Hi all.
New here. Who can tell me something about my bike. Picked it up cheapish from eBay a year or so ago as my first road bike. SV980 extralegerre tube set and full shimano 105 group set apart from a stronglight headset. Think it's probably 1986/7 assuming the group set is original. Bars are sakae SR and a little bent (first road bike and first time with clip pedals), stem is gb, rims are Mavic MA2, tyres are mixed.
Using it as my only road bike so it's used for a ten mile each way commute across Bristol daily but also for longer rides in spare time and I'm hoping to start doing a few sportives too.
As you can probably see, the frame is a little small for me really and is absolutely maxed out, but it's comfy enough and was cheap so I'm not moaning. Do want to fit a wider set of bars, different saddle and have some new biopace chain rings on the way though, 52,40 instead of worn out 52,42 that I have at current. Also new tyres, vredstein 25c and new cables inner and outer.
One day the totally knackered paint might get sorted too, along with adding some brazeons for the second bottle cage and then maybe moving this frame on in favour of another similar but an inch or so larger.
Excuse the filthy state - she earns her keep in the week getting me to work! Also excuse the touch ins that don't match at all, they're there for preservation, the paints past looking pretty!
Rich.
New here. Who can tell me something about my bike. Picked it up cheapish from eBay a year or so ago as my first road bike. SV980 extralegerre tube set and full shimano 105 group set apart from a stronglight headset. Think it's probably 1986/7 assuming the group set is original. Bars are sakae SR and a little bent (first road bike and first time with clip pedals), stem is gb, rims are Mavic MA2, tyres are mixed.
Using it as my only road bike so it's used for a ten mile each way commute across Bristol daily but also for longer rides in spare time and I'm hoping to start doing a few sportives too.
As you can probably see, the frame is a little small for me really and is absolutely maxed out, but it's comfy enough and was cheap so I'm not moaning. Do want to fit a wider set of bars, different saddle and have some new biopace chain rings on the way though, 52,40 instead of worn out 52,42 that I have at current. Also new tyres, vredstein 25c and new cables inner and outer.
One day the totally knackered paint might get sorted too, along with adding some brazeons for the second bottle cage and then maybe moving this frame on in favour of another similar but an inch or so larger.
Excuse the filthy state - she earns her keep in the week getting me to work! Also excuse the touch ins that don't match at all, they're there for preservation, the paints past looking pretty!
Rich.