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  • cdoesthehula
    cdoesthehula Posts: 141 Member
    Sorry! Didn't mean to sound patronising - I'm not like this outside of forums!

    I find it really annoying when I read about people who buy quite expensive wheels, have lots of spoke failures and end up going to pay to have the wheel "fixed" by bike shops. When I was in the trade I would have been embarrassed to have sold wheels that weren't at least checked before someone left with them.
  • GrindGravel
    GrindGravel Posts: 49 Member
    98% done with the upgrades on my bike (just need new stem). It rode nice before, but rides, veeeeeerrrrry nice now. It's not that flashy, but a solid all around bike for the road.

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  • CycleCarolina
    CycleCarolina Posts: 23 Member
    "Which bike?"
    Love the obsession.
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    Love the Wilier bikes. Which model is this? Also, what all did you do to it?
  • GrindGravel
    GrindGravel Posts: 49 Member
    It's an 2013 Izoard XP Ultegra, however, some of the parts were FSA OEM stuff, so I decided to replace that and the wheels.

    What's New

    Wheels: Williams S30/Powertap, Ultegra Cassette, Vittoria Open Corsa CX

    Chain: Ultegra chain

    Bars: FSA Wing Compact bars with Red Lizard Skin bartape.

    Cranks/BB: Ultegra cranks and BB

    Seat Post: Easton EC90 Carbon Seatpost

    Seat: Fizik Antares VS (Had the X version with carbon rails, but had to return as it did not fit post)

    Brakes: Ultegra brakes
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    ah, Wilier... love them "Viva l'Italia, liberato e redento"

    Such a change from the typical Eponymous Company Names (Colnago, Pinarello, De Rosa, Cippolini, Fondriest and all the hundreds of others...
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Oooops - I may have just accidentally bought myself a Castelli Mortirolo Due Jacket for £99 (down from £175!!)


    http://www.merlincycles.com/castelli-mortirolo-due-cycling-jacket-67209.html
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Nice mate... Which one?

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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
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    Black and White, the Licence is Cheaper :laugh:
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    Mad Alchemy Punkin' Hunter socks.

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  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    Mad Alchemy Punkin' Hunter socks.

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    :o They ain't going to miss you wearing them are they :lol:

  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    cloggsy71 wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    Mad Alchemy Punkin' Hunter socks.

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    :o They ain't going to miss you wearing them are they :lol:

    Compared to that luminous dog-vomit onesie that he was wearing in an earlier post, they're quite subdued...

  • veloman21
    veloman21 Posts: 418 Member
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    Mad Alchemy Punkin' Hunter socks.

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    Nice!! Defeet are made down the road from me and I ride with the owner quite frequently. Really love their wool socks for the winter time, in fact I may swing by the factory today and pick up a few pair :-)
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    edited October 2014
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    Vittoria Cross XG Pro - new rubber for the CaadX #tubeless #cyclocross by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    Going to be running them with tubes initially, still not 100% convinced that dropping 50 beer tokens on the Stans kit is going to be worthwhile in terms of weight saving/rolling resistance - main improvements as far as 'cross seems to be related to pinch puncture prevention and the ability to run at lower pressures for grip. Well - at 110kg+ low pressure is sort of a relative thing, even in terms of grip...
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    Brown Santa stopped by and left me a present while I was out on my lunchtime training ride. This is going on the 'cross bike.
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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    very nice, very spendy for the 'crosser as well... thought I was bad enough, sticking the stages on the CaadX for winter...
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    TheBigYin wrote: »
    very nice, very spendy for the 'crosser as well... thought I was bad enough, sticking the stages on the CaadX for winter...
    My road bike has a Power2Max on it but I've been training primarily on the 'cross bike the last few weeks. Due to the proximity of a large park full of gravel roads to my office, my main training bike for the winter will probably continue to be the 'cross bike. Certainly my main weekday training bike will be. That all being the case, I figured I'd just go ahead and get a PM for it so I can move away from having to do a lot of my workouts based on Heart Rate.

    Oh, and I like toys. :smile:

  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    It's one of the reasons I got the Stages TBH - as long as I'm running some form of hollowtech II road cranks on my bikes (in a 172.5mm) then I can just swap the non-drive crank from one machine to the other. The Stages is pretty much embalmed in helicopter tape to prevent rubbing/scratching from road grit/mud/my occasionally wobbly pedalling stroke when offroad.

    Probably not going to help if I decide to treat myself to the DeRosa I've been promising myself if I ever get to my target weight, as I'm damned if I'm going to put anything other than Campag on a thoroughbred italian frame.
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    Yeah, that's me and the Bianchi Oltre I will eventually get. Gonna have to be Campy all the way.
  • veloman21
    veloman21 Posts: 418 Member
    Nice!! Any reason why you went with the Quarq over another P2M?
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    veloman21 wrote: »
    Nice!! Any reason why you went with the Quarq over another P2M?
    Mostly compatibility. I'm very happy with my P2M but the versions that support my Ridley's PF30 BB without an adapter are just as or more expensive that what I got the Quarq for. And all the ones in the same price range had aluminum crank arms vs. the Quarq carbon arms.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    Coming soon...

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  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    TheBigYin wrote: »
    cloggsy71 wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    Mad Alchemy Punkin' Hunter socks.

    orange-sock.jpg

    :o They ain't going to miss you wearing them are they :lol:

    Compared to that luminous dog-vomit onesie that he was wearing in an earlier post, they're quite subdued...

    The Jackalope is not amused...but I am... :p

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  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    You should warn people before posting pics of those pink socks. I think my retinas are permanently scarred... :smile:
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    ntnunk wrote: »
    You should warn people before posting pics of those pink socks. I think my retinas are permanently scarred... :smile:

    Pepto pink...That's my jam yo.

  • derrickyoung
    derrickyoung Posts: 136 Member
    edited November 2014
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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    wish my trainer specific tyre was one of the bright ones - I ordered a Continental one (which was advertised as being bright Orange) but they shipped the black one. I run a spare wheel for on the trainer, and it has been known for me to set off for a ride outside with the trainer wheel still in in because I haven't noticed. I never get very far though, the hard compound trainer tyre invariably loses grip on the first corner (within 20 yards of the door) and I go back and swap it, but It would be so much easier if the tyre was the bright orange one...
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    derrickyoung wrote: »
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    I've used one of these in the past, but it didn't last too long (from memory?) I tend to use the bright blue Schwalbe 'Insider' tyres on my turbo...

  • derrickyoung
    derrickyoung Posts: 136 Member
    edited November 2014
    My Selection was pretty limited. Most the local bike shops around here are closing at 5 or 6 though the week. There is a larger Ski and Bike Chain that is open till 9:00 so I managed to stop there last night. Being the ramp up to ski season here I had a vast selection of Skis, Snowboards and winter parkas to choose from but to get a trainer tire required someone to go rooting through the service department for me. It was the only one he came back with.

    The red does look pretty good though....

    Now that I have it I will order online for the next. My existing real was wearing pretty fast on the trainer and just wanted to switch it out before I needed to buy 2 tires.

    Anyone have any experience on the Rock n Roll?

  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
    No experience on the Rock n Roll specifically but I've got TONS of miles on the Road Machine which has the same resistance unit. I've put my Road Machine through the ringer and it's a beast. Kurt trainers are built like tanks and their customer support is awesome.
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