Bike Pjorn

Tri bike and Track bike that is, my 2013 season rides are ready. I 2013 legs are catching up on the trainer!

Shawn: wow your track bike at the bottom is one bad mo fo. If batman rode track that would be his whip. I think you have the baddest bikes on W/W . Ill post one of my transition so I don't leave you hangin. Be sure to remove your bikes from the roof rack when entering the garage. BMC R.I.P

Originally Posted by grant_west

Shawn: wow your track bike at the bottom is one bad mo fo. If batman rode track that would be his whip. I think you have the baddest bikes on W/W . Ill post one of my transition so I don't leave you hangin. Be sure to remove your bikes from the roof rack when entering the garage. BMC R.I.P

Killing me with the garage reminders.... by the way my wife *might* managed to get my ride in the garage with the cargo/ski box on top. She did not however manage to get it out in one piece...

Nice!!!!

Shawn; so the cargo/ski box made it in the garage BUT not out?
Mad max style "2 Men enter 1 Man Leave" LoL

Originally Posted by grant_west

Shawn; so the cargo/ski box made it in the garage BUT not out?
Mad max style "2 Men enter 1 Man Leave" LoL

Kid, dog, ski gear, bunch of other stuff in the car in the way in. Just her on the way out. That was the difference. Oh, and she is blonde.

Great looking bikes!

Here are the old bikes, these where ripped off from our garage towards the end of last summer. Both bikes where in race trim, so well over $10K worth of bikes and race wheels went out the garage. My wife's bike was stolen too, but it was found in near by woods unharmed. My Tri and Track bikes never showed up, so the matching Argon pair are insurance replacements. The shop I race for, Argon is one of the brands they carry.

Sean your seat is too low.

LoL

That's a sort of inside joke for people that frequent Slowtwitch. People over at that fourm Can somehow magically fit someone on their bike without seeing a picture of them and tell them things like Your Seat it to low. LOL

Originally Posted by grant_west

Sean your seat is too low.

LoL

That's a sort of inside joke for people that frequent Slowtwitch. People over at that fourm Can somehow magically fit someone on their bike without seeing a picture of them and tell them things like Your Seat it to low. LOL

Hence why I only use ST for the classified section of their forum.

That place about scared me out of doing my first triathlon. I go to BT if I need anything these days. How did you insurance take care of you on the bikes? Obviously it looks like the replacement gear is very nice!

Originally Posted by kstateskier

That place about scared me out of doing my first triathlon. I go to BT if I need anything these days. How did you insurance take care of you on the bikes? Obviously it looks like the replacement gear is very nice!

The Insurance thing was an eye opener. We were way over insured on our houses (primary and rental) and under insured on our cars. They covered the bikes less depreciation and our $1000 deductible but I did not have a separate policy for them. This means we have a claim against our house and needed to adjust our policies or get dropped by the Ins company,.

Adding bikes on a separate policy via our home ins company is crazy expensive. I am slowly shopping for separate bike ins to see if there is s policy out there that makes sense $ wise.

I bought the Zipp wheels my self, did not use the Ins money for them. The bikes and the HED disc for he track bike pretty much wiped out the Ins money. I got the ZIpp 1080 for a screaming deal and it's brand new. The Sub9 disc is used and a bit beat up. I serviced the hub and its like new now. The carbon skin has a few dings in it that I filled and colored in. ALl of the race wheels are tubulars as that is what I want to run on the track and I wanted to be able to use the front between Tri's and Track. It will mostly see Track duty this season. Kinda funny now that there are so many really good clincher options out there for race wheels it's getting easier and easier to find great deals on tubular wheels. HED and that track disc was a PITA to deal with. Not sure I'd source an other track wheel from them ever.

It's terrible that whoever did this had to have some knowledge of what they were worth, which means they were more than likely part of the cycling community. It sucks that you can't even feel safe with stuff inside your property anymore.

Originally Posted by kstateskier

It's terrible that whoever did this had to have some knowledge of what they were worth, which means they were more than likely part of the cycling community. It sucks that you can't even feel safe with stuff inside your property anymore.

I think it was more of a grab and go deal. The three bikes that were stolen where the ones in the garage easy to move. Our other bikes where on very high wheel hooks and tough to get down unless you are very tall or grabbed a ladder. My road bike (not cheap) was left alone up on the wall. My Tri and Track bikes where both leaning up against other things in the garage and my wife's bike was on the bike repair stand. I really hope that the track bike bucked one of them off of it. Being fixed and geared at 49x15 with no brakes it's not an easy bike to ride away or even run off with. Given where my wife's tri bike was found it looks like they walked off thru the woods towards an adjacent neighborhood. The local police that showed up once they found my wife's bike they both headed off to that neighborhood and it really seemed like they knew of more thefts coming from there. I now have all of the bikes in the garage locked up all of the time. Real PITA too.

My bikes aren't near in your price range but I have started putting them all inside or on my high racks for this exact reason after hearing about your theft. People will steal anything these days.

Originally Posted by JustinMD

yay for more bike porn!

My bros new whip

Originally Posted by ralph

My bros new whip

Mmmmmm, carbon porn

Here is my whip. I have put 2320 miles on her and I still like it as much as the day I got her. FYI
I bought this bike from a fellow wakeworld'er Eric. Thanks homie!

Some Specialized love!

Originally Posted by grant_west

Here is my whip. I have put 2320 miles on her and I still like it as much as the day I got her. FYI
I bought this bike from a fellow wakeworld'er Eric. Thanks homie!

Do you get numb hands or shoulder/neck pain on long rides? Your seat angle is super aggressive.

My whip, must be getting close to 15,000 km on her now. A friend just got the propel, getting the upgrade itch.

Originally Posted by grant_west

Sean your seat is too low.

