Budget road bike conversion
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tri-ac posted 44 weeks ago.
awesome!
i sympathize as a tall guy with no cash and just a roadie
[creepy basement photo shoot, tho..."it puts the lotion on its skin"]
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jhudalla posted 44 weeks ago.
tri-ac wrote:
[creepy basement photo shoot, tho..."it puts the lotion on its skin"]
ha ha.
I'm considering something very similar. I'm actually going to a lbs this weekend to get fitted on my bike (tarmac as well) with some new aero bars. I'll post when done.
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chekmarks posted 44 weeks ago.
that is a fast looking bike. and if it looks fast, it must be fast.
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f1oored posted 44 weeks ago.
Wait until you see my TT skin suit (made from 100% kidnap victim skin).
Actually my trainer is in the basement so the rest of the bike stuff ends up there after time also.
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jnrice posted 44 weeks ago.
f1oored wrote:
Wait until you see my TT skin suit (made from 100% kidnap victim skin).
ooo... too far... other than that good work.
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tri-ac posted 44 weeks ago.
jnrice wrote:
f1oored wrote:Wait until you see my TT skin suit (made from 100% kidnap victim skin).ooo... too far... other than that good work.
LOL!
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jtrimom posted 44 weeks ago.
I don't get the lotion on the skin thing...I must be missing something.
I think the bike looks good
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jhudalla posted 44 weeks ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQb2m6VJ-eo&feature=related
Disturbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdT7Vpc0uho&feature=related
- The Joe Dirt version
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jtrimom posted 44 weeks ago.
got it...a reference to the basement...never seen either of those, thanks for enlightening me :)
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silverchair posted 44 weeks ago.
now you cant do criteriums!!
olympic 2:10 IM 10:20
24hr sprint tri 8.5k swim, 250k bike, 89k run, 27 laps
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dscf23 posted 44 weeks ago.
Maybe you should think about a foward seatpost. I like mine, it is the carbon one from profile. You get a closer to tt position in those. Plus a seat too. It helps in those areas.
Just my opinion.
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SerialKiller posted 44 weeks ago.
you've never seen silence of the lambs?
those movies made me what i am today.
well the books did.
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jtrimom posted 44 weeks ago.
SerialKiller wrote:
you've never seen silence of the lambs?
those movies made me what i am today.
well the books did.
I think I was on a 3rd date during that movie, didn't see much of it ;)
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jonovision_man posted 44 weeks ago.
dscf23 wrote:
Maybe you should think about a foward seatpost. I like mine, it is the carbon one from profile. You get a closer to tt position in those. Plus a seat too. It helps in those areas.
+1, that's what I did just recently, largely on the advice of other trifuelers.
I posted a thing about it here, you can see the resulting bike. It's a Trek 1200.
The nice thing is that I can swap back the old seat post, take off the aerobars, and I'm back to a road bike with the same fit I always had.
jono
Recently I've started thinking more seriously about the bike portion of my triathlons. I have a specialized Tarmac Comp full Ultegra with Ksyrium elite wheels and was looking to upgrade to something more TT oriented. Not willing to give up my road bike (which I love more than my future children) I considered buying a used TT rig. I'm a little on the tall side so I've had very few options in the used bikes department and while another new bike is always an option, 2K is a lot to drop on a entry level bike.
I decided to add clip-on aero bars to my Tarmac and call it a day. They didn't fit my wing style bars so I decided to get new bars also. A nice pair of carbon bars was going to cost at least $100 so why not spend a little more and get a TT base bar and new brakes and shifters. Toss in a wheel cover from wheelbuilder.com and a craigslist rev x for $50 and it kind of looks like a TT bike.
Anyhow, here is what I ended up with.
I still need a tire for the front wheel, I wasn't planning on riding just the rim and I will add some bar tape when I get a chance. Other than those items, I'd be glad to hear your thoughts.
Total conversion cost me about $450.00
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