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Post images of beauty (quote pics sparingly) - see Mod warnings in OP

uberwolf · 2004-02-02 15:15:06

Seeing as the after hours lads have been drooling over their own concepts of beauty thought occured that the cyclists could post images of their equipment. [/B]And of their dream bikes etc. happy viewing. thats my current babe, in white. She's a few years old now though, so I'd love to have the money to replace her. Till…

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#5522 25-05-2013 12:27am
spoke2cun

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Lovely bike. Strange tilt to your handlebars tough.

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#5523 25-05-2013 12:20pm
AstraMonti

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Well.. here it is..

I'll start with the build list.

PlanetX nanolight HM frame size L
Cannondale SuperSix fork
Campag SR11 Chainset with carbon chainrings and kcnc bolts
Campag SR11 FD
Campag SR11 RD with carbon pulleys
Campag SR11 shifters
KMC 11SL chain
Alligator mini ilink casing with jagwire cables
KCNC C7 brakes
Zipp Contour SL bars 44cm
Lizardskins DSP bartape 1.8
Extralite Stem 120mm
Extralite Ultrastar2 expander
Extralite taperhead1 headset
Smud Seatpost
Smud saddle
Smud seatpost clamp
Smud bottle cages and bolts
Farsport wheels 24mm tubs, edhub ceramics, cxray spokes with 25mm Veloflex Roubaix tyre
Tune skewers
Recon 11sp cassette
5.63kg

I have to say, climbing with this setup on the 25mm roubaix tyre is like being on a road made out of silk while being pulled by a rope made out of g-strings that have been worn by greek virgins.. In one word.. awesome!

And with the the gigantex 50mm tubs, 23mm Veloflex Carbon, 12-27 SR cassette and PX skewers it's 6.05kg.

Few more pics..

I have to thanks Holyboy who took care of it and make it work great.

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#5524 25-05-2013 12:54pm
manafana

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and how much do you weigh astra?

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#5525 25-05-2013 1:03pm
AstraMonti

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Why? You want to take me on a date?

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#5526 25-05-2013 1:09pm
Beasty

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You need to change your sig Astra

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#5527 25-05-2013 3:42pm
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Spent about 5 minutes trying to find something I dislike and would change..

..clock still ticking

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#5528 25-05-2013 5:18pm
marketty

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AstraMonti you just won the thread!

Dare I ask how much you spent??

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#5529 25-05-2013 5:34pm
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marketty wrote: »

Dare I ask how much you spent??

Such vulgar considerations are dealt with here, by admission only.

It's like asking at a wedding how much the bride's new nose cost.

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#5530 25-05-2013 8:24pm
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Very very nice Astra. Those bars are damn sexy.

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#5531 25-05-2013 8:45pm
manafana

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AstraMonti wrote: »

Why? You want to take me on a date?

yes please

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#5532 25-05-2013 8:51pm
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wowsers.......

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#5533 25-05-2013 10:08pm
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Astra do you have to pay carbon Tax on it

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#5534 25-05-2013 10:16pm
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AstraMonti wrote: »

Well.. here it is..

I'll start with the build list.

PlanetX nanolight HM frame size L
Cannondale SuperSix fork
Campag SR11 Chainset with carbon chainrings and kcnc bolts
Campag SR11 FD
Campag SR11 RD with carbon pulleys
Campag SR11 shifters
KMC 11SL chain
Alligator mini ilink casing with jagwire cables
KCNC C7 brakes
Zipp Contour SL bars 44cm
Lizardskins DSP bartape 1.8
Extralite Stem 120mm
Extralite Ultrastar2 expander
Extralite taperhead1 headset
Smud Seatpost
Smud saddle
Smud seatpost clamp
Smud bottle cages and bolts
Farsport wheels 24mm tubs, edhub ceramics, cxray spokes with 25mm Veloflex Roubaix tyre
Tune skewers
Recon 11sp cassette
5.63kg

I have to thanks Holyboy who took care of it and make it work great.

