Photographs from the first short trip, yet without stickers.
I wanted something to ride around town, across the river, etc.
There was some old C'Dale on the cue, the OCLV carbon frame, and the GT Zaskar Expert (06 - the last with the pins for the V-brakes). In the end, the carbon fiber frame, which was originally purple Trek 9800 from 1995, was auctioned off. What now? I did not want to change it, the paint is nice - such a delicious metallic effect, that goes out in the sunshine. Gary Fisher built on these frames theirs Supercalibers and Procalibers, there where in similar metallised varnishes, so it would be Recaliber. Because it's recycled, and in blue the frames at Gary were not ...
The bike behaves nicely, as a whole, it is so elastic, but it does not "float" anywhere. It's fantastic light and has a tap.
Real weight is 8,7kg without the pedals. The weight can be under 8.5 kg - at home is the Ritchey WCS saddle, the Bontrager grips have 15g...
Moreover, RedMonkey grips really surprised me, they are far more comfortable than ESI. ... and I do not want EggBeaters, it's a slider for the city and sometimes I want ride to the pub in sneakers