LoL

That's a sort of inside joke for people that frequent Slowtwitch. People over at that fourm Can somehow magically fit someone on their bike without seeing a picture of them and tell them things like Your Seat it to low. LOL

You were on to something. I took the Tri bike out for its first outdoor ride today. While aero and on the road my seat was too low ��. Nice to finally ride outside though. We hit the local ski area for some am runs, picked up race packets for a local 13.1 tomorrow and then I got 45 hard and hilly miles in. Great spring day.

Not on your levels but I picked this SS up for 3 bills

Originally Posted by fullonsalesgrp

Not on your levels but I picked this SS up for 3 bills

Looks like a ton of fun!

I've upgraded to clip less and a carbon fork it weighs in at 21 lbs

Originally Posted by fullonsalesgrp

Not on your levels but I picked this SS up for 3 bills

dig it man! I



Anybody interested in a Scott Voltage DJ bike? Trying to get rid of this badboy.

Wife's bike:


Just picked this up last weekend:

Love the r3, great bike.

My frankenstein bike which ended up basically getting for free.

2007 Jamis Eclipse Frame-Reynolds 853 with carbon top tube, seat stays and seat tube.
Easton EC70 fork
SRAM red doubetap shifters
SRAM force RD
SRAM PG1070(I think) 11-25 cassette(need a new 11-28 cassette soon
Shimano 105 FD
FSA Gossamer compact double
Shimano Ultegra chain(need to upgrade to a KMC)
Ultegra rear brake
some POS front brake
ZIPP SLC2 carbon bars
FSA OS199 stem
Thomson Elite setback seatpost
Fizik arione tri saddle
Mavic Aksium wheels
Gatorskins
Ultegra Pedals

Originally Posted by polarbill

My frankenstein bike which ended up basically getting for free.

2007 Jamis Eclipse Frame-Reynolds 853 with carbon top tube, seat stays and seat tube.
Easton EC70 fork
SRAM red doubetap shifters
SRAM force RD
SRAM PG1070(I think) 11-25 cassette(need a new 11-28 cassette soon
Shimano 105 FD
FSA Gossamer compact double
Shimano Ultegra chain(need to upgrade to a KMC)
Ultegra rear brake
some POS front brake
ZIPP SLC2 carbon bars
FSA OS199 stem
Thomson Elite setback seatpost
Fizik arione tri saddle
Mavic Aksium wheels
Gatorskins
Ultegra Pedals

Steel + Jamis = WIN!

I had a steel Raleigh fixie that I rode and raced as single speed cyclocross the snot out of. Ended up getting a dedicated cyclocross bike and converting my old Ti Litespeed to my road fixie.

Here's my Jamis, comes in around 14.5lbs ready to ride. Not bad for no specific weight weenie parts.

That Xenith is a great looking bike. Looks comfy and fast. do you ride centuries on that Sean or just race it?

Suppose to be 60+ and sunny today in seattle. Getting out for my first short ride of the year. You getting out Sean?

Me and my fiance were thinking about training to do the Seattle to Portland in one day this year but that isnt' going to fly with trying to plan a wedding. We probably won't ride much at all this year.

Has anybody ridden on Continental Grand Prix's? I am thinking about going to 25C's from my gatorskin 23C's. From what I can tell they are suppose to be a lot more comfy but still pretty durable.

Originally Posted by polarbill

That Xenith is a great looking bike. Looks comfy and fast. do you ride centuries on that Sean or just race it?

Suppose to be 60+ and sunny today in seattle. Getting out for my first short ride of the year. You getting out Sean?

Me and my fiance were thinking about training to do the Seattle to Portland in one day this year but that isnt' going to fly with trying to plan a wedding. We probably won't ride much at all this year.

Has anybody ridden on Continental Grand Prix's? I am thinking about going to 25C's from my gatorskin 23C's. From what I can tell they are suppose to be a lot more comfy but still pretty durable.

Don't road race, so the SL is my nice day go fast bike and group ride bike. I have done Seattle to Portland on it too.

I believe that STP is sold out all ready. I ran in to that a few years ago and wanted to do more of a loop vs a point to point ride. I ended up doing North Bend to Carnation, to Monroe, to Stevens Pass, to Leavenworth, over 97, Cle Elum, and back to North Bend. 230 miles on the nose and solo.

My wife is heading out for a 20 mile run shortly, I'll pick her up in Issaquah and then bike home via Carnation Valley after a loop around Lk Samm. Will be on the tri bike as I need to build up mileage and saddle time on it. Plus my tri bike fits closely to my track bike and I working on getting ready for track season in June.

I have a ton of time with GP4000, GP4 Seasons, and Gatorskins. No time on the GPs, but I'd think they'd ride a bit nicer than the GP4 Seasons and wear better than the GP4000s.

Trying to turn my bike habit into a free T shirt... much obliged if anyone would give this FB link a like

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

Trying to get my pic enough likes to win for the month...

Brett,

I ride the 700X23 Conti GP's. I got 3k miles out of the last set. I rotated front to rear about 1/2 way through that. I probably could have gotten more, but I got two flats in one ride and called them wore-out.

I've always loved Conti's. The GP's are great.

Originally Posted by guido

Brett,

I ride the 700X23 Conti GP's. I got 3k miles out of the last set. I rotated front to rear about 1/2 way through that. I probably could have gotten more, but I got two flats in one ride and called them wore-out.

I've always loved Conti's. The GP's are great.

Thanks Evan. When I get new tires I think I am going to do GP's in a 25C.

Originally Posted by ilikebeaverandboats

dig it man! I



Anybody interested in a Scott Voltage DJ bike? Trying to get rid of this badboy.

Joe! Any chance you still have that bike??? I've been looking for a DJ bike for a while and can't find anything used for a decent price here in PHX

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