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Looks very cool, JD O0
Oooh... shiny!
Need to accessorize with a good lock ASAP.
Sweet ride! O0
Nice! O0
Going vegan, gettin' new wheels, are you having a midlife crisis? If you say you're giving up whiskey we are all coming over there! >:D
Here's a shock - if I manage to stay vegan for a year, I'll have paid for at least half of this bike with the money I would've spent on chocolate :uglystupid2:
;D
Nice Bike JD. 0 To 60 in.....?
Quote from: Sir Slash on February 10, 2018, 11:56:36 AM
Nice Bike JD. 0 To 60 in.....?
Depends on the slope and wind direction :2funny:
..and if you have had beans for tea............
Nice bike. Between the diet change and the biking, you're going to be one fit muddah. :notworthy:
Quote from: bob48 on February 10, 2018, 01:43:24 PM
..and if you have had beans for tea............
of course...forgot that
Quote from: Toonces on February 10, 2018, 02:52:35 PM
Nice bike. Between the diet change and the biking, you're going to be one fit muddah. :notworthy:
Well - here's hoping O0
Permission to call you Scultura from now on?
Quote from: Gusington on February 10, 2018, 04:39:06 PM
Permission to call you Scultura from now on?
Sure. Why not? I've been called worse ;D
Congrats :D
WoW nice bike O0 it looks like it has carbon components, i recon it will weight less then 9kg 8)
JD invest also some money in a top notch lock and a geolocator-tag (those hidden in the backlight) in case it get stolen you have a trace...
... and go visit thief with a mace :knuppel2:
I've got a decent lock....though one should know that ALL locks are not fool proof.
I'll think about the geolocator thingy...they are becoming popular.
Also - the bike itself is carbon throughout I'm sure - I thought my last bike was light!
I took it for a test ride yesterday. A couple of times up and down a 100m (meters - not miles!) strip of road. The guy asked what I thought and I said it was nice. He then said I should make sure it's right - given the price and that I should notice a difference between that and my current bike.
I explained it was difficult to judge because I didn't have any cycling gear on. I literally had a cycle helmet. So he told me to take it for a longer spin.
I went 5 miles. Now 5 miles on a bike, at 0 degrees celcius, with no padded gloves, no padded shorts, no cycling shoes, no jacket and a t-shirt on should have ended with me thinking WTF...but I actually ended the ride thinking "That's was great".
So - my mind was made up.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on February 11, 2018, 05:00:40 AM
I've got a decent lock....though one should know that ALL locks are not fool proof.
I'll think about the geolocator thingy...they are becoming popular.
Also - the bike itself is carbon throughout I'm sure - I thought my last bike was light!
I took it for a test ride yesterday. A couple of times up and down a 100m (meters - not miles!) strip of road. The guy asked what I thought and I said it was nice. He then said I should make sure it's right - given the price and that I should notice a difference between that and my current bike.
I explained it was difficult to judge because I didn't have any cycling gear on. I literally had a cycle helmet. So he told me to take it for a longer spin.
I went 5 miles. Now 5 miles on a bike, at 0 degrees celcius, with no padded gloves, no padded shorts, no cycling shoes, no jacket and a t-shirt on should have ended with me thinking WTF...but I actually ended the ride thinking "That's was great".
So - my mind was made up.
Good salesman.
How much does it weigh?
And if you don't mind telling, how much does it retail for? A link to a price page would be fine.
The page below says for the 54cm it's around 8.5kg and £1700 but I picked it up in a sale for £1400
https://www.startfitness.co.uk/merida-2017-scultura-5000-disc-ultegra-road-bike-black-mersclt5k17.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI67_MiOSf2QIVpLXtCh06VApYEAQYASABEgJcO_D_BwE
The link above is slightly different - it had disc brakes and mine doesn't. Don't ask me why - but a bike isn't a bike unless you've got 4 wee patches of rubber :buck2:
bikes have come a long way since i was a kid, remember them being under $100 when i had one:)
in all seriousness, looks like a great bike...enjoy
JD you may like this video ^-^
...i don't dare to ride on the road, its to dangerous. here you can see one of my typical paths, so no road bike for me. (i ride an older Scott Tampico hard tail, with sprung seat post, and front wheel disk break)
if bored forward to @7:40 ;-)
(technical demanding single trail @11:00)
Quote from: JudgeDredd on February 12, 2018, 01:50:03 AM
The link above is slightly different - it had disc brakes and mine doesn't.
