Fresh for 2014 S-Works SL4 Di2

Carbon overlord
Carbon overlord Posts: 152
edited June 2014 in Your road bikes
Recent build. I'll let the pictures do the talking, medium 54cm frame at 14.3lb with bottle cages and pedals! :twisted:

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  • upperoilcan
    upperoilcan Posts: 1,180
    Fantastic effort.

    Im loving the orange.
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  • DHA987S
    DHA987S Posts: 284
    That looks very nice!

    How does di2 shift with the sworks cranks (not sure which chainrings you have)?
  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Yeah, orange is my favourite colour so it had to be!

    Apparently the colourway was/is a limited import from America according to Specialized UK?!

    Di2 is Di2 - faultless. Chain rings are Strong light CT2 ceramic as per image 1.

    Shifting seems fine up to now. Granted I would hazard a guess it's not Dura Ace 9000 chainset quality but the running is silent and shifting seems impeccable.
  • crescent
    crescent Posts: 1,201
    Looks fantastic. And that picture of everything laid out on the workbench excites me more than it should :oops:
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  • papavero
    papavero Posts: 57
    Great looking bike

    That road was a bit busier this afternoon!

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  • mrbrightside
    mrbrightside Posts: 214
    Bike Porn - love this as much as the wig go man love picture thread now where did that go....

    This and an aero orange venge would be heaven
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    8)

    Specialized are doing some great looking frames at the moment.
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  • cedar404
    cedar404 Posts: 176
    The bottom pic .. is that looking towards Coniston Water from the side of Kirby Moor ? And did
    you take the picture yesterday afternoon ?
  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Yes and yes @cedar404!
  • cedar404
    cedar404 Posts: 176
    I think we exchanged pleasantries around 3pm as I went past on
    my blue ribble.
  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Maybe, although I wasn't up there until around 5pm as I had hung back to help a lad up the hill (I.e. stuck with him as he was suffering) before heading off around the lake. Managed a swift 50 miles solo after work on the beast at 18.2mph avg with 3500+ft climbing.
    Guess it's the bikes fault! ;-)
  • bobbydazzla
    bobbydazzla Posts: 289
    Very, very nice.
  • cedar404
    cedar404 Posts: 176
    Ah, no problem. I just passed someone at that point yesterday taking a photo.
    I saw your Strava file on the LRC strava group. It was a great afternoon. Lovely
    bike by the way !
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Looks great except for the penis bars! :D
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I saw this colourway in the flesh, its certainly no shrinking violet!
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  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Subtly is something I'm renound for! :wink: Currently on with a couple of pairs of custom garish Bonts to see me through the year - may as well do it properly!

    Penis bars, maybe, depends on on your budget, but they're superb high class Ron Jeremy bars NapD if we're describing carbon in a penis metaphor!

    Don't blow your load on them if you can't stand the £ signs 'n' all that?! :lol:

    Yes @cedar404, I'm a heavily active member of the LRC in fact I am admin/instigator for the Strava page. Give me a shout if you see me on the open roads!
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Heh, it's got nowt to do with cost. I'm quite comfortable with what I spend on bikes! (Although I dread the mrs finding out)

    Good choice of chain rings, although praxis are even better IME.

    I freaking LOVE the colour of the frame!
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  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Nice review on praxis in this months (due to be released) C+. I will get a set of them in the next couple of days and see how they compare but thanks for the heads up. The CT2 are certainly smart aesthetically and so far perfunctory all the same!

    Ditto regarding the cost of stuff. Luckily I'm OK as the Mrs recently asked why I was 'charging' my bike - came back with the response (as the front junction box is under the bar fly mount instead of the stem) that it's an additional charge for the garmin computer!

    No more was / has been / said since... :twisted:
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Good skills!

    I thought CT2s were good (they are!) but the shifting on the praxis is sublime.
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  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Never go into a gun fight with a Chelsea bun as ammo!

    You've gotta have a system! ;-)
  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    I'm liking this thread NapD to give perspective on both sets of rings... If nowt else, scroll page 4 to see where 'me laddo' has managed to grind the balls out of his rings! :-0

    http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... =3&t=85619
  • papavero
    papavero Posts: 57
    I replaced my FSA rings with praxis 50/34 mainly because I didn't like the silver and black of the fsa rings (ok so I'm shallow). They shift better and the metal seems much harder, very little wear and no gouges when a badly adjusted front mech dropped the chain.
  • rokt
    rokt Posts: 493
    Love the bike and love the colour.....

    Crescent, I know what you mean about the first photo, it also does something for me !
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    Shame these are a different shade eh

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    Love your bike, makes me want to go back and buy the tarmac (Gloss Hyper/Asphalt/Neon Blue) cap in hand after being annoyed at the guys and walking out
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  • Carbon overlord
    Carbon overlord Posts: 152
    Yeah it is although maybe that would've been a step too far! I'll be sticking with the 2 tone black when I order some of the praxis.

    Shame about the service you had. You can always order online and negate the customer interaction side of things?!
  • Miles253
    Miles253 Posts: 535
    Love the orange, nice and different from the usual red and black
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  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    Fantastic - an absolute corker!
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Oh, bugger me backwards that's nice.
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Looks great except for the penis bars! :D

    Hah! Double donga :shock:

    Lovely bike!
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  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    Maybe a "Show me your SL4" post of it's own is needed!! :)
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