Ravin' on... Racin' Goals

[RoadRaven]

I actually just meant to pop in to post the brief race report above... but I have been meaning to show pix of my bikes, and my partner took pix of them this morning.

The EMC2 is my road race bike and the Giant TCR is my time trial bike.

I have said in several threads that I will pop up pix of them both for comparison in terms of seat height relative to how low I drop the front end.

My next step is to flip the stem over on the Giant and lower the front end more so I can get lower - I'll probably do that closer to summer...

I don't race with the bottle cage on the Giant, and the seat bag is missing from my EMC2 because I don't race with it on - too dangerous - and I raced on it today.

[HillSlugger]

Probably many of you have the thread I am about to discuss on your ignore list, because a significant number of women here are not racers or interests lie elsewhere...

But my lovely bikes are feeling sad because no-one has noticed them...
I don't have the Race Results section on "official" ignore but I don't frequent it, either.

Your bikes are gorgeous. I'm sorry that they feel ignored.

Do you have problems with crosswinds with the deep aero wheels?

[RoadRaven]

I love the term "chuffed". Just for that, I checked out your pics. Are those concave tubes on the EMC2? That's pretty cool!

And TT bikes always trip me out. They look so substantial and heavy, though I know they're probably light as a feather. That's one seriously high seatpost you've got there, Raven.

They both look like they're ready to win some races!

Yes, they are concave tubes in the EMC... makes the colour flash so prettily!!! Seriously, they look very "sexy" and the whole line of EMCs have very sweet lines to them.
High seat post cause of long legs on a smallish frame... still have to get that bladed though (the seat post) though the rest of the frame is aero.


And MD... I have a confession to make. Those wheels were a gift from my partner a week or so back, and the weather has been so bad since he glued the tubulars on that I havn't had a chance to try them out... besides, they have a 90kg weight restriction on them, and I have to drop another 9kgs before I can use them in a race...

Wahine... I like the way TT bikes look too... something almost intimidating about them. Looking forward to hearing about you having success with finding a tri bike for yourself

Thankyou, Kali, MD and Wahine for posting
We (my bikes and me) appreciate it

[RoadRaven]

Oy.
You want to flip that stem on the Giant to get even LOWER!!
Ohh, my back hurts just thinking about that! Are you made of rubber?


I felt the breeze from those speedy bikes just looking at them. Pretty hot looking. Nice.

I don't often read the race results thread. I don't ignore them. I just don't usually go and read them, either.

Thanks Regina - they are hot... I really like 'em...
Yep, wanna flip the stem, want to get just a tad lower at the front... but I need to completely shed my belly first cause otherwise its too uncomfy when my thighs hit my tum...

[RoadRaven]

Those are bikes I only can dream of having...awesome. Do you race a lot? I own a brand new Giant OCR3 (lowest end of the Giant, but works for me). I've had it for 6 months now and love it. I can just imagine owning one of those you have.

Thanks Violette... they are not top end bikes... more middle I guess as far as money goes... I race every Saturday, and a couple of organised events over Summer. Next year I'm going to get a licence so I can race outside of my club and have a go at some new things.
My partner and 3 eldest sons all race too...
Giants do make nice bikes - glad to hear you have one too.

[tprevost]

Road Raven.... those bikes are gorgeous! The Giant looks fast just sitting there!!! I haven't been on TE as much lately so I didn't see them at first... just beautiful!

[KSH]

Pretty bikes Raven. I love the TT bike the best!

[Wahine]

Those are very pretty bikes. The thing about TT bikes is.... they look fast even when they are standing still. I love the look of TT bikes. I've been surfing ebay for one myself for triathlon. Hmmmmmm. Maybe one day I can have a TT bike as pretty as one of Raven's.