My Merlin, reborn! (pics)
 

Acquired in 2002. Sold in 2005... reacquired in 2009... rebuilt and ready to ride! Pretty much done save a few little bits I wanna add. Rides as awesome as I remembered... and the SRAM stuff is great! Hope you like.

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Only planned upgrades now are a new fork, KCNC Skewers, a Ti seat post collar.

As a first time SRAM owner.... here's a quick Review:

I just built up this bike with the following:

Rear and Front Dérailleurs: Force (2010)
Brakes: Force
Shifters: Rival
Crankset: Rival

This is to me the best combination of performance, value, and great looks. The shifting is fantastic. The Force Dérailleurs are smooth and easy to dial in. The Rival shifters do a great job and the carbon levers are a nice touch. A big surprise was the Rival crankset. I had my heart set on Force or Red but when I saw the stiffness numbers on the Rival (one of the stiffest out there) I took the chance. Let me tell you that crankset is a steal for the money. Stiff as hell and looks great. With a KCNC scandium post and a Thomson stem... the black aluminum cranks on the Rival compliment the look great. I was skeptical of all the praise Rival gets on these boards... but the gang here is right on. Sram is awesome and Rival "rivals" anything out there at twice the price. Lastly, DoubleTap shifting makes more sense to me than both Shimano and Campy's versions. Just great stuff. Brakes also work great and were easy to dial in.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Very nice.

Wow, that looks really great. Nice build.

Outstanding build. What does it weigh?

Who makes those rims?

Awesome, just awesome!!!! Congrats on a beautiful build!

nice bike btw

Not weighed yet... but feels surprisingly light.

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that thing is sooo dope. Not a fan of the way the seat looks but comfort > looks. Nice build!

sweet ride! Ive been eyeballing the Assaults, theyre on my list.

I bought the Prologo saddle on an impulse buy on Bonktown. Not only is it surprisingly comfortable... I was pleased that the silver color of the cover is more of a Titanium silver and matched the bike perfectly. I though it was an interesting look. Very happy with it so far. Ordering a black cover too so I can go back and forth.

excellent bike, but why are you sitting on top of a flagpole

My only question is why not a King headset? For some reason I just expect to see one with a Thompson stem.

sorry, but you lost me on that one. If you're referring the long seatpost, it's due to the very aggressive sloping geometry of the Agilis.

If it were non-integrated I would have.

Very nice. How do you like the wheels?

VERY happy with them so far. Roll great, climb well... and seem very solid.

Awesome bike.
Beware of the evil eyes in the seat, just sayin.

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Ah right. I should look more closely next time. My bad.

Very nice.

They look like eyeballs, maybe they can be your next prostate exam.
I am pretty drunk, and I think I will scoot on over to the nap room. :)

...erlin

Hot bike dude!