2014 Gear

Pross

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador is a Lightweight

:shock:

frenchfighter

Check what is written on Rodriguez's Canyon:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/1347 ... c28b_h.jpg

ddraver

Someone should scribble "The Ex-" in felt tip pen...

frenchfighter

UCI World Rankings.

ddraver

yep, I know

Maybe do it in non-permanant then so it can be added/removed as the season unfolds...

frenchfighter

Everything about this is amazeballs:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedaleforc ... ing-group/

frenchfighter

I need to get my hands on these...

Anonymous

frenchfighter wrote:

Everything about this is amazeballs:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedaleforc ... ing-group/[/quote

Only way this could have been better is if he was in the big ring.

Ben6899

Markwb79 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Cos Dura Ace is expensive...

Hoods are pretty skywards also I think.

It's a classic bend bar - the shifters are positioned perfectly.

tailwindhome

frenchfighter wrote:

Everything about this is amazeballs

amazeballs?

OMG

mfin

Homo-eroticism and a potential first glimmer of humour all in one go! Chapeau.

inseine

105 11 speed

mfin

inseine wrote:

105 11 speed

Well, that's had the reception of something made by someone who's not eating enough fibre.

inseine

mfin wrote:

inseine wrote:

105 11 speed

Well, that's had the reception of something made by someone who's not eating enough fibre.

Mechanical disc brakes too. Would be great for a winter bike.

k-dog

^ hydraulic discs according to here - http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... ing-40535/

Say they managed to fit everything in the hoods.

frenchfighter

Stylish, classy, winner. Makes Garmin look like amateurs.

frenchfighter

They never get old

frenchfighter

Hi to all!
In the past few months I get quite a few emails, asking where did I learned how to work with carbon, why did I started to work with it etc.,..and just decided to put some more informations about me and my work here, where anybody who is interested can read this.

I'm a young guy from Slovenia, 20 years old (in a few months I'll be 21). For all those who don't know it may be interesting to let you know a bit more details about me, just to get an idea about my work.
Anyway, I love to work with my hands on different projects since I was a small child. Although I'm still quite young I started to work with composites when I was 14 years old. Before that I worked for two years with a friend of mine on some rockets (he was the expert for the fuel and I made the housing). We made an interesting research and get an award as the best young Slovenian scientists, and it was time to try something new. And because I was a cyclist all that time, I started to work on some bicycle components. I started completely by myself, and learned a lot with different experiments, slowly get in contact with people from this industry, made really a lot of experiments etc.,..everything with the money that I earned with cycling at that time and I also had a scholarship that you get if you were one of the best students.

I cycle since I was 9 years old, then I started to compete when I was 11. I competed till last season, managed to get more than 50 podiums, I was also a member of our national team all those years etc.,..also rode in a Continental team, where I had the honour to race on some great races (Trofeo Laigueglia, Giro del Friuli, Tour of Slovenia, etc.,..), also with most of the protour guys, great experiences. But I realized that it's not the best I can make for my future to just keep on cycling on that level (although it was very nice) and help our team leader who of course performed better. With all the ideas that I had in my mind, and with that energy, I wanted to put my knowledge and skills in some carbon experiments and parts. So I decided to rather invest more time for my education, carbon projects, for my girlfriend, friends etc.,.. So now I cycle for fun, for my soul (not 25k km per year as before, but half the distance), and invest more time for my future career. I am a student of mechanical engineering, and hopefully in the future I'll stay in the cycling industry, because I really love this sport and I would like to put my passion and knowledge in bicycle components. So I slowly started,..and it would be a dream come true if I'll be able to work on carbon projects also in the future!

Thanks for all your support and I'll keep you updated also in the future, here just one photo from me during the Tour of Slovenia.

Thanks!
Jure

-April 2013

Great story, unique pieces, very good luck to them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berk-Com ... 1971943529

Being Slovenian, they should get a bike made for Sagan - would be great publicity, although of course with Cannondale in the mix it isn't going to happen.

inseine

k-dog wrote:

^ hydraulic discs according to here - http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... ing-40535/

Say they managed to fit everything in the hoods.

I misquoted the fact that its a mechanical system with mechanical disc brakes...

andyp

Berk made a one piece saddle and seat post for Wiggins didn't they?

greasedscotsman

frenchfighter wrote:

Stylish, classy, winner. Makes Garmin look like amateurs.

What, even the sunnies?

Paul 8v

frenchfighter wrote:

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This looks really nicely made. Unfortunate name for all those who know a bit of Cockney rhyming slang though!

mm1

The thread on Berk's stuff on weightweenies runs to 109 pages. He's rumoured to have custom made some stuff for Sky.

Paul 8v

The craftsmanship looks great on that integrated post and saddle

frenchfighter

andyp wrote:

Berk made a one piece saddle and seat post for Wiggins didn't they?

Yeah you can read all his posts about it (with lots of photos) on the link below. One of the Sky mechanics is Slovenian.

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... &start=675

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

frenchfighter

Lapierre Aircode aero road bike:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/01/23/201 ... odynamics/

Lapierre Pulsium classics road bike:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/04/02/lap ... -absorber/

philbar72

frenchfighter wrote:

Hi to all!
In the past few months I get quite a few emails, asking where did I learned how to work with carbon, why did I started to work with it etc.,..and just decided to put some more informations about me and my work here, where anybody who is interested can read this.

I'm a young guy from Slovenia, 20 years old (in a few months I'll be 21). For all those who don't know it may be interesting to let you know a bit more details about me, just to get an idea about my work.
Anyway, I love to work with my hands on different projects since I was a small child. Although I'm still quite young I started to work with composites when I was 14 years old. Before that I worked for two years with a friend of mine on some rockets (he was the expert for the fuel and I made the housing). We made an interesting research and get an award as the best young Slovenian scientists, and it was time to try something new. And because I was a cyclist all that time, I started to work on some bicycle components. I started completely by myself, and learned a lot with different experiments, slowly get in contact with people from this industry, made really a lot of experiments etc.,..everything with the money that I earned with cycling at that time and I also had a scholarship that you get if you were one of the best students.

I cycle since I was 9 years old, then I started to compete when I was 11. I competed till last season, managed to get more than 50 podiums, I was also a member of our national team all those years etc.,..also rode in a Continental team, where I had the honour to race on some great races (Trofeo Laigueglia, Giro del Friuli, Tour of Slovenia, etc.,..), also with most of the protour guys, great experiences. But I realized that it's not the best I can make for my future to just keep on cycling on that level (although it was very nice) and help our team leader who of course performed better. With all the ideas that I had in my mind, and with that energy, I wanted to put my knowledge and skills in some carbon experiments and parts. So I decided to rather invest more time for my education, carbon projects, for my girlfriend, friends etc.,.. So now I cycle for fun, for my soul (not 25k km per year as before, but half the distance), and invest more time for my future career. I am a student of mechanical engineering, and hopefully in the future I'll stay in the cycling industry, because I really love this sport and I would like to put my passion and knowledge in bicycle components. So I slowly started,..and it would be a dream come true if I'll be able to work on carbon projects also in the future!

Thanks for all your support and I'll keep you updated also in the future, here just one photo from me during the Tour of Slovenia.

Thanks!
Jure

-April 2013

Great story, unique pieces, very good luck to them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berk-Com ... 1971943529

Being Slovenian, they should get a bike made for Sagan - would be great publicity, although of course with Cannondale in the mix it isn't going to happen.

Why, Sagan is a slovakian national.... ?

Anonymous

Yes