What road bike do you have?
03-22-12, 11:04 AM
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Those Bianchis are lovely. Scusi, "bellissimas."
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03-22-12, 11:48 AM
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03-22-12, 02:48 PM
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One for every day of the week and then some, or you really do live by "N+1."
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Picked up my first road bike today off craigslist. 2001 Trek 5500, here it is after my first ride on it.
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Not mine but David Moncoutie's... came across it on Velonews... do you think the bike manufacturer here is Look?
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03-22-12, 09:51 PM
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Too bad look lies about it's history. May have been the first carbon frame in a race. May have been the first clipless pedals ON THE MARKET. But certainly not the first CF frame or Clipless pedals invented. I will give them props for their new integrated stem and expandable crankset though. 
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If I had to pick one, it would be the BMC. It is just a perfect blend of all you are looking for in a bike. It is plush yet it is stiff where it is needed to be. It is light. It looks good. All of that but not by far. Each one of these bikes strikes a special chord in me. That is why they are in there.
03-23-12, 07:18 AM
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Its not that difficult to upgrade that frame with newer components/fork/wheels and keep that bike going strong. I upgraded mine and had a ton of fun with it.
and another guy from across the pond went hog wild with his upgrades to near obscene (in a good way) levels.
its also one of the last mass produced carbon frames that isn't sloping/compact, so much history behind that particular frame design.
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03-23-12, 07:49 AM
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The thing about those Treks is that they were so ahead of their time carbon fiber technology wise. Dura Ace 7700 is a beloved groupset and those wheels are actually worth a lot of money if you ever decide to upgrade you can sell them on eBay for a lot to offset the price of a new set.
Its not that difficult to upgrade that frame with newer components/fork/wheels and keep that bike going strong. I upgraded mine and had a ton of fun with it.
and another guy from across the pond went hog wild with his upgrades to near obscene (in a good way) levels.
its also one of the last mass produced carbon frames that isn't sloping/compact, so much history behind that particular frame design.
Its not that difficult to upgrade that frame with newer components/fork/wheels and keep that bike going strong. I upgraded mine and had a ton of fun with it.
and another guy from across the pond went hog wild with his upgrades to near obscene (in a good way) levels.
its also one of the last mass produced carbon frames that isn't sloping/compact, so much history behind that particular frame design.
I actually really like the wheels and the way they look (and am told they are reasonably durable?), the only things I have immediately planned are to get a computer, adjust the seat to tilt forward a little bit, and perhaps when I'm more used to riding it, an angled stem (I could flip that one and it would make no difference...) and some tires that aren't blue lol
Oh yes, one more question. The PO had a little "MLB hologram" type sticker on the frame, which I removed but left a fair amount of residue. Is there any reason I shouldn't use goo-gone or similar chemicals to remove the glue? I've read that the paint on Treks isn't the best and I don't want to damage anything out of ignorance
runningDoc - I noticed in your thread you mounted your running watch on your handlebars. Also coming from running, I could save on a "real" computer for the time being and use mine similarly - is this what you used? (looks the same to me?) How easy is it to take the watch on/off for charging purposes?
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