mooty

nice dogma.
didn't like it, too stiff for my old bones.
accelerates well though. but i like the soft cushy colnago ;-)

mooty

u DH ppl are fkg nuts.
scary!
but sure look fun.

NTY

My other Colnagos

Nizer

Ha ha. True dat. Then again, I'd rather joust with trees and rocks in full padding then 1/2 naked with 2-ton metal objects piloted by texting space cadets traveling at 50mph...

cgomez

Nice set of Lightweight wheels. I love mine (on a Prince). They are much better quality than Zipps and lighter than Boras.

I prefer an "outer" bike -carrying setup (TT Bike):

silverboy

NTY and CGOMEZ. I have Lightweights too but sadly broke them in crash in Thailand. Will have to send it to Alexander for repair.

I love Colnago's. I used to have one about 4 yrs ago. Now I ride a King 3.

However, I'm looking at the new Look 695 SR. Awesome new tech in it. I think this bike takes it to a new level.

http://www.lookcycle.com/en/uk/look-...95-i-pack.html

CGOMEZ - I've been thinking about getting a bike roof rack for my GT3.1 RS but honestly the last thing I wanna deal with after a hard ride is that hard clutch. Much easier on your 7 TT.

Didn't know a lot of you guys were roadies. Happy to discover that. Nothing like a good ride with your brain being soaked with all that blood! Endorphin rush! woot woot!

mooty

CG has a GT2, the clutch is no lighter than our RS.

i just pretend to be a roadie now. used to actually ride hard. now i "think" i ride hard.

silverboy

Ah yes. Thanks Mooty. That is a GT2. Sorry CG! You must have good legs then!

mooty

LOL after a hard right, so much endorphin, you wont feel anything. stiff clutch no prob.
but if you do mount on roof, be careful.
i had my ellsworth ID on top of a turbo beetle 6 years ago, i drove straight into my garage after a long tough ride. broken top tube, dented roof.... scared the crap out of my neighbors, chewed out by my wife and pissed off my sister, as it was her beetle.

silverboy

Moots - that's a hilarious story. Oh wow. I got a roof rack for my SUV and always wondered if it would happen to me.

NTY

Wow... Looks like many of us love things with wheels. I always wonder if there are real use for those rack brackets on GT3's roof. I was so very wrong..

I love my lightweight too. They beautify any bikes out there. Love using them for crit races.

Jake951

I tried the Porsche roof transport system for carrying a bike on the GT3...once. The stiff GT3 suspension (even with PASM = normal) causes a lot of scary bouncing of anything carried on the roof, and I was afraid of the bike being thrown off the roof. I don't use it any more.

Nizer

Ditto. But I got away with just a trashed seat and bent seatpost. Clearly you drive flat out.

mooty

^ flat out that is how i drive.
and yes, my salle san marcos was toasted and left red mark on the garage door top.

micahbones

I promise you will not regret instead going with a hand built steel or titanium frame with a hand built 32-spoke wheelset. The ride quality, feel, handling, aesthetics and overall enjoyment cannot be surpassed by anything built out of carbon fiber, neither frame nor wheels. The brake feel & modulation on CF wheels for example is still horrible IMO, and given how expensive they are to buy & repair, why not just use an aluminum braking surface with a normal 32-spoke wheel unless at a top-priority race? Kinda my theory on PCCBs too...

Just like with cars, to each their own, but as a former semi-pro mountain, road, & 'cross racer who now rides a welded steel frame, fork, & stem for my road bike, I will never go back to carbon. : )