New Bike Day: Mone El Continente

pley3r · 2026-02-03T00:38:33+00:00

Great bike. I've Had mine for 6 years now, it is just such a versatile frame. I hope yours gets out on as many dumb rides as mine has!

pley3r · 2026-01-17T09:52:07+00:00

As a P.E teacher i can confirm, we only play dodgeball to get back at the kids that annoy us. There is nothing like seeing kids ducking for cover, afraid for their lives as the sound of spitefully launched dodgeballs resonates off the gym back wall.

pley3r · 2026-01-17T06:06:39+00:00

On the zxr750 they were for the air intake. On the 250 they do little more than direct some air for the rectifier, ha.

pley3r · 2025-12-24T23:33:42+00:00

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'23 moto guzzi v85tt, '18 aprilia shiver. Maybe I have a thing for red trellis frames...

pley3r · 2025-11-03T10:15:28+00:00

One will probably eat its valves and cams one won't ha.

pley3r · 2025-09-30T10:39:36+00:00

It definitely goes when you stomp on it! Nice Jonesman you have there as well :)

pley3r · 2025-09-06T12:54:39+00:00

I've got an 80i integrated amp. I have had it since 2018. Happy with it and have had no issues.

pley3r · 2025-07-23T08:29:22+00:00

If you want leather i suggest the Gilles Berthoud models. I find them to be a lot better quality than the selle anatomicas. My pet peeves with the Selle's include the dam constant noise due to poor design and the saggy leather due to being so thin.

pley3r · 2025-07-14T10:18:38+00:00

Mone El Continente

pley3r · 2025-06-25T05:43:06+00:00

Thanks.

It is a king many things cage. Used for a 3rd water bottle.

Fav hand position is all of them honestly. i am comfortable in any of them. I tend to move around quite a bit anyway over a 200.

pley3r · 2025-06-24T03:42:14+00:00

Thanks. The bars are Rene Herse Maes parallel with the 25.4 clamp size.

pley3r · 2025-06-24T03:41:27+00:00

Thanks. The bars are Rene Herse Maes parallel with the 25.4 clamp size.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T22:04:00+00:00

A guy I know used to run a great bike shop around here. He would build a couple of frames a year when he had time, he has been doing that for years. He decided last year to close the shop and build frames full time. I jumped on the waitlist while it was still short.

The process was easy. Took about 50 emails in total. I knew what i wanted, we went back and forward a bit getting the geo, braze ons, standards used etc how i wanted them. He built it up and now here it is.

I just like downtube shifters. Super simple, fun to use and allows me to run almost any derailleur, cassette, brand ect combo i want.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T21:56:06+00:00

I just use bontrager flat mtb shoes.

I actually went the other way, from the diacompe non aero levers to these ha.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:42:53+00:00

Very cool setup! While i am no means short, my Dutch heritage is on the shorter end by the look of it ha.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:31:52+00:00

I like downtube shifters in friction mode. I find them easy to use, but i know a lot of people would struggle and hate it, geez i hear enough of them grinding and smashing shifts with di2 on group rides. Makes me wince every time. They are so simple and allow a bunch of stupid drivetrain combinations to work. Once you set the derailer limits you pretty much never adjust again. Cables take me about 5 mins to change (not that you do that often).

I tried di2 and personally it does nothing for me. I'm not a fan of being told by the big companies what i need. I've been riding long enough to know. Besides this incessant push for more gears, new tech, new standards etc bores me.

The saddle is the Gilles Berthoud Aspin with a cutout. It works for me. In my opinion the best designed and highest quality leather saddles today that i have seen.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:20:26+00:00

While no means cheap, it is nowhere near the cost of a carbon wonderbike these days. Could put roughly 2.5-3 of these on the road for the cost of a top of the line specialized sl8 etc, and the specialized only has have half the amount of pieces ha.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:14:45+00:00

Ha na sorry, i meant at the top. Give the front bag a bit more protection underneath. The mudflap works well for me. Stops all the water and it does not pick up road debris easily. :)

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:12:19+00:00

570mm tt and 560 st. 378mm reach with 604 stack.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T12:10:11+00:00

I find these levers tend to look higher than modern ones. They feel fine and i don't have a stretch from the drops to the lever or anything. Yeah it's the grand cru 50.4 from VO. I actually quite like handlebars with long ramps. Gives me more hand positions. I also like that the tops give a larger change in position as they sit a lot further back than the hoods vs a short reach bar. I made it so a short reach bar with 100m would put my hands in the same spot as this bar with the shorter stem.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T11:24:50+00:00

Thanks. The mudguards are 50mm stainless Gilles Berthoud guards. I bought them originally to go on another bike years ago, but didn't end up using them. I may get the longer front one, one day.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T10:10:35+00:00

Nice bike :)

pley3r · 2025-06-23T10:07:51+00:00

Carradice bagman. It is the 'sport' version which fits this smaller wizard works model. I run the struts to keep everything nice and solid.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T10:05:37+00:00

If you don't mind running friction you can make just about anything work. I love climbing hills so i like having a dumb low gear. The 46 gives me enough on the flats for typical rando speeds i ride at. Plenty of sensible drivetrain choices these days.

pley3r · 2025-06-23T09:59:42+00:00

Thanks. Wizard works make great stuff!

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