My unnecessarily fancy bike is 100% ready to ride: it took much less than expected, but I learned a lot along the way: cut steerer, route cables, shorten brake lines, set up Di2, tubeless tires, more bar tape practice and the list could go on. It was a lot of fun and I feel in complete control and knowledge of what I ride, it’s a good feeling.
As pictured, minus bidons, weighs in at 7,6kg (size 58). Considerably less than 10% of driver rider weight, to put it in perspective. I think I’ll need 160mm rotors at the back: can someone chime in on this? How’s the jump from 140 to 160mm at the back for heavy riders? I have a GRX groupset with 160/160 on my gravel bike and never had issues, maybe road is less demanding.
Customary photos (still practicing with flash fill outdoors + a swarm of mosquitos disrupted any planning I had in mind and had to rush a bit):
chefs kiss
Love the colour!
In terms of rotors I run 160 on the rear and find it fine, I’m not doing any mountain descents or anything though. I am 85kg.
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep an eye on it. I’d really like to do some ascents with this.
Nice paint job.
@Etnaphele Nice.
I wouldn’t jump into worrying about increasing the rear rotor size. It is unlikely that you’ll ever notice the rear overheating, unless doing things to intentionally create it.
@Etnaphele Oh, and very nice photos!
Ok, thanks! I’ll keep that in check and see if I notice fading in the future.
Out of curiosity, is “driver” a common term for cycling where you are?
Just a sloppy translation from the German Fahrer, thanks for pointing that out! Should be rider or cyclist, right?
Yup! I had wondered if that was the case. I’ve heard it for motorcycling before here, but not for bicycling.
@fmstrat @Etnaphele Definitely not. I’ve never heard that anywhere, I don’t think.
What a Beauty!
Sehr schon!
That’s such a clean build - simple and effective! Its definitely a “quiet luxury” bike!
Propping it up by the pedal made me anxious - but it’s cool to see it finished.
Spaß haben!
That paintjob <3 I really want something with that color in my life now.
According to Specialized, it’s called Satin Flake Silver / Dusky Pink + Champagne Radial Fades / Dune White so you know what to look for ;)
Thanks!
What a beauty
Damn, that is gorgeous! Nicely done!
Thanks! I’m proud of it :) Cannot wait to ride it for more than 1km around my place
