My new TT bike
cycleclinic
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My bicycle addicition continues to bear fruit. Given I entered the Tour of Cambridge TT I figured I best put together a budget TT bike. This is what I came up with. I have not spent more than £1000 actually less I think. I will do more TT's now.
A fellow club member who is 80 no less bought this frame but then decided he could no longer adopt the position so took it of him for a mutually agreeable sum. He had already cabled it up and fitted TRP brake and brake lever and campagnolo 10 speed bar end shifters.
I raided by parts box and found a shimano BB-UN72 68x107mm, an RX100 53/42 chainset, RX100 rear and front mech so on they went. A shimano 8 speed cassette has been fitted and this shimergo set up index's fine. Every cyclist needs a parts bin of good randoms.
the wheels use 88mm carbon tubular rims laced to Shimano Dura Ace 7700 12H which I picked up 18 months ago from a U.S distributor (the most expensive part after the frame).
Weight is 9.3kg
A fellow club member who is 80 no less bought this frame but then decided he could no longer adopt the position so took it of him for a mutually agreeable sum. He had already cabled it up and fitted TRP brake and brake lever and campagnolo 10 speed bar end shifters.
I raided by parts box and found a shimano BB-UN72 68x107mm, an RX100 53/42 chainset, RX100 rear and front mech so on they went. A shimano 8 speed cassette has been fitted and this shimergo set up index's fine. Every cyclist needs a parts bin of good randoms.
the wheels use 88mm carbon tubular rims laced to Shimano Dura Ace 7700 12H which I picked up 18 months ago from a U.S distributor (the most expensive part after the frame).
Weight is 9.3kg
http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
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Absolutely lovely. Chapeau. Bleedin' parfait. MF likes - a lot.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Look forward to seeing it in the flesh at the next TT !! (Thursdays isn't it?)
Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
Yes, the "smaller the inner diameter of the rim, the fewer spokes you need and the stronger the wheel. BMX wheels are indestructible and 26 inch MTBike wheels are much stronger than 29 inch ones.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, you can't load enough tension in a Penny Farthing wheel to make it stable... you need oversized spokes and nipples for the job and even then it's bound to be a censored wheel that turns into a pringle if you fall off
Which bars / risers/ extensions are those?
Black cranks and pedals would look even more fab but as it is its still top 5 coolest bikes on here.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour