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Dec. 7
Rides like a Bianchi Pista but with slightly slower handling. Very stiff frame but fairly heavy in part due to the full chrome underneath the paint. I lost about 1 pound and felt less vibration with the Wound Up fork. More photos soon.

Dec. 20
The Madison inherits the Gel Flow Flite, Sette carbon post, 3T ARX Pro stem, 3T Rotundo bars and pedals off my cross bike. Saddle-to-hood drop is 5.5" (14cm) but comfortable while mashing. It was super stiff and fast on my 2.5 hour ride in 25 deg weather this morning. Brakes installed.

Dec. 29
Frame is stripped down to the chrome. Flop and chop bars.

Jan. 21
I've installed a Avid SAAGO stem. And 52cm wide (cut) risers with big sweep. Origin 8 track grips.

I'm considering a crankset and bottom bracket upgrade to get a 165mm crankset and 49t ring for more skid patches. The Truvativ Touro is a fine - just aesthetically bankrupt.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=504016

Mar 26
I went back to the stock fork. Shopping for Nitto classic drop bars now.

April 12
brooks and noodle drops.

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dope

Submitted by cyrsir51 on 03/24/2009.

dope

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Weight

Submitted by waychel on 12/29/2008.

The wheel, fork, and pedals must have lightened that bike up a ton. What's it weighing in at now?

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weight

Submitted by MIN on 01/14/2009.

Currently it weighs 18 lbs. Not particularly light but weight was not a huge concern.

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Brake setup

Submitted by episiarch on 12/21/2008.

Does anybody sell a brake hood with no lever that you can put in place of the superfluous right Tektro lever?

I chose to take both Aeros off my Madison and just use a Tektro RL726 top bar lever. I couldn't believe it when I took delivery of the bike and found the rear brake cable *zip-tied* to the top tube.

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Tektro levers

Submitted by rudetay on 12/25/2008.

On the Tektro levers you can just tap out the pin that holds the brake lever on with a hammer and screw driver or something and just have the hood with no lever. I think it's even cheaper than buying the stoker dummy levers.

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hoods

Submitted by MIN on 12/22/2008.

Why don't you try removing the lever from the right hood - that way you won't have to buy anything and you will have two symmetrical hoods for hand consistent hand placement.

The zip ties are common practice in fixed gear bikes because they generally lack cable stop braze-ons for cleaner lines. (This is much preferred for me.)

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