Is one of these bikes your next project?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyLObj8W1U

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#5535 25-05-2013 11:04pm
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He's 6kg overweight :P

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#5536 25-05-2013 11:14pm
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The new bike itching to get out for a ride

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#5537 26-05-2013 8:55am
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AstraMonti I'm sure Planet X would like to feature that creation in their 'readers rides' section

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#5538 26-05-2013 11:34am
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Here's my trusty steed since 1986, Raleigh Record Sprint, Reynolds 501, with all the gold bling, still getting me around all the sportives.

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#5539 26-05-2013 11:43am
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AstraMonti wrote: »

Beautiful.

Though stem not slammed. You should really know better.

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#5540 26-05-2013 12:26pm
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True.. but the actual target is to ride the bike My back knows better than all of us

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#5541 26-05-2013 12:32pm
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AstraMonti wrote: »

True.. but the actual target is to ride the bike My back knows better than all of us

But....there must be at least 50g you could shave off it there!

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#5542 26-05-2013 12:52pm
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AstraMonti wrote: »

True.. but the actual target is to ride the bike My back knows better than all of us

You mean that saddle is gonna be used and just not for show!:pac:

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#5543 26-05-2013 3:03pm
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marketty wrote: »

AstraMonti I'm sure Planet X would like to feature that creation in their 'readers rides' section

Thank you for sharing this, can I ask you to post it onto our Facebook and Twitter page to share with our fans? We love it!

Thanks,

Dan
Customer Service Advisor
Planet X Bikes

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#5544 26-05-2013 3:06pm
Chips Lovell

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Is this an update on the previous build? What did you change?

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#5545 26-05-2013 3:14pm
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The big changes were the wheels, fork, brakes, saddle, bars.. and small changes in the headset, carbon pulleys, shift cables and i am probably forgetting stuff, every little gram counted to bring it down. And the fork totally transformed the ride, before it was twitchy and nervous, now the front listens and behaves much better.

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#5546 26-05-2013 8:51pm
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AstraMonti wrote: »

And the fork totally transformed the ride, before it was twitchy and nervous, now the front listens and behaves much better.

Post that on the Planet-X Twitter and Facebook pages.

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#5547 26-05-2013 10:25pm
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vektarman wrote: »

Here's my trusty steed since 1986, Raleigh Record Sprint, Reynolds 501, with all the gold bling, still getting me around all the sportives.

Beautiful bike to be sure - the Raleigh Record Sprint was also my first road bike, bought in 1985, sold in 2006 - served me well for almost 20 years - cared for it like a baby! Often regret I did not hold on to it.

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#5548 27-05-2013 10:47am
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My new steed, a Felt F4, ultegra. Had its inaugural spin on the 140km Tour de Connemara on Saturday. Only slight complaint would be the saddle, swapped in my old saddle for the Tour, and couldn't have been happier with it, very responsive.

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#5549 27-05-2013 11:10am
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Ive been reading through quite a few posts here and watched the recently posted video showing a hill climb. There seems to be an almost anal amount of attention paid to shaving grams of weight off the bike. Do you actually believe a few grams here and there make any difference, or is it just the way the trend has developed and you dont feel youre a serious cyclist unless youre obsessed with weight savings?

From years of mountain biking, I know weight is important, but a few grams will make no difference at all. Im thinking its pretty much all psychological when youre talking about several grams. It seems some people have seriously reduced the effectiveness of certain components in order to save a gram.

The fact that telling people about what youve done to save weight seems important, says it all really.

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#5550 27-05-2013 11:20am
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The purpose of this thread is for people to post pictures of their bikes and discuss them. It isn't here for you to have a pop at other posters.

Knock it off.

Thanks.

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#5551 27-05-2013 11:22am
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CRM Ireland wrote: »

Do you actually believe a few grams here and there make any difference, or is it just the way the trend has developed and you dont feel youre a serious cyclist unless youre obsessed with weight savings?

dont forget the "I did it because I could" option.

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