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Anybody ridden a race spec road bike

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accualyisdolan
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They are insanely fast. You can get up to 40 mph on flat ground, you would be amazed how fast your legs can get you going. Super light road bikes are sick
Feb 10 2013 12:58PM
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tbayskier
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Sure have. Worked at a shop for closer to 4 years, rode a ton of top of the line road bikes. They are insanely fun (and expensive).
Feb 10 2013 1:12PM
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KravtZ
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I want a roadbike so badly but they are so expensive. Friend has not a race spec bike, but its all carbon fiber and so light. You can go insanely fast on it.
Feb 10 2013 1:13PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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get a fixie
Feb 10 2013 1:14PM
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El_Barto.
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Yep. My brother is like super triathalon dude and spends ungodly amounts of money on bikes. He even wears one of those helmets with the long point that goes down his neck like a chode.
Feb 10 2013 1:18PM
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fragglemuffin
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I've built/ridden many race spec Trek Madones/Project Ones. Being a mechanic has its perks.
Feb 10 2013 1:27PM
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accualyisdolan
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What's that
Feb 10 2013 1:37PM
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Randy_Quench
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no.
Feb 10 2013 1:38PM
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accualyisdolan
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So expensive. My dad got into biking a few years ago and splurged on a few super lights. They were like around 3k each or more. Definitely worth it when you are going Mach 2 on a path though. So much fun
Feb 10 2013 1:52PM
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SkiBum.
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You must be so hipster you don't even know.
Feb 10 2013 1:55PM
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freestyler540
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Those bikes are fucking scary. You can get to incredible speeds and if you hit a rock; its road rash baby!
Feb 10 2013 2:06PM
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rigzz
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Worked as a mechanic at a local bike shop around here selling 15k$ pinarellos full campy gruppo. Also a bunch of Colnago.. These things were pretty fast!
Feb 10 2013 2:08PM
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theater.thug
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Ive raced my fair share of Trek Madones, Colnagos, Cannondale superX's, and cerveloP3 and R5's. Going from team to team over the past 8 years racing pro has given me lots of beautiful bikes.
Feb 10 2013 2:37PM
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theater.thug
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Racing pro for 2 years, racing total for 8 years :P im only 18
Feb 10 2013 2:38PM
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izz
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my road bike is partly carbon and can go pretty fast (especially when i'm in good shape lol)

Feb 10 2013 2:53PM
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easy.steezy
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I got to ride my uncle's carbon friber frame rode bike when I visited him in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was my first time on anything other than a mountain bike and it was sooooo much fun! Got up to 50 mph going down the mountain, and going up isn't nearly as hard when the bike weighs so little.
Feb 10 2013 2:57PM
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Big_Spence
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my dad rides for a factory Orbea team so he has a very fair amount invested in a few road bikes and a TT bike...so fucking scary getting in to his tri-bars when you're not used to that position. haha
Feb 10 2013 2:59PM
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will_powder
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Just get into an old steel frame bike. I don't mind the weight at all/I can bunny hop up curbs and whatever.

I spent like $200 on a stiff steel with a really nice geometry and shimano 105 groupset. It's a loyal steed.
Feb 10 2013 3:17PM
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Spic-N-SpaN
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I don't have a really nice one like you guys are talking about but they make the comute to work in the summer way more fun
Feb 10 2013 3:17PM
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stickski
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claim harder, you ever dope?
Feb 10 2013 5:41PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Cool bro. Does that make you better at biking or something?
Feb 10 2013 5:55PM
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DANETRON
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Grew up half a mile from a serotta factory
Feb 10 2013 6:02PM
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1337
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love me some road biking. The bikes are fucking crazy if you take time to invest in one
Feb 10 2013 6:12PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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I've got a couple of friends (husband/wife couple) that do a lot of Iron Man comps. They're both suuuuuper in to biking, running, etc. I hopped on one of their bikes one time and was blown away. I never thought a bike could really be worth $5,000+....until I rode one. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Feb 10 2013 6:18PM
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skiminnesota
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hardly a race spec. but ive got an Orbea that was 2kish.

