My new '09 Zesty 514

timmys

Rather on the spur of the moment I snapped up one of the last '09 Zesty 514's a couple of weeks ago. I had decided months ago that a 514 was going to be my next bike but I hadn't intended to get one for while but I really don't like the looks of the '10 514 so that pushed me over the edge. My only real justification for such a massive spend was the fact that with the slight discount on the '09 and the price increase of the '10 if I had waited a couple of weeks longer to get a 514 then it would have cost me £600 more than I paid.

So on with the pics;

The obligatory "straight out of the box kitchen shots";





With the addition of a Charge Spoon saddle and a KS i900 seatpost (and some more red bling; jockey wheels and bar ends). (Taken at Thetford).









Who says the French can't be funny?

Airienteer

Very nice indeed! I'll be interested to hear if you have any reliability issues with your seatpost as I'm thinking of getting one myself.

timmys

Airienteer wrote:

Very nice indeed! I'll be interested to hear if you have any reliability issues with your seatpost as I'm thinking of getting one myself.

I actually had one on my old bike (had to buy a new one though as the seatpost size is different). The old one suffered from the scratched stanchion that seems to happen to quite a lot of them but I doesn't seem to have any effect on the function so I wasn't too bothered. I found the saddle clamp bolt has a tendency to loosen but nothing that some thread-lock wouldn't fix. Other than that it's been fine - very little lateral play and no problems going up or down. I got the original one in June, so it's only really had summer use, I'm slightly worried about the effect of winter mud and grit on it but we'll see.

lawman

nice bike, but i for one actually prefer the '10 version and my dad is willing to partially finance it so im not to bothered about the price increase. btw is that a large??? im kinda between sizes and that looks pretty big

xtreem

Stunning

timmys

lawman wrote:

nice bike, but i for one actually prefer the '10 version and my dad is willing to partially finance it so im not to bothered about the price increase. btw is that a large??? im kinda between sizes and that looks pretty big

Yes it is a large, I'm 6 ft 2". I'm sure we've had this conversation in a previous thread though!

lawman

oh yeah :oops: my bad

davidnrwd

That is a stunning ride mate...

fatblokefromwarwick

Really is an awesome bit of kit you have there & like your eye for detail.
Agree with you that the colour scheme with the '10 model is too fussy for my taste.

Rich9

got to be one of the best looking bikes around IMO. I think i need some tissue :oops: :shock:

andy46

lovely bike, nice red details as well 8)

stu8975

Very tasty indeed...White bikes look gooooood!

SuperCove

Lovely ride!!!

White is the way forward....

MacAndCheese

That's a great looking bit of kit, very nice.

saltyman

fantastic looking bike 8)

tlw1

looks the dogs