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Mreckless

Black bar tape...soon to be richey pro. Black with white writing
Q-rotor rings

Vandiesel

Looks sooo nice

Mreckless

Thanks Vandiesel.

Paul 8v

Mreckless wrote:

Black bar tape...soon to be richey pro. Black with white writing
Q-rotor rings

Nice, what are the wheels?

Mreckless

They are 50mm Carbon rims with Sapim CX Ray Spokes on Novatech Hubs. Light and fast

Paul 8v

Cool thanks, they look great!

Vandiesel

This weeks update and mods.
Ultegra rear mech to match front in glossy grey. Really pleased with the result too! Will be upgrading the the front mec tomorrow & cassette to Ultegra next week to carry on & finish drive train.

dwanes

Nice one Vandiesel, looks the business.

I guess there are no compatibility issues with the Tiagra shifters? Is there any noticeable difference in shifting with the upgrade?

Vandiesel

dwanes wrote:

Nice one Vandiesel, looks the business.

I guess there are no compatibility issues with the Tiagra shifters? Is there any noticeable difference in shifting with the upgrade?

They are the 105 shifters and tbh changes do feel smoother. Ive researched the difference in up grade 105-Ultegra and the general feeling is 50-50, mine being the positive!

RideOnTime

Nice decking...

courtz

Standard


First set of additions
-Prologo scratch Ti 1.4 Saddle
-Carbon anomatic handlebars
-Ultegra brakes and front mech
-Just added a Richey WCS stem
-Planet X wheelset



The above has taken weight down to 7.6kg, just need to add the following and I'll be happy:
-Rotor 3D / Dura ace / Sram Red chainset
-Uletgra rear mech and shifters
-Maybe a set of farsports 38mm clinchers

mjjbuk

Wheels look great - are these the ones you had built? http://www.velo-smith.com/expert-p-39.html#.Ua86JSugnyc

Paul 8v wrote:

Mreckless wrote:

Black bar tape...soon to be richey pro. Black with white writing
Q-rotor rings

Nice, what are the wheels?

arthur_scrimshaw

Had to be done....

Mreckless

mjjbuk wrote:

Wheels look great - are these the ones you had built? http://www.velo-smith.com/expert-p-39.html#.Ua86JSugnyc

Paul 8v wrote:

Mreckless wrote:

Black bar tape...soon to be richey pro. Black with white writing
Q-rotor rings

Nice, what are the wheels?

Yeah they are the ones

Mreckless

Any one upgraded anything yet? I'm tempted to sell and buy a Cervelo S5

dwanes

Vandiesel wrote:

This weeks update and mods.
Ultegra rear mech to match front in glossy grey. Really pleased with the result too! Will be upgrading the the front mec tomorrow & cassette to Ultegra next week to carry on & finish drive train.



Ive always fancied changing over my rear derailleur to Ultegra, did you change this yourself or get your LBS to do the work?
If your LBS then how much did they charge?

Cheers mate.

Vandiesel

Ordered and fitted by LBS for £60.00 + a packet of Hobnobs drive train now sorted.
Looking into bars and stem now!

dwanes

Thanks Van, if you like the shape of your current bars then take a look at the ones i upgraded to on my thread.
Deda zero 100, they are light and not overly expensive. Matching stem looks good also.
3T stuff also looks good though as in the above post.

Although i can can see you going full carbon.

Vandiesel

dwanes wrote:

Thanks Van, if you like the shape of your current bars then take a look at the ones i upgraded to on my thread.
Deda zero 100, they are light and not overly expensive. Matching stem looks good also.
3T stuff also looks good though as in the above post.

Although i can can see you going full carbon.

Thanks mate,
I'm eyeing up the FSA K wing jobbies and same stem, saw these on a bike on the LTB last weekend and sort of ... well loved them!

RideOnTime

ok, good work

dannehhh

Cubic

dannehhh wrote:

Hubba hubba!

This and the Scott Foil from the other thread? They're some lovely bikes you have, which do you prefer?

dwanes

dannehhh wrote:

Mmmmm,

"Sorry wife, but you know that new bathroom we said we were going to get........."

Mreckless

That is super sweet

elderone

My defy comp 2 with new wheels and fizik arione saddle

anto164

Summer; (bike is set up better now than in this pic. this was pre-bike fit)


Winter; (apart from now it has different brakes, wheels, saddle and mudguards)


Mud;

RideOnTime

Nice wheels there Anto164.

Vandiesel

Lovely collection what's the spec now for #1

anto164

RideOnTime wrote:

Nice wheels there Anto164.

Thanks!

Vandiesel wrote:

Lovely collection what's the spec now for #1

Virtually stock, apart from the DA c24s as seen in the pic, but with a new set of conti gp4000s put on within the last 300mi,and different bartape and a fizik arione cx saddle (also in black, but with a felt middle part which is nice and grippy on the shorts!)

Oh, and a k-edge chain catcher which works, and before they were sold in the UK. i had mine imported for a little bit more money than Wiggle are selling them for now

Mikey41

My 2012 Defy 2. So far it's done everything from commuting to Sportives, 1500 miles in 8 months.



Upgraded to GP4000S tyres and Clarks CPS240 brake pads



Cafe stop



It's just had a Charge Spoon saddle fitted to see if it improves on the stock saddle. For future upgrades I may end up changing the wheels, since the stock front weighs nearly 1kg by itself (though they are robust). Different bars and perhaps a shorter stem. 105 shifters might find their way on too.

I'm looking at n+1 though, got my eyes on a TCR SL 2... Help!! :shock: