It says, "SRAM", so do they make more than one road group?Sram really does feel nicest to me, at the hoods.
Is it Red, or just red hoods???
That was exactly my #1 complaint with Campy.It feels to me like I can comfortably hold onto the "knubs" that point up from Shimano...shifters and rest on the hoods. Can't do that comfortably with Campy.
The shifters are less than $100 retail more than Force. The cassette is the only thing that looks like it will be ultra spendy. I saw some retail pricing, but don't recall where. The weight is less than 100 grams diff, isn't it???<snip>
SRAM has Force and Rival, with Red upcoming. Red will be to Force what Record is to Chorus (**** load more expensive, main differences being weight...though, the Red shifters will have some adjustability that the Force doesn't).
Red hoods rule, but man, those SRAM hoods are a b1tch to install, I put a little tear in mine, but no biggie.SRAM feels fat to me. Campy feels narrow. Shimano, in the middle. It feels to me like I can comfortably hold onto the "knubs" that point up from Shimano and SRAM shifters and rest on the hoods. Can't do that comfortably with Campy. SRAM and Campy have fantastic transitions from the bar to the hoods. nice and flat. Shimano's 10sp stuff is better than the 9sp version, but still not as nice, to me. Campy hoods felt hard.
The Easton bar does a lot for the ergonomics. I love the shape of this bar.
Red hoods...
SRAM has Force and Rival, with Red upcoming. Red will be to Force what Record is to Chorus (**** load more expensive, main differences being weight...though, the Red shifters will have some adjustability that the Force doesn't).
Right underneath it, the bottom of the opening for the lever. I have my buddies looking for a new one for me. I've heard rumors of a *purple* hood, but we'll see.where did your's tear? mine have what looks to be an injection point on the top, right in the middle, on the edge closest to the rider. looks like a tear. kind of bugs me.
What wheels were you hoping to get today?Well, I was hoping to get some wheels today, but no dice. I'm now in search of some Zipp 404 or 303 carbon tubulars (preferably the Paves). Anyone got any laying around?
Plan is to build them up to Kings.
My carbon SI compacts are going onto eBay...right now I've got SI Hollowgrams with Shimano rings. Waiting to get money for the SI SLs.
The older R3 hubs, or the new R4s? Or both? Just curious. I have a set of the Orion II wheels that I've been running for a couple of years, when I first built my 555. They've held up great, light, stiff, fast to accelerate, no complaints. They're going to be relegated to the winter bike, as they're probably the more worn of my wheels, and I'm certainly not running any of my carbons in the rain and or snow.I was hoping to get some 404 tubies for cheap, but a deal fell through. So now I'm looking for the rims (or the 303 rims).
Don't like Easton because I don't like the hubs. Want either Zipps to Kings or Reynolds DV46s (as much as I dislike Reynolds, they use a good hub).
SLs are the new, lighter weight alu cranks. Cannondale's not supposed to have any for sale until December, but a fellow employee got some last week. Not exactly cheap.
They're totally different. They ditched the twin-thread spokes, and went to a straight-pull design.The R3...haven't seen the R4. What changed?
Complete pictures whenever I get some flashy wheels. Right now I've got my D/A, RR1.1 wheels on. Not flashy, not light, but strong.
Those Edge rims are leaking more and more into the market, pretty nice looking in my opinion. The UD-finish rims are hot. They have some pretty interesting construction techniques.talked to Jake at Edge Composites today. I will be buying some of their rims and building them up to some King hubs I have laying around.
from what Jake told me, Edge Composites seems to have the right idea about rims. Can't way to see them. Being made Tuesday...should have them not too long after.
Soooooo hot!real quick...
man, i love this bike. put on the carbon 2 piece SI compacts today...we'll see. i really, really want some SL cranks in black.
How come you didn't wrap the whole thing?Stock Easton EC90 bar. i love the bar. so comfy...from what I understand, quite a few folks aren't digging it, but man...it's just about perfect, to me.
the black SLs are apparently Euro-only. going to chat with the C-Dale rep and see what he can do for me.
Without pics it didn't happensince that picture, i've swapped cranks over to the carbon compacts, replaced the stock post with a Thomson, and swapped the stem for a 100mm FSA stem. i'm afraid my reach is a little stretched currently. having been fit, i'm trying to tweak things. i want to swap the EC70s for something with a shorter reach. oddly, the EC90 Equipes have a 75mm reach, which is like 10mm shorter than my EC70s. and that 10mm is what I need. I do not want a 90mm stem. i can't seem to find many carbon bars that have ~75mm of reach.