Since it is nearly spring (oh, about 2.5 months away ) I am getting amped up for riding season--the non-motorized kind. I like to mountain bike and road bike, and I honestly can't wait to do both.
I've got a 2008 Trek Fuel EX8 as my mountain steed, and my road bike is a 2xxx Waterford 2200 with a full Dura-ace build. The road bike I got for free and have put minimal money into. It's super light and racy, and as much as I lust after newer bikes I know that to get the same performance out of a newer bike I'd probably have to spend near or north of $3000.
I'm thinking about doing a few things to it though. The first thing is upgrading the wheelset. I have some cheap Vuelta Starlite wheels. They look cool, but they aren't stiff enough and they are heavy! I'm looking into some Bontrager Race Lites. PezCycling News - What's Cool In Pro Cycling. The fiancee can get them at a nice hefty discount through her work
The other thing that I'm considering is painting the bike. The current paint scheme is in pretty decent shape overall, it's just not my taste. This is the exact color scheme (Minus the stars): http://waterfordbikes.com/images/upload/R33-55293.jpg
Anyone have any good suggestions for colors? I really like this combination of the flat black and red, FWIW:
What's my drug of choice? Well, what have you got?
Road bike. Don't get me started. Current count in this house is as follows.
Cinelli Experience(middle daughter's)
Cinelli Hoy Hoy Rats (wife's)
Look 585 (mine)
Fuji Team Issue (mine)
Vitus 992 (mine)
Shorter fixed wheel thingee (mine)
Peugeot Magnum commuter (started life as a MTB) (mine)
Bianchi Mega Pro XL (youngest daughter's)
Pro-Lite Bella (son's)
Pro-lite Bella (in bits) (mine and for sale!)
plus a decent Kinesis MTB (mine)
Here's the Shorter, Look and a Pro-Lite
Waterford. Very lovely indeed.
That would be a steel frame, right? If so take some inspiration from the Cinelli SuperCorsa range Cinelli
or even better browse the gallery on the FrameForum:
Road cyclist here... Don't ask me the specs though... hahaha I think it is a specialized I bought last year, and it's black. I manage to put close to 2300kms in one season on it though, so it can't be that bad... honestly, you'd think I would be thinner... hahaha
I'll be bringing it to grattan this year if there is room, I'd love to see what my lap times would be like.
Wheels. Can't go wrong with Mavic Ksyriums (I've got ES on my Look) in my opion. Or Reynolds, but they're hellish pricey over here.
Yep, it's a steel frame. I also like a gloss black with red lettering...I am open to suggestions though, as I really don't know what I want (or if I'll even do it before next year). Or maybe I'll find out how much a custom paint job around here will run and I'll reconsider.
The Bontragers I'm pretty set on since they offer the best performance and value for what I'm willing to spend. Plus with the discount they'll be about half price. Plus they look awesome! I am in love with a set of Eastons, but they are twice the price of the Bontys...
OF--thanks for the links. I do like this a lot!
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