CVANC Posted December 6, 2006 Share 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 rearSpinergy Stealth PBO wheelsCampagnolo Chorus 2006Token carbon crank (CWC upgraded this for me, for NO EXTRA CHARGE!!!)SLR XP SaddleKCNC seatpostRitchey 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie Posted December 6, 2006 Share Naaaisss Fatty!!! Very nice!!! Shame, kry die arme ouens jammer wat nou teen/saam met jou moet ry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVANC Posted December 6, 2006 Share Naaaisss Fatty!!! Very nice!!! Shame' date=' kry die arme ouens jammer wat nou teen/saam met jou moet ry.[/quote'] Couldn't agree more - I'm so glad EL gets a 2-minute head start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie Posted December 6, 2006 Share Wat is twee minute nou tussen vriende??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcyclist Posted December 6, 2006 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie Posted December 6, 2006 Share 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 twoMaar daardie groupset..... DIT IS SOOOOOOOO ONGELOOFLIK MOOI!!! (ja okay, weet mens mag nie begeer nie, maar ek kan dit regtig nie help nie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallrebel Posted December 6, 2006 Share Fatty, how much was the whole story? You could have gone for a Cannondale and had the same wheight and lekker strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippIt Posted December 6, 2006 Share very nice. 'we' can test it out on the next uct training ride.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niterider Posted December 6, 2006 Share 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?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVANC Posted December 6, 2006 Share niterider - he has not done his setup yet - he will be doing that soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted December 6, 2006 Share But Fatty..... ITS NOT TITANIUM!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E1A104 Posted December 6, 2006 Share 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?? [/quote'] 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilli Pepper Posted December 7, 2006 Share Some girl hey?!... It's a beautiful bike B! May she take you many happy and successful miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcyclist Posted December 7, 2006 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niterider Posted December 7, 2006 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Jay Posted December 7, 2006 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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