are literally hundreds of post and replies regarding these frames. I just recently switched from vintage 80's downtube shifting steel to current plastic frame with brifters. My new CF bikes feels great and I was able to move to current technology for under $1500.
Photo of completed bike (please excuse the background, this is the only pic I have now):
I bought my frame via Ebay from 'maniac_bicycle', shipping included it was $375. The prices seem to fluctuate. I think the frame came from mainland China.
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