Personalizing my bike

[Tin Pot]

 

[Tin Pot]

And J H Christ get some SPDSLs!


The only other way would be maybe leverage the gunmetal grey crank arms and go gun metal on seatpost and stem, maybe.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

And J H Christ get some SPDSLs!

Or SPDs would do just as well.

 

[Tin Pot]

Or SPDs would do just as well.

No, that's what he needs to take off.

 

[dim]

You don't think the Cosmic Carbone 40s are not overkill enough already?

eek ... sorry ... never spotted that .... nice wheels

ok .... get a Brooks Cambium C17 carved saddle

(just joking as you dont need anything for your bike ...lucky guy .... go smash some Strava records!)

 

[S-Express]

Bar tape needs to be white. Pls see the other thread

 

[Shut Up Legs]

No, that's what he needs to take off.

Sent you a PM, because I don't want to sidetrack this thread.

 

[steveindenmark]

And J H Christ get some SPDSLs!


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I think you must have missed out recent detailed post about people riding flats.

A lot of riders do very well riding flats.

 

[S-Express]

eek ... sorry ... never spotted that .... nice wheels

They are - but then so are the 'stock' wheels, in case you didn't look closely enough.

 

[Tin Pot]

I think you must have missed out recent detailed post about people riding flats.

A lot of riders do very well riding flats.

This thread is about the most important characteristic of road bikes - the way they look.

Performance, comfort, blah blah belongs elsewhere!

 

[jedidiah]

They will be under the top coat.

Can I just point out the irony of being concerned about the appearance of a bike's colour scheme, when you have a Scott Addict with deep section carbons and flat pedals.

Fair enough .. but my clipless pedals are on my other bike still and no harm in getting used to a new bike on flats!

I personally dislike that green to the point that I would have avoided buying that bike in the first instance. However if I somehow ended up inheriting the bike then I certainty would not consider changing the frame's colour scheme which is part and parcel of the bike's personality and is coordinated with the saddle and bar tape. Instead, as others have indicated I would simply get some decent pedals and ride.

[Edit] Overall I still think the bike looks great [/Edit]

Thanks .. I felt almost the same about the green but got the bike for a bargain price second hand and so bit my tongue on it. I think you are right though, best to accept it and just enjoy the ride!

very nice bike .... don't worry about the colour etc ...

if I were to customize, first thing that I would look at is new wheels .... it does not need anything else

add a decent Garmin such as a garmin Edge 1000, ... go on long rides and enjoy the bike. I wanted one of these, and could not afford one

Thanks .. if you have a moment what wheels would you suggest?

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

 

[steveindenmark]

This thread is about the most important characteristic of road bikes - the way they look.

Performance, comfort, blah blah belongs elsewhere!

Yes you are right. So now I am wondering why you raised the subject of SPDs so forcefully.

Keep the green. Green is a good colour and trying to change it could mess the whole bike up.

 

[S-Express]

Thanks .. if you have a moment what wheels would you suggest?

Read the thread for an explanation of why he said this.

 

[dim]

Fair enough .. but my clipless pedals are on my other bike still and no harm in getting used to a new bike on flats!



Thanks .. I felt almost the same about the green but got the bike for a bargain price second hand and so bit my tongue on it. I think you are right though, best to accept it and just enjoy the ride!



Thanks .. if you have a moment what wheels would you suggest?

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

Read the thread for an explanation of why he said this.

thanks ... I never realized that he has good wheels, but answering the question as to my recommendation:
I'm looking at getting a decent set of wheels for my S-Works .... it has a full Campy Chorus groupset with Campy Khamsin wheels ....

Some people have said that I should get Campy Bora (too expensive for me), or Campy Bullet (expensive .... £600 but half the price of Bora) .... some have said Zipp ....

I may look at spending approx £600 and most probably will look at a good used pair of wheels on ebay .... I will possibly get tubs and only use the wheels for fast rides

I'm not ready to get new wheels until March next year and will do more research while I save up. What I have learned so far is that some people say that using full carbon rims, you have a problem stopping when it's wet. If you do lots of steep climbing/descents, you need tubular rims and tyres .... etc etc so I have lots to learn

here is a good article written by a wheelbuilder that I stumbled across a few days ago and there ae some interesting points:
http://www.wheelsmith.co.uk/aero-in-plain-english

and on his section of FAQ, he makes some intersting comments:
http://www.wheelsmith.co.uk/faq

 

[jedidiah]

thanks ... I never realized that he has good wheels, but answering the question as to my recommendation:
I'm looking at getting a decent set of wheels for my S-Works .... it has a full Campy Chorus groupset with Campy Khamsin wheels ....

Some people have said that I should get Campy Bora (too expensive for me), or Campy Bullet (expensive .... £600 but half the price of Bora) .... some have said Zipp ....

I may look at spending approx £600 and most probably will look at a good used pair of wheels on ebay .... I will possibly get tubs and only use the wheels for fast rides

I'm not ready to get new wheels until March next year and will do more research while I save up. What I have learned so far is that some people say that using full carbon rims, you have a problem stopping when it's wet. If you do lots of steep climbing/descents, you need tubular rims and tyres .... etc etc so I have lots to learn

here is a good article written by a wheelbuilder that I stumbled across a few days ago and there ae some interesting points:
http://www.wheelsmith.co.uk/aero-in-plain-english

and on his section of FAQ, he makes some intersting comments:
http://www.wheelsmith.co.uk/faq

Thanks a lot, and for the interesting links .. I notice that for the same price as my wheels i could get others a couple hundred grams lighter; and lightweight is my ultimate goal for my bike above other considerations, so maybe at some point I might consider this .. though for now I think i'll take everyones advice and jsut get out and ride the thing!