Condor, it’s “finished”….
May 6, 2008Monday really bucked the trend for UK Bank Holiday (well it down here at least) with wall to wall sunshine. I predictably spent my morning out on the bike cruising along the cliff-tops down west, but that is not why I’m writing… I’m not in the mood for writing much at all in fact so my cop out for the next day or two is simply to put up those promised pics of my Condor ‘project’ now that it’s finished. Regular gearing is a nice round 100″ (55×15) which works great on the less than flat roads round here.
Here it is:
[...] Jeff) also took the team prize. again ;o) Only downside… I have an unsealed Sugino BB in my Condor so tomorrow it’ll have to come out for drying off and regreasing. I can’t be bothered [...]
[...] Look at that, I’m ashamed to admit, it’s a derailleur (Dura-Ace no less…). The Condor is not dead by any means it’s still my preferred tool for short distances, I just decided I [...]
[...] was well happy with my “long 55″ (OK, very long at 55:57 but hey…!). I was on my Condor as usual with the 100-inch gear that seems to work so well for the majority of Cornish courses [...]
[...] **2008 update.. for an update on this bike have a look here: http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/condor-its-finished/ [...]
[...] info at this guys blog. Oh, and did I mention that it only weighs about 6.4kg [...]
[...] what I can see on his site he is a good rider with some excellent gear. Just take a look at his fixed gear TT bike with a carbon chain ring. His site is definately worth a [...]
Very nice machine. I’m tempted to build up a TT-specific rig myself although not to quite the same level as this beauty! :)