New Machine BMC Streetfire

[MAMMOTH]

This bike is far from light at the current moment. But it is a decent cheap stiff race machine. It will be a lot lighter as time goes on but here is a run down of the parts as she sits.





Frame- bmc streetfire xl
fork- easton ec90 slx
bar and stem- deda zero 100
shifters- 08' centaur
brakes- centaur (soon to be ZG)
cranks- centaur carbon
front and rear derailleur- chorus
chain- record
cassette- 11-25 centaur
seatpost- record
seat- flite carbonio
training wheels- ritchey wcs protocol
skewers- solid steel 1998 dirty ace (ritchey ti's broke)
tires- conti. gp 4000's
bottle cages- tacx tao
pedals- look carbon keo

total weight 17.5lbs.

I think there is a solid pound that could be removed off this bike with a few improvements, what do you guys think? Which is where I would like the race weight to be at. Just incase anyone is curious I'm 6'3" 160lbs.

[A e o l u s]

looks nice, I like the frame
don't ever take a pic. of the non-chainside it looks so unattractive.

[KB]

I think it looks great, especially the blue panels. You could lose loads of weight, but you've proved that you don't have to have the best gear to produce a nice bike. Well done.

[xpert]

Very nice and classy bike! What about racing wheels? with a good light aero pair it will looka amazing the bike...

[Roobay]

I much prefer the sloping geometry on BMCs to the conventional Geometry, shame they dont do it on the Team and SL01 bikes.
Nice looking build well done
jr

[MAMMOTH]

Thanks for the compliments, The weight loss has begun. I recieved my ti zero gravity's today these things defy logic with how ridiculously light they are. A set of race wheels is in the works but probably some dv46's.

I need a decent set of skewers asap, any good suggestions?

[KB]

I like the Heylight titanium skewers. They are about 50g a pair, but they are not easy to get hold of. Bold Precision are very similar to Heylights and can be got through Fairwheelbikes. Then you have Tune's, but perosnally I don't like the closing mechanism. However, others love them and they are slightly lighter than the Heylights.