Recent content by area23uk

Hi AlasdairE, The forks I used on mine have a 1 inch steerer - you can still come by them secondhand - I got lucky with the Deda Black Force Carbon's. As for modern group sets - I've actually just converted mine to Shimano 105 compact. The BB is a fairly standard Shimano English Threaded...

Here's a picture of my Caad2 from yesterdays ride - not totally clean, but think it's looking fairly pretty as winter bikes go :)

Great to hear that you still have your R500 and that it's on the road again. I'll definitely send some pics of mine. Been waiting for a decent day and also having snapped a spoke at the weekend, the wheel was being sorted and is now back on. [And the bike cleaned!]. Will be in touch. I may have...

Re: Caad2 R500 I've kept a link to this post for years as I have the same bike. Always thought it looked great and your post gave me a kick to sort mine out and use it more. I've had to upgrade parts over the years as I was using it as my main bike up until last April. Now it's my winter bike...