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My First Road Bike... is a Chiner.
tripleDot:
After 4 decades of riding bicycles, I'm finally getting my first road bike. Although, I did get a fixie early this year, it wasn't a full pledge roadie. So after a month of planning and research, I finally start to get the parts the last couple of weeks.
Today, I just received the CS-RB01+RF01 T800 frame I ordered from Peter (Carbon Speed). What a beautiful frame. Not to mention light. And, well, for those who wants to know, it was a smooth transaction, good communication with Peter. Items were packed very well.
Parts/item Price US$ Wt. Kg
Frame w/ fork : Carbon Speed CS-RB01+RF01 T800 $ 430.00 1.375
Seatpost : Carbon Speed SP4 27.2mm 43.00 0.185
Seatpost Clamp: Circus Monkey 31.8mm 9.87 0.014
Saddle : Vivimax Emirates 25.07 0.244
Stem :
Handlebar : ControlTech SLA dropbar 85.00 0.288
Bar Tape : Circus Monkey EVA 9.40 0.045
Spacer : Circus Monkey Alloy 4pcs 4.68 0.010
Headset : Neco/Circus Monkey 18.00 0.140
Group set : Ultegra 2x11 468.00 2.480
(weight includes wrappers for group set)
BS30 Adaptor : La BiCi Press Fit Adaptor 34.00 0.149
Crank Boots : Crank boot protector 6.38
Pedals : Xpedo XCF-05 Aluminum 35.15 0.232
Wheel set : Shimano RS 11 149.00 2.000
(includes rims, hubs, spokes and rim tapes)
Skewers : Circus Monkey QR2 Road Ti 30.38 0.048
Tires : Continental Gatorskin 700x25 (pair) 85.00 0.512
Tubes : Continental Race (pair) 10.64 0.206
Speedometer : Cateye Velo Wireless 32.00 0.050
Bottle Cage : Carbon Speed BC6 13.00 0.020
Bottle Cage : Carbon Speed BC8 13.00 0.025
Others : Jagwire Cable/Housing set 32.00
Shipping : Carbon Speed products 50.00
Assembly : 18.00
Cost : $1,588.57
Weight: 7.883kg (unassembled)
I'm still waiting for the Circus Monkeys and the other stuff to arrive. And hopefully I can start the wheel set at the end of next week. Since I just assembled my Chiner HT MTB a couple of months ago, I got a likited funds for this build. So the plan is I'm just gonna go for a cheaper wheel set for now. And get myself a cf wheel set next year. Also, I'm not really a fan of clipless pedals. I like to be able to wear any shoes or even slippers/sandals.
tripleDot:
Finally got all the parts needed, will have it assembled on Monday.
The wheel set (rims, hubs, spokes, tires and tubes), drop bar and BB adaptor cost me more than I expected. These were actually second choices as I couldn't find my first choices locally. The stem, I actually got it because of the color but it did match the lenght I was going for.
Pictures on Monday.
carbonazza:
Looking forward for the pictures!
tripleDot:
Sort of bad news. Took all the parts to this bike shop that I visited a few times for tune ups yesterday. Commissioned them to assemble the bike. Went back to pick up the bike this afternoon and was told they could not do the job. They don't have the tools to cut the excess tube of the carbon fork and they are missing some of the other parts needed like cable housing, extended nut for the front caliper and etc. Short story, I had to take everything to another shop. So it won't be done until tomorrow. What a bummer, lost some time and got more expensive. Anyway, here's a couple of teaser pictures.
From the first bike shop.
From second bike shop.
karstenhorn:
Very good decision, if they don't even know how to shorten a new fork how can they possibly call them self a bike store ???
Karsten
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