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What would be a good starter bike?
Like MX bikes though you could ask 7 guys and they might prefer 7 different brands.
I really wanted some as there would be nothing like it here in the uk. But shopping for it from the uk is a ball 😖
I'll add some pics to this thread later tonight. I'm still a working man, cancer does not take a time out during a pandemic.
Pit Row
I've spent my imaginary dollars about 10 times in this thread alone
Very intense, can get sketchy, lots of race tactics and strategy involved. It’s been really fun and challenging learning about the drafting, breaking away, sprinting etc. involved in various forms of road racing.
Have you done any road or MTB races yet?
You might enjoy playing with bikecad.ca before your build starts. I found it helpful to narrow down what it was I was trying to accomplish. Sent Mike the geo, and then in a discussion about use, he made a few minor changes (+5 mm to chainstays, and dropped the BB a touch) and that was it. Painted vs bare ti is a tough one. I like the look of ti, and then I see the painted ones on his IG and find myself lusting after another frame.
Where was the second pic from? (looks like CO)
Here is some western WA gravel https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd9Bq7bhekO/
And some higher elevation (by PNW standards) stuff https://www.instagram.com/p/BYkF7u5gMt8/
I upgraded to 3rd cat after a 2nd and a win. The next category has been a big jump and so far Ive only scored 3 points, with a 7th in one bunch sprint.
My recent youtube viewing is all trainload's race analysis videos- I can't get enough of em! I also cannot wait to get racing again. I managed to get one race in at the olympic park circuit in London (check it out on youtube) this year, late february. Super super windy, sketchy bunch sprint, I backed off, got a 20th or something irrelevant.
I do fancy a bit of MTB XC racing actually- I do the odd CX race in winter and love it, but I get murdered in those races! In one race last year, there was a former world youth CX champion in my race- I think it might have been Tom Pidcock.
Moots Compact SL w/ Dura-Ace 9100. One of the last all 6/4 Ti frames Moots built, circa 2006. Recently rebuilt with all new everything but the frame.
A custom steel Hampsten, with a mishmash of Dura-Ace 10/11 spd parts and TRP long reach brakes. This was my old winter bike with room for fenders, now I run it with 28-32C tires and no fenders.
Custom steel Breadwinner B-Road with Dura-Ace 9120 hydraulic. This is the ultimate do it all bike, I ride it in winter with 30C and fenders, or in the summer with 40C for road/gravel.
Better without fenders 😎
Not so much into carbon bikes anymore. I raced for 17 years, last 10 in cat 1 even in my early 40s. I’m 51 now, I still ride a ton but just for fun only.
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