Tour de France
#12
07-13-2005, 05:02 AM
RE: Tour de France
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Heh, I look at the bikes when I watch the tour.
These are my rides:
not built... its currently built full ultegra, with 540's.
This pretty much looks like my bike, built -- cept mine has a nicer saddle, and carbon post and stem -- and black bartape:
My dirty ride:
This is also generic... mine has avid juicy 7's, thomson post, carbon bar, 2x9 drivetrain, and klimax lite tires.
oh, and two of my rides together :P
Heh, I look at the bikes when I watch the tour.
These are my rides:
not built... its currently built full ultegra, with 540's.
This pretty much looks like my bike, built -- cept mine has a nicer saddle, and carbon post and stem -- and black bartape:
My dirty ride:
This is also generic... mine has avid juicy 7's, thomson post, carbon bar, 2x9 drivetrain, and klimax lite tires.
oh, and two of my rides together :P
How much would a frameset like yours cost?
#13
07-13-2005, 12:21 PM
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RE: Tour de France
today will be great. watching it now. those are some tough hills. i cant imagine how those guys can do so much day after day. lance will pull through and win.
#14
07-13-2005, 01:26 PM
RE: Tour de France
Yep...I am on the letour website, they post text updates about every minute...so that is how I watch at work..then I look at the oln replay every night.
Today's climbs are HC and kicking as$. But since it ends with a down hill section to level, it will most likely be a big bunch finish, or they will let some guy that is way behind in the GC break away for a win. All the top guys will finish with basically the same time.
Stage 15 is the one that is going to blow up...increadibly difficult, with a moutain top finish!
Today's climbs are HC and kicking as$. But since it ends with a down hill section to level, it will most likely be a big bunch finish, or they will let some guy that is way behind in the GC break away for a win. All the top guys will finish with basically the same time.
Stage 15 is the one that is going to blow up...increadibly difficult, with a moutain top finish!
#15
07-13-2005, 01:34 PM
RE: Tour de France
The OCLV's are nice bikes, what year is it?
My road bike is about 17.5 lbs, my mountain is about 26 I think. My old mountain bike was a c-dale f2000sl, I had it tweaked... it was like 19.8 pounds, for a dual disc mountain bike. INSANE.
As for the cost of my frameset... I dunno, its a 2002 model... you can get a bike like mine used, for around a grand.
Buying a frameset is not recommended... transfering old parts to a new frame can be a huge pain in the ***. Bottom bracket sizes differ, seatposts differ, forks differ, headsets differ, stems differ, derailleur sizes differ, wheel spacing can differ... you'd end up with a new bike (very expensive one, buying piece by piece)
So yeah, look for a used something or other. I recommend ultegra, its the best bang for the buck. Dura-ace is insane, but VERY expensive.
My road bike is about 17.5 lbs, my mountain is about 26 I think. My old mountain bike was a c-dale f2000sl, I had it tweaked... it was like 19.8 pounds, for a dual disc mountain bike. INSANE.
As for the cost of my frameset... I dunno, its a 2002 model... you can get a bike like mine used, for around a grand.
Buying a frameset is not recommended... transfering old parts to a new frame can be a huge pain in the ***. Bottom bracket sizes differ, seatposts differ, forks differ, headsets differ, stems differ, derailleur sizes differ, wheel spacing can differ... you'd end up with a new bike (very expensive one, buying piece by piece)
So yeah, look for a used something or other. I recommend ultegra, its the best bang for the buck. Dura-ace is insane, but VERY expensive.
#16
07-13-2005, 02:03 PM
RE: Tour de France
The OCLV is one of their early year models...I think from the second year they were out....like 97 I think?? It is damn lite, but not as lite as your old canondale...Got it used. Really like it, but could use a full suspension on the downhills!
I can second your comment about not buying frameset to build out. I have an old Motobecane road bike that I got in the mid 70's. It came with an assortment of Stronglight and other french components. Over the years I upgraded it to all Campy Record (in the late 70s) and then in the mid 80s upgraded again to dura-ace. Those were the days that all my mod money went to my bikes! Would have been much cheaper just to buy a used bike. Putting Italian and Japanese components on a French built frame can be a very time consuming process!
I can second your comment about not buying frameset to build out. I have an old Motobecane road bike that I got in the mid 70's. It came with an assortment of Stronglight and other french components. Over the years I upgraded it to all Campy Record (in the late 70s) and then in the mid 80s upgraded again to dura-ace. Those were the days that all my mod money went to my bikes! Would have been much cheaper just to buy a used bike. Putting Italian and Japanese components on a French built frame can be a very time consuming process!
#17
07-13-2005, 05:12 PM
RE: Tour de France
Haha, I can imagine! And god knows, a full dura-ace component group with wheels is prolly as much as a big turbo kit for the a4. Decisions decisions! Haha, I'm happy with a 2002 bike with ultegra.
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