Sounds good mate - get some pics up of the rides one day.
I just checked the Peaks Challenge ! always enjoyed doing the run around Tamborine..................................in a good car LOL.........
235k's eh....
A fellow football mate bike enthusiast incl his wife just did 2 1/2wks doing one of those Giro Italia tours, absolutley loved it, said its awesum and the tour group he did it through were superb everyday.
CL Champs 2019 for the 6th time
and EPL 19/20 Champs......
TS50/Sprint 8 and daily anti aussie Macan GTS
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Abraham Lincoln"
here you go Maurie
Originally Posted by Lynton
My old bike that I bought in 2003, the Monoc TC2 Compact
The new frame, Eddy Merckx 1XM with all the components of the Monoc.
just don't go reading too much back at the start of the thread. its embarrassing how green i was regarding bikes
FTe217 (14th October 2015)
good stuff.
can your hubs fit 10 or 11 speed? or do you need to get new rims as well? i know you want to, but just wondering if your current wheels could fit the bigger cassette.
That is a good question, I will have to check compatibility. The wheels will need replacing soon as they are starting to need work keeping them true which on a alloy rim is a sign they are fatiguing.
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
This is the front derailleur braze on conversion.
This is the drive side chain stay repair, there used to a big chunk taken out where the chain came off the inside chain ring and got jammed into the frame. Carbon fibre does not like a steel chain jammed against it. It is hard to see in this pic but the finish is clear coat over bare carbon and you can not pick the repair.
This is the Merckx as it is now. I will have to weigh it but I think it is about 7.5kg or just under at the moment, if I put my light weight seat post and seat on it will drop another 250g. Not bad for a 56cm frame with a 12 year old dura ace groupset.
This is the complete crack through the drive side dropout that is the death of the Monoc, may it RIP.
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
FTe217 (14th October 2015)
Cant be repaired????
My Falcon family heritage: XY V8 Falcon 500, XYGT, XBGT, XC 351 GS, XD 4.1 Spack, EF wagon, AU Wagon, AU2 Wagon, AU2 XR8, BA XR8, BF XR8, FG XR6, Sprint 8. AU3 XLS Marlin Ute, FG2 Ute, 996.2 Carrera, MY24 Raptor.
The Monoc (yellow frame)?
Theoretically yes but the cost would be around $500 to do so as the dropout has to be cut out and a new one welded in then painted. The problem is the crack has occurred because it is an alloy frame and the metal has fatigued and thus is now weakened. I could repair this crack but soon another crack will occur elsewhere and the end result would be having to get that repaired too. It would not be too long before I have spent the original value of the frame (about $2000) fixing various cracks in various places. The simple truth is this frame has reached the end of its service life, it has done about 100,000km and served me well.
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
4Vman (3rd May 2015)
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Stolen in Adelaide.
1 of 2 in Australia.
My Falcon family heritage: XY V8 Falcon 500, XYGT, XBGT, XC 351 GS, XD 4.1 Spack, EF wagon, AU Wagon, AU2 Wagon, AU2 XR8, BA XR8, BF XR8, FG XR6, Sprint 8. AU3 XLS Marlin Ute, FG2 Ute, 996.2 Carrera, MY24 Raptor.
Thats a mad cycle !
and EPL 19/20 Champs......
TS50/Sprint 8 and daily anti aussie Macan GTS
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Abraham Lincoln"
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