I had this frameset with me for quite a while. With many similar bikes in the stable and most of them Cannondales I decided to go a different route this time :
– 130mm Ritchey stem to somewhat match the drop bar hoods’ reach
– MTB style 560mm wide flat bar from LitePro
– Super light LitePro brake levers
– Shimano RS700 11 speed flat bar shifter for road derailleur
– Older FAR sports 60mm rim brake wheelset
– Front fork is wrapped in satin red wrap used for cars.
Seventhchild7 on
Nice. Drop bars are whack.
HydrationPlease on
Reminds me of those 90s bikes that had aggressive styling. Looks awesome.
unnameableway on
k let’s see a wheelie
Karakter96 on
I disagree with a longer stem, mostly because your bars are probably an extra 14cm wider so your reach is increased by probably close to 2cm anyway. My personal preference is to make the stem as short as possible before it becomes twitchy so like on my Domane that I converted to flatbar I only run 100mm as opposed to the 80mm I was running because the bars are 16cm wider
KnowledgeSpecific812 on
That looks sick
redfaction88 on
Flatbar road bikes has always been super cool imo. It’s like the cafe racer but for road bikes.
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I had this frameset with me for quite a while. With many similar bikes in the stable and most of them Cannondales I decided to go a different route this time :
– 130mm Ritchey stem to somewhat match the drop bar hoods’ reach
– MTB style 560mm wide flat bar from LitePro
– Super light LitePro brake levers
– Shimano RS700 11 speed flat bar shifter for road derailleur
– Older FAR sports 60mm rim brake wheelset
– Front fork is wrapped in satin red wrap used for cars.
Nice. Drop bars are whack.
Reminds me of those 90s bikes that had aggressive styling. Looks awesome.
k let’s see a wheelie
I disagree with a longer stem, mostly because your bars are probably an extra 14cm wider so your reach is increased by probably close to 2cm anyway. My personal preference is to make the stem as short as possible before it becomes twitchy so like on my Domane that I converted to flatbar I only run 100mm as opposed to the 80mm I was running because the bars are 16cm wider
That looks sick
Flatbar road bikes has always been super cool imo. It’s like the cafe racer but for road bikes.