thats alot of electronics. Does the GPS work well? Does it show street maps and tell you where to turn etc. if you tell it a final destination?

That's more electronics than in my new car.

I just got my first road bike on Friday. Put 20 miles on it Saturday and 27 miles today. I'm having a great time, but my posterior is a bit soar after the 15th mile.

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2006 F80 Carbon Road Bike 56 cm
Color: Yellow

Frameset/Fork
* Felt 7005 F-Lite custom double-butted aluminum tubing
* Internally relieved integrated head tube, machined bottom bracket, forged dropouts with replaceable hanger and internal brake cable routing
* Felt carbon fiber fork

Wheelset
* Alex AKX R2.0 wheelset
* Vittoria Action HSD tires

Components
* Felt carbon micro-adjust seatpost
* Felt 6061 oversized handlebar with ergonomic drop
* Felt ST 3D-forged stem
* Felt Race-lite saddle with carbon injected base

Drivetrain
* Shimano 105 27-speed shifters and derailleur
* FSA/RPM, 3-Piece aluminum triple crankset

Just picked up my first REAL bike in many a year...Specialized Sequoia Elite. Sorry, no pictures yet.

Not if they're compact geometry. I like new nice bikes just as much as the next person, just none with compact geometries and tons of sponsor decals everywhere.

This is the basic Etrex. Its accurate within about 10-15 feet. I orginal bought it 4 years ago to mark fish hides on trout streams. I does not have street maps. Newer models do. I do load routes in it and it does tell you the turns. I also use it to mark points of interest when when I see something I want to come back too. I also use it to download the ride into a topo program for elevation data. I can also download it into an Excel file to log the ride. This allows calculations like rate of climb. Percent grades of hills. I have the HR monitor because I'm a cardiac patient. I have a very minor mitral valve leak and Arrhythmia. This problem is what got me back into cycling. In the last five years I've been able to turn the cardiac problem around with diet and cycling. I use the HR monitor to stay within training zones and endurace on climbs. The Ciclosport is a new ad. I wanted a barometric altemeter. If I bought a new Etrex 305 it would of had this built in as well as the HR monitor. But I decided to just get the Ciclosport. Whats nice is I set each on a different display, so it a quick glance I get all the info at once. Instead of waiting for the cyclometer to scan the display. I know its a bit much for some folks. But it has really help me improve my riding skills. As I can analyze my rides and see were I had problems. I will add cadance as my training progresses. But for the momment I watch the HR and shift by feel. You just got to realize the heart lags demand by 60-90 seconds. I'm a Broadcast Engineer by trade. So I got to have gagets to tweek.

Lamplight, that's a great looking bike. Beautiful frame, well rounded handlebars/stem, downtube shifters, neat ole' aero levers, all very classic.

You've been picking up some really good ones, I remember you posted that Peugeot a while ago. Lucky man!

Which handlebars are those?

Chalk another one up for the old bike crowd:

Third or fourth-hand 80's Triumph (made by Raleigh, says so on the bike) Renyolds 531c, Bocama Competition 83 lugs. My second-ever road bicycle.


Reflective tape is super bling...
https://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...t/100_1497.jpg

The wheels that were on it were super-crap, so I built some better ones with ultegra 6600 hubs and Velocity aeroheads. Kept the original 6-speed shifters, just switched over to friction. I for one, don't need no steenking brifters...

I tried a Madone, a Six13, and others when testing new bikes, but then I found this at a small bikeshop and the search was over. I'll probably have a Six13 sometime too, they are very nice, but don't have lugs... God I love lugs...

Is 23 too young to be a retrogrouch?

Thanks rufvelo!

They are Sakae and they say "GT" near the clamp. I assume they came on the bike. So far they seem quite comfy.

now that's a colour scheme

Nice Bianchi..

So much better than I am........but I'm workin' on it.

I hear ya, I don't even deserve my bikes

Nice bike!

That's the first bike I've ever seen where the wheel logo graphics take up more space than the frame logo graphics. Bike looks very light and fast though. How much does that bad boy weigh?

1999 Cannondale R2000.
Red/Purple Blister Fade Paint
Full Ultegra components.
Easton EC90 Aero Forks
3T More carbon bars
3T More carbon Stem
Chris King Head set
Thomson Elite seatpost
Cane Creek Cronos Wheelset

Here's my current ride...I love it

I just got my new bike (Scott Speedster S20) home yesterday evening. Today I went out for a short 10 mile ride with some nice climbs and am just astounded by the climbing ability and how the bike handles and feels on the road. I'm also loving having 10 speeds, having only 8 on my previous bike (Felt F90).

Nice bike, Dude! I love that color combination. If you don't mind me asking, how much did that cost? I am in the market for an aluminum bike to add to my stable but I want to stay under $1500.

I paid a little over $1600 for it. I was going to wait until Fall to get it, hoping that the price would come down, but after I test road it I knew that i had to have it for this season. Yeah, I love the color combo too!

See my signature (5 of the 6 are road bikes).

Is this Tete de course? Nice looking bike...

Got it yesterday. Been looking to switch over to carbon from a metal matrix. God, this is buttery smooth. It dampens out all of the high frequency vibrations that I could feel in my old bike. No jarring and I lost about 3 to 4 lbs in overall bike weight (talk to me if you want a 56cm Specialized Allez M2 Comp with full 105)

Took it for its initial shakeout tour today. Everything is stock except the Bebop pedals (best. pedals. evar!). I probably gained about 2 to 3 mph on the flats.

Tested this, the Scott CR1, and the Orbea Onix. Liked the Scott the best, but it was also $700 more to get the same spec'ed bike (I got set up with the owner of a bike shop I used to work at in college). Specialized was a close second, and the Orbea was dead last. I was REALLY disappointed in the way the Orbea felt. I was expecting a lot more. Wanted to get a more boutique bike (hence Scott and Orbea) but this was definately the best bang for the buck.

Cross Pollination:

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=49471&page=38

It's reply number 945

Here is my bike: