Specialized 04 Langster ??
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: ST. Louis MO.
Posts: 10
Bikes: none
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Specialized 04 Langster ??
Thinking I might like to try one of these for a first bike after a 30 + year gap in riding. I am now 47. Any thoughts on this ss bike ?
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 2,304
Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
i think it freewheels, doesn't it? i was thinking along those lines as a next bicycle. Maybe go fixed as my skills improve
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Fredericktown Ohio
Posts: 445
Bikes: Panasonic,Peugeot Px10,Cinelli super corsa, Cinelli Olympic Pista, Bianchi Pista, Gitane Tandem, all fixed Gear
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Langster
Probably will get you up and running for a good price, if you want Aluminum for the frame material and that Style of frame is what you are looking for. Not sure about the quality of the componentry at that price level. You will probably upgrade what you don't like soon enough, and keep what works. Fixed gear riding seems to be a constant changing of components for whatever reason. Part of the fun, I guess.
Fixedgearhead
Fixedgearhead
#5
ONE GEAR TO RULE THEM ALL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 689
Bikes: specialized langster
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I just bought one of those a few weeks ago and I like it. At the smae time I would recomend the IRO mark v.
#6
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: ST. Louis MO.
Posts: 10
Bikes: none
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Not sure what to look for in a ss, frame,wheels, etc. etc. etc. What is a IOR mark v. ?
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Home of the Homeless
Posts: 610
Bikes: Rustbuckets, the lot of them.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Decide if you want a fixed gear or a ss. I believe the Langster comes stock as fixed. Could probably be set up either way with no problems, but it's nice not be be surprised when you get in your hands, especially if you were really expecting one way or the other.
#8
Direct Hit Not Required
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: San Bruno, CA
Posts: 6,193
Bikes: Leopard DC1, Ridley X-Fire, GT Zaskar 9r
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by ARTHUR--RITIS
Not sure what to look for in a ss, frame,wheels, etc. etc. etc. What is a IOR mark v. ?
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 2,304
Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by shecky
Decide if you want a fixed gear or a ss. I believe the Langster comes stock as fixed. Could probably be set up either way with no problems, but it's nice not be be surprised when you get in your hands, especially if you were really expecting one way or the other.
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Chicago,IL
Posts: 109
Bikes: Old Schwinn fixed gear, Ritchey road bike, Canondale crit. bike
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I just set up a friend of mine with one, it has a freewheel and yes it is a 16tooth cog. It also comes standard with both front and rear brakes.
So far she is loving the thing, she's had it for about two weeks. No complaints or worries about it so far.
So far she is loving the thing, she's had it for about two weeks. No complaints or worries about it so far.
#11
ONE GEAR TO RULE THEM ALL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 689
Bikes: specialized langster
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
the thing about the specialized is that it's kind of hard to come by. It's a good bike and all and I really don't have much in the way of complaints. I just kind of wish now that I had a little patience and just ordered the IRO. I like the small companies more then the larger established ones.
#12
All Things Go
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: dayton, oh
Posts: 1,053
Bikes: 01 bianchi pista, custom. 04 felt f-15, full record.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I obught one about two weeks ago, just tossed the track cog yesterday. I got about 3 miles from my house when i blew out the back tire, so i barely even got to ride it fixed. I gotta say i love the bike though. For a tallish fattish man, it fits me really well, and i'm on a 56.
I'm a little worried about losing "street cred" cause i kept the back brake and freewheel on when i switched over to fixed. Am I totally lame?
and on a related note, is it stupid to put a brooks saddle on a fixie?
I'm a little worried about losing "street cred" cause i kept the back brake and freewheel on when i switched over to fixed. Am I totally lame?
and on a related note, is it stupid to put a brooks saddle on a fixie?
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: by a big river
Posts: 2,459
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm a little worried about losing "street cred" cause i kept the back brake and freewheel on when i switched over to fixed. Am I totally lame?
and on a related note, is it stupid to put a brooks saddle on a fixie?
and on a related note, is it stupid to put a brooks saddle on a fixie?
and
NO!
