My bike needs some stickers.

[Knife Outlet]

pedal force sure made a splash in britain's cycling plus magazine with their carbon frames. their price point does make it an attractive value. as far as another decal idea...you might want to try black on black...like the cannondale synapse. it looks really nice

what are the rest of the build components? i can see the fsa crank and seatpost/? stem. the brake set almost looks like a zero g but i can not tell and the shoes are different. what drive train...dura ace or ultegra?


as you can tell i like bikes...especially the italian stuff

The stem is FSA K Force and the bar is FSA K Wing. Brakes are Zero G but I recently replaced them with Shimano Dura Ace because the Zero G didn't work very well for me. The BB is a Token titanium. The drive train is Shimano Dura Ace with a titanium cassette. I'm replacing the crankset with a Stronglight Pulsion in about a week. Since you like Italian bikes, I'll show you a picture of mine:

 

[btboone]

Interesting spoke pattern on that one. I also like the form fitting handle bars. These pics are giving me bike fever. I spent years making stuff like this and I also worked at GT Bicycles but never got a decent bike while I worked there. I got out of the market years ago when Shimano started selling cog sets for less than I could buy the raw material for.

 

[Knife Outlet]

Campagnolo calls it G3. It is novel looking to be sure. These wheels are actually quite sturdy, but also on the heavy side.

Bike fever is a lot like knife fever. There is no known cure for it. I have both diseases.

I sure like the look of your crankset. Perhaps you need to get those going again with Taiwanese manufacturer. I think there is a market for a lightweight metal crankset. Some people don't like the look of carbon fiber there.

 

[btboone]

I used to be really into the market and know everything going on. I haven't even seen a bike magazine for years now. My titanium wedding rings kind of took over, and they're more of a steady market. I still have a guy that worked for me that's making the titanium chainrings in his shop now. We can't really be competitive on the full cogsets though. The bottom bracket spindle was made from 1" diameter titanium and carved out with spirals for weight reduction. They were tested by a company in Germany to be the stiffest BB's they tested. My buddy might start making those again.

I haven't checked into the cranks. These were machined from 7075 billet. I have seen some from someone, maybe Sugino a while back that copied the design. My main market was guys just like you that had the cool bikes with the best stuff. A lot of the Triathletes and elete team racers had our stuff back then.