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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,380
    @ Carbonator - have you got pics of yer missus in lycra?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Yes thanks
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,380
    Carbonator wrote:
    Yes thanks

    Well - they are no bloody good kept to yourself. Besides which, if you don't post them as distraction, Ai_1 and downhill paul will end up getting married at this rate.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Have never worked out how to post pics on here.
    Nature will just have to take its course :wink:
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    Carbonator wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    30lb :shock: What was it? A TDF?

    2012 Virtuoso that I paid £120 for. Put 2,000 miles on it. 1,400 of those in the last 7 weeks. It's done okay to be fair, a couple of 100 miles, lots of 60s etc, despite weird callouses where the 2300 shifters were on my thumb it's been comfortable and managed to bag a few top 10 Strava times.

    Feels like a small car now when I move it after working on the CAAD this evening.
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    dilatory wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    30lb :shock: What was it? A TDF?

    2012 Virtuoso that I paid £120 for. Put 2,000 miles on it. 1,400 of those in the last 7 weeks. It's done okay to be fair, a couple of 100 miles, lots of 60s etc, despite weird callouses where the 2300 shifters were on my thumb it's been comfortable and managed to bag a few top 10 Strava times.

    Feels like a small car now when I move it after working on the CAAD this evening.

    That was my first road bike, not sure of the year.
    did it really weigh 13.6kg? I never got mine on the scales.
    I changed the tyres for michelin pro 3 race tyres and had the bars wrapped with an extra layer of padded bar tape, just to thicken the bars up a bit and to provide a bit more cushioning.
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Yes thanks

    Well - they are no bloody good kept to yourself. Besides which, if you don't post them as distraction, Ai_1 and downhill paul will end up getting married at this rate.

    Keep your knickers on son, he isn't my type.
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    downhill paul wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    30lb :shock: What was it? A TDF?

    2012 Virtuoso that I paid £120 for. Put 2,000 miles on it. 1,400 of those in the last 7 weeks. It's done okay to be fair, a couple of 100 miles, lots of 60s etc, despite weird callouses where the 2300 shifters were on my thumb it's been comfortable and managed to bag a few top 10 Strava times.

    Feels like a small car now when I move it after working on the CAAD this evening.

    That was my first road bike, not sure of the year.
    did it really weigh 13.6kg? I never got mine on the scales.
    I changed the tyres for michelin pro 3 race tyres and had the bars wrapped with an extra layer of padded bar tape, just to thicken the bars up a bit and to provide a bit more cushioning.

    Yeah. Just put it on there now after I weighed the CAAD. Was the LTD frame for the London Olympics. Only got it to see how I'd deal with a road bike (got a MTB last August to get back into an active lifestyle after a long lay-off). Caught the road bug well and truly and for the last few weeks have been averaging 200 miles a week, lost over 5 stone since the MTB so this was a reward to myself!
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    dilatory wrote:
    downhill paul wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    30lb :shock: What was it? A TDF?

    2012 Virtuoso that I paid £120 for. Put 2,000 miles on it. 1,400 of those in the last 7 weeks. It's done okay to be fair, a couple of 100 miles, lots of 60s etc, despite weird callouses where the 2300 shifters were on my thumb it's been comfortable and managed to bag a few top 10 Strava times.

    Feels like a small car now when I move it after working on the CAAD this evening.

    That was my first road bike, not sure of the year.
    did it really weigh 13.6kg? I never got mine on the scales.
    I changed the tyres for michelin pro 3 race tyres and had the bars wrapped with an extra layer of padded bar tape, just to thicken the bars up a bit and to provide a bit more cushioning.

    Yeah. Just put it on there now after I weighed the CAAD. Was the LTD frame for the London Olympics. Only got it to see how I'd deal with a road bike (got a MTB last August to get back into an active lifestyle after a long lay-off). Caught the road bug well and truly and for the last few weeks have been averaging 200 miles a week, lost over 5 stone since the MTB so this was a reward to myself!

