Seka Exceed RDC

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windsurfingodie
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by windsurfingodie

My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
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warickwrx
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by warickwrx

windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Looks great ! Weight ?

raffy027
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by raffy027

windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Hey, how much stack do you have on the bike right now?

windsurfingodie
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by windsurfingodie

raffy027 wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:26 pm
windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Hey, how much stack do you have on the bike right now? I've added 35cm of spacers

dgdracing
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by dgdracing

I really like this frame, looks and weight are great. Is there some aero-testing available? Maybe someone should send Peak-Torque one of these bikes? :) I would be willing to co-found the shipping :)

warickwrx
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by warickwrx

dgdracing wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:30 pm
I really like this frame, looks and weight are great. Is there some aero-testing available? Maybe someone should send Peak-Torque one of these bikes? :) I would be willing to co-found the shipping :)
Frame was designed using CFD, surely that is enough !

raffy027
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by raffy027

windsurfingodie wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:31 am
raffy027 wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:26 pm
windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Hey, how much stack do you have on the bike right now? I've added 35cm of spacers
Thanks, that's about as much spacers as I need too. Looks great.

windsurfingodie
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by windsurfingodie

warickwrx wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:11 am
windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Looks great ! Weight ? With the pedals and bottle cages comes in at exactly 16 pounds. I have a Red casette and Pirelli Zero Race clicncher 26's with latex tubes,Specialized Toupe Pro 143mm saddle. Not sure what else I can do to reduce weight.

classiclover1996
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by classiclover1996

Time to do some updates on my Seka build.

Spec:
Seka Exceed RDC Size L
Integrated handlebar: 110-380
Groupset: R8170- 165 crankset with 4iiii left side power meter - 52-36 chainring - 11-34 cassette
Saddle: Fizik Aliante R3
Wheelset: light bicycle ar46- dtswiss 350 hub
Tire: continental gp 5000 28mm
Padel: wahoo speed play (the cheapest one, forget the name)
Bartape: fizik vento

Weight: 7.59 kg, with pedals, bottle cages, computer mount

Splendid bike! definitely worth the waiting time. I have ridden several bikes, and each has been more than 4000 km at least. They are Bianchi Infinito CV, Scott addict HMX IAM team, Scott Foil HMX, Dogma f10, Sworks Tarmac SL6. Seka feels more like Tarmac, it is light while accelerating, or might be because they both use DTSwiss hub wheelsets. The bike is less comfortable than the other bikes I have, but it is super fast!!!! Cannot judge by data since there are so many variants that may influence the result, but it feels incredibly smooth and fast on the flat.

I brought Seka to Nice during the Christmas holiday to experience some serious climbing. I even forgot this is an aero bike on the uphill part, it feels like an ultra-thin tubed climbing bike. The descending is rather challenging honestly, the strong wind from everywhere made the bike feels less stable. I don't blame the bike much, considering I live in the Netherlands, the highest mountain (or hill?) for me would be 2-300m Ardenne in Belgium or Maastricht. However, I got used to the mountains with an adjusted position after several practices, the bike remained great for the rest of the trip.

Overall, the bike feels fantastic, but there are some points you may need to be careful about.
1. Seka handlebar: the actual installation area for the shifter is a bit lower than the top of the bar, as you can see from my bike. My current shifter angle is 14 degrees. If you prefer a flatter position, the top of the bar might feel a bit less smooth.
2. The seat post stopper: BE CAREFUL!!!!!! if you install the stopper for the first time or take out the seat post. Be aware that the stopper may fall into the frame. If you have finished the build, it would be a pain in the ass to get it out. Mine fell into the frame once, and the DI2 wires stopped it from getting out. I had to reverse the frame, the stopper finally got out from the DI2 controller hole on the down tube. I have feedback Seka on this issue, hopefully, they can solve this soon.

If I find something new, I will keep posting :)

Some photos:
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Image the weight
Image lots of mud

seventyseven
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by seventyseven

windsurfingodie wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:07 am
warickwrx wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:11 am
windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Looks great ! Weight ? With the pedals and bottle cages comes in at exactly 16 pounds. I have a Red casette and Pirelli Zero Race clicncher 26's with latex tubes,Specialized Toupe Pro 143mm saddle. Not sure what else I can do to reduce weight.
Looks like those are the older 303 Firecrests? They were quite heavy, I believe about 1650 g total. New ones would save you approximately 300 g.

windsurfingodie
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by windsurfingodie

seventyseven wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:28 am
windsurfingodie wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:07 am
warickwrx wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:11 am
windsurfingodie wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:40 am
My Seka Exceed RDC in size large with full Sram Red XDR and Zipp Firescrest 303's. 110mm x 42cm bars with sprinter and climbing blips.
Looks great ! Weight ? With the pedals and bottle cages comes in at exactly 16 pounds. I have a Red casette and Pirelli Zero Race clicncher 26's with latex tubes,Specialized Toupe Pro 143mm saddle. Not sure what else I can do to reduce weight.
Looks like those are the older 303 Firecrests? They were quite heavy, I believe about 1650 g total. New ones would save you approximately 300 g.
Thanks. Didn't realize they weighed that much and would reduce a lot of weight.

Paweln1983
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by Paweln1983

I finally managed to take some decent photos of my bike.
SEKA EXCEED RDC Black size S 380x120 bars with 0 offset seat post.
ZIPP 404 wheelset with ENVE 29mm tubeless tyres.
Full Dura Ace 9170 groupset (9200 170mm chainset with Stages LHS PM) + CS OSPW and TRP rotors F-160 R140
52/36 chainset - 11-28 cassette
Dura Ace 9100 Pedals
Pro Stealth carbon saddle
One XXX bottle cage
Vel+ bar tape

Weight 7.1kg as pictured.

I love it
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nino10
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by nino10

Paweln1983 wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:33 am
I finally managed to take some decent photos of my bike.
SEKA EXCEED RDC Black size S 380x120 bars with 0 offset seat post.
ZIPP 404 wheelset with ENVE 29mm tubeless tyres.
Full Dura Ace 9170 groupset (9200 170mm chainset with Stages LHS PM) + CS OSPW and TRP rotors F-160 R140
52/36 chainset - 11-28 cassette
Dura Ace 9100 Pedals
Pro Stealth carbon saddle
One XXX bottle cage
Vel+ bar tape

Weight 7.1kg as pictured.

I love it
Nice build !-)
I'm also still in love with mine...:)
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mrlobber
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Location: Where the permanent autumn is

by mrlobber

Received the invitation to pay the remaining balance from cycling100.
Minimum bike categories required in the stable:
Aero bike | GC bike | GC rim bike | Climbing bike | Climbing rim bike | Classics bike | Gravel bike | TT bike | Indoors bike

warickwrx
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Joined: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:33 pm

by warickwrx

mrlobber wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:23 am
Received the invitation to pay the remaining balance from cycling100.
Paid mine last week Friday after being told by Cycling100 its ready to ship. After payment was made I was told they will push Seka to ship. So lets see how long it takes.

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