Cannondale Supersix Hill Climb project
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Managed to get the bike built up with all the new bits. Recent additions include:
Left lever - SRAM Force CX1 (no hood)
Right lever - SRAM Red 22 (no hood)
Brakes - SRAM Red Aerolink
Rear mech - SRAM Force 22
Cassette - Ultegra 11-25
Chain - KMC X11SL
Cables - Alligator Ilinks
This brings weight down to 6110g as pictured. More on the way, including cassette tweaking and new wheels.
Left lever - SRAM Force CX1 (no hood)
Right lever - SRAM Red 22 (no hood)
Brakes - SRAM Red Aerolink
Rear mech - SRAM Force 22
Cassette - Ultegra 11-25
Chain - KMC X11SL
Cables - Alligator Ilinks
This brings weight down to 6110g as pictured. More on the way, including cassette tweaking and new wheels.
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That looks so cool!!
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So when are you bringing it out on our Saturday club runs, Gareth?!
Could I just point out that there's no reason to sand a frame. There are easier ways of stripping the paint. As a result you want to do away with any physical implications of sanding of which there are a number. The principal side effect of sanding being that it unnecessarily weakens the frame. The purpose of the exercise to simply remove the paint and that being it.
Personally I think you've f'd this frame up now. Paint and color scheme was not worth removing.
Personally I think you've f'd this frame up now. Paint and color scheme was not worth removing.
I love how the frame turned out and I do not agree that sanding the frame down has made the frame weak. The frame will be fine.
As for the weight it would be great to have the posted weights of all of the parts as it seems heavy the little items you have on there. I think there is potential for some bigger weight savings as my English build is very close to your weight and I started with a steel frame and I am running Sram Force full gearing. I am sure you can get this much lower.
As for the weight it would be great to have the posted weights of all of the parts as it seems heavy the little items you have on there. I think there is potential for some bigger weight savings as my English build is very close to your weight and I started with a steel frame and I am running Sram Force full gearing. I am sure you can get this much lower.
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Skylark wrote:Could I just point out that there's no reason to sand a frame. There are easier ways of stripping the paint. As a result you want to do away with any physical implications of sanding of which there are a number. The principal side effect of sanding being that it unnecessarily weakens the frame. The purpose of the exercise to simply remove the paint and that being it.
Personally I think you've f'd this frame up now. Paint and color scheme was not worth removing.
That's the thing about opinions. They're like assholes - everyone has one, and most of them are full of shit.
There is just nothing true about what you have said....
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I should have bolded the the statement I took issue with regarding fact. The rest is opinion, so see above...
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Well said bJay!!
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Any other info on these "hill climbing" bike as a discipline?
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I bought myself a Gearclamp to mod the rear cassette. I went for this rather than spacers as there's a weight-saving there and it gives me a bit more flexibility and fine-tuning. The Gearclamp itself weighs in at 8g and I can lose the lockring (5g). It also means I can shed all the gears I don't need for a specific climb. I purposefully went for the Ultegra cassette over the Red so that I could split the cogs out in this way.
I just need to figure out the best way to limit the movement on the rear mech now!
Some photos below - excuse the worn and notched cassette body. New wheels have been shipped out today.
Gearing for my local climb (total weight of 106g):
Gearing for some power climbs later in the year (total weight of 91g):
With the 3 bigger cogs, this brings the total bike weight down to 5990g
I just need to figure out the best way to limit the movement on the rear mech now!
Some photos below - excuse the worn and notched cassette body. New wheels have been shipped out today.
Gearing for my local climb (total weight of 106g):
Gearing for some power climbs later in the year (total weight of 91g):
With the 3 bigger cogs, this brings the total bike weight down to 5990g
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@THUNDERHORSE, I hope this helps to show some of the bikes from the discipline - here are a few links.
Dan Evans (2014 National Champion) Supersix from 2014
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ike-141436
Dan Evans Supersix from 2015
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ike-196918
Jack Pullars (2012 National Champion) Supersix from 2012
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/pro ... bike-36725
Richard Bussell (2015 National Champion) Giant from 2015
https://rideupgrades.wordpress.com/2015 ... limb-bike/
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=135872
Dan Evans (2014 National Champion) Supersix from 2014
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ike-141436
Dan Evans Supersix from 2015
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ike-196918
Jack Pullars (2012 National Champion) Supersix from 2012
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/pro ... bike-36725
Richard Bussell (2015 National Champion) Giant from 2015
https://rideupgrades.wordpress.com/2015 ... limb-bike/
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=135872
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