What ave I been missing here in the road forum as of late?
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And the ToC. And racing against Floyd. Spooky has a new site. I have a new bike. Lance is back. Boats and hoes.
Don't forget Basso and Rasmussen is looking for a team for the Vuelta. Our local pro roadie Omer Kem broke his pelvis at the ToC yesterday
Half of our SRAM order came in today... I better get back to those frames...
WOW that looks awesome.
Is that Rival with Red cassettes and DA chains?
Is that Rival with Red cassettes and DA chains?
The rest of the Red stuff will be here at the end of the week. 6 Red bikes, 6 Rival bikes. Forks from Edge, Thomson Post and Stem, Easton Wheels and bars.... DA chains.
Did you mean if Liquigas would be invited to the Vuelta?Don't forget Basso and Rasmussen is looking for a team for the Vuelta. Our local pro roadie Omer Kem broke his pelvis at the ToC yesterday
Good luck for The Chicken, I think it'll be a while before he's back at a grand tour, if ever...
Any reason you like using DA chains over SRAM w/ the powerlock? Just curious.
Half of our SRAM order came in today... I better get back to those frames...
the current commercially available SRAM chains don't shift as well or have as high a tensile strength as the DA chains. The current proto chains are very close to Shimano performance. We don't have them (yet).
DA chains FTW! That's all I use on my road bikes, including my SRAM bikes...or bike now I guess, no 's.'
Plus the SRAM chains are noisy as hell. They quiet down a bit, but still nothing comes close to the 7800 chain.
I've noticed this on several customers' bikes i've installed SRAM chains on, especially with the Red cassette. I attended the Park Tool Tech Summit in Philly this year, and should have asked the SRAM tech guy about this.
How was that? I'm still rather pissed that USAC Mechanics Certification was cancelled because of these Summits.
I'm kind of curious as to why you went with Red cassettes over D/A, given the D/A chain. Granted, Red cassettes shift leagues better than 1070 cassettes, but I still hold that Shimano cassettes are tops.
For being the first Summit, I thought it was great. My only real complaint was the Shimano class being a sales pitch for the new Flux Capacitor and less about tearing apart nice stuff on the companies' coin. The other classes, however, were all in-depth and hands on.
I need to get in line for STU, as I was scheduled to go last year but my college finals got in the way.
The chicken is looking for a team so he can race the Vuelta, only Basso is on Liquigas
We went with Red Casettes due to a very large, favorable difference in pricing 
The riders have also all been riding Sram cassettes the last few years, so they are used to the gearing..
The riders have also all been riding Sram cassettes the last few years, so they are used to the gearing..