lol, well i would still have my fuji which is 3 speed fixed

merckx corsa with new alloy athena, 28h white t11 hubs/lasers/tb14s

Would ride. :)

If you like the fixed bikes you have built right now at the moment, I wouldn't sell them so quickly as if worse comes to worse you might not like new built roadie as much and wished you haven't sold said bikes.

should I buy a front zipp 440 for $80? in good condition has a good tire still.

this will be my first bike, that being said..

should I build one or buy one complete? Budget is ~1000, was thinking of putting together a leader 725, used bianchi super pista, or used cinelli mash. Or i can just buy a kilo tt or an eighthinch scrambler complete

For a grand you can pretty much get a 725 complete pre built, I think they are like 1100 or so but you could also get a kilo tt and thej spend five hundo on beer and ducttape for sweet skids.

yeah they have the 721 complete on citygrounds for 700 which is pretty tempting.. I'm just not a fan of the all black look LOL YES IM BEING SUPERFICIAL

Just under a G at RG.

Wabi or All City Big Block are worth checking out in your price range

Well, if lyou do plan to build up your bike fromscratch, you should find a price and then times it by 1.5 because thats whats gonna happen.

Should I:

Mountain bike or Cyclocross bike for fall/winter?

There's more CX races but I already have 3 drop bar bikes and it seems like an MTB would be something different. Especially on the race courses we have around here.

Monstercross bike.

lol, yes.

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/gravity/zilla.htm

Ewwwwww

Should I for $300... Mavic Open Pros laced to Campy Record with Phil lockring and Bontrager R3 tires?

New Campy or old Campy?

Old

My friend's selling them. He's saying I could resell them for $400 haha.

But he can't sell them for $400 himself?

He wants to get rid of them quick lol

800 or 810?

i really want the live tracking feature but i didnt know you needed to sync it to your phone via bluetooth the whole time. reason i wanted the garmin was to free up my phone during rides (and more accurate data)

are the maps worth it over the 500/510?

I have both a 510 and an 810...still need to sell the 510.

Anyway, the live track feature is nice and it doesn't really hurt your phone battery all that much when you sync the two together. You'll want to do that, every cool feature about the 510/810 uses your phone - live weather reports, live track, automatic upload of rides, etc. I just sync over bluetooth before the ride and throw the phone in my pocket never to look at it again. You will need the garmin connect app on your phone to sync the two. It's also nice to be able to send courses to the device using your phone as well. You basically never need to attach the garmin to your computer.

The 510 offers a breadcrumb feature for courses you've drawn out beforehand... you basically follow a line on the screen to get where you're going. It's efficient enough if you know somewhat where you're going, or don't make a turn every block. Some times the screen locks and doesn't rotate fast enough so you're left wondering if you're supposed to turn right again or continue straight. Then it yells "off course" at you and you have no idea where you should be going.

The 810 offers turn-by-turn mapping directions, but still has it's issues, although with recent firmware updates it's gotten better. It seems to have an problem with courses, especially if the start/end are near the same location. If you start the course from your drive way and the "end location" is on the street before the official "start location" it tells you your virtual partner has finished before you and the entire ride it tells you to make a u-turn and go back. I've gotten around this by starting a ride like normal and then searching for the course once I'm riding.

Other than the screen being bigger and the turn-by-turn directions, they're the same unit. The only reason I got the 810 was wiggle had the performance bundle on sale for $400 - it had the UK maps, but I just used Open Street Maps to get the US maps.

So, instead of pouring more money into the VISP with its boat anchor frame and fork, should I simply buy a new Dolan Precursa frameset with a carbon fork, headset, seatpost and clamp for about $300 USD + shipping from the UK, and swap out all the components ? I'd opt for the Dolan fork instead of the Alpina for the same price so that I can mount a front brake. Since I don't use a rear brake, it doesn't matter that the Dolan frame lacks a brake mount. I could then sell the VISP frameset including the headset and seatpost for maybe $100 ? The VISP seatpost is an oddball 27.4mm size, so I have no use for it anyway. All the components are good quality and should swap out w/o any problems. What say all you experts ?

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=327469

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/image/cac...i-1024x800.jpg

Yes. Can the alpina fork be drilled?

I think the Dolan fork comes pre drilled.

Id get the Dolan but that's mostly cause I've been wanting to get one and ditch the 735.

i think scrod said alpina says no

i say dolan, lots of guys are using them for racing these days, dont see a lot of visps around so im sure theres a reason for it

Should I get one of those seat post aqua racks for longer rides during summer in PHX, or should I just carry a third bottle in my jersey pocket and call it good?

Third bottle meaning you already have two on your frame? Jersey pocket if you really need more.

Yeah, I use the 24oz camelback podium big chills, usually freeze one completely, and the other half way...but still, when the temps are high, I can easily drink one an hour if I'm really hammering away. This means, if I'm out longer than two hours I need to find water...which usually results in nasty hot water out of a drinking fountain.

I'll try the jersey and see how it works out, the insulated bottle shouldn't be too damp on the back.

Often times when I go out on really long rides I plan my route around bike shops. Even if you don't know people they let you go refill your bottles.