Bike No. 2 Updated

As some of you know I am riding a carbon framed bike from a small importer located in Connecticut, Pedal Force. The specific model that Nicole and I ride is the RS. What some of you don’t know is that I have two of these frames for myself and they are built up slightly differently.

My primary bike is full Shimano Dura-Ace I usually ride with a road double 53/39T and a 12-25T cassette. That gearing is plenty low enough to get me over the few hills we have here in Union County with little or no trouble. I am not the fastest up the hill but there aren’t any that I have to dismount and walk up, including Walkup Road! That bike with a more comfortable Selle Italia Thoork and my normal training wheels weighs in at a respectable 16.07 pounds (7290 grams).

The secondary bike on the same frame has a few weight saving and gearing differences. Once built up as an all Ultegra back-up bike it will now be primarily used to race and on rides where I am looking to set personal records or for rides where there is considerable climbing.

The bike build and upgrading is not quite complete but so far I am very happy with the results. The component list is as follows:

• Pedal Force RS frame (55 cm)
• Alpha Q GS-30 Integrated fork
• Ritchey WCS 4-Axis stem (110 mm, to be switched for a 120 mm)
• Thomson Masterpiece seat post (with Titanium hardware)
• Selle Italia SLR saddle
• FSA K-Wing handlebars (44 cm c-c, to be swapped out for ????)
• Full SRAM Red group
  • Red compact crank (172.5mm 50/34T)
  • Red front and rear derailleurs
  • Powerdome cassette (11-26T)
  • Red brake set w/Kool-Stop carbon pads
• KMC chain
• Tubular wheels
  • Nimble carbon rims
  • White Industry H1 hubs
  • Sapim CX-Ray spokes
• Vittoria Evo Corsa CX tubular tires
• Dura-Ace pedals (PD-7800)

Without any of the mentioned swapped parts the current weight is 14.8 pounds (6720 grams), the potential is there to go to somewhere between 14.5 and 14.75 pounds. This will make this version significantly lighter than the primary bicycle and did it without compromising reliability or ride.

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