Road vs Off Road

CSK Road Bike - Team Pharmacia

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Bought this road bike in April 2005. My first impressions of this bike are stiff, responsive & the geometries of the bike are just nice to my body size. CSK is not really famous in Malaysia. Only number of cyclists are using it. Some cyclists even has a nick name for this bike, Char Siew Kai (stewed pork & chicken).

It's frame made of alluminium, the tubing are from the Dedacciai, the famous Italian's bicycle tubing manufacturer. Branded bike manufacturer like Colnago is also sourcing from them. Bike frame design & material are from Italy too. The assembly & paint works are by the Taiwan's CSK. So it is a mixed of Italian & Taiwanese bike.

CSK's set-up:
Bike's Component : FULL Shimano Ultegra Group Set
Wheelset : Mavic CP-22
Tyres : Michelin Pro-Racer
Water cage : XXX Brand of carbon water cages
Seat post : Aero-shaped Carbon
Saddle : Selle Italia's leather saddle
Cost : Classified - email for info
Links :
Dedacciai
CSK Distributor


Specialized Mountain Bike - HardRock Pro

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It was a customed build bike. Got the Specialized frame from friend. Some of the components are new some are used. The entire setup cost is well within my budget RM$2000 ;)
It is a freeride bike frame. But most of the time i using it as cross country. I had setup a bar-end on the straight handle bar. So it is good to use the bar end while peddaling uphill. Straight bar is good for handling while the trail is a tricky one. Of course it is not as good as a downhill bar when comes to downhill section. Besides, it has a RockShox Judy suspension fork. Though it is not a high performance fork. But it did gives you the 80mm of travel.

Overall I'm quite satisfy with the bike's performance. With this little budget & these performances, can't really complaint much.

HardRock Pro's set-up:
Component : Mixture of Shimano LX 2005
Disc Hub : Shimano LX
Disc Brack System : Hayes disc brake (Cable)
Tyres : Taiwan brand - off road
Handlebar & Bar end : Ritchey
Cost : RM$2500.00