A reasonable stock bike. My 1st fixed gear (single speed).
Frame:
Bianchi Pista Dalmine
Fork/Headset:
Stock, Bianchi carbon. FSA
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Stock, Truvativ touro 1.1(rebranded sram 100)
Pedals:
Shimano 520 clipless
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Sram 42, and a stock 16T and ACS 17T freewheels and KMC chain
Saddle/Seatpost:
Bontrager, Stock post.
Brakes:
Stock Reparto corse calipers with Shimano BLR 600 brake levers
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Stock, Maddux with Maxxis Detonator tyres.
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Stock, Maddux with Maxxis Detonator tyres.
Accessories:
Saddle and top tube bags. Garmin edge 500 computer. Brown Jersey bottle cage. Reflective wrist wrap from the local bicycle festival/day
Bike History
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Current Stage Info:
Needed more hand positions for the longer rides.
Added by AKfromGC. Last updated about 10 years ago.
3 Comments
Pretty interesting brake setup.
Posted almost 11 years ago
Ha ha, yeah, that's a nice way of putting it. I bought the bars online, unseen or touched. Threads on here said that bar end brake levers don't work with them. And I don't like the little ones near the stem. Plus I don't think they would fit and then no room for the bottle cage.
In the late '90s I had a set of Profile (Design or For Speed) aero bars. They were triangle shaped that dropped down on the sides similar to the RB21s. Back then there was not a big selection of different brake levers and I wasn't using MTB levers. So this is what I came up with.
Run them on opposite sides so the cable entry is underneath. A few different hand positions for using the levers too. Pinkies only or slide bake and use index fingers or all of them for some real stopping power.
I'm going to get conventional road drops soon. These are too uncomfortable on long rides.
Posted almost 11 years ago
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time-trial-collector says:
I love the brake set-up :) it´s so 90´s and looks cool!!!
Posted about 10 years ago