road bikes are a blast, there's nothing quite like hauling ass down a mtn road doing 40mph
Feb 10 2013 7:09PM
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.AR6rider.
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Sick, bro! I bet you were smoking the competition on those 16" carbon trikes at age 10!
Feb 10 2013 7:13PM
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DANETRON
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This dude came out the womb on a bike
Feb 10 2013 7:43PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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my store sells skis and bikes, been working the winter bike sale the last few days, and been awesome to talk bikes again. last year we put a few full sworks setups through, one pushing 11 gs, fucking wild ride, essentially this fella:

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i'll stick to my decked out allez for myself, at least for the next few years, but who can't appreciate that shit?
Feb 10 2013 7:52PM
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tripnip
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has any one tried the new electronic shifting by shimano? and ever ridden a race spec dh bike they are more amazing

Feb 10 2013 8:01PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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honestly, its pretty fucking great. all of the techs at my shop whine about it non-stop because they're luddites who've been working on mechanical derailleurs for the last 15 years, but it just works really, really well. the thing fucking adjusts itself on the fly if you bend your hanger and throw it out of whack.
Feb 10 2013 8:04PM
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Flacko
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riding a moots right now with campy, best money i have ever spent, fuck that carbon fiber china shit.
Feb 10 2013 8:06PM
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Huck_Norris
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Bikes like that blow my mind.

You could seriously buy a brand new 1098 for what these bikes go for. Not saying it isn't worth it to someone whose life revolves around it, but goddam. It's hard to wrap my mind around that figure- and still have to pedal to get anywhere haha
Feb 10 2013 8:52PM
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Balto
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buddy owns a super nice cervelo S2, about $20k

I'm picking up a cervelo r3 first week of march :D
Feb 10 2013 8:58PM
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james6345789
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And I'm guessing that half of those bikes sit in the guy's basement 6 days a week. Maybe not, but it seems like people that buy bikes that are that expensive don't even ride.
Feb 10 2013 9:00PM
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fragglemuffin
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As a bike mechanic I see this all the time. At least where I live, road bikes are the new status symbol for the doctors and lawyers. They'll buy a 13 grand Project 1 with a full duraace grupo, and ride it maybe once a year.

Some of these guys don't even know how to inflate their tires...
Feb 10 2013 9:18PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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don't know about where you live, but ottawa is a biker's city. pretty much all the people i know who ride sworks get in at least 100km a week
Feb 10 2013 10:50PM
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james6345789
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Post up some race results, ya douche.
Feb 10 2013 11:09PM
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Bmills
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Our shop built a Cannondale Supersix evo last spring, and the dude put tubular rims and full SRAM red on it. It weighs under twelve pounds including pedals, computer, and two bottle cages. The bike is so stiff and so light that it bucks hard every time you hit a bump. I think it would be terrifying to ride it down a mountain pass. Also here's another vote for di2 shifting, once you set it up it just works and you never have to touch it again.
Feb 10 2013 11:33PM
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tbayskier
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truth.
Feb 10 2013 11:35PM
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CrotchKiller
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that's incredible!
Feb 11 2013 12:33AM
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grapejuice3000+
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my bike is all carbon but its also got a flip flop hub so my top speed is about 30 mph. Ive ridden a madone, that shit is amazing. wish i had the dollar to get into racing, that'd be sick.
Feb 11 2013 1:39AM
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the-honeypossum
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Ask him what goes through his kind when he hears a diesel pickup coming up behind him rolling coal.
Feb 11 2013 1:56AM
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PhaedeD
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Go get on a track with banked turns and have some real fun!
Feb 11 2013 9:46AM
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Huck_Norris
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I'm guessing "wow here comes an inbred retard" just like everyone else.

Feb 11 2013 10:52AM
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theater.thug
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No I've never doped. Theres a difference between racing pro in america and the dicks that race the tour de france.
Feb 22 2013 3:39PM
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theblackrod
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hahahhaha
Feb 22 2013 3:45PM
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james6345789
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Do you even bike?
Feb 22 2013 4:44PM
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NCgaron
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i thought i was the only person who raced road bikes on ns.. hmm small world
Feb 22 2013 6:43PM
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