rduenas

Oh. Fancy. The ones on my old Kilo were silver, hah.

cc700

my frameset didn't come with any extras... including those shiney bolts. i gots some generic ones from the LBS which look sweet on the black unless you see how huge they are... frankenkilo!

craigdurkee

My new Kona, replacement for a stolen one earlier in the year

what shall i change on her

reedreeder

pedals are a great start

cc700

bars seat and pedals... but don't just change them to change them. ride some other bikes to get a feel for what you like the best and only spend the money once.

Pete J

It's an early 90's Nishiki Competition frame.
I bought it secondhand but it was in great condition.

bdc88

Completely finished finally. Very happy with the finished product and weights.

The bonded Syntace F99/Easton EC90 Equipe bars on the Giant SS are amazingly stiff when climbing. Plus they look very cool.

Pedal Force MT SS


Specialized Langster


Giant TCR SS

reedreeder

oh yeah, youre that guy that cares about how much his bike weighs

cc700

a thirteen pound langster... yeah i've seen everything now.

fanta510

Wow.

reedreeder

do you ever get the feeling that you kinda have three of the same bike?

bdc88

Nope not at all. Three very different bikes with very different rides.

Try it some time.

bdc88

I do not really care about the weight of my bikes. I just have a very good attention to detail and when you strip a bike down to one speed, naturally you loose weight. I could go lighter

legstwelve

Really like that pedalforce build, I was considering building up the pedalforce qs2 but after experiencing how easily and expensive it is to break carbon I've decided to stick with steel.

bexley

Oh...come on....I mean, COME ON.

Is it that hard to admit? Now I see why people liken weight weenies to addicts. No one really cares that you care about weight, but above all you shouldn't care if they did.

I actually don't care about the weight of my bike (not your 13lb version of "I do not really care"), but I'd still be really interested in riding any one of those bikes. I'm sure it feels nice.

Mayday328

Just picked this Redline 925 yesterday.

bdc88

HA HA, honestly I could give a rats ass what people think of my bikes and their weights. I love building up bikes and seeing what I can do with them. Weight is just a part of that and the attention to detail is another. The other part of it is spec'ing out the parts that I personally like and seeing how low I can buy them for.

The other part I just love and love to have fun with is peoples reaction to the bikes. If you honestly think I do not care about the weights, you should see what I have modified to get them this low. That is the fun part. How many people on this site have taken apart a rear derailleur and cut the weight by 15%-20%. It is a very fun hobby that I totally love. The only thing that I love more about the bikes is riding them.

When I was thinking about doing a single speed and a fixed gear, I got tired of looking at all the older bikes that were made into fixed gears. No one was taking anything new and making it a fixed gear and pushing what was possible.

Anyways, I have always been the type of person to do it a different way which does not mean my bikes are better or worse but they are just something different that I personally love.

All the bikes on the site are great and everyone does it for their own reasons and to their own tastes.

If I REALLY CARED about the weight of my bikes then I would have used a lot lighter parts and spent a lot more money. . I just care a bit more than the next guy.

rickyaustin

There isn't anything wrong with liking light bikes.

You're probably Jesus on the roadie forum. haha,

Nice bikes. I'd like a 13lb Langster... especially in that finish, from back when the Langster looked tasteful.

bexley

"If you honestly think I do not care about the weights, you should see what I have modified to get them this low."

Er, what? I never said that I think you don't care--exactly the opposite. Your contradictions are hard to wrap my head around.

"If I REALLY CARED about the weight of my bikes then I would have used a lot lighter parts and spent a lot more money. . I just care a bit more than the next guy."

Ride Among Us

Ok, I put a mavic ksyrium Elite wheel up front to replace my Mavic Ellipse. Now I have a brake surface and a wheel that looks almost identical to the old one.

Jabba Degrassi

bdc88 I love and would ride the hell out of any of those bikes.

City_Smasher

Specialized Langster




This pic is making me drool....mmmmmmmm Langster!

YoKev

Thats a "flick stand". Say you want to lean your bike against a wall...by flicking that down, it holds the tire straight.


Got out on a 4.5 hour single speed ride today...I posted specs pages ago. Here is my 1994 Dean Colonel:

bdc88

It is not that hard to understand really. I do care about building a light weight bike. That is the goal but there is a cost that goes along with "care"

If I really cared about weight (cared a lot more that is), I would have built them even lighter and would have spent a lot more to get there. There is no cost to big that goes along with "Really Care"

I put a cost to each build and did not exceed it. With building 8 bikes over the last 2 years to create the stable that I have now, I had to care about weight but not really care.

Pretty simple really and it does not contradict anything that I have said.

cc700

you should have said "care more" or "care a huge amount." "if i really cared" sounds like you don't care enough, which is obviously not true.

sure you could make a 12 lbs langster but let's be realistic. that's a good 3 pounds lighter than anyone who doesn't "really care" about weight will ever make theirs.