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Serum · 09.05.2010, 04:53 AM

Cool!

Bikes!!

I didn't knew you bike Mike? (and a poet was born)

I recently bought a cannondale supersix roadbike, and i love it. some upgrades, 3ttt parts. Nice bike. matte black/white..

I used to do a good 7500-10000 km on my atb a year, and suddenly saw the light. (bought an on-road after 5 years of off-road)

For my atb, i have also have an oldschool cannondale, which is still going strong after all these km's i put through it. (chris king hubs, which are very durable) last year i picked up a Gary Fisher superfly 29er. To be honest, i am faster on my old cannondale than on the 29er! the 29er is a bit too soft for my likings. It's okay for a long comfortable ride though.

The china-carbon bikes;

My cannondale supersix came with a tiny sticker at the bracket-pot; made in china. (or thailand, can't remember)

Most frames are produced there, as long as there was good engineering involved and a proper quality control, there is nothing wrong with that. Some china parts are best to be avoided though.

If i may suggest a groupset for the roadbike, get a sram groupset. It shaves off a good 500gram, and the best part is that its shifting performance is way better. Sram uses twice the amount of cable travel than shimano. The ultegra 2010, with the cables router through the handlebar are having issues. If you are stuck to the ultegra, get some proper cables, because the stock cables are absolute poop with their plastic end-stops. Way too flexible.

With ATB as well, stepped up to sram, shifting is flawless since then. I am critical when it comes to smooth shifting. Sram took a bad step with their gripp shifts, which where absolutely worthless IMO, but their latest and greatest is perfect.

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Serum RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 10,480 Join Date: Feb 2005	09.05.2010, 04:53 AM Cool! Bikes!! I didn't knew you bike Mike? (and a poet was born) I recently bought a cannondale supersix roadbike, and i love it. some upgrades, 3ttt parts. Nice bike. matte black/white.. I used to do a good 7500-10000 km on my atb a year, and suddenly saw the light. (bought an on-road after 5 years of off-road) For my atb, i have also have an oldschool cannondale, which is still going strong after all these km's i put through it. (chris king hubs, which are very durable) last year i picked up a Gary Fisher superfly 29er. To be honest, i am faster on my old cannondale than on the 29er! the 29er is a bit too soft for my likings. It's okay for a long comfortable ride though. The china-carbon bikes; My cannondale supersix came with a tiny sticker at the bracket-pot; made in china. (or thailand, can't remember) Most frames are produced there, as long as there was good engineering involved and a proper quality control, there is nothing wrong with that. Some china parts are best to be avoided though. If i may suggest a groupset for the roadbike, get a sram groupset. It shaves off a good 500gram, and the best part is that its shifting performance is way better. Sram uses twice the amount of cable travel than shimano. The ultegra 2010, with the cables router through the handlebar are having issues. If you are stuck to the ultegra, get some proper cables, because the stock cables are absolute poop with their plastic end-stops. Way too flexible. With ATB as well, stepped up to sram, shifting is flawless since then. I am critical when it comes to smooth shifting. Sram took a bad step with their gripp shifts, which where absolutely worthless IMO, but their latest and greatest is perfect.