Oh God - I've bought another...

gkerr4
gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
edited September 2009 in Road buying advice
I've bought another bike!

Couldn't resist it - i have been thinking of a 'family' bike since the whole family have got into cycling - I had been using my winter bike, a Trek Pilot 1.2, for these duties but it wasn't really suitable for towing the tag-a-long and / or bumpy cycle path routes - even with it's 28mm tyres fitted.

I bought my wife a new carrera subway Ltd edition earlier in the summer when it was reduced to £259 from £399 - at the time it seemed like a bargain and still feels a considerably better bike than it's price tag...

So when I noticed that the mens version had been further reduced to £200 - I just had to have one!
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165534

Nice eh!

This takes me back up to 4 bikes (Roubaix, Pilot, Langster and newone) but the langster is getting sold which will pay for this new addition!

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  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    looks nice on the piccy..wonder how they do it for that price

    what sort of Roubaix do you own - and how does it ride?
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Mothyman wrote:
    looks nice on the piccy..wonder how they do it for that price

    what sort of Roubaix do you own - and how does it ride?

    It does genuinely feel like it is closer to £400 than £200 bike - it has an alu frame, SRAM gears and tektro mechanical disc brakes. the only thing I don't like is the cheap feeling and looking saddle so I will probably change that - no big deal, I probably would on most bikes I would get anyway.

    My roubaix? - it's a 2008 model S-Works Roubaix - built up myself with Campag record / centaur mix (record shifters & mechs - centaur brakes & chainset) and campag Eurus wheels. Cinelli neo morphe bars and Toupe Saddle - it is great! - my dream bike really - stiff and fast but comfortable with it - I don't know how they do it I honestly don't
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    and here it is - finally got it - (long story...)

    it;s nice - not the lightest thing in the world and it will get a few upgrades to make it 'mine' - perhaps a new chainset actually as I am sure the one on it will be about 20kg worth - and it is very lowly geared (MTB gearing).

    Spent a bit of time putting it together properly - adding grease to the seatpost and crank arms for example - I also had to set up the indexing properly but it is pretty sweet shifting now.

    i need to learn how to setup mechanical disks properly

    nice though
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  • pabloweaver
    pabloweaver Posts: 444
    dont let NapD see those pics or your in trouble with a capital TR! :lol:
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    Great club in and around the Warrington area.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    It looks too small for you :lol:
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    pabloweaver wrote:
    dont let NapD see those pics or your in trouble with a capital TR! :lol:

    ha ha - why - which rule have I broke? - I even lined the bloody crank arm up with the seatpost to save me from being nagged ! :lol:

    why do you think it looks too small red?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    gkerr4 wrote:
    why do you think it looks too small red?

    Loads of seatpost showing, flipped stem, and a stack of spacers.
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  • pianoman
    pianoman Posts: 706
    Loads of seatpost showing, flipped stem, and a stack of spacers.

    Spacers are good for comfort - just not so good for aero positions in TT's. Then again I don't think that's the best bike to enter in a Club "10" :wink:

    The silly amount of seatpost showing is definitely one thing we can agree on :D
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Hmm - weird.

    This is the medium frame - im only 5ft7 - and actually the 'large' isn't that much bigger in seattube - just a little further reach.

    I think it just looks a bit weird because of the frame design? - the seat collar is an inch or so above the re-enforcement fillet-thing on the top-tube.

    (The thing above the seat collar is the trailer-hitch for the tag-a-long bike for my daughter.
  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    gkerr4 wrote:
    pabloweaver wrote:
    dont let NapD see those pics or your in trouble with a capital TR! :lol:

    ha ha - why - which rule have I broke? - I even lined the bloody crank arm up with the seatpost to save me from being nagged ! :lol:

    why do you think it looks too small red?

    You needed a white garage door as a backdrop for starters - I've asked the neighbours if I can borrow theirs this week for a few photos, and they think I've finally lost it :lol:

    Best not to mention the spoke and front reflectors :twisted:
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  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    looking good...tell us how she rides...enjoy
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    ah yes - the reflectors.

    well - the front one will come off - but I am keeping the spoke ones - at least for the winter months.

    I was out in the car the other night and was impressed at how visible spoke reflectors make a bike - so they are staying!

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