Whyte Suffolk

dave in swansea
dave in swansea Posts: 129
edited March 2014 in Your road bikes
Hi all,
I just collected this yesterday. After all the debates on road bikes with disc brakes I decided it was for me.
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I wanted a bike for longish rides with a few good hills thrown in.
At 100kg it is not worth chasing grammes off a bike. Rather, good (low) gears for going up, and good brakes for coming down.
Brief spec.
Shimano 105 compact with 11 - 30 gears
Brakes TRP HY RD
Weight 10 kg.

Short rides yesterday (15m home from shop) and today (26 m ).
It is great.

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  • Markjaspi
    Markjaspi Posts: 729
    Nice, after I finish my current winter build and seeing his it rides. I fancy selling off my summer frame and looking I to a carbon road frame.

    I'd be interested in your thoughts in those TRP brakes!!
    Cipollini Bond
    Pinarello GAN
  • How Far is too Far
    How Far is too Far Posts: 534
    Nice bike for real world riding.

    What does it weigh?
  • dave in swansea
    dave in swansea Posts: 129
    The brakes are excellent. Although I am benchmarking against unbranded calipers on a 4 year old Claus Butler. (Although upgraded with Swiss stop pads). On hills where I would have previously have dragged the brakes both in wet and dry, today in the wet I was confident to let the bike gather speed and then reduce back to 15 - 20 before letting go again.
    My mate is now worried, he used to rely on the descent to catch back up after going uphill.

    Weight is stated as 10kg.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    "a 4 year old Claus Butler"

    Is that one of Santa's little helpers?
  • thiscocks
    thiscocks Posts: 549
    Nice, would like one of these- have good reviews. What size frame is it?
  • dave in swansea
    dave in swansea Posts: 129
    thiscocks wrote:
    Nice, would like one of these- have good reviews. What size frame is it?

    This is a 56.
    I am 5'10" with a 33" inside leg.
    It feels a bit longer than what I am used to, but the bars are a bit higher to compensate. The compact drops are much more usable than what I am used to.
    Dave.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    keef66 wrote:
    "a 4 year old Claus Butler"

    Is that one of Santa's little helpers?

    Nope - Claud Butler's lesser-known German cousin....
  • Red-Eye
    Red-Eye Posts: 20
    Nice bike, got one myself as a winter bike but only used it twice due to the recent better weather. I'm sure that will change though with the British weather !!
    Nice stable and balanced ride with good brakes, just a little heavy, approx 10Kg :-/
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    That shed or hut looks a smasher...
    Does it need a treatment though.

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