you have to also remember pros will ditch their wheels after a number of uses (which is unacceptable to you and me) while you have to continuously ride them for years to come...

it is not going to be as reliable as the old classics rim... but that is the way the ball is rolling nowadays... nothing can stop it especially when there is people who only prefers to use equipment the pros uses....

maybe it's a angle problem...

but then again, you can see he is running quite a long stem... looks like in excess of 120mm and pretty much like a 140mm...

many riders prefer to run long stems as that sort of allows them to put majority of their weight forward in order for them to center their weight on the pedal spindle in the downward stroke position...i've read about it before but too complicated i didn't bother to digest it...

it is less painful for them at your pace...at their limit, it is equally as hard as you are when you are at your limit...it is just that they have trained themselves to numb out this pain as much as possible...

i wish for one too... just too expensive to own one... i don't mind an older bontrager race xxx lite when they were still license by rolf though...

that is nice looking too and it has white spokes... fanciful....

Oh crap! I finally got off of my lazy ass to put the bike together guess what......FD is 31.6 seatpost is 34.9 .... anyone know who has 105 5700 FD (34.9mm) for sale and at what price. Dont mind 2nd hand or scratched (as long as its functional), as long as its cheap.

Outcome of Karate training (2 sessions only day 4 since I didnt attend master dormo sunday training), crap cant say it without being Buttheaded (yeah you noun now ) .... not sure if skin tightened up or flacid muscles were pumped up but mid-belly looks larger .

the market should still have OD FD lar... you got go ask the shops??? if not, just find a clamp on to braze on converter and use a braze on FD lor...

else, in BBS got Ultegra or a Tiagra which is months ago already...
http://bicyclebuysell.com/view_item.php?id=176685
http://bicyclebuysell.com/view_item.php?id=181173

,,,,,,,,shops,,,,,,,,, asking for a discount from some of them is like asking for their first born.

said converter is available locally ??????

ultegra in a 105 mix.........a little too flash for a bang them together ride la. Tiagra in KK

thank you

oh, since when did thestar do such a nice write up of LTdL ??

yes, for around RM60 if made by SRAM... i saw some other clamp to braze on adapters as well..

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/product-...-4849.24.1.html

takkan because my perodua salesman don't want to give me an RM500 discount i go and buy 2nd hand myvi right? where is the logic in that...

ultegra / 105 mix is very common... some ultegra bikes that is not expensive mixes 105 parts to lower the price point down...

lets see hehehehe ..... perodua viva RM$24,912.50.......RM$500.....What is the reflected quantum for new versus old bicycle parts ?

With items that have no returns I prefer to buy 2nd hand. I can be extremely patient.

But I do get you. My goal is to get the old frame road worthy and see if my 15 yr old mistake is an actual mistake at the lowest possible price with reasonably more modern parts.

Hence the 2nd hand 105-5700 groupo.

And to cause further distress (for some of you), I have an old Giant MTB saddle on it =P (for the time being).

Last but not least uber heavy but new Fulcrum 7s (Clydesdale here) which I shall for sure kill. I shall be buying new tires/tubes.

There is a new headset and CF TT fork on it made by Trigon. It looks odd with the 1" headtube.

New Campag 'STI' guides and Fuji CF seatpost (this I got really cheap, but heavy).

Other items new or otherwise are brake pads, cable/housing, 44cm drop bars and not sure what length stem and what angle.
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The headtube seems to be tilted parallel with the seat tube. Looks steep. This one look see friendlier LBS for trial and error fit (stem that is).

Honestly I did not. I tried to watch it last year but the online stream won't even load. They're more eager to show each and every rider crossing the finish line than show the actual racing. Commentators don't know the difference between sprinters and GC men. And what is the point of the helicopter when I can't see shit?

Good luck trying to compete with the Tour of Dubai next year. Such a shame considering we actually have local riders and local fans showing up. Can't fight oil money though.

i remember once during a coverage of ltdl showing a breakaway group. when the front guy pulled aside after he had done his work at the front, hasbullah awang said the guy has given up and defeated. haisss....

and i remember once m kumaresan was invited to comment on the race, together with hasbullah awang. half the comments were m kumaresan correcting hasbullah awang

I commented on the ltdl fb page since last year about the poor coverage and only showing the commentators babbling at the finish line. This year they dont even bother to correct their mistake.

Conclusion is, after how many years they organized the event, they all syok sendiri!

And Hasbullah Awang always cut what the other commentator are saying like he knows everything about cycling. He only has a few key riders fact sheet and thats all he know. Dafug

"pelumba nombor 47, telah memecut pantas meninggalkan pelumba2 lain..."

all I heard is henjutan, pecutan, kayuhan yang berbisa...



https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200682097594479

Watch from 4:55 onwards, is that the "pull" to victory ?

well, it's my favourite saying... watever yanks your chain dude...

i couldn't bear to buy 2nd hand parts even if it was dirt cheap for reasons that i could not factor into like longevity of the used parts and condition of it....

sometimes, small little things like worn pulleys on an RD can cause premature chain wear and stuff and a derailleur could have been bent out of shape that you could not notice until you mount it on a bike...

else, if the pricing is really not too far off... i would rather save up a bit more for a new part...

you still have a 1" steerer tube??? can find the fork somemore?

well, i don't understand the mentality of the coverage as well... at least sometimes eurosport does a lengthy coverage of it although not live... but it offers alternative rather than the so awful RTM...

even that many years back... LTDF was only a 30mins coverage on mega TV under ESPN (for those who still remember it, pre-astro days)... and those 30 mins was definitely not enough and you crave for more of it... LTDL one the other hand was somewhat a pain to watch even though it was the same 30 mins...

well... even the china tours and other asia tours is threatening LTDL... and they don't have oil backings...while we have...

i wonder if he offended the main commentator and got sacked the next year?

they should just hire paul and phil...

it has been like that for more than a decade... i don't think your "komen-komen yang berbisa" can make any changes...

i think he is one person in malaysia who has yet to know the existence of google...

This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 27 2013, 11:51 AM

my best memory of LTDL was 1997 on the stage to Sunway Lagoon... that was one sweet day when i get to eat free ice cream, (accidentally) dined at the riders or media's table setted up by lagoon resort hotel at my hearts content (and no one stopped me)... it was a huge buffet of food

at the end of the day... i went by the pakcik to ask for a few more free water bottles... and as he wanted to close shop and cabut balik rumah... he just gave me a plastic of it half filled which was like 50 or 60 bottles...

i became my ride buddies water bottle supplier for the rest of the year and we were constantly flinging water bottles at cars or anything that offended us on the road...hahahah... young and brash mar....

the ones after that was not so fantastic... one year we watch the crit final stage at dataran merdeka and some policeman tried to saman us for standing on the flower patches (unfortunately, didn't bring IC)...

This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 27 2013, 11:57 AM

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since my last visit...

Im back at Malaysia after my Philippines trip! The mountains @ north of Philippines are insane!

how's the pinnoy girls there??

This post has been edited by SYAMiLLiON: Feb 27 2013, 12:11 PM

Lucky me.

Now on the hunt for 11-28 105 cassette me and my weak weak legs.

The shitty local commentary tides over to football too.

For LTdL, they should hire those retired 20 something local riders working in bicycle shops.



miaomiao

attended an event there ? No Moro Islamic Liberation Front ah ?

This post has been edited by lot101: Feb 27 2013, 02:04 PM

what event? where?

holiday la.....coming soon Cobra Ironman 70.3 Cebu Philippines Aug 4th 2013

no... since when i join ironman events..... i can't even swim. cats scared of water