Letting the Day's Go By

[glepore]

So, there's this guy on here that I've never met. We have a mutual affliction for weird stuff. I'm an old fart. 59, and I've been fast and I've been slow, but throughout I GOT bicycles. First "good" bike was a Poghliaghi, then a Tecnos, then...well, I forget or gotta pee.

Anyway, Justin has a set of g2 Lightweigts with a minor flesh
wound that he does't want to deal with. I get the deal of a lifetime and he gets to move on. Ain't it a grand old world. Love the wheels.

The spoke was still tensioned, easy repair if you're fearless. Riding them a year later.

Cut to August. I'm moving to my dream retirement spot in the Blue Ridge foothills, and i get an email about a wounded Berk. Shoot, I read the whole thread. Of course, of course of course, but let me check stack and reach against my ss evo (one of seven, but my favorite) ; f YEAH! So, stupid low money, love you Justin for real, and after a move to Va she gets built today with Justin's Thm brakes and his old Lightweights. Di2 9070 bluetooth. Build info to follow.

Anyway, after a short ride in the local Blue Ridge I can say that after 30 plus years of great bikes (GREAT bikes) nothing has ever expressed the builders vision and dare I say it soul like this thing. I'm not nearly fit enough to use it in anger but I still get it. Its a La Ferrari. Or a 312T. And yet it didn't beat me up. It wasn't a Mercedes, but it wasn't nearly as harsh as the response called for.

Jure, chapeau. It's not perfect, but damn, it has soul.

Dario would smile.

[tv_vt]

This is a great post! It should be moved to General Discussion where others can respond!

[jghall]

Agreed, nice post. I was waiting to see a Talking Head's themed bike though. Enjoy.

Oh, didn't happen without pictures.

[huck*this]

Thanks for the kind words. Feeling is mutual. Glad it went to a good home and able to log some miles. Here is a picture I saw of it built up on WW.

Enjoy those lightweight miles!

[jpritchet74]

Oh that's perdy!

[glepore]

Originally Posted by jghall

Agreed, nice post. I was waiting to see a Talking Head's themed bike though. Enjoy.

Oh, didn't happen without pictures.

You get to ride something like this ... wait for it... Once in a lifetime

[jghall]

Originally Posted by glepore

You get to ride something like this ... wait for it... Once in a lifetime

Well played........

[Fiertetimestwo]

Dream retirement spot in the Blue Ridge foothills.....

...And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack!

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by jghall

Agreed, nice post. I was waiting to see a Talking Head's themed bike though. Enjoy.

ditto!

and you may ask yourself, where are the pics?

[glepore]

Finally got enough yard work done to post some build details:

Frame (w/ headset) 960g
Fork (w expander) 367
Crank (Red 22 d/s FSA slk light Stages non DS, Praxis 50/34) -551
Bars (bikein generic aero integrated 40x90) 329
Cap (generic carbon) 8
THM Brakes (w/ holders)141
Seatpost clamp 3g
Parlee fd clamp 4
Raceware junction holder 5
Hylix seatpost - 125
Romino evo carbon- ??
DA 9070 ?
Wheels radial contact pf 30 bb
Lightweight Standards G2 Veloflex Arenberg

5.8 total

A couple comments- first, the praxis/red combo shifts fine, but without the total positive feeling of a DA crank; acceptable compromise from a weight standpoint, but occasionally it will "miss" the ramp and cycle a revolution before an upshift. The odd crankarm choice was simply because I went to 165's on this build (67 cm saddle height, usually on 172.5's but wanted to try something different as my cadence has increased in the past couple years) and there was a new FSK carbon arm on ebay in that size for $250 (gen 3), and that with the stages spindle was still a hundred dollars or so cheaper than the sram option. I'd have been fine with a rival nds arm, its only a couple grams, but none available at a good price in 165.
I'll likely go to Berk's new shortnose saddle or a Shimano pro-the Romin is a carryover from the parts bin,
The bars are very nice, aero, and internal, but have a 60 g penalty over the Bontrager style ones that come it at 265. I did modify them to take a blendr mount, as I have a few of those already. Not sure whether they'll stay-I like the clean routing and the flat top, but its an easy 60g.

Ride impressions are above. Responsive, stiff, all of a piece, but not so harsh as to beat on you like a drum. Tracks well, a bit slower to turn than the supersix, but tracks well. Not jittery for the weight, which can be an issue over rough stuff with the Evo.

I'll get some better pictures of the build when time permits.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by Fiertetimestwo

Dream retirement spot in the Blue Ridge foothills.....

"Into the blue again after the money's gone"
hopefully the money isn't gone

[NHAero]

Same as it ever was...

Awesome bike! How do I work this?

[glepore]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

"Into the blue again after the money's gone"
hopefully the money isn't gone

Have you priced THM Fibulas? It's gone now

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by glepore

5.8 total

That's 5.8 kilograms, right? So let's see, divide by three, carry the one, plus 2...

Under 13lbs, right? (12lbs, 12.589oz according to Google)

Nice. Never heard of a Berk before, but that's a sharp looking frame. Ride it in good health. No making flippy-flop though!

[metalheart]