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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:26 am

Splashing the cash - Bond matures, collect £££££

Anyone help me search out a decent road frame at 1kg or less - I quite like the De Rosa Avant. Scott CR1 are lighter but look drab. Ridley?

Naturally equipped with Record Groupset - what else?

Wheels? Now there's a problem - tubs or HPs? 303's look nice (need to be around a kilo a pair to be worth paying for, otherwise will make do with my Ksyriums.

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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:05 pm

Like the Idol, curvy and stuff, but it is a tad heavier.

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Postby Graham O » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:59 pm

Litespeed Vortex or Ghisallo...expensive but nice...

The ghisallo is 770 gm - Medium.
The vortex is 1075 gm - Medium.
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Postby Elliot M » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:07 pm

the ghisallo is ridiculous -- i'd heard you could pinch the tubes with 2 fingers and see them flex, so had a go at the last bike show and it's entirely true. (not saying this necessarily has negative connotations)

the addict effectively replaces the cr1 and is even lighter

Cervelo R3?
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Postby Andrew G » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:15 pm

If carbon I love the Look 585 or 595 (if they're being handed out I'm not fussy).
Otherwise titanium, and either Merlin or Seven (custom fit if enough cash).

If purely race wheels then you may as well go tubs and the 303s, you'll still have the K-SLs for clinchers. Would another clincher be that much better than what you already have for the extra outlay? If so Fulcrum ones or zeros, or full bling with the new gold Campag Shamals.
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Postby Jon H » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:53 pm

If it is collect £££££ and not just ££££, then it just has be a pair of Lightweights.

Dunno about the frame though. I've just got a CR1, so what do I know?
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:05 pm

Might just be able to justify lightweights, they are lovely, but concern is cost of repair in the event of a coming together, and irreplacable rims.

303's are light, but 404's more aero for not much more weight. New Boras look the bus????

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Postby -Adam- » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:09 am

Oh so paul mentions zipps and nobody blinks an eyelid. Where as i mention them, and get told how to 'better' spend my money. Hmmm

On the bike front, The BH frames are an absolute delight, or a Cervelo Soloist Carbon SL (mmmmmmmm) or maybe a Time VXRS?

I dont know, when money is less of an object, the choice is just so huge! If i was gonna by a bike tomorow id probly take the BH to be honest. I was in Liphook cycles yesterday, and they had one in there, and it was stunning, just stunning!
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Postby Graham O » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:24 am

Adam,

That's because were all old codgers and are old enough to be your dad. There is a parenting instinct in here somewhere...

Nest to just ignore us old farts..

There is a bright side..Don't think that many of us are old enough to be Paul's Dad...sorry paul..

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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:46 am

It's all about class and style, and anyway, how can a student afford kit like that - I've had to work for 30 years to be able to do so!!!!
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Postby Sylv » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:49 pm

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Postby Marek » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:48 pm

Paul, how about a nice Carbon Pearson, I hear they are very fast and good value for the money.

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Postby Andrew G » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:20 pm

[quote="AdamJCotterell"]Oh so paul mentions zipps and nobody blinks an eyelid. Where as i mention them, and get told how to 'better' spend my money. Hmmm...

Adam, I still stand by my comment in your thread. Carbon rims for racing only, I think they'd cost too much in repairs and upkeep to use them for training as well. Think of the pot holes :shock: .

Also, as Graham hinted, Paul's wallet has already lost the battle of the bike. We're just trying to save yours for a couple more years, once you start to lose the battle there's no return. :D
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Postby Steve B » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:24 pm

Talking of zipps Adam, did you buy yours during the week or you did baulk when it came to handing over the cash?

Paul, what a nice problem to have!
I hope you have hours and hours of fun, trawling through all the cycling websites (you will be surprised how many there are when you really look hard), deciding which frame, wheels, groupset and finishing kit to go for.
The problem is the more you look, the more anal you get about the whole damn thing, and in the end you can't choose at all because your brain is totally bike fried. Good luck!

Oh, and don't go for the Ridley, it looks aweful and cheap and you probably wouldn't like it at all. That bit's not true at all actually, it's just that I want to be the only one in the club with one, well at least for a little while anyway.

Unveiling of the hopefully finished Ridley next weekend - weather permitting. Strictly no wet weather for this baby!

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Postby Jon H » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:51 pm

Paul's old enough to know better, but obviously doesn't. So we might as well help him out with his dilema.

Two suggestions:

1) Kuota KOM (920g for a medium frame, 360g fork).
2) A custom built jobbie in Reynolds 953 (not sure whether that would get under the 1kg mark though).
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