Perp

New pic when complete - but looks good... too bad SA ruined all S2 for hotness after he posted his. His is the standard now lol

I have the same cages as you. Even on my bike, I don't really like the look, but mine weighed in @ 21 and 22g

dayday82

check out slamthatstem.com... They have some really small dust caps

Ricanfred

That; I have the same color scheme on a 2011 2.3

Dbbled

Yeah - I'm thinking the same thing; the red looks kind of out of place. Although you can really see in the pic, the romin saddle has red accents. I typically like white tape. I wonder if the LBS will let me swap out the cages?

Dbbled

Silver and Black with white lettering. The 5.2 fork I was able to pick up ebay matches quite well and is a little lighter. I wanted to get lower but keep the original uncut in case I switch frames. I still want to get a little lower - smaller dust cap - and may need to cut the fork a little bit more.

I don't know why the photo turned out so blurry. I'll take some others with better focus.

DD

cicatriz

Honestly, no idea. I ride a lot but I don't race at all. If anything the 'competitive' riding is just making sure I don't get dropped by the peloton on the weekends.

ravenmore

They're perfectly legal as far as I can tell - why would they be illegal?

jmX

UCI says they need to approve wheels with a depth over 25mm. They test them to destruction and make sure bits don't explode out towards other racers. No name deep Chinese wheels probably aren't on the approved list.

ravenmore

Yeah but the UCI doesn't sanction any of the races I've been in (that I know of).

jmX

Sure, it's irrelevant to almost all of us, but he did specifically mention UCI so I just wanted to mention their regulations.

Kinda makes you wonder...was there a problem with exploding wheels at one point?

ravenmore

Actually Mavic did have problems with their R-Sys wheel system with the hollow carbon spokes. There's a infamous crash photo sequence from a race here in Austin showing a racer getting dumped after his wheel came apart. Not sure if that's what prompted the rule or not although I doubt it - that race wasn't UCI sanctioned. Although maybe there were malfunctions in a UCI sanctioned race somewhere.

svrider0021

Here is mine, I just finished building it. Most of the parts are used due to being on a budget. Its not as nice as a lot of the bikes I just got done drooling over, but she looks good to me. Its a Blue RC8 frame, Ultegra group, and Rolf wheels.

pic gets bigger if you click it

bianchi10

svrider...whatcha think of the blue? I have a friend that raced for them in Seattle and he liked his. You (I) dont really see many of those around.

svrider0021

Im no one to ask really. I built it as my first road bike and have only ridden it once, which was today. Its a world of difference from my mountain bike background. I guess I will see after I start putting on the mileage.

bianchi10

good stuff. well have fun riding it. nice job on the build!

roca rule

i know it is a bit conservative, but librarians are conservative as well.

primov8

I'm sure a better pic will do this S2 justice. And if you decide on red bar tape, can't go wrong with Fizik's Microtex gloss red. It matches the Cervelo red perfectly; I had it on my previous S2 and S5.

Soloist Assassin

Thanks guys. Your S2's are pretty awesome too. They are such great bikes. I'm glad you consider me the standard now, but let's not forget primo's great S2 he had. The pink tape though....

Also did I read this wrong or are UCI regulations really being discussed in this thread?

Jandro 

I know, I know. I'm waiting until I can go pick up some of this:



I took it out for my normal 40mi commute and hot damn I forgot how amazing this bike is after not riding it for 4+ months. Also, the Zipp Vuka Sprints are, by far, the BEST bars I have ever put my hands on. They feel way solid, have the perfect drop (short and shallow) and the tops are supremely comfy (and conveniently flat enough to rest an espresso on /europro). Thanks for the inspiration, SA. You were 110% right.

Soloist Assassin

That bartape looks better. I had some Cinelli tape once, and it didn't last so long. Glad you like the Vukas as much as I do. I pretty much feel the same way. I feel like I should quote that last sentence in my signature as a show of 41 street cred. haha.

Perp

Repost, but looking for opinions

Looking into trying the Romin Evo saddle and not sure if I should stay with this color scheme or get black saddle, black stem, black tape?

bianchi10

I'd go black

theREEDeffect

I vote for black too.

bianchi10

because it has that nice gloss black at the head, I think a zipp Vukas sprint bar set with gloss bar tape would look pretty slick.

Edited:

I think this looks way gooder...
(compliments of soloist Assassin's parts)

plpete

I think you meant Zipp Vuka Sprint bar