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  • #5342
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭manafana


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    214-633x421.jpg

    4.5kgs..

    crazy how light tye can them them lots of weight saved on the rings and crank by looks.

    Your next buy?


  • #5343
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,704 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    I 'm kinda sort of 10k :D


  • #5344
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Desmo, my 2 favourite bikes (well, if the dale was a supersix). A CAAD10 was one of my choices when buying the BMC...if only I knew then what I know now...

    If I was in the market for a new bike I'd be pretty torn between a supersix and a tcr advanced though, hubba hubba!
    AstraMonti wrote: »
    214-633x421.jpg

    4.5kgs..

    It probably squirms like a wet noodle when you try pedal though...


  • #5345
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,704 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    colm_gti wrote: »

    It probably squirms like a wet noodle when you try pedal though...

    Why would you think that?

    Heavy ≠ Stiff


  • #5346
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    Why would you think that?

    Heavy ≠ Stiff


    Correct I'm sort of soft and pudgy and am pretty heavy:D


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  • #5347
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    Why would you think that?

    Heavy ≠ Stiff

    I'm trying to convince myself that I don't need such a light bike :P


  • #5348
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,507 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    colm_gti wrote: »
    I'm trying to convince myself that I don't need such a light bike :P

    I just tell myself that if Myles McCorry and Martyn Irvine can do it on the same bike as me, the bike isn't the bottleneck and my bank account doesn't take a hammering:

    Myles-McCorry.jpg


  • #5349
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,514 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    I just tell myself that if Myles McCorry and Martyn Irvine can do it on the same bike as me, the bike isn't the bottleneck and my bank account doesn't take a hammering

    Light bikes have an intrinsic beauty that transcends base considerations of performance.

    I have AstraMonti disease too, but it's in remission.


  • #5350
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,545 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    My first cycle since late 2012 on what I consider a thing of beauty, my Carerra Virtuoso. Beautiful day for it.

    945D85C4-FA93-456C-9A27-6072F6397020-156-000000A5AEA6E6A8.jpg


  • #5351
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,539 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    Plastik wrote: »
    Two from the WWW this morning

    tumblr_mjqal9nUGu1qaythmo1_1280.jpg

    hey thats like my bike......but sexier :(


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  • #5352
    1750W
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭1750W


    manafana wrote: »
    Is that Matts bike that ended up on ebay last year from latvia?

    Hardly this is Mark Renshaw's old HTC Highroad Pro tarmac Sl3. Matts Bike was an OPQS bike


  • #5353
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭manafana


    1750W wrote: »
    Hardly this is Mark Renshaw's old HTC Highroad Pro tarmac Sl3. Matts Bike was an OPQS bike

    ah yeah forgot he was with opqs when it got nicked, hope your enjoying it


  • #5354
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,562 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Panorama function sucks.
    IMG_0874-1.jpg
    Individual pictures.


  • #5355
    jdt101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭jdt101


    8602644549_296cb4c96a.jpg


  • #5356
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭furiousox


    1750W wrote: »
    Hardly this is Mark Renshaw's old HTC Highroad Pro tarmac Sl3. Matts Bike was an OPQS bike

    What's that website again where the guy was selling all the old HTC frames etc?
    (Think he was based near Dublin?)

    You are a khaki coloured bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing.



  • #5357
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,507 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    furiousox wrote: »
    What's that website again where the guy was selling all the old HTC frames etc?
    (Think he was based near Dublin?)

    Kinetix Products I think, good crowd to deal with when I bought a freehub off them ages ago.


  • #5358
    1750W
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭1750W


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Kinetix Products I think, good crowd to deal with when I bought a freehub off them ages ago.
    www.kinetixproducts.com


  • #5359
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭lg123


    my new focus izalco team 1.0. apologies about the quality of the photo


  • #5360
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,321 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    lg123 wrote: »
    my new focus izalco team 1.0. apologies about the quality of the photo

    MOD VOICE: Photo too huge for posting, link left instead,


  • #5361
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭lg123


    CramCycle wrote: »
    MOD VOICE: Photo too huge for posting, link left instead,
    sorry about that, shrunk it down by dragging in the bottom right hand corner to an acceptable size but that didn't carry through to the post.


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  • #5362
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,499 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Alas the Cayo is no more, so I present to you the new commuter:


    ridley_zps940f3555.jpg


  • #5363
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Is that Di2??? :D


  • #5364
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,499 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Is that Di2??? :D
    Yes, but only Ultegra ...;)


  • #5365
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    I see a Quarg too. ;)


  • #5366
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Jeez, I long for the day that I can have a power meter and Di2 on my commuter...


  • #5367
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,499 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »
    I see a Quarg too. ;)
    I've cannabilised the Cayo - the crankset and wheels are not what came with the bike


  • #5368
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Smart looking frame Beasty


  • #5369
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,499 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    colm_gti wrote: »
    Jeez, I long for the day that I can have a power meter and Di2 on my commuter...
    I keep the really fancy stuff for the racer - bear in mind my commutes are also my training spins.


  • #5370
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Beasty wrote: »
    I keep the really fancy stuff for the racer - bear in mind my commutes are also my training spins.

    If I consider Di2 and a Quarg power meter extremely fancy..


    ..what do you consider fancy? :confused:


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  • #5371
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,499 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Zyzz wrote: »
    How much did the whole bike set you back? (including the quarg)
    The bike includng the Di2 was £2,100 from Slane Cycles, although I actually got it under the BTW scheme so that will save me around £500 (and before anyone asks, it will be used mainly for commuting!). I got the Quarq a couple of years ago for around £1,200 IIRC


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