Naoki Yoshinaga's Home Page: Bike Setup

Road Bike Setup

A note to lighten up my road bike with durable, lightweight, and high quality components towards sub 6kg.

Trade Info: I have several stuffs that are not to my taste. Please e-mail y.naoki (Gmail) if you're interested.

Syntace Racelite carbon bar 44cm (O-O): 177g, nearly new in very good condition. I'm asking a carbon bar in size 42 (O-O) or less and similar weight (~180g or less).

Controltech Race Light skewers: 28g for front and rear, Ti rods with Sc ends in good condition. I'm asking a Heylight Ti- skewers.

GIANT OCR C2 '05

The first road bike I bought from Nalsima Frend in Apr. '05. The component list is shown (italics indicate the actual weight) with the lightest configuration currently available. I'm pleased with the components in bold fonts.

Specification (Stock: hide)
Component		Stock	Current (Nov., 2008)
	Frame	GIANT OCR composite	←
	Fork	GIANT OCR composite SL	Reynolds UL
	Headset	FSA Orbit SPX Integrated	←
	Crank Arm	FSA Gossamer MegaExo Triple	Sugino Alpina
	--- bolts	\|	Tiso
	BB	FSA BB-6000	Shimano Dura Ace BB-7700
	Outer ring	FSA Pro Road 52T	Sugino 50T
	Middle ---	FSA Pro Road 42T	Sugino 36T
	Inner ---	FSA Pro Road 30T
	--- bolts	\|	Tiso
	Chain	Shimano CN-HG53	KMC X9
	Pedals	MKS Sylvan Promenade	Crankbrothers egg beater sl
	Handlebar	GIANT HL DR-AL56B	Ritchey WCS Logic II
	Bartape	GIANT w/ end caps	Deda Nastro tuned
	Stem	GIANT Alloy	New Ultimate
	Ahead cap	GIANT	Tune
	Spacer	GIANT Alloy 5/7/10mm	GIANT Alloy 10mm
	F Rim	Kinlin Niobium 30 16H	Nimble FLY 20H
	F hub	Formula SC92	American Classic micro mod
	R Rim	Kinlin Niobium 30 20H	Nimble FLY 28H
	R hub	Formula SC37	DT Swiss 240s mod
	Spokes	DT Competition w/ brass	Nimble wire w/ hidden aero
	tape/glue	GIANT?
	QR	Formula QR55	Controltech Race Light
	Tires	Michelin Dynamic	Contineltal Competition
	Tubes	Kenda
	Brakes	TEKTRO 521AG	Shimano Dura Ace BR-7700 tuned + Shimano BR-R600 tuned
	Pads	TEKTRO P420	Shimano pad tuned
	Shoes	TEKTRO P420	SwissStop Black Prince
	Levers	Shimano Ultegra ST-6510	Shimano Dura Ace ST-7700 tuned
	Shifters	\|	\|
	FD	Shimano 105 FD-5504-F	Shimano Dura Ace FD-7700-F tuned
	RD	Shimano Ultegra RD-6500	Shimano Dura Ace RD-7700 tuned
	Cassette	SRAM PG950 12-26T	Shimano Dura Ace CS-7700 12-23T
	Shift Cable	Jagwire Sterling	Shimano SIS-SP41
	Brake ---	Jagwire Sterling	←
	Saddle	Selle Royal Viper	Selle Italia SLR tuned
	Seatpost	FSA SL-K	New Ultimate carbon
	Seatpin	GIANT Alloy	GIANT Alloy tuned
	air/grease

Build Policy

A comfy, durable, and light bike for everyday ride, with a plain/classic look & feel. GIANT frameset is one of the best BANG for the BUCK. I upgrade the inferior parts tie-in with the frameset in a cost-effective order, without sacrificing the comfort and durability. I'm reluctant to adopt things unsuitable for daily ride: skewers w/ Al rods, CF rings, Al cogs, track tubies <150g, CF-railed saddles <60g, wheels <1kg (or rims <250g).

Future plan

The order of the following replacement would be: chain (-50g) → tuning (RD: -30g) → Record ergo (-60g) → chainring (-10g) → tubies (-50g). If allowed, saddle (-50g) → brake (-100g) → cable (-30g) → tubies (-100g) → bar (-20g) → crank & BB (-200g) → wheel (-300g) → frame (:-p, -300g).

Road Bike Setup

GIANT OCR C2 '05

Build Policy

Future plan

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