    Mine must have been a bit heavier as it was only a standard frame.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,380
    Carbonator wrote:
    Have never worked out how to post pics on here.
    Nature will just have to take its course :wink:

    Find an image.

    Right click on image

    Left click on 'Copy image location'

    ctrl V

    Highlight link, for example:

    http://www.rafjever.org/pictures-statio ... pic679.jpg

    click on Img on box above ^

    ..or click on Img - then ctrl V within the hard bracket, you'll see the cursor flashing in between the brackets anyway.

    Now for all my hard work, you can return the compliment by posting some pics of your OH dressed in lycra?

    @ carbonator. I only wear knickers at the weekend.

    @ all - Cinelli gel cork tape is the bollox.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Have never worked out how to post pics on here.
    Nature will just have to take its course :wink:

    Find an image.

    Right click on image

    Left click on 'Copy image location'

    ctrl V

    Highlight link, for example:

    http://www.rafjever.org/pictures-statio ... pic679.jpg

    click on Img on box above ^

    ..or click on Img - then ctrl V within the hard bracket, you'll see the cursor flashing in between the brackets anyway.

    Now for all my hard work, you can return the compliment by posting some pics of your OH dressed in lycra?

    @ carbonator. I only wear knickers at the weekend.

    @ all - Cinelli gel cork tape is the bollox.

    What is your obsession with photos of other peoples girlfriends wearing lycra?
    do you not have a girlfriend of your own?
    as for you only wearing knickers at the weekend, you are either a very strange man or a girl who goes commando 5 days a week.
  • BikeAndEarly
    BikeAndEarly Posts: 28
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    I wonder why my Roubaix never achieved that. That was my goal as well but I am off. I do not care but I am just curious. My aim was to buy carbon for the shock absorption but I thought by going full Ultegra I would manage to get in the 7 kg area.

    Oh well.

    I suppose as I said before I could have paid more attention to the wheelset but reliability in the messed up tarmac where I live was more important than weight.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Have never worked out how to post pics on here.
    Nature will just have to take its course :wink:

    Find an image.

    Right click on image

    Left click on 'Copy image location'

    ctrl V

    Highlight link, for example:

    http://www.rafjever.org/pictures-statio ... pic679.jpg

    click on Img on box above ^

    ..or click on Img - then ctrl V within the hard bracket, you'll see the cursor flashing in between the brackets anyway.

    Now for all my hard work, you can return the compliment by posting some pics of your OH dressed in lycra?

    @ carbonator. I only wear knickers at the weekend.

    @ all - Cinelli gel cork tape is the bollox.

    I did not ask about you wearing knickers :shock: that was downhill paul :shock: :shock:

    Is there a section for such stuff anyway? 8)

    I love women in cycle gear but only tend to have pics with a bike in the shot too :(
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    BikeAndEarly wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    My CAAD10 arrived today. 7.9kg with pedals, cages, empty bottles and Garmin. Will be quite the leap from my previous 13.6kg monster.

    I wonder why my Roubaix never achieved that. That was my goal as well but I am off. I do not care but I am just curious. My aim was to buy carbon for the shock absorption but I thought by going full Ultegra I would manage to get in the 7 kg area.

    Oh well.

    I suppose as I said before I could have paid more attention to the wheelset but reliability in the messed up tarmac where I live was more important than weight.

    So I stepped up to the CAAD10 from a shitty bike as mentioned above - if this is considered race-y and the alu frame considered rough then goodness only knows what a Roubaix is like, must be like cycling a sofa! This thing is smooth as butter, same routes felt like freshly laid tarmac instead of the cobbles as usual!
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    I've ridden a Roubaix, it felt like the bike was going to break in two when sprinting or climbing out of the saddle.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,380
    @ carbonator and downhill paul.

    You boys need to chill out.

    viewtopic.php?f=10007&t=12672860
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    No need to thank me for happiness. I refuse the credit.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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