new frame, new bike. Yikes.

[kenyonchris]

Yeah...I am too much of a purist to do anything else but go campy. I will just have to uh, cut back here and there in order to afford it...and it will take some time. I will keep the Ruby intact. My goal is to have the Colnago (who I have named Guiseppe) ready for the Hotter than Hell hundred, and my goal THERE is to do the 100 miles in less than 5 hours. It is hot but pretty flat (except for that long, steady barely imperceptible rise that goes on forever with nothing to look at but a vast, hideous expanse of highway...I have done plenty of big hills, but that little rise in the heat kicks my butt every time, I think the road makes it hotter).

[Pedal Wench]

Yeah...I am too much of a purist to do anything else but go campy. I will just have to uh, cut back here and there in order to afford it...and it will take some time. I will keep the Ruby intact. My goal is to have the Colnago (who I have named Guiseppe) ready for the Hotter than Hell hundred, and my goal THERE is to do the 100 miles in less than 5 hours. It is hot but pretty flat (except for that long, steady barely imperceptible rise that goes on forever with nothing to look at but a vast, hideous expanse of highway...I have done plenty of big hills, but that little rise in the heat kicks my butt every time, I think the road makes it hotter).

5 hours? That bike is gonna be flying!!!

Go Campy - but even with an Italian BB, you can still go with Shimano or Campy. (says the girl with 6 Campy bikes - although all six are Italian bikes, the Bianchis all have English BBs, and the Colnagos have Italian. How confusing is that?)

[itself]

My mechanic RAVES about the Sram Red, american made...

Lisa

[kenyonchris]

I have actually ridden the Red...Ugh. Not for me. It is very....different. Much less quirky, much more industrial/functional. Not that it isnt nice....it is, I just didn't like the feel of it. Like an electric guitar to someone who prefers the violin.