Pauline, my Colnago Extreme Power, new build w/ Campy EPS v3

[boots2000]

50S? What is your saddle height/setback?
Reach to center of bar clamp?
Drop from saddle to bars?
I am trying to decide on a Colnago size- I am going back and forth between 50S and 52S.

[Delorre]

I'm really loving the ride and will try to get her a bit lighter at some point. The only place to save weight are probably the bars and seatpost.

I really like the hack you've done to the campy shifters!! And for weight : try to get a 9070 gruppo. Your Hed wheels are real boat anchors! You could easely save 200 or 300 gr, even if you want to keep clinchers. Campa Bullet ultra 50 f.ex are "only " 1600 gr. Ok, both are not cheap, but at some point, the current parts will be worn and need replacement.

[jhamlin38]

What is the brand of the wheels?

Hed

LOL

Love your EP!

[alexwilier]

The Extreme Power is also nice in blue don't you think?

[Frankie - B]

Yes it is, but hijacking a thread isn't Why don't you make a topic about your machine?

[mattyNorm]

Wait sequential shifting like with the new xtr stuff, or is this an option I never heard about with the original (pre-etube) di2 group?

[pritchet74]

50S? What is your saddle height/setback?
Reach to center of bar clamp?
Drop from saddle to bars?
I am trying to decide on a Colnago size- I am going back and forth between 50S and 52S.

72 cm saddle height
7 cm setback
54 cm from tip of saddle to center of bar clamp
7 cm bar drop

I was on a 54 cm Cervelo before this bike.

[pritchet74]

Wait sequential shifting like with the new xtr stuff, or is this an option I never heard about with the original (pre-etube) di2 group?

It was never a factory option for the 10s Di2 group. 5 years ago a Prototype sequential Di2 "brain" was created by a computer genius (who used to be active here on the WW forum) for Fairwheel Bikes to be shown at Interbike. See the article here: http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/fai ... -hardtail/

He made somewhere between 3-5 of these Prototype units and I was lucky enough to get one to field test. I think that the idea was that he was going to produce some for sale, but it was too costly to deal with the patents that Campagnolo had. I have been using this unit for about 4.5 years and it's been great.

[pritchet74]

BIG changes coming to this build. Wheels are gone. I pulled all of the Di2 stuff off and put it on my Cervelo SLC-SL. I got a lighter Arione saddle, some Enve aero road bars, a Campagnolo SRM, and Campagnolo EPS v3 for it. Now that Campagnolo has "sequential shifting" I can finally get back to my beloved Campagnolo.

Hopefully within a couple of weeks I will have holes drilled in the frame and everything up and running.

[Calnago]

I completely missed this thread first time around... looking forward to the updates.

[pritchet74]

Parts have started arriving.



v3 parts won't get here for a couple of weeks, so I will be building it up as v1 initially. Once the v3 stuff gets here I will get out the Dremel and the drill.

[cl9k24la]

Looking Forward

[choiboi]

Beautiful bike!!!

Excuse my ignorance but what is 'sequentual shift ' in the context of cycling?

[pritchet74]

Beautiful bike!!!

Excuse my ignorance but what is 'sequentual shift ' in the context of cycling?

It is never having to shift your front derailleur because the computer shifts it for you when you reach a certain gear. When you are in that specified cog on the cassette and you shift, the front derailleur shifts and simultaniously the rear derailleur shifts in the opposite direction 2 cogs. It's what a lot of people do when they know where they are on the cassette and they know it's time to shift the front derailleur as well. This way you never have to check what gear you are in - you never have to think about the front derailleur at all - just if you want a bigger or smaller gear.

[pritchet74]

All parts are in for the EPS v1 build....

I just love the look of these cranks on this frame.