sneak preview...

[alpinerabbit]

so exciting, but also sad: I'm saying farewell to my first best friend on the roads.
Fred is leaving my home soon to make room for Fred II (haven't decided on a name yet);

look: just the hubs....

[rij73]

I know it's hard to say goodbye, but having a new bike will take the sting out. You are such a tease only showing us the hub!

[Tri Girl]

A new Fred?
MORE, MORE, MORE pictures NOW!


You know we all want to drool over your new ride.

[alpinerabbit]

As a post-bike fair freebie, he threw in a set of Campagnolo clothes worth about 300$ - bib shorts with a cool pad that has air chambers under the sit bone and a windproof long sleeve jacket
(both yellow of course, to match the bike)

[Too bad I just switched to Shimano]


Imma pick it up in a week or so and take the saddle with me to Mallorca to break in. It's a Fizik Aliante. Hope it works for me. I'll keep my cheapo from Fred just in case.

[Tri Girl]

Whoooot wooooooo!!!!! Wow- what a beauty!
Pretty, pretty bike (can Fred's be pretty?).
Cool about the free duds, too. Campy, Shimano- it's all good. Congrats on your new ride.

[rij73]

So is that the Roy Hinnen you tried at the fair? It's BEAUTIFUL! I love the way he uses the color. I want specs... (such a bike nerd, LOL)

What is it's weight?
Is that Ultegra-SL?
What wheels?

[alpinerabbit]

Hee hee you bike geek you. Yes, it's the Roy Hinnen. I was guessing I wouldn't find a similar setup for that price, with personal fitting from the pro. I paid about what DBF paid for his Madone 5.2 -

~7.2 kg (with pedals)
Ultegra SL (compact crankset)
Mavic Ksyrium wheels (looooove the hubs)
Mizuno carbon fork
Nokon carbon cables/housings (these tuck away the shifter cables!!*)
Will have dirt-resistant black tape, not yellow

here's the frame geometry: top tube, 52 cm, seat tube: 47.5 cm. This is aluminium, but the significant money you save goes into the components.

*alas, no storing the helmet there in transition...

[Starfish]

Wow, beautiful, and love the specs!

On another note, I will be VERY curious to see how you like the chamois in the bibs. Looks very intriguing.

[rij73]

Sounds sweet! Very light for aluminum... Maybe you should get a carbon seatpost to absorb some of the bumps... I bet that bike will be FAST!

Yeah, the chamois looks REALLY cool...

[alpinerabbit]

I brought Rosita home today.....

she felt responsive but stable on the 1K ride to the station. And she is light.... under 8 kg. that's over 1K lighter than Fred.




Now it doesn't look like I'm sitting on it much different from Fred - but it feels different. I'm shifting on the bottom pic - makes me look even more stretched out.


now an even sneakier preview - how it might look with an aerobar. What do the tri girls say to that?

[rij73]

Rosita is beautiful! Such a different geometry from Fred. She is also stunning...