This is the result of disc brakes after a crash (Katie Compton - Cyclocross pro racer)
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Really no need for that :hide:
I'm really squeamish!!
Quote from: MikeGER on February 12, 2018, 03:56:56 AM
JD you may like this video ^-^
...i don't dare to ride on the road, its to dangerous. here you can see one of my typical paths, so no road bike for me. (i ride an older Scott Tampico hard tail, with sprung seat post, and front wheel disk break)
if bored forward to @7:40 ;-)
(technical demanding single trail @11:00)
I remember you showing me this - you had "an off".
Crazy trail bikers!
Here's a video I made a while ago. I am no film producer, and could barely figure out how to the use the movie software, so it's sort of cheesy. But it shows one of my favorite areas. The field at the end is especially great in the Fall when the corn is as tall as a person.
(If anyone knows how to make one of those cool preview windows with a Vimeo video, that would be most appreciated.)
https://vimeo.com/25890068 (https://vimeo.com/25890068)
trailrunner, nice single trail you have O0
cant wait for the day when we get a small video drone that has full (dome/all angle) tiny obstacles avoidance and is able to follow/track and possible even circle around a traget through dense woods in shoulder height and also is affordable.
That will give cool sport video clips opportunities
The DJI Spark is a step in the right direction but its not there jet.
(no side and backward sensors, and AFAIK like the bigger DJI Mavic it don't decrease altitude when the target itself goes down a hill, it follows staying at level. uphill works its not flying into the hill so)
She's home
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O0
The weather is too crap tomorrow - but Wednesday looks nice and crisp O0
Well...unfortunately, within 2 rides, the bike was making a rattling noise. I took it back to the shop and he's been trying to isolate and fix it ever since (2 months).
It finally came to a head today and I asked him what my options were - and I'm going for a refund and I'll buy something else. He just couldn't not stop the rattle...not matter what he tried. He tried putting some foam down with the cable (it's happening somewhere where the cables go into the frame).
Merida made a modification to prevent the noise issue - but something is wrong with this.
I now do not know what to get :-\
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 03, 2018, 08:39:41 AM
I now do not know what to get :-\
A bunch of new models :P
I can't wait to get old enough to get one of those Geriatric Tricycles and get in everybody's way by riding....it....real.......s-l-o-w. I love being cursed in public. You meet so many new people that way.
lol
Turns out the guy spoke to Merida who said they did make some modifications to the frame for the 2018 edition - and so they're sending him a 2018 frame for me.
Free upgrade - love it.
https://www.merida-bikes.com/en_int/bikes/road-fitness-gravel/road-race/2018/scultura-5000-9307.html
I was gonna suggest a new Camaro, but looks like you have things under control now. O0
I'm surprised that some of you didn't suggest investing the refund in a pleasure dungeon of some sort. You guys must be mellowing or something...
I thought everyone in the UK had one of those already?
I mean, it comes free with their Stamp Duty Land Tax, innit?
Dammit! I buy stamps all the time and don't get nuttin' over here. >:(
Well - the Scultura turned up and - unfortunately - it too was rattling.
So that's gone back and the guy at the shop has ordered me the Scott Addict 10
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My neighbor and his son are very serious bike racers. Between them they must have 15 or 20 bikes (apparently some types of races require a very specific type of bike) He has one that probably cost more than my car. It's made entirely of unobtanium and fells like it weighs about 7 or 8 pounds. By the way, this guy is in his 40s and thinks nothing of riding 100 miles on a Saturday (and we live in the mountains).
How is the Scott costing you? I would recommend the Cannondale supersix and if you can afford it get the hi-mod version.
I'm in the process of rebuilding my mountain bike. I'm overhauling the front fork now and have taken it apart and started to clean it. I also started to overhaul the disc brakes. I rebuilt the calipers, but when I took apart the handle, one the plastic pieces was broken and I haven't been able to find a replacement (the overhaul kits contain everything except that fiddly part), so I decided to buy a new set of brakes. I'm happy with that decision because rebuilding the first caliper was a pain, and I wasn't looking forward to doing the second one.
Below is a picture of my bike in my shop with the fork taken apart. In the background you can see some of my other bikes. I'm in the double-digits now, and can always justify n+1. Many times in my life the bike on my car was worth more than the car. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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