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DGLee
12-03-2005, 07:58 AM
G'day , all ,
This is my girls city bike.
KHS Team frame,Surly fork
Race Face headset,Deda stem,Cinelli bars
Sora shifters w/ Avid cable discs,8" front
XT rear derailleur,XT 8s cassette
M535 wheels,Hutchison 1" tyres.
11kg
Please vote!!
TIMOH
12-03-2005, 09:23 AM
Oops, voted quickly and clicked wrong thing oops :P Looks fairly nice
hairy
12-03-2005, 10:17 AM
thats shmick ;)
mike&nat
12-03-2005, 11:21 AM
wow 8inch disc brakes on a rodie OO
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konasaurus
12-03-2005, 12:22 PM
that is schmick, i like it
MUGEN
12-03-2005, 01:36 PM
Doesn't that 8" rotor weigh more than the wheel itself?!
Either way, it looks different and wateva that looks different usually attracts attention.;)
bradh
12-03-2005, 01:40 PM
that's farkin hot! nice bell!
donthucktoflat
12-03-2005, 02:31 PM
that's farkin hot! nice bell!

and you wouldn't have a bell on a road commutre like that? i'm sure it has saved more lives than destroyed reputations. i saw a guy almost get run over but he rang his bell, the guy saw him and he lived. i almost got one myself (ALMOST!)

[EDIT: i want an option that is yeah! i'd give it a farkin go!]
Carlin
12-03-2005, 04:24 PM
That looks awsome :cool:

What's the story behind it?
DGLee
12-03-2005, 04:33 PM
My girl ran into the back of a taxi when it braked ultra suddenly on George St, totalling her custom road bike. Therefore, I wanted to build her something tough with good brakes! Managed to get hold of the last KHS team frame that was available and whipped this together. She also wanted steel, so that worked out well. I was going to upgrade her road bike with the stem and bars that are on this (literally the next day she ran into the taxi) so it started from there. The cranks and the pedals were the only salvageable parts from the roadie.
cheers
GrubNut
12-03-2005, 04:44 PM
very very nice. I would say she is one lucky girl. Nice choice of frame - I've always wanted one of those and the drop bar setup is cool. I wonder what it would be like with bullhorns?
Ben_9
12-03-2005, 06:46 PM
lookin good
isthisthepart
12-03-2005, 06:51 PM
sik sik sik........the discs look awesome but do u ever need them because you rarely stop when racing..........r they heavy???? duznt look like it
DGLee
12-03-2005, 11:16 PM
isthisthepart,
no racing here ,just goin' fast!!
11kg total weight.
DGLee
12-03-2005, 11:21 PM
very very nice. I would say she is one lucky girl. Nice choice of frame - I've always wanted one of those and the drop bar setup is cool. I wonder what it would be like with bullhorns?

I'd be keen too try that out !See what she thinks.
johnny
12-03-2005, 11:50 PM
Looking at that makes me want to get a roadie.
lotec
13-03-2005, 12:47 AM
looking at that makes my head hurt :o
Kammy
13-03-2005, 08:04 AM
thats different but looks really good well done :p