Probably this one, the blue Schwinn moab frame custom built into SS/MTB with lots of vintage Ti parts. Its a fun bike that has seen many different guises over the years!
-Xander
-Xander
Pulled out the old Basso today, always good for a Sunday ride. Columbus tubes, Dura-Ace, tubulars.
Advice Wanted For Custom Built
Low back pain and neck pain are keeping me from enjoying longer road rides. I currently ride a Titanium frame with a racing geometry. I believe it is time to have another style frame. Scoliosis and old age are catching up to me. Anyone have experience with custom built frames. Don't really care about frame material, looking for comfort.
Advice Wanted For Custom Built
Low back pain and neck pain are keeping me from enjoying longer road rides. I currently ride a Titanium frame with a racing geometry. I believe it is time to have another style frame. Scoliosis and old age are catching up to me. Anyone have experience with custom built frames. Don't really care about frame material, looking for comfort.
I moved to a Specialized Roubaix, which has relaxed geometry that is a little more upright. Many of the large manufacturers offer comfort geometry lines now. Core strength is also really important. I fixed most of my back issues by strengthening my core and working on flexibility.
Before buying a new bike or a new custom bike (unless you want a new bike), have you had yourself professionally fitted? Recently? Seat position/height, stem length and rise, and handlebar width and shape are all important as is your general condition and flexibility. I can't recommend this enough. It is money well spent. Also don't go to the guy at the bike shop selling bikes. I go to the guy that the local race teams use - they are putting the big miles in and many of them have the same issues as us as we age.
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A beautiful 1998 LeMond Zurich, with a steel frame and carbon fork. Slightly modified (I can't afford a new Ultegra group but my STI barfed, so I got a cheaper set of STI shifters/levers). With ancient, lightweight Sampson Stratics Ti pedals.
Built a singlespeed city ride with my retired Zaskar LE frame and some parts I had scattered around in various boxes. Fast, light, simple and ultra-low maintenance. I recently upgraded the ahead stem to a fat Kore stem, as you can see in the second pictur. Btw, the frame is at least twelve years old and I polished it with Nevr Dull, thus the shiny alloy. At some point I'll put in a rigid fork since I don't see the need for a suspension in the city, should make the bike it a bit lighter still.
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