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B-17 engine. From a post war crash
 
Going to get the wife fit on her new Crux this afternoon. We had a hard time finding a small frame, and this colorful monster (460mm) is the result. It is being built up with 105 and a few XT items. This will be her first good bike, and I suspect she is going to love it. With the carriage roads we have here in the national park, a cyclocross setup is really the ideal do it all bike for the island.

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Acadia said:
Going to get the wife fit on her new Crux this afternoon. We had a hard time finding a small frame, and this colorful monster (460mm) is the result. It is being built up with 105 and a few XT items. This will be her first good bike, and I suspect she is going to love it. With the carriage roads we have here in the national park, a cyclocross setup is really the ideal do it all bike for the island.

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I went with a cyclocross setup when I moved to Hawaii Island for the same reasons, although now I live 4 blocks from the Queen K highway, (aka Ironman central) and I'm thinking about getting another road bike. I am also shopping for my wife's first good bike and that looks pretty sweet. She is also very short and probably needs a 46 or 48. Are you buying that new or barely used? My wife would dig that bike. Is Crux a custom builder or...? May I ask how much $.
 
This one is new. It is the Specialized Crux E5 Disc frame, built up by the shop to get the total cost in around $2K ($2050 in this case) excluding the XT pedals that were another $100. You could certainly do it for less if you found a good used component group to throw on it, but I didn't have time to mess with that. I will take a picture tomorrow; we put blue bar tape on it that almost matches the lettering color. Swanky!

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/road/crux
 
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Acadia said:
This one is new. It is the Specialized Crux E5 Disc frame, built up by the shop to get the total cost in around $2K ($2050 in this case) excluding the XT pedals that were another $100. You could certainly do it for less if you found a good used component group to throw on it, but I didn't have time to mess with that. I will take a picture tomorrow; we put blue bar tape on it that almost matches the lettering color. Swanky!

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/road/crux
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Nice! Thanks for the info.
 
This is my Salsa, las Cruces with mostly Ultegra drivetrain and Avid discs. I swapped out the cross tires for road because I'm almost exclusively riding on the pavement now but it works great on most terrain, even a little single track every once in a while.
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Nice! I hope to build up something sportier than my Tricross in a year or so, but my wife still gives me the evil eye regarding my Orbea.

Here is the Crux ready for action this morning (she loved the first ride):
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Acadia said:
Nice! I hope to build up something sportier than my Tricross in a year or so, but my wife still gives me the evil eye regarding my Orbea.

Here is the Crux ready for action this morning (she loved the first ride):
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I showed my wife your Crux and she said pretty, pretty, pretty, I want! Nice job.
 
Acadia said:
Nice! I hope to build up something sportier than my Tricross in a year or so, but my wife still gives me the evil eye regarding my Orbea.

Here is the Crux ready for action this morning (she loved the first ride):
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I showed my wife your Crux and she said pretty, pretty, pretty, I want! Nice job.
 
I have a Trek 2.1, aluminum frame and carbon fork. I've noticed during quick descents(40MPH+) that the rear wheel begins to shimmy uncontrollably. I attribute this to the aluminum frame, but I could be mistaken. I'd rather not ride the brakes during these descents. Suggestions?
 
Old Dominion Flyer said:
I have a Trek 2.1, aluminum frame and carbon fork. I've noticed during quick descents(40MPH+) that the rear wheel begins to shimmy uncontrollably. I attribute this to the aluminum frame, but I could be mistaken. I'd rather not ride the brakes during these descents. Suggestions?
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True rear wheel.

New rear tire.

Pin the top tube with your knees on the descents.
 
Old Dominion Flyer said:
I have a Trek 2.1, aluminum frame and carbon fork. I've noticed during quick descents(40MPH+) that the rear wheel begins to shimmy uncontrollably. I attribute this to the aluminum frame, but I could be mistaken. I'd rather not ride the brakes during these descents. Suggestions?
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I've given this more thought and you may want to check the hub and make sure there is no play. Also you way want to have some kind of frame alignment done or at least have it looked at by someone who isn't an avatar of a character from the movie Idiocracy.

Honestly most of the frame shimmy issues with road bikes come from taking ones hands of the bars at least the ones that I know of. The high speed rear wheel shimmy I think is worth a look see before your next ride.
 
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