My First Road Bike

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by litespeeddavemira on August 28, 2010 - 20:29

Hello! I finished building my first roadie last night coming from a background of MTBs.

Short of having a demo Wilier Izoard for a week last month, i've never even ridden one before!

I bought the frame and some parts from a colleague at work, then ordered a 5700 black 105 groupset.

The wheels are temporary at the moment. They're the first pair i've ever hand built myself, although being built from 2nd hand rims and hubs (for essentially, free) but the rear hub is less than in perfect condition, so i'll be replacing those with the 105 hubs i got as part of my groupset with some open pros laced on them (although i'm welcome to other rim suggestions being a novice)

Cheers

Chris

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Nice bike Chris, stealth black.

No suggestions as I'm drooling too much.

posted by jova54 [260 posts] 28th August 2010 - 22:15

nice place to start...

posted by dave_atkinson [4776 posts] 29th August 2010 - 9:24

Looks awesome...nice work.

Must be v satisfying to build your own bike?

posted by goinggoingbike [3 posts] 1st September 2010 - 13:17

hmmmm Litespeed

Sadly a bit to far out of my budget!

Good job!

Cheers Steve

posted by skankin_giant [18 posts] 1st September 2010 - 15:21

Thanks. I've built all my MTBs previously but this is my first road build and the first time i've hand built wheels. It's a good feeling ordering all the bits and building it up for definite!

posted by litespeeddavemira [23 posts] 4th September 2010 - 12:59

Stealthy black nice bike!

Some of us use 3M reflective tape on the rim between spokes for night rides.

I like my bike but it needs a hidden 25cc motor

posted by Fish_n_Chips [325 posts] 8th September 2010 - 22:46

Good Man yourself!!
So many people seem to be riding 'off the peg' mass produced bikes these days. In my youth (bloody years ago), it was the sign that you had come of age as a bike rider when you built your own. Riding 'off the peg' was considered to be the mark of a novice.

Grizzerly

posted by Grizzerly [14 posts] 9th September 2010 - 7:17