Theother hobby

[Brett James-McCall]

Many of you know that I do a spot of cycling here and there and to cheer myself up, as work has been rather pants of late I decided to build myself a training bike.

Well, as per things with many of us on this forum, things started to get out of hand... just buying some old bits has morphed into a project I have termed: High End Hack

Its now a carbon framed, new Shimano 105 and I will be building my own wheels up with the help of a friend. As per motorsport... I've started weighing everything....

Bars, bar tape and tyres


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Front and Rear Derailleur and Casette


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Cranks and Bottom Bracket


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Brakes and Shifters


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[Brett James-McCall]

Hubs and Skewers


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All going on this, A Planet X Superlight


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and the build as of last night, weighing in so far at 4290g


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[Scott]

Brett,
Are you road racing or criteriums?? I raced juniors many years ago and then senior 1s and 2s. Bike looks too nice to be a trainer!! ;o) (you will save yourself a LOT of cash and build stronger legs/lungs if you just throw 25lbs in a fannypack!!) ;o) Nice toy, S

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Actually neither. Mainly because I don't want to get hurt in the bunch sprint LOL I would say with the level of training I do, I am a solid Cat 4 at best. You'd like the other ride, I have a Cannondale Synapse with The 6600 Ultegra SL on it and Si cranks.

I seriously have put this together for not much money at all. I'd probably pay more than double if I went to a shop to buy it.

I do TT though, every Tuesday night over the spring summer period ranging from 10s, Sporting 11/13/21, 25s and a hill climb or two

Being a Cat 1/2, you'll appreciate this :thumbsup:


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[Mesa]

Must. Avert. Eyes.

 

[Scott]

Brett,
IF you stay far enuff out ahead you won't get run over!!! ;o) (back when I was racing we still shifted on the down tube, and "cramp-and-go-slow" were tops in the gruppos) ;o) If I recall correctly at the end, aluminum frames were just starting to come on the scene....... I trialed one of the new treks for my sponsor, but it still had too much flex in it when I jumped on it hard in the sprints.

Anyway, have fun and thanks for posting!! Brings back good memories, S

 

[John]

oh my haven't things come a long way, I raced track while at high school and early teens, frame was a Legnano with a Falck tube frame and Campag hub cranks etc, cant remember the weight, but I can remember parents forking out 180 pounds NZ for it in 1964.

john

 

Carbon fibre? Aluminium? Pffftt! Who remembers Reynolds 531?

 

[John]

I certainly do, the Aburton frame was Reynolds tube and was twice the price of my Legnano, only problem was if you crashed them they were scrap.

john

 

[Graham T]

Hmm,

lightweight, carbon fibre, aluminium ...............

You want state of the art equipment that you can go through UK flood water with !!!!!!!!!!!