Cannibal Dolan

they should start building them again. better seta without sloping tt.

Or without the bendy stays.

I think they shoulda built these.

Although that has bendy seat stays I think it's sexy as fuck.

they should start building them again. better seta without sloping tt.

Although that has bendy seat stays I think it's sexy as fuck.

yes

Sam, I'm certain your frame is identical to mine, I think they called it the Carbon Pro at the time. Either way, it's a copy of the ones used by the endurance riders in Beijing. It's lighter and stiffer than the Seta (ask Indra!), the Seta seems to have been developed with half an eye on road use.

^^^What is that, Indra, an unbuilt prototype? You should buy it and thus destroy the only known example in existence..... Yep, nice, but I still prefer mine!

Nice one! Thanks man :)

Yup your's was lighter but I'm not sure if that's the frame or the build, mine did have a 2.4kg wheelset plus gatorskins on it. This one should be even lighter though :P

Yup it's a prototype built, in my size...

the Seta seems to have been developed with half an eye on road use.

Setas are pretty obviously an open mold road frame with the rear end tweeked a bit. They even have a recess on the ST for a braze on style mech hanger

Bonor, I was being polite about Setas, there's a lot of Seta owners on here......

Indra, leave it, it's an endangered species already, 5 minutes of you and it would be extinct!

Yeah, including me

In which case, you can be as impolite as you like!

He owns my old one!

Anything can me said about the seta, it just real;y fits most of my requirements. I'm not a particularly heavy or powerful rider so it's stiff enough for me, light, comfy for longer rides and oddly enough I'm confident it won't explode.

He owns my old one!

Anything can me said about the seta, it just real;y fits most of my requirements. I'm not a particularly heavy or powerful rider so it's stiff enough for me, light, comfy for longer rides and oddly enough I'm confident it won't explode.

im quite scared my frame will explode. never ridden carbon before, and its pretty much always going to be on the road

Well my carbon forks exploded, my old seta was then bunnyhopped and wheelied before B0N0R took ownership of it and it still hasn't failed, not saying I recommend those things though.

Current one is being treated my nicely, just because I have other bikes to abuse, don't be too scared just make sure it doesn't get any deep scratches or heavy impacts, carbon is common in the road and mtg world, if it was completely unsuitable it really wouldn't be.

nice one

i've hopped down a 3 set on it

Nearest I've been to breaking a carbon frame is a gear cable guide popping off (the nice people at Specialized replaced the frame with a later model free of charge). It was 4 years old and had done a lot of hard miles. I currently have 3 carbon frames.

I HAVE broken both steel and alloy frames and not as a result of crashes.....

Most carbon frames seem to be pretty robust, particularly track frames which are comparatively heavy and stiff in order to cope with the added stress of track racing. The only carbon frames I know of with a reputation for breaking are (whisper this) the very light Cervelos.

Blew the 6 months worth of dust off this, bunged on the new wheels and an old-fashioned Record ti front brake and did the Eastbourne commute on it. Blinding fun, bloody quick, far better than my current level of (un)fitness deserves.

New cockpit for track due in about 3 weeks.

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Hey, saw you mentioned those carbon clinchers in someone else's thread, nice looking wheels, lovely bike! How are they so far? Torn between H+Son archetype (alu) rims on Novatecs or spending a tiny bit extra (surprisingly not much more) for chinese carbon.

Ok for street use you think? (dry weather only). Or possibly not robust enough? Will be going on a steel frame...