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2008-09-24 8:10 PM

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I finally have a new bike to post about and I am so psyched! This is my new Klein carbon race machine and I am so excited. It's hard to really see the color well in the picture but it's purple and depending on the light can look blue or orange. Klein does an awesome job with their paint.

It has all the components off my old bike: Ultegra shifters, Ultegra RD and FD, Raceface Cadence double crankset, Bontrager Race lite handlebar and stem, Ritchey wheels. This pretty bike weighs in at a whopping 16.1 pounds, as it's shown. (The tires will be changing but Michelin tires aren't available right now) One big picture and another up close to try to show the color.

new bike

 

up close shot



2008-09-24 8:14 PM
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Very nice!!
2008-09-24 8:20 PM
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That's hawt, Mindy!!!  When's the maiden voyage?
2008-09-24 8:36 PM
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Pretty!

Purple bikes are teh roxxor. But you knew that ('cept nobody will confuse mine for blue...)

2008-09-24 8:54 PM
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Love the bike!  Very cool color!
2008-09-25 6:47 AM
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Sweet bike!  I love the color.  : )


2008-09-25 6:50 AM
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mila - 2008-09-24 9:20 PM That's hawt, Mindy!!! When's the maiden voyage?

Thanks. Hopefully, my first ride will be on Friday. I have to replace the FD cable but after that it should be ready! 

2008-09-25 7:14 AM
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Cool bike Mindy! Congratulations.  I like the color.  My motorcycle is purple.
2008-09-25 7:48 AM
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Sweet ride!  16.1 pounds is super light, you are goona blaze with this bike.  Cool
2008-09-25 10:04 AM
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Just in time for some SCT rides in lovely fall weather with your long lost NAMC buds!
2008-09-25 10:06 AM
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Beautiful bike! 16.1 pounds- even more impressive!


2008-09-25 11:05 AM
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SWEET!! You have certainly earned a nice new ride!
2008-09-25 11:22 AM
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Awesome.  Maybe I'll see you riding around Bethlehem soon. 
2008-09-25 11:27 AM
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It looks fast!!! Congrats!

2008-09-25 11:42 AM
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Don't know what is hotter ... the bike or a girl that knows how to change a FD cable!

Great bike - and ridiculously light.  Isn't the minimum weigh in for the Tour 17lbs?

autigers_1998 - 2008-09-25 7:50 AM

mila - 2008-09-24 9:20 PM That's hawt, Mindy!!! When's the maiden voyage?

Thanks. Hopefully, my first ride will be on Friday. I have to replace the FD cable but after that it should be ready! 

2008-09-25 12:03 PM
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16.1 - WOW, that is light!


2008-09-25 12:34 PM
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brian - 2008-09-25 12:42 PM

Don't know what is hotter ... the bike or a girl that knows how to change a FD cable!

Great bike - and ridiculously light. Isn't the minimum weigh in for the Tour 17lbs?

They have a minimum? Now I'm starting to doubt the weight some, I'll have to re-weigh it tomorrow at the shop. 

2008-09-25 12:45 PM
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Ooops, conversion error ... it is 6.8kg or 14.96 lbs - you are street legal to race the TdF!

For kicks, here is a listing of other requirements:

What are the UCI's specific requirements?

 

  • The bike must be a vehicle with a front wheel steered by a handlebar and a rear wheel driven by a system comprising pedals and a chain by the legs moving in a circular movement,
  • The wheels must be of equal diameter, between 70 cm and 55 cm, and must have minimum 12 spokes.
  • The bike's maximum length should be 185 cm, and maximum width 50 cm.
  • The bike's minimum weight should be 6.8 kg.
  • The peak of the saddle must be at least 5 cm behind a vertical plane passing through the bottom bracket spindle.
  • The saddle must be between 24 cm and 30 cm in length.
  • The distance between the bottom bracket spindle and the ground must be between 24 cm and 30 cm.
  • The distance between the vertical passing through the lower bracket spindle and the front wheel spindle must be between 54 cm and 65 cm.
  • The distance between the vertical passing through the bottom bracket spindle and the rear wheel spindle must be between 35 cm and 50 cm.
  • The maximum internal distance between the front fork ends is 10.5 cm, and of the rear stays 13.5 cm.
  • The frame must be built around a main triangle, constructed of tubular elements (that may have non-circular cross-sections) such that the form of each encloses a straight line.

http://www.ineed2know.org/transportation/racing-bikes.htm

autigers_1998 - 2008-09-25 1:34 PM
brian - 2008-09-25 12:42 PM

Don't know what is hotter ... the bike or a girl that knows how to change a FD cable!

Great bike - and ridiculously light. Isn't the minimum weigh in for the Tour 17lbs?

They have a minimum? Now I'm starting to doubt the weight some, I'll have to re-weigh it tomorrow at the shop. 

2008-09-25 1:04 PM
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Whew! Good to know I'm legal for the Tour.

I will have to re-weigh it but I looked it up and spec'd out with full DA it says it weighs just over 15 pounds. So, it is possible that it only weighs 16. (I had to know if I was crazy and used the bike scale wrong, that would be embarrassing! )

 

 

2008-09-26 10:16 AM
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That IS a sweet-looking bike, Mindy.  And as others have noted, the colors are AWESOME!!  Are you going to name her "Iridescence?"  She's a beaut!

 

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