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Here’s a few of my old bikes.. I used to be a retro tragic and had stacks of Peugeot’s including a Ventoux 501 I found on the roadside and repaired and a Galibier 531 I bought, a Colnago Master, a CAAD 3 and many others I’ll have to find some pics for, here’s one of my favourites I got for $250 with a stuck seatpost from a very good friend.. A Kestrel 200SCi with full Dura Ace 7400. I loved these bikes but being quite tall (194cm) I found a lot of these big frames with lots of seat post and stem sticking out really flexy and not great descenders, so I decided to try modern bikes with initially a Giant Defy and then my first Propel. This was a revelation - stiff, and lighter, and really started me on the path to training and getting faster.
I then upgraded that Propel to a better model Advanced 1 with full carbon fork, alloy/carbon SLR clinchers, Pro VIBE bars, and Fouriers brakes (the originals were shit) it was a great bike and still the best descending bike I’ve ever ridden. But 8.25kg as pictured.. 7.85kg with my custom build alloy wheels (1460g) it was just too heavy for my liking.
Hence I moved on to the CAAD which I love.. it climbs and sprints well, I’m still not 100% confident on really fast (well >65km/h) technical descending which is down to a bit of flex in the front end and I’m hoping changing stems to something stiffer will assist with that. The cannondale bars are a bit flexy but I think it’s more rotational movement which is more likely to be the stem fingers crossed. The straight fork is pretty stiff so it’s not there. Wheels similarly are well built but I’d like to try some descents on my mates Aeolus 3’s.
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