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cerro
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by cerro

Last year I rode a Cannondale Caad10 at 5,74kg with Sram Red, used it with Campagnolo Record 2 years ago and missed Campagnolo. Also missed the bit premium feel as I built the Caad10 pretty cheap. So for this year it's not that light, not that special but supposed to be good and first full carbon fibre frame:

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Ridley Helium size small with tuned ISP
FSA headset with Extralite Ultrastar and Tune Topcap, POP-Products spacer
Campagnolo Super Record groupset
Campagnolo Chorus 12-25 cassette
Campagnolo Record chain
Rotor 36/50 Q-Rings
Tune Komm-Vor+ saddle
3T Arx Team 100mm stem
Deda Newton Shallow 420 handlebar
Deda Perforated white bartape
FFWD F2R DT190 wheels with Planet X rim front
Vittoria Evo Corsa CX and soon with Vittoria Mastik glue
Tune U20 QR
Arundel Mandible bottle cage
Will change from Time RXS Carbon to Time Xpresso 8 pedals
Total weight: <6,1kg

Sad part is that seen the handlebar at 256g and brakes at 284g made me want to get something lighter instead ;) And also thinking about a more high profile wheelset around 40mm so we'll see were this ends ;)

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by Frankie - B

Great Looking bike, but how often do you use that 25 in your cassette?
'Tape was made to wrap your GF's gifts, NOT hold a freakin tire on.'
If you want to see 'meh' content of me and my bike you can follow my life in pictures here!

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every other ride? Had 34/50 with 11-23 testing it in september and 34-23 was a bit hard on the climbs we did.

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Very nice :beerchug: !!!

Is the Planet X rim as good as the FFWD one ? Many claim they're the same rim.

Louis :)

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by PSM

Black saddle and white bar tape ?!?! :smartass:

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the leather on the saddle is white. So is the bartape on the black handlebar

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by Fatbiker

Very cool bike. Forgot how much I like Ridley bikes.

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by Geoff

I am running Fredrik Willems' Lotto-Belisol bike from last season. What modifications did you make to the seatmast topper?

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by sawyer

SWijland wrote:Very cool bike. Forgot how much I like Ridley bikes.


+1

only the mis-matching wheels and the single bottle cage detract a little for me.
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Geoff wrote:I am running Fredrik Willems' Lotto-Belisol bike from last season. What modifications did you make to the seatmast topper?


Changed the bolts for ti and took the adjustment part on the bolt in front of so no big modifications. Would like a seatcombo from Berk instead.

LouisN: Cracked the front rim and as FFWD F2R was 450€ and Planet X around 100 I tried it. Same thing and can't tell any difference at all. Weights the same to, 269-273g somewhere for both.

sawyer: Matching hubs and spokes ;) And got another bottle cage too but don't have 2 mounted when I don't need 2.

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by ultyguy

Beauty! Why does some part of me feel like this frame needs a straight bladed fork?

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Good parts of you, am thinking about it. Any suggestiones? Only find 3T Rigida for 1 1/8-1,5

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by Fuchspk

Nice bike there Cerro.
I like the way it looks modern and oldschool at the same way. Even the lowprofile wheels looks nice there.

I think that an all black fork would look a bit to clean in that colorful frame.

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by paradawt

:thumbup:

Like the frame aspect!
Berria Belador 7

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