Muffin Man

Not having looked it up, I've always thought it was gonna actually be pink.

ddeadserious

Haha yeah, I left 40mm of spacers on just to be safe but I should be able to take out 10-20mm, I just wanted to be safe. My 722 has 30mm of spacers and I'm okay with it because I'm comfortable on it. I like to go fast, but I'm not racing so I value comfort a bit higher than aerodynamics. Plus, my gut only allows me to get down so far.

ddeadserious

I would have been even more excited about it if it were pink.

It was named after the Steve Buschemi's character from Reservoir Dogs, in case you were unaware.

Nagrom_

Definitely.

What's the angle on that stem btw?

LesterOfPuppets

Sweet papasan!

ddeadserious

It's the +/- 10° one. If the top tube were actually horizontal, I would have been more tempted to htfu and run the +/- 17° model.

Nagrom_

No need. I like it.

jdgesus 

sixty two! the smaller wheels make it feel hella tiny tho

jdgesus 

my buddy has a "mr pink" and its super nice in person. nicer than any picture can convey.

he didn't have a pair of long reach brakes so he rode it with a front brake only for a long time (and he's a messenger) (lol)

ddeadserious

Yeah, the frame is the one piece of this bike that I'm most impressed with. There's a very nice attention to the details with it, practical features, and a real pretty paint job.

I wanted the Force brakes to work so badly, but they simply don't reach. I think I could file the slots enough to make the pads reach, but I don't really care for that idea.

Plus I want to buy some 32's to swap on this and take it on some gravel/dirt roads now and then, so I'll need the big brakes anyways.

garlic_rice

Yay for modern steel road bikes! Looks awesome.



Here's an obligatory 'bike on the Williamsburg bridge' shot.

illdthedj

very well done, I like it allot. kind of "plain vanilla" in ice cream terms, but like a high quality classy organic french vanilla

ColonelJLloyd 

Close up pics, please. Rando bars + Ergos = awesome.

johnnytheboy

so i just bought this....thinking of fredding it out with 28's, fenders and bar end shifters.....?

mconlonx

If fenders and 28s will fit, go for it; hold off on the shifters until the original ones break.

johnnytheboy

they already are.

BoSoxYacht

Nice.

I'd love to find one 62cm one.

europa

Has anyone here lived with bar and shifters? My Europa is currently running Ultegra 9 speed brifters (for lack of a better word) and as you're probably aware, they sit up at that horrible angle. I'm not real happy with them, especially as my Hillbrick has the more modern style of brake lever that comes out flat from the bars and that just reinforces my dislike for the old 9 speeds. The obvious answer is to buy some new brifters, but sellers usually expect you to pay for them. Even MicroSHIFT levers are comfortably over $100.

I do have a pair of unused Cane Creek brake levers that will give me the comfort I need. It'd need to use bar shifters though - still pricey but my least expensive option.

So, what's it like to live with bar end shifters? I seem to remember looking forward to leaving down tube shifters behind.

Oo, there's an idea, I probably have some friction shifters somewhere.

yummygooey

my GT in front of jdg's 650b jenny

so short

hairnet

As someone riding friction DT, 9 and 10 speed STI, and friction bar ends, the friction bar ends are my favorite.

It is a little difficult going past 8 speed.

europa

Thanks mate. Maybe I should try the bar ends for the simple reason that I keep wondering about them

mconlonx

Then go for it.

Me. I have them on a commuter. Love them. Once you get used to where they are, shifting is just about auto-pilot -- your body remembers where they are, so when you reach for them without looking, they fall easily to hand.

These are on a bike with a 10sp cass (11-36), so they are the Dura Ace indexing shifters which will not convert to friction shifting. The Dura Ace 9sp and Ultegra 8sp shifters can still swap to friction shifting, if that's where you're at.

striknein

If you already have some old DT shifters kicking around, you can also get a set of bar-end pods on the cheap from Rivendell. Now that the prices have gone up in the secondary market for the Suntour friction barcons, these are becoming an appealing option. I'll have a set installed Monday on my MTB conversion.

Conan

My Bianchi Columbus TSX frame, EL fork. Zonda wheels. Veloce group. San Marco saddle.

johnnytheboy

spent a couple hours last night working on the bike...finally got the shifters overhauled and working.
decided to put some pasela 25's on and the flite i pulled off the stumpy.
did 25mi today and it felt pretty good...gotta do something about those bars tho....