New Upgrades for the Cervelo R3

Boxsters
Boxsters Posts: 325
edited July 2014 in Your road bikes
Had the bike for a while so thought I would change a few things to try and improve the overall package.

The Combination of Mavic Kysrium wheels and Mavic tyres on a carbon frame meant the ride was pretty rough so I am trying:
Specialized S works turbo tyres 24mm - the tyres are no good for OCD as they have printed the S works in different places on each side of the tyre so you can't line them up with the Mavic stickers on the wheel :(
Michelin Latex tubes - had to literally force the valve through the rim.

FSA finishing kit was ok but a little heavy so now replaced with:
Zipp Speed SL carbon post
Zipp speed beyond black stem - the spacers are slowly reducing but may need to tilt the bars down a little.

There was a cheap slightly damaged romin Pro saddle for sale on BR so thought I would see if the reports on it were true. Jury is still out at the moment.

Also picked up a ludicrously expensive set of Token full (springs, levers, cams) titanium qr for a very reasonable £30.

And the last mod is the biggest and that is a Datatag bike kit as I had my last 2 bikes stolen.

Total weight is now 14.12lbs so not too shabby

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Comments

  • Rigga
    Rigga Posts: 939
    Stunning looking bike!
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Have you had a chance to try the tyres out? How have they been on English roads?
    My London Road
  • johnnymcg259
    johnnymcg259 Posts: 569
    That's really nice; what size frame is it please?
    Once you're ok with the height of the bars/stem combo then chop the top off the fork column (ocd regs!) unless of course you maybe wont to keep it long so that if/when you sell it on in a few years there is room to play with for the next owner?
    Maybe try some black zipp cx handlebar tape (Ribble have it at less than £12) - I use it and its superb for the price?
  • Boxsters
    Boxsters Posts: 325
    MountainMonster wrote:
    Have you had a chance to try the tyres out? How have they been on English roads?

    Just fitted the tyres and tubes so will be trying them out next week.
  • Boxsters
    Boxsters Posts: 325
    johnnymcg259 wrote:
    That's really nice; what size frame is it please?
    Once you're ok with the height of the bars/stem combo then chop the top off the fork column (ocd regs!) unless of course you maybe wont to keep it long so that if/when you sell it on in a few years there is room to play with for the next owner?
    Maybe try some black zipp cx handlebar tape (Ribble have it at less than £12) - I use it and its superb for the price?

    Frame size is 56. I am between 56 and 54 but as its for comfort not for racing I thought I would go for the bigger size.

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