Well, a couple of months ago I finally took the plunge and bought my first 'new; bike for 20 years! My signature has a link to my other steed, a '92 DB Apex which I built pretty much as shown in 1995.
A friend of mine bought himself an Orange 5 and asked if I wanted to purchase his 'Dale Prophet (a last of the USA built 2007 models). I took it for a test ride and liked it enough to take it off his hands. To be honest he is not known for his maintenance skills (despite being an RAF Engineer) so I bought it knowing it needed some bits sorting on it. Therefore, in the short time I have had it I have changed the stem, headset, wheels, seatpost, saddle, crankset, BB, pedals and grips as well as doing a full service on the brakes.
Having worked in the industry for a couple of years selling Kleins, Cannondales, Trek, Specialized et al back in the mid '90's (still the best era for bikes IMHO) I was startled how much the game has moved on. I will never get rid of my DB, but ride the 'Dale almost every day as it has re-ignited my love of riding.
Frame: Cannondale Prophet SL
Fork: RockShox Recon 120
Headset: Cane Creek OnePointFive
Stem: Titec
Bars: Cannondale
Shock: Fox Float R
Hubs: Hope
Rims: Mavic X317 Disc
Tyres: Tioga Psycho 2 (HATE blackwall tyres!!)
Brakes: Avid Juicy 7 (180/160)
Front Mech: Deore LX
Rear Mech: Deore XT with Avid Rollamajig and BB Tensioner
Crankset: Race Face DeusXC
Shifters: Deore
A friend of mine bought himself an Orange 5 and asked if I wanted to purchase his 'Dale Prophet (a last of the USA built 2007 models). I took it for a test ride and liked it enough to take it off his hands. To be honest he is not known for his maintenance skills (despite being an RAF Engineer) so I bought it knowing it needed some bits sorting on it. Therefore, in the short time I have had it I have changed the stem, headset, wheels, seatpost, saddle, crankset, BB, pedals and grips as well as doing a full service on the brakes.
Having worked in the industry for a couple of years selling Kleins, Cannondales, Trek, Specialized et al back in the mid '90's (still the best era for bikes IMHO) I was startled how much the game has moved on. I will never get rid of my DB, but ride the 'Dale almost every day as it has re-ignited my love of riding.
Frame: Cannondale Prophet SL
Fork: RockShox Recon 120
Headset: Cane Creek OnePointFive
Stem: Titec
Bars: Cannondale
Shock: Fox Float R
Hubs: Hope
Rims: Mavic X317 Disc
Tyres: Tioga Psycho 2 (HATE blackwall tyres!!)
Brakes: Avid Juicy 7 (180/160)
Front Mech: Deore LX
Rear Mech: Deore XT with Avid Rollamajig and BB Tensioner
Crankset: Race Face DeusXC
Shifters: Deore