New bike - Ritte Vlaanderen

[jayonabike]

Just picked up my new Ritte Vlaanderen.
Ultegra group set
Rotor crank
3T bars and stem
Fizik Arione saddle
Continental Grand Prix GT tyres
Carbon cosmics (I already had)

I'm hoping to take it out for its first proper ride tomorrow

 

[ayceejay]

That is a lovely bike Jay, would it be rude of me to ask how much and where you bought it as I am having trouble locating a dealer in Canadia.

 

[Noodley]

You could have tried co-ordinating the colours a bit better

Lovely looking bike.

 

[fossyant]

Lovely

 

[jayonabike]

That is a lovely bike Jay, would it be rude of me to ask how much and where you bought it as I am having trouble locating a dealer in Canadia.

I paid £2900 without the wheels. I bought it from the 'Road Room' part of 'Mountain Mania Cycles' in Tring

 

[Jerry Atrik]

Blinking Ada !

 

[toptom]

Great looking bike

 

[Biker Joe]

Now that's r-e-a-l nice.

 

[MrGrumpy]

cracking bike, will have to wait till the mortgage is paid off to justify that kind of money but that is a beauty.

 

[Sittingduck]

Oh, you dirty little b*tch

 

[ianrauk]

Like it.. a lot... you naughty man.. look forward to seeing it in the flesh.
Hopefully without the wheel graphics

 

[Crackle]

I can't work out the seatpost. Where does it adjust?

 

[jayonabike]

I can't work out the seatpost. Where does it adjust?

It doesn't. The seat post is part of the frame. It has to be cut to the size of the riders saddle height. The cap that fits over the tube has about 20-30 mm of adjustment but that's it. I took my enigma over to the shop to use as a guide. We measured, measured again then a final measurement before cutting the tube to the right height. It's bang on the same height as the enigma, and I measured the Cervelo when I got home and it's the same as that so I'm happy we got it exactly right.

 

[Crackle]

That's the conclusion I'd come to. Hell of an expensive mistake if you get it wrong, phew.

 

[ceejayh]

That's very easy on the eye .