My Modern Road Ride for 2010

I have revealed my fixie, my vintage steel retro-mod, and the 2007 version of my MTB on this blog.  With this modern road ride added, this is my stable of four bikes.  Largely this is a post for myself.  I want to create a library of the bikes I ride and how they change over the years.

My goal for this bike was to have a modern full carbon race bike, with the revised 2010 Shimano components and lots of carbon.  Here is the spec list:
  • 2008 BH Connect 59cm used frame and fork
  • 2010 Dura Ace 7900 crankset and BB 53-39
  • 2010 Dura Ace 7900 chain
  • 2010 Ultegra 6700 carbon lever STI
  • 2010 Ultegra 6700 calipers to support the new cable pull of 6700 and 7900 levers
  • 2010 Ultegra 6700 derailleurs
  • 2010 Ultegra 6700 cassette 11-28
  • 2010 105 5600 SPD-SL pedals in black
  • 2008 FSA carbon integrated headset
  • 2008 BH stock carbon seatpost
  • 2009 FSA SL-K carbon monocoque compact bars 44cm
  • Cervelo bar wrap in white
  • Velocity Bottle Traps in grey
  • Custom Wet White Powder Coated 100mm 4 bolt stem 31.8
  • Selle San Marco ASPide FX titanium railed saddle white
  • Custom Brazen Cycleworks Wheelset
    • Custom Wet White Powder Coated Shimano 5600 hubset
    • SAPIM Laser 14/17/14g spokes custom powder coated Transparent Blue
    • SAPIM SILS 16mm alloy nipples
    • Velocity Aerohead and Aerohead OC rims in Grey 32/36
    • 2 cross front and 3 cross rear lacing
    • Velocity Veloplugs instead of rim strips 
    • Salsa Flip Off skewers in silver




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