calamarichris

One payday closer to my Peloton's completion...

FreddyV

Looking good already. Is that a new frame, or an old one with a new overcoat?

calamarichris

Thanks. Old frame with a few little nicks here & there. Thing is, this frame is chrome underneath the paint, and the rear triangle is black chrome. Light? Nope.
Found it on Ebay after looking for more than 3 years, and this year/model was my first 'real' bike when I was 16, aerobars hadn't been invented, Look Pedals were The New Thing, and the Soviets were still mired in their Vietnam in Afghanistan.

FreddyV

Still, it's a nice looking frame. I can imagine why you chose a steel frame over a brand new alu/carbon frame. Rode my steel bike today after about a year, and it was a pleasure to say the least.

caloso

Awesome. I remember doing tris in speedos back in the day too. It made sense at the time....

calamarichris

Gracias. Actually, it wasn't chosen over a modern frame, but in addition to,


Also getting white stem, bars, seatpost, and maybe also Sante brake calipers, for the full-on Spy-vs-Spy look in my living room.

What kind of steel bike have you got?

calamarichris

Speedos are still the garment-of-choice IMO. The ick-factor reduces a lot of the jostling and moshing at the early part of the swim. Shrinkage-shminkage I'd probably do them without the speedo if I could get away with it.

PeddlingPilgrim

... back from the shop w/ the white cabling, ultegra ice grey crankset, and 11-28 back cogs:



i think the yellow in the paint job will eventually have to go, though it matches the new swiss stop pads:

acaurora

That crankset doesn't look ice grey to me...

PeddlingPilgrim

i don't feel tardy.

acaurora

I don't know exactly what you mean, but I"m just saying - it's black.

waterrockets 

2010 Fuji SST 2.0:



I left the rear brake cable housing inside the frame... not interested in re-running that during the build.

dgasmd

Finally!!!

SebastionMerckx

That's the sexiest frame Fuji has ever produced!

Motobetird

Just ordered these Nitto M179, Good thing I ordered a 26 on the stem because these don't come in 25.4.
https://www.bikemania.biz/Nitto_M179_...nitto_m179.htm

Motobetird

nice stem!

FreddyV

I've got a 1986 Raleigh Marathon. Riding it is just plain comfortable and my commute takes only 5 minutes longer than on my alu road bike, which makes me wonder why I even got the OCR. Don't think I could get away with upgrading it though, with my wife sitting on the wallet

msh1283

Got a pair of Castelli Body Paint shorts yesterday. Absurdly comfortable on a two hour trainer ride. They really do just disappear underneath you. The chamois fits a lot differently than my other Castelli shorts, but in a good way. The material is just incredible too. Probably too thin for winter, but they'll be a godsend once temps start hitting 100.

Helms91

A set of lights for commuting. about 25 bucks.

FreddyV

Picked it up this morning, and need to swap the broken one to take it for a nice test ride and maybe some hill training.

fskywalker

My new baby, born in March 1st, weighted 16 pounds and 10 ounces, measured 53 cms................. I'm a proud Dad

waterrockets 

Nice. Cool looking paint on that frame.

FreddyV

Turned out that not only the dropout was broken, but the breaking dropout thought he wouldn't die alone and took a jockey wheel with him. Now I've got new ones. With bearings instead of the cheap bushings. We'll see if it makes any performance difference.

Terex

Assos Luftschutz jacket (white), Roubaix F1 Mille Bibknickers and Intermediate Evo long sleeve jersey (white).

I'm 6' 0.5" tall and currently 169 lbs. I bought XL in everything for the length. Bulk wise, I'm probably a L in lower half of my body and a M in the chest, and I'm always in-between sizes in height. I've found that longer is usually better, as long as it's not bulky.

These 3 pieces work fairly brilliantly together on an early spring day in the 50's under bluebird skies.

Luftschutz - gossamer light, wonderful garment. Looking forward to using it in various conditions (fog, light rain, increasing temps). It packs extremely small.

Bibs - adequate air infiltration protection and still feels like a second layer of skin. I've been using PI bibs (which I really like), and the Assos are much lighter but still get the job done. In lower 40's, they start out feeling a little too light. They've got a Roubaix fabric on legs and center of crotch, but around crotch is very light fabric that doesn't provide much wind resistance. The benefit is a feeling of very little constriction in the area where your legs are pumping up and down, and good ventilation.

Intermediate Evo LS jersey : Winner or the bunch (if you like LS jerseys). Great combination of lightness and air blocking. Full zipper works great. The chest area has a silver windbloc insert that really works.

Summary : If you get the right pieces, you really can ride from 40-65F in comfort without a significant performance impact due to bulky clothing.

jdeane4

Cannondale Hollowgram SI SL. Too bad its back ordered for 3 months. Can't wait for it to come in!!