Fatty goes climbing (thanks CWC!!)

[CVANC]

Fatty's new climbing machine:

 

 

thanks for the upload CVANC.. (I'm doing this post from home on gprs)

 

Thanks to Icycling for the frame / wheels, and CWC for everything else!!

 

58cm Van Tuyl VT740 Alu frame with carbon rear

Spinergy Stealth PBO wheels

Campagnolo Chorus 2006

Token carbon crank (CWC upgraded this for me, for NO EXTRA CHARGE!!!)

SLR XP Saddle

KCNC seatpost

Ritchey WCS handlebar and seatpost

 

No pedals and bottlecages yet, those will come in the week. It's also not been setup perfectly, hence the spacers on the fork. So far it's around 7.9kg's with the heavy wheels. I have lighter wheels as well

 

Thanks again CWC and Icycling!!

[nellie]

Naaaisss Fatty!!! Very nice!!!

 

Shame, kry die arme ouens jammer wat nou teen/saam met jou moet ry.

[CVANC]

Naaaisss Fatty!!! Very nice!!!

 

Shame' date=' kry die arme ouens jammer wat nou teen/saam met jou moet ry.

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Couldn't agree more - I'm so glad EL gets a 2-minute head start

[nellie]

Wat is twee minute nou tussen vriende???

[fatcyclist]

Thanks nellie...so far it's over 1.5 kg's lighter than the Litespeed, but I know it won't be as stiff, so I'm keeping old faithfull for Killarney and flatter races...some girl helped decide on the handlebar tape colour

[nellie]

The white looks cool...but i would never be able to ride with anything except black. Had red tape on my Trek and somehow it always managed to end up black after a week or two

Maar daardie groupset..... DIT IS SOOOOOOOO ONGELOOFLIK MOOI!!! (ja okay, weet mens mag nie begeer nie, maar ek kan dit regtig nie help nie)

[smallrebel]

Fatty, how much was the whole story?

 

You could have gone for a Cannondale and had the same wheight and lekker strong.

[ZippIt]

very nice. 'we' can test it out on the next uct training ride..

[niterider]

Nice!

 

You're looking for trouble with the stem. The general rule (so I've been told by those who know) is that you shouldn't have more than 25mm of steerer between the stem and headset. And with your big strong arms I'd feel safer if it was less. Otherwise you might hear a nasty carbon failure when you least expect it, like in a sprint 

 

Why don't you flip the stem and remove a spacer.

 

And then all that left-over steerer tube above the stem... is that to chew on when you're in the gutter??

 

[CVANC]

niterider - he has not done his setup yet - he will be doing that soon.

[splat]

But Fatty..... ITS NOT TITANIUM!!!!

[E1A104]

Nice!

You're looking for trouble with the stem. The general rule (so I've been told by those who know) is that you shouldn't have more than 25mm of steerer between the stem and headset. And with your big strong arms I'd feel safer if it was less. Otherwise you might hear a nasty carbon failure when you least expect it' date=' like in a sprint 

Why don't you flip the stem and remove a spacer.

And then all that left-over steerer tube above the stem... is that to chew on when you're in the gutter??
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I've read that you can go with +/-  3 cm on a 1.1/8" steerer tube - Basically as high as it is wide is my understanding.

[Chilli Pepper]

Some girl hey?!...  It's a beautiful bike B!  May she take you many happy and successful miles.

[fatcyclist]

Yes, I couldn't afford another titanium frame, and I'm keeping the Litespeed anyway

 

Once I have the bottlecages and pedals, I'll take it for a ride and do the setup. I suspect I might move it down two spacers, and then have the shop cut the steerer tube. As for the total cost...erm...ja...maybe not a Litespeed or 'dale, but not cheap either... (even though I made sure I got the absolute best bargain from CWC!!) How he made a profit from me I don't know...

[niterider]

 

I've read that you can go with +/-  3 cm on a 1.1/8" steerer tube - Basically as high as it is wide is my understanding.

 

Ok, did some more research on this...

A lot of fork manufacturers had no info on this on their websites, but Fuji and Alpha Q both recommended a limit of 40mm of spacers below the stem.

 

[Jean-Jay]

Nice fatty, very NICE!!!!!!

 

I dig it!, now wheres my one????

 

Is that campy Record I detect, u lucky bugger

 

Cool beast, ur gonna be hard to beat next year on that steed