My winter project

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January 17, 2012 at 5:11 pm #910819

DaveK
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I told myself I would take the whole winter to finish this but once I started stockpiling parts it was never going to wait that long…

Old –

New –

2008 Cannondale Six13 frame
2011 SRAM Force full group
Wheelset – Ultegra 6600 hubs/Mavic CXP33 rims
Easton EC90 Fork
Easton EC90 Seatpost
Fizik Arione
FSA Wing Pro Compact bars
(old and busted) Look Keo Carbon pedals

I’m no Tim Kelley with a camera, and this was taken with a phone, but I’m really happy with how the bike turned out. One day I’ll get some proper pictures but it was so perfect yesterday I had to snap this as I was heading home.
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January 17, 2012 at 8:25 pm #934722

Dirt
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Awesome ride, sir! I liked getting to see it in action last week!

January 17, 2012 at 9:31 pm #934726

DaveK
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@Dirt 13188 wrote:

Awesome ride, sir! I liked getting to see it in action last week!

Great ride – thanks for leading. That was the first real ride for the bike outside of a couple of laps of Hains, glad all the pieces stayed attached. Had a little mechanical yesterday morning but luckily just outside of Rev Cycles in Georgetown. Apparently 32 degrees is too cold for me to be able to work with my hands outside.

Whenever, wherever, unless I’ll need 4″ tires to follow….

January 18, 2012 at 1:24 am #934731

bluerider
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Very nice. Maybe I will get to see that ride in person someday.

January 25, 2012 at 5:23 am #935022

bluerider
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Hey Dave,
I wanted to ask your opinion on your Fizik Arione saddle. Do you like it? Long rides?

January 25, 2012 at 10:52 am #935023

CCrew
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@bluerider 13527 wrote:

Hey Dave,
I wanted to ask your opinion on your Fizik Arione saddle. Do you like it? Long rides?

Not Dave, but I love mine.

January 25, 2012 at 4:55 pm #935056

DaveK
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@bluerider 13527 wrote:

Hey Dave,
I wanted to ask your opinion on your Fizik Arione saddle. Do you like it? Long rides?

I really didn’t think I would, but it turns out it’s been pretty compatible with my anatomy so far. I’ve been riding Bontrager saddles like that one in the first picture for about 4 years and the Arione was a gift. I wasn’t sure about it but I felt bad not putting it on there and so far I’m happy with it. I like that the length of it gives you room to move around a little. I haven’t done more than about 3.5 hours on it so far but all signs are good.

January 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm #935169

bluerider
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Thanks, still trying to decide if the stock saddle on my Blue Norcross is going to work out. If not, then what? Planning a burger run on the WOD on Saturday so a decision maybe made over the weekend. Looking at Arione and Aliente.

January 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm #935171

DaveK
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Many shops have loaner saddles they’ll give you for a chance to try it out and see if it works for you. I know Fizik has a loaner program where they provide specially-colored saddles to shops for just this purpose.

January 26, 2012 at 9:05 pm #935172

bluerider
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Thanks, I have heard about those. I will give Freshbikes a call to see if they have such a program with fizik since they are a dealer.

January 26, 2012 at 9:33 pm #935175

Dirt
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@DaveK 13192 wrote:

Whenever, wherever, unless I’ll need 4″ tires to follow….

We’ll be doing plenty of rides like that throughout the season. That one is particularly good because it lets people ride as long as they like. Not all are set up like that, but we try to get a drafting pattern set up to keep the whole group moving at a reasonable pace.
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