NHAero
04-12-2009, 06:05 PM
Yesterday was my first longish ride (54 miles) on my new-to-me Concours. My motivation in buying this frame (eBay) was to see if a 4.5 cm shorter top tube would address my comfort issues on my old (1972) Bob Jackson. I think it's really going to help! My route had plenty of poor pavement (NH and VT in the spring) and is fairly hilly, and overall even though it's early in the season for me I was more comfortable that I have been on a road bike for a long time (although still slow :-)
It's a combo of retro and new - Phil BB and Sugino AT cranks set up as a 50-34 (I prefer narrow Q), and bar end shifters, and Nitto Soba bars with tektro levers, and XT fd and XTR rd (so I can add a triple if necessary). Wheels are Nimble Spiders and brakes are ZG Ti, mostly because the Ultegras I had interfere with the shift cables on the head tube.
Anyway, I'm pretty stoked. Very nice riding bike, especially for such a short wheelbase compared to my old bike, and the lightest bike I've ever owned.
I got some good advice from this board and I want to say, thanks! to all of you.
It's a combo of retro and new - Phil BB and Sugino AT cranks set up as a 50-34 (I prefer narrow Q), and bar end shifters, and Nitto Soba bars with tektro levers, and XT fd and XTR rd (so I can add a triple if necessary). Wheels are Nimble Spiders and brakes are ZG Ti, mostly because the Ultegras I had interfere with the shift cables on the head tube.
Anyway, I'm pretty stoked. Very nice riding bike, especially for such a short wheelbase compared to my old bike, and the lightest bike I've ever owned.
I got some good advice from this board and I want to say, thanks! to all of you.