Not quite a road bike but......

JesseD
JesseD Posts: 1,961
edited June 2012 in Your road bikes
Recently started learning to ride track again, got to admit there's something addictive about only turning left.

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2012 Specialized Langster 58cm (completely standard aprt from...)
Deda Newton Shallow Bars (steerer tube will be cut down when I get it right)
FSA 110cm stem (whilst I am getting the fit right)
Fizik Antares Saddle
Navigator Pista wheels (borrowed from a mate)
84 inch gear.
Obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated!

Comments

  • zoso7
    zoso7 Posts: 66
    like the paint job on the 2012 langster, smart looking bike.
  • Beatmaker
    Beatmaker Posts: 1,092
    2012 Specialized Langster 58cm (completely standard aprt from...)

    Most of the spec :lol:

    Lovely looking track bike, I keep thinking of getting one for the Manc velodrome.
  • JesseD
    JesseD Posts: 1,961
    Beatmaker wrote:
    2012 Specialized Langster 58cm (completely standard aprt from...)

    Most of the spec :lol:

    Lovely looking track bike, I keep thinking of getting one for the Manc velodrome.

    Ha ha, yep correct, standard apart from everything. :D

    Gotta admit it rides well on the track, I am thinking of upgrading to the S-Works version for next year if I get into it properly!
    Obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated!
  • heathy_76
    heathy_76 Posts: 213
    zoso7 wrote:
    like the paint job on the 2012 langster, smart looking bike.

    +1

    Very nice indeed.

    Wouldn't mind one for commuting/general pootling.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    very nice... :P
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Aye +1 nice
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  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    heathy_76 wrote:
    Wouldn't mind one for commuting/general pootling.
    The standard gearing is 84"+. Pretty thigh straining for a quick getaway from the lights, I can tell you. Definitely not a pootlebike!

    I have one (standard apart from changed track bars to road bars). I even changed my commute route for a longer, less stop/start one!

    Nice bike JesseD. :)
  • heathy_76
    heathy_76 Posts: 213
    BR 1979 wrote:
    heathy_76 wrote:
    Wouldn't mind one for commuting/general pootling.
    The standard gearing is 84"+. Pretty thigh straining for a quick getaway from the lights, I can tell you. Definitely not a pootlebike!

    Apologies, I meant a standard, off-the-peg langster.
  • BR 1979
    BR 1979 Posts: 296
    (I'm going to sound like a massive pedant, but 84" is standard off the peg gearing. Sorry JesseD)
  • JesseD
    JesseD Posts: 1,961
    BR 1979 wrote:
    (I'm going to sound like a massive pedant, but 84" is standard off the peg gearing. Sorry JesseD)

    Nope you are 100% right, never said it wasnt I think.

    It is too big for the road where I ride 70" but I think the 84" gear is a tad too small for the track, or so I find.
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