Baum Ristretto - a Giro style re-introduction!

[TMK001]

*LOOKS AND POINTS*

HEY EVERYONE WE GOT A LINE JUMPER!!!!!


Hahahaha, jokes! Nice one mate! Cant wait to see it in the flesh on the inaugural GTG for the Baum Riders Club on WW...

I thought it was a bit brash to jump on it only days after getting it and ride the M-W!!!

Good luck Saturday!

[Tokyo Drifter]

3 questions:

Frame weight?

What is this incident with the BH that no one is talking about?

How many biscuits for the frame?

[Roobay]

lovely looking bike with great choice of components, aluminium is making a come back?
hows the ride , always found alu to very hard
Cheers
jr

[Tinea Pedis]

Roobay check the thread title mate, it's steel

TD;

- check the OP

- everyone already knows (via Twitter), hence the the half sort of discussions. Long story short, bike got knocked over and tt was cracked. Insurance replaced it, but I still had to go without race bike for 2 months. Esp. annoying given I now have a PT that I could have been using.

- enough that my insurance covered most of it

[haydos]

It certainly does looks the business mate - well done!

Good luck on saturday - the weather forecast is brutal

[Roobay]

Roobay check the thread title mate, it's steel

err Durrrrrr
what a knob head i am
Ok now im really interested in the ride quality
as i have a Peggoretti Steel on order
cheers
jr

[RichTheRoadie]

Ace!

I've just paid a deposit on a Corretto and will be visiting Darren and Co in December - I can't wait!

[Hibbs]

Its funny to congrat people because they have a nice bike, its like if they had purchased a new house or like if the GF was pregnant

Hey, how many Baums are created compared to how many babies are born each year? I rest my case.



Beautiful, Tinea, very classy!

[fa63]

I think it needs black brakes, but besides that it is spot on

[Powerful Pete]

Congratulations. I would never get tired of riding that...

[agent86]

Absolutely brilliant! although I must say those pics do not do it justice.. much nicer in person

[Tinea Pedis]

Some more pic's!














Raced it in the Melbourne to Warrnambool yesterday, which given the distance as well as the conditions would have found out if there were any flaws with the bike - there were none. The rider on the other hand..... But seriously, was certainly the type of bike I would want to be attempting a 262km race. I'll give more of a detailed ride report after a few more weeks of riding it and when I'm a little less knackered from racing.
What I can say is that the difference between steel and carbon was immediate. Honestly felt like I was riding with 80 PSI, I was staggered at how much more soft the ride was. Not that this means the bike flexed in any way, as there was not a hint at all of that yesterday - and if any flex was going to show up, chasing back after being dropped in 50km/h cross winds would have shown it.

[GGG]

awesome awesome pics (did I mention it looked awesome?)

[Poignant]

love it.... but I'm biased. Picked mine up in February and cant get enough.

Well played riding Warnie yesterday... hideous weather

[rajMAN]

Great looking bike and a lovely paint job, classic looking!