Upgraded special edition Gran Fondo

Avanti Roman

Thought it about time I added my Gran Fondo to the list.











Originally I specced a Veloce build but one night I had a nightmare that some guy on a white Boardman carbon comp Ltd burned me off at the lights! Obviously the next day I called Ribble to upgrade the spec to Centaur carbon and I've slept soundly since.. (what a sad case!). The upgraded wheels, tyres, saddle & post didn't cost too much and dropped the weight by just under 1kg!

Ribble had to wait for some parts from Campag but with the recent awful weather & two (two!) recent bouts of man-flu it didn't bother me. I was told there would be a delay when I ordered and now I have the bike I'm not dissapointed. Very stiff and rsponsive with a much better ride quality than my previous alu frame. Very pleased

Spec:
Frame: Ribble Gran Fondo (Dedacciai) size XL (56cm) (I'm just under 6'2" with a 33.5in inseam)
Forks: Ribble Gran Fondo
Bars: Deda Big Piega 44 (replacement Cinelli Neo 44 not yet fitted)
Stem: Deda Quattro 110mm White, CSN carbon spacers
Headset: Ribble Integrated
Bar Tape: Deda white

Front Brake Lever: Campag Centaur Carbon
Front Caliper: Campag Centaur
Rear Brake Lever: Campag Centaur Carbon
Rear Caliper: Campag Centaur

Shifters:
Cables: Campag
Front Mech: Campag Centaur
Rear Mech: Campag Centaur Carbon

Seat: Pro Lite San Carlo white/carbon ti rails
Seat Post: IDIO white carbon (looks same as Colnago carbon seatpost)
Seat Post Clamp: Ribble

Cranks: Campag Centaur Carbon 175mm
Chainring(s): 50/34
Chain: Campag Centaur
Cassette: Campag Centaur 10 speed 11-25
Pedals: Outland RO86 white
Bottom Bracket: Campag Centaur

Front Wheel: Mercury Halo white 16 spokes
Tyre: Vittoria Rubino Pro 23c white/white/black

Back Wheel: Mercury Halo white 24 spokes
Tyre: Vittoria Rubino Pro 23c white/white/black

Accessories:
2 x carbon bottle cages
2 x non slip 700ml bottles

Weight (inc. pedals & accessories of course!): 8.1kg

acidstrato

I have the same seat post for my GF, great minds must think alike

its a hell of alot of white!

majormantra

Looks good. Going to be a bugger to clean though!

hairyleg

Very nice.....

Avanti Roman

Cheers guys.

I've always tended to ride with white saddle, bar tape & whitewall tyres to be honest. As well as liking the looks I like to be as visible as possible to other roadusers. For me these reasons have always been worth a little extra time cleaning!

BTW Whitewall tyre paint (used by customizers for picking out the lettering on car tyres and available on ebay) is great for sprucing up white wall tyres (not tread though).