Dolan Hercules SL

trek_dan

Decided to treat myself to a new bike and being on a limited budget I was going to do a Chinese carbon build, but seen this Hercules SL frameset for a reasonable price in the classifieds. So my aim was to build up a bike with Deda finishing parts, Ultegra and light wheels for the same price as it would have cost new with Tiagra and training wheels (£1400). By buying smart and second hand I just about managed that

Frame: Dolan Hercules SL
Forks: Dolan
Bars: Deda Presa 42cm o/o
Stem: Deda Zero 100 Servizio Course 100mm
Headset: FSA
Bar Tape: Fizik
Front Brake Lever: Ultegra 6700
Front Caliper: SRAM Rival
Rear Brake Lever: Ultegra 6700
Rear Caliper: SRAM Rival
Front Mech: Ultegra 6700
Rear Mech: Ultegra 6700
Seat: Selle SLR-XP
Seat Post: Deda Carbon
Seat Post Clamp: Dolan
Cranks: SRAM Rival
Chainring(s): 50t SRAM Red outer, 34t Rival inner
Chain: KMC X10SL
Cassette: 105
Pedals: A600
Bottom Bracket: SRAM GXP
Front Wheel: American Classic Aero 420
Tire: Vredestein Forteza Tricomp
Front Wheel: American Classic Aero 420
Tire: Vredestein Forteza Tricomp
Accessories: Chinese carbon bottle cages (1xElite copy, 1xside exit Bontrager Satellite copy)
Weight: Light

After its first outing on Saturday
http://app.strava.com/activities/59049770
First impressions are it rides really nice, after riding my tired Trek 1.5 for the last 2 years really is night and day, so smooth and it climbes and descents great.

Smithster

Nice looking bike..

noiseboyfeetman

Very nice, you'll have to change your name now though!

imposter2.0

noiseboyfeetman wrote:

Very nice, you'll have to change your name now though!

'dolan_dan' sounds better anyway..

Great looking bike. Lot of seatpin showing..?

trek_dan

Imposter wrote:

noiseboyfeetman wrote:

Very nice, you'll have to change your name now though!

'dolan_dan' sounds better anyway..

Great looking bike. Lot of seatpin showing..?

I thought that too, frame is equivalent of a 54cm which is ok for my height, seems to have a really low toptube though, had to use a side release bottle cage on the second holder.

tlw1

Looks good Dolan dan

housemunkey

Really like that, just looks right, can't put my finger on it.

sloppyschleckonds

Looks a really nice bike and build.