i don't think it rides like an actual carbon bike from all aspects of riding... but it definitely beats the entry level carbon and maybe even rival the mid-level ones in terms of stiffness...

canondale was crazy enough to put in the BB30 standard bottom bracket they started into an alloy frame which i believe no manufacturer has done before... this alone should have increased the front to rear torsional stiffness of the frame to match some of the rival carbon frames...

as for lightness... it would most probably kill those carbon frames with poor manufacturing as well...

comfort.. hard to say as aluminum is always known to be harsh on the ride quality...

but all in all.. if looking at race ready performance... i think it's possible that it matches carbon frames.. but you have to first get over the point that it is "not a cheap aluminum bike" in the first place... and most probably going to costs more than an entry level carbon...

i read that a lot of US amateur crit guys run this frame... those bastards are very explosive riders.. so, a CAAD10 can handle their demands says a lot about it's stiffness...
haha... 7.9KG wor... how to not look up... even mine also tak de so light... envious...

dun set your hopes so high la...Zipp and top tier group might not be enough to drop 1.1KG in weight... unless you aiming for 202s paired with Red 2012 and carbonize all your cockpit 

ksh ttdi, lynskey
bikepro, van nicholas

ti major brands many la; lynskey, moots, van nicholas, litespeed, etc

closer to home; http://bikesoul.com/2009/index.php?option=...id=32&Itemid=41

wah... you say like those shades costs lollipops only...

but 1 pair also my testicles kecut adi...
yes... i totally second that... your $ is not USD rite?

better do so quick... or you kena hex...

let's get it... bulk buy time...

usually... bulk buy that starts like this never get serious...

---

Added on July 19, 2012, 6:45 pmOK... let's aim for Lynskey R440.. 6AL-4V titanium...



Euro 3,990 jeh... bulk buy a lot... maybe 50 euros cheaper...

SpeedOne here no popular ka?

http://www.speedonebike.com/_en/product_detail.php?id=58

The 28km route is still ok. The longer route to the Japanese Tea House is the real killer. Don't think its ridable for road bikes at the steepest points, as the gradient is just too steep, even on the lowest gears. Riding down from that spot on a road bike also got issues. Had ppl telling me of smoke coming out of their brakes.

But we all can buy Tissot/Certina Titanium watches for less than RM2000.
I also think 170 is expensive for this, if we're comparing Penang bridge full marathon which only costs RM80. But then.. that's a half marathon split between a bike ride.  I think it's gonna hurt after transition from bike to the 2nd run! I'll skip this
On a different topic, Shimano Tiagra brake pads are not effective enough especially in the wet/rain. Did Shimano think that Tiagra users won't reach xxx km/h and hence fitted it will less grippy pads?

That's why I don't bother trying to ride down from the tea house. the gradient is too steep, especially after ppl encountered smoke from their brakes
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cateye...magnet-ec035841

I guess you can check around the different bike shops asking them for it. there are spares being sold. And any magnet will do. I've been mixing magnets between cateye, topeak and sigma all this time.

i though bukit tinggi is only 12k? but i only know 1 way up from the karak highway and i never seen the japanese village before the 2 times i went.. jus reach the T-junction and pusing balik...
smoke... that is too much... i have never seen smoke before even on repeated hard braking zones...
to be fair... even expensive pads can have very poor wet weather performance.. brake pads are always a balance between 3 things

1) pad wear / rim wear
2) performance in both stopping power and modulation
3) wet performance

pad wear and rim wear is often heading in opposite direction... where often one is good, the other one suffers....

i use Zipp Platinum Tangente on alloy rims and i can say even those don't enable me to brake late in wet conditions...

if you ride in rain a lot... i suggest you invest in a pair of wet or all weather pads... i have used koolstop pad inserts in the past quite succesfully... not exactly cheap but also not as expensive as zipp or swiss stop pads... they have dual compounds to assist in different weather conditions and a slightly thicker rear end of the pads so you don't need to toe in the pads to reduce brake squeels....

it's a very old brand but hard to find them nowadays... or at least i could not get them after i wore my last pair down...
wah.... that interests me all of a sudden
your computer brand will usually sell replacement units... worst case if not... other brand magnets should work as well... i know sigma would have quite some replacement parts made available... but might be too far for you to travel to KH Cycle to get em... better call and check up first and see if the magnet is around the same size as yours?

Shimano as the bright side???

Tri Suit? FULL　ｔｒｉ　ｓｕｉｔ　ｆｏｒ　Powerman? oh no! i dont want to spend any extra on cloths! this is borthering me!

got people run with compression tight and wear extra layer cycling bib for bike leg, and take off after cycling? my time spend for changing cycling bib can make up by cycling faster which i'm able to do so. wahahaha....

oh yeah... if im joining, i'm going to do that!

2XU the garden ada sales...   
Get your Rudy as well to the event , you will look macho and high chance get your bedminton partner there

Poison added

didn't know bkt tinggi was a loop... have to go recon again if i am not too lazy...

last 2K is from 1:45 onwards? covers 1000 feet in 2K... quite steep... should be averaging above 12% gradient...  not to say crazy... but a very tough slog up the incline if you have a narrow cassette...
you meant to type fastest instead of fattest is it? 

i think the sigma ones are a tad less than that... i think i saw RM35 last time around...jus double side tape the bugger and zip tie it to your crank arm...

most salesperson know jack shit about what they are selling nowadays... bosses only want to hire staff that are cheap to pay and not staff who have a passion in what they are selling...

it's the reality... we all work for a paycheck at the end of the day...

my compression wear = compression short pant... this mean to be smoothen "geseran" between 2 parts. Reduce crafing.

FYI, i have 3 same design of LineBreak compression pants, i wear it for TRX workout, short running, body pump, RPM and etc etc... only when come to heavy running / trail, i wear my compression SKINS top and short pant for it. example, trail running inside FRIM for 3 hours.

the compression you mean is Long Compression Pant, which mean for recovery, wear it for overnight, your legs will feel like fresh the next day.

I'm dont know how to swim. Tri pant would be next upgrade if im eager / lost rational again. But 2XU short tri pant is blooody expensive! RM400 plus! can get long compression pant le!

To be honest, for cycling, i wanted to get compression bib too... but it's damm extreme bloody expensive! can sky up to RM1,000.    This 1 i'm very concious and never can lost my rational as it's hurting my pocket too much. A pains that i cant endurance!

must emphasis more ma. haha... else people take your view easy.

i got my 2XU sock FOC when joining 30KM Newton run...

Let me tell you another discovery on fast recovery!





roll ! rolling rolling on the form, pains get away very fast!   

in that sense... let me poison you into another thing for recovery / injuries...

i trust this thing too... but no one trusts me... this is shit more expensive that 2xu...

kinesio taping...

http://www.kinesiotaping.com/
http://www.shopkinesio.com/

been used for a long time...  back even in the USPS days by their hocus pocus chiropractor...

rubiera's knees...


Evans during his 2010 broken elbow


more recently... big george in the last stage of his final tour...


last i bought it through the official channels in malaysia... the original tape, is about RM75 per roll..2 inch wide ones.. jus learn to stick with some e-books i downloaded off the net... it lasts about 3 days on the body depending on how sweaty you are and how much you bath...

my first time was done up by a guai lo who introduced me to it... he studied the courses but never applied to be a practitioner... he gave me a leftover roll because he bought a lot of it when he went back to his home country...

i saw quite some runners in last years KL marathon having their knees taped...

i bet'cha this is going to kill you faster than compression wear...haha

but if you go ebay... there are some other tapes and also more cheaper originals.. KT tape la, spider tape or somethin li tat...