My new ride (Chinese carbon frame)

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sandman77

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I posted a pic of this on the thread in special interests but this seems a more appropiate place for it (and it seems there is more traffic in here).

It has a full Shimano 105 groupset, Easton Vista wheels and the rest of the build came from my specialized allez. The frame and fork came from china via an ebay seller.

I put the decals on myself - the frame came bare.
 

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NormanD

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Looks like a good ride too :thumbsup: .. that shed needs re-roofed :whistle:
 
I think it has just the right amount of yellow on it. Bottle cages could do with being black though :biggrin:


Is that a rear red reflector? Get rid of it and replace it with a light at least! :tongue:
 
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sandman77

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Thanks for the nice comments.

The rear reflecter has been removed since the photo was taken. I was already planning on changing the bottle cages but was thinking about getting yellow ones. Do you think this would be too much? I also need to replace the bar tape bung things (currently red).

One other thing I have on my bike is a shimano flight deck computer. To be honest it is just a bike computer like any other but the mode and start/stop buttons are intergrated into the shifter hoods. It also displays what gear you are in at any time. I am a sucker for gadgets and this is one of my favourites at the moment.

I am not sure what model the frame is but if you search ebay for the seller bikebicycle99 you will see it for sale. The frame, fork and headset were £250 delivered.

The bike rides a lot better than my Specialized Allez did, it is hard to explain how but it just feels a lot more comforatable and I feel more confident on it. It also feels much quicker and climbing is easier (obviously much lighter and a better groupset). My other bike is a PLanet-X Stealth Pro TT bike and the quality of this frame is every bit as good as the PLanet-X. I am doing a 105 mile ride with 7000ft of climbing on Sunday on this bike so will report back with how it feels after a 6 hours of riding.

ps. The shed is being replaced with one big enough to store my bikes and bike gear next month (they are currently kept in the summer house which is meant to be my daughters play house).
 
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