nah stem is Al, so steerer has to be Al.

If I were to upgrade to full C forks I'd need C stem and bars too. That'd work out at roughly twice the price of a new bike.

Crikey, who told you that garbage? The same guy who told you that frames go soft with age?
Or is it an aesthetic preference?

LBS. I have to believe his wisdom, for I know nothing about carbon. I considered posing the question on Bikeforums, but it would have been too hard to sort through all the BS, flame wars, and conflicting arguments

nah, I'd be amazed if that were true. I've never heard it, and I reckon I could find a thousand pics of pro bikes on Cyclingnews with alu stems on carbon steerers. Also, many 'carbon' stems have alu ends on them

yer, pre empted that and dropped 5 of K on a Cannondale last year the Lemond is fine for giving me lactic acid up akuna at the moment

am putting away a couple of hundred a month into what i call " the bike fund " . luckily shes pretty cool with the biking and races and ive never had a bad word. hell, she normally comes 2!

She got a sister?

Hey HDT, did you propose on Friday...wasn't any strange effect of the full moon was it?

But really, Congratulations are in order. Sounds like you have found a good one..

TREK must be using the same LBS...that must be why they used a fork with an aluminum steerer on George's bike in Paris Roubaix.

*Message may contain BS but no flame war intended. Conflicting arguments to follow.

Did you want me to see what I can find over here? I forgot who asked, but the Toupe in 143 is US$169. Specialized is one of the hardest to get any deals on, because of their dealer agreements.

Finally, for a dodgy auction, click on the "Email to a friend" and send it to rswebform@ebay.com. You can add the au if it's on ebayAU, but they usually take forever, and the auction will be over for days before any action gets taken.

ok guys, it's your big chance! This dude wants to know about Newcastle

https://www.cyclingforums.com/showthr...=1#post2704283

And I forgot my username/password. Feel free to post my email - brian@ozbikesports.com, and I'll respond. Is he a seppo?

well if he is studying over here and is in Newcastle I probably should stick my head in. Get him to swing onto this site, cause Im too lazy to sign up to another forum site

EDIT: just signed up. It isnt as big as this site is it?

nah but shes got a brother thats kinda suspect if your interested

Why do u need a carbon stem Jock?

Our local club president has a spanking new Giant TCR Advanced (the kind with the integrated seat post that you trim to size) that has been recalled to replace the standard carbon stem with an Aluminium one after some poor bugger in Oz had the original stem break in a fairly major (and painful) fashion. I can only assume the fork has a full carbon steerer given the rest of the bling on the bike. As an aside he has made a couple of minor upgrades such as replacing the DA brakes with Zero Gravity jobs ($$$$$$$$$!!!)

nah, it doesn't get anywhere near the turnover as this forum

Good karma to you for helping him out

he hasn't responded yet so I'll see what happens :S

i dont. i dont trust carbon.

having said that, the carbon forks on my race bike survived a hefty prang on a pick-a-plank bridge today. they survived much to my surprise, i on the other hand did not. broken collarbone and dislocated pinky (40deg off center, very creepy!!). so i guess the road season is a write off even before it starts. back to crit and track training once i'm mended. yay, no more hills

WTF? I go away for the weekend and HDT gets married and Jock breaks something and someones forks go to carbon heaven????

Congrats and/or condolances to all involved! Yoiks!

Seems to be a run of 'em at the moment:
https://cgi.ebay.com.au/Cannondale-Si...QQcmdZViewItem

Sorry to hear it, hope you mend up quick and well.

I have found (depending how bad???) that a broken collarbone is around 3-4 weeks to a ride on the road again and about 2 weeks more until you forget it happened ( adding in variables for bmx or mountain biking). Best of luck.

you busted your collarbone today??!! JEEEZUZ!!!

You have my sympathy Jock, I've done that one myself in the past. Like bmx boy says, four weeks and you should be back on the bike, with the first two weeks being a solid diet of painkillers.

You could have left the pinky in its new position, but you'd have to switch from drinking beer to cocktails with umbrellas

fark jock that sucks

guess it will be a while before i get the chance to get that pump off you!

heal fast mate.

sorry to here that jock. what bridge was it?

I had a really nice 2hr ride today. For those who know Newcastle I toured the beaches (went up Watt street), glebe road, Rode out to Whitebridge, then went home via Bar Beach. Lots and lots of people out. The jaguar rally was stopped at Bar Beach. Some really really pretty classics there. Lucky I had my phone camera on me. (excuse the crapiness of the photos.)


That was probably the best looking car there. XK150 are beautiful


There were a few E-types there.

and does anyone know what this one is?

There were a lot of jags there but I only took pictures of the classics.

Thats my ride report for this Easter Monday