If everything I hear about the brooks is truth, it's the perfect saddle for a fixie/ss if for no other reason than the comfort. (I hope it is because I'm searching for one)
I can't say you're lame or not. I can't say I'm lame or not. A lot of people here will probably tell you I'm lame and therefore not a good judge of another's lameness. I can only say that I see myself as a ray of hope in a sea of mulletude. but I could just be seeing things.
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Fredericktown Ohio
Posts: 445
Bikes: Panasonic,Peugeot Px10,Cinelli super corsa, Cinelli Olympic Pista, Bianchi Pista, Gitane Tandem, all fixed Gear
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by MKRG
no
and
NO!
If everything I hear about the brooks is truth, it's the perfect saddle for a fixie/ss if for no other reason than the comfort. (I hope it is because I'm searching for one)
I can't say you're lame or not. I can't say I'm lame or not. A lot of people here will probably tell you I'm lame and therefore not a good judge of another's lameness. I can only say that I see myself as a ray of hope in a sea of mulletude. but I could just be seeing things.
and
NO!
If everything I hear about the brooks is truth, it's the perfect saddle for a fixie/ss if for no other reason than the comfort. (I hope it is because I'm searching for one)
I can't say you're lame or not. I can't say I'm lame or not. A lot of people here will probably tell you I'm lame and therefore not a good judge of another's lameness. I can only say that I see myself as a ray of hope in a sea of mulletude. but I could just be seeing things.
11 brooks saddles
'nuff said
fixedgearhead
#15
I bet
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,033
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Street cred? Nobody cares, it's YOUR bike, screw em all.
I do like riding without using my brake on my fixed but I'm not going to take it off just in case i need to stop right away. Two brakes, same thing, who cares?
I do like riding without using my brake on my fixed but I'm not going to take it off just in case i need to stop right away. Two brakes, same thing, who cares?
#16
All Things Go
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: dayton, oh
Posts: 1,053
Bikes: 01 bianchi pista, custom. 04 felt f-15, full record.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
at every emergency stop, my wretchedly thrown together right knee will be thanking all of you who said "two brakes...who cares"
i only worry about street cred so i can fit in when the fixies/ss attack some city in OH, if that ever gets planned.
i only worry about street cred so i can fit in when the fixies/ss attack some city in OH, if that ever gets planned.
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 2,304
Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by s2sxiii
at every emergency stop, my wretchedly thrown together right knee will be thanking all of you who said "two brakes...who cares"
i only worry about street cred so i can fit in when the fixies/ss attack some city in OH, if that ever gets planned.
i only worry about street cred so i can fit in when the fixies/ss attack some city in OH, if that ever gets planned.
#19
ONE GEAR TO RULE THEM ALL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 689
Bikes: specialized langster
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I think the spacing is 120. as far as the components are concerned, I don't think they are anything great. I switched the wheels to some that I had laying around and I got rid of the bars and brakes and used an old set of tandem stoker bars that I like. Clipless pedals are next.
#20
All Things Go
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: dayton, oh
Posts: 1,053
Bikes: 01 bianchi pista, custom. 04 felt f-15, full record.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
hammye, what did you do to get rid of the decals? It looks pretty nice in just that flat carbon color. Mine's all specialized up on every tube
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Denver
Posts: 71
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I picked up the 04 langster this friday to make my commute more interesting. So far this weekend I have about 70 miles on it and am loving it. This is my first SS and I think it will add a bit of variety into my training.
The only thing I dont like is the saddle. Easy enough to switch out.
The only thing I dont like is the saddle. Easy enough to switch out.
#23
ONE GEAR TO RULE THEM ALL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 689
Bikes: specialized langster
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
that seat is awful. I put my old body geometry seat on and have been happy since
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 2,304
Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
That saddle is just like mine, but mines Yellow and an older model. Still got the genuine gel though! I love that saddle, but can be a bit rough on the balls...