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it's a couple months old actually, and a lot dirtier. white bikes dirty easy when summer fog makes for a wet bridge in the mornings.

custom measured and handbuilt frame by sycip in santa rosa, whose team i race with. 853 steel with reynolds carbon seatstays.

rides like butter. my old bike is a couple sizes too small, so was quick in tight traffic but i really had to stay on top of it when thigs got faster. it had the tendency to shimmy at speed and when riding no handed. this one holds a line through fast corners like it's on rails (excuse the cliché). it's way stiffer at the bottom bracket, but the carbon fork, stays, seatpost, and bars take the edge off. and it fits me way better. me like.

<br> - bikeophile

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What pedals are you riding on this machine?
You built the wheels yourself, right?

after years of road rides in spds and mtb shoes, i finally made the plunge for road pedals and shoes. on-bike feel and efficiency are proportional to off-bike awkwardness. all are much increased!

i didn't build these particular wheels. been working on my first set of tubular race wheels for 'cross though.

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