Johnny Rad wrote:@964Cup - Looks like you have / had a bunch of bikes. What bike brands have you ridden liked / disliked about them? Would appreciate your insight.
Not that many. Here are all the bikes, but without comments. Most of them I upgraded or custom built from the outset, so I can only really speak about the frameset in the context of my build. I also build a lot of my own wheels, and have a lot of factory wheelsets, so I listed those separately. Anything with an asterisk* I no longer own. Tell me which ones you want to know about. I've ridden other bikes, but won't comment on bikes I've not owned as I think you need to live with something before you know it properly. I'm not including hybrids, mountain bikes or BSOs. In the wheels I've not included a pile of vintage wheelsets awaiting restoration.
BikesMekk Poggio 2.0, DA7900
Specialized Allez (eBay special, early 2000's I suppose, rat/turbo bike), 105
*Cervelo R3 2013, Ultegra 6870
Cervelo R5VWD, DA7900
Cervelo S5 Team, DA7970
Cervelo R5Ca, DA9070 - broken
*Genesis Croix de Fer, Ultegra 6700
*Condor Super Acciaio, Ultegra 6870
Enigma Excel, Super Record
Enigma Etape, Chorus + Potenza
Felt F3X, Ultegra 6870 1x
Alan Record Carbonio, C-Record
Vitus 979, Record 8-speed
Zullo Vintage, Athena 11
Bianchi Pista, fixed
Factory Wheels*Shimano R500
Mavic Ksyrium
Mavic R-Sys clincher
Mavic Cosmic Carbone Pro (Powertap rear hub)
Mavic R-Sys SLR Exalith, tubular
Mavic Cosmic Carbone Exalith, tubular (Katusha team issue)
Mavic CXR80, tubular
*Kinesis Crosslight v2
Kinesis Crosslight v3 (tubeless)
Felt something-or-other (standard with the F3x, Novatec with Alexrims, I think)
Cosine 30 (Wiggle house brand, tubeless)
*Zipp 404 FC, tubular
*Zipp 808 pre-FC, tubular (did a Campagnolo to Shimano conversion on these)
Campagnolo Shamal, tubular
DT Swiss RRC425F / RRC525R, tubular
*Ambrosio Excellight on Ambrosio hubs, 32x 2-cross, Sapim Race (I assume), clincher - came on the Zullo
Enve 45 classic on Chris King, tubular
AXLightness Ultra24T on Extralite, tubular
Some kind of no-name track wheels that came with the Bianchi. Weigh more than a small child.
Vision TC24 on Vision-branded DTSwiss 240s, tubular
Wheels I've built (for myself; not counting those I've built for others or we'd be here all day)Ambrosio Nemesis on modern Campagnolo Record, Sapim Race, 32x 2-cross, tubular
Mavic Open Pro on 80's Campagnolo Record, Sapim Race, 32x 2-cross, tubular
*Stans Alpha ZTR340 on Novatec F291SB-SL/R482SB-SL 20F radial, 24R 2-cross Sapim D-Light, tubeless
Stans Alpha ZTR340 on Miche Primato large flange, single fixed rear, 20F radial, 24R 2-cross, Sapim D-Light, tubeless
Pacenti SL23 on Son Delux (dynamo) front, modern Campagnolo Record rear, 32x 2-cross, Sapim D-Light, tubeless
Carbonzone (chinese) 38mm carbon clincher on Novatec F291SB-SL/R482SB-SL 20F radial, 24R radial NDS 2-cross DS, Pillar bladed, tubeless
As an afterthought, I also have these powermetersRotor Power LT (x2)
Power2Max Campagnolo carbon
Stages (SRAM Rival)
PowerTap SL
Quarq DZero Carbon (not arrived yet...)
Happy to answer questions.