My 2012 Altamira has been a great bike. My first road bike and I have done everything from night time Urban rides to a century ride and it's been comfortable, fast and a solid bike. It's a custom build, Altamira SE frame set with a combination of 105/Ultegra drivetrain, FSA crank and Oval 330 wheels.
I am at about 1800 miles, replaced the stock tires with Michelin Pro 4 Endurance and that's about it. My LBS has made a few adjustments and a slight truing of the front wheel, but other than that, I just ride it and wash it.

 

Happen to be in the market for one ("upgrading" from Grand Fondo). Can I ask how tall you guys are & what size your ride?

 

Mr645: thanks for sharing your experience on your Altamira. In my opinion, it's an excellent bike. That's why i decided to customize mine after riding it almost 1000 miles stock. Great handling, great for climbing and not bad on sprints too by the way, i like your BoB frame... i wish i had that. Lol

Porfirio: i am 5' 11" and about 176 lbs. I ride a M/L frame. It's manufacturer's size is 53 but it's effective size is a 56cm. I had to switch to a zero offset seatpost (the stock came with an offset of 25mm) and changed my stem from 120mm to 100mm. It rides excellent now. Anyway, if you decide to go with the Altamira from the Gran Fondo, it will be a more aggressive frame and i hope you will like it as much as i love my Altamira.

 

I agree with cyclingBuddy the frame does ride larger that the stated size, perhaps it’s the long top tube. I tried to ride the M/L and it felt like the bike was riding me...LOL

I'm 5'8 and against my manly ego, sized down to the M 50cm, it still was ill set setup for me, I have an avg torso, arm/leg proportions. Even though it’s a 50cm the stock build, still didn’t leave me feeling in control; well, that’s compared to my 2010 52cm Fuji Cross Pro.

But I’m happy to announce that that after nearly rebuilding the bike I’m in heaven. I’ll post pics, details, and explain when I get a chance.

Thanks for creating the forum CyclingBuddy,
-Idgit

 

I am 5'7" and tried several 52cm bikes that fit well from the hips to the toes, but felt cramped from the hips to the fingers. The Altamira with the longer reach, size S/M fit me perfect right out of the box. After 6 months and 1800+ miles I may change the step from a 100mm to a 90. But overall the longer reach has been perfect for me.

I ended up with the frame because the bike frame was damaged in shipping to the store, it was an Altamira 3.0 with a Red and black frame. The stock frame was on back order so Fuji sent an Altamira SE frame set as a replacement. The black on black was only sold as a frame set and is the same frame as the Altamira 1.0 and Team Geox Frameset, just with different paint.

 

Mr645, i envy you even more. That BoB frame is amazing. I saw one built bike on the rack months after I bought mine and drooled over it. Lol. You're right, only Altamira 1.0's come in BoB. If my memory serves me right, the 1.0 is stiffer and a little lighter than 2.0's and beyond. So that's a steal for your money. I wish my frame came in damaged too they would replace it as well... JK

 

In terms of fit, I've change to a 90mm 0 rise in the stem and a 0 setback seatpost.
As soon as I get the right bearing, I'll also be changing ton 170mm cranks.

And man... That murdered out frame is wicked, I like the black one white too, and with those envy wheels... Sick!

 

Idgitman, thank you very much. I'm happy you like the set up. I am crazy about ENVE Composites and it well matched the color of my frame (I actually think ENVE matches with anything... Lol) so I went all out ENVE. It looks very clean. My friend and mentor who built the bike keeps on telling me my bike looks like a $10K bike even if it's not. Lol.

I agree on your advice to ride the bike before buying one. I also got my bike off the rack from Performance but had to change everything else except the frame and BB.

I am happy that you guys are keeping this forum going... Looking foward to seeing your bike's photo soon!

Enjoy the ride

 

Im debating still on what bike should I buy next, and the altamira is a great candidate, one of the local dealers owner is my personal friend and sells me the bikes at cost. so more than likely I will be riding a fuji with full campy very soon.

 

That is cool mannymerc! Getting anything at cost is amazing... Now you can splurge on your components Campy is great, especially on Italian frames... Your Fuji will look awesome with it. I wanted to go with Super Record 11 titanium groupset but the price was just too much. Maybe when I get an Italian frame years from now. But for now, the Dura Ace 9000 gruppo with Rotor QRings and crankset are the best I have ridden... I just love them. Let us know how that goes for you! Good luck!

 

Nice. Never used Campy before, but I hear it's top notch stuff. Just be sure to test ride the actual frame. Its best if you can ride first. I went thru 7bikes at performance, a combo of diff sizes and SST, Altamira, and one Fondo for kicks.

Also be carful to make sure if you change cranks they will fit. I am chaging to a bb386evo crankset. I was under the impression that press fit 86 and bb386 were the same, close, but not the same. 386 evo will not fit without special bearings that appearently only Enduro makes for Rotor. Press fit 30 bottom brackets will not work. Fsa has a bb386 to bb86 adapter bb, but it only will work with the 2014 bb386evo cranksets, not the 2012/13 kforce lights as i have. So you either have to stick with the 24mm spindle based cranks or new fsa or Rotor who was a special bottem bracket made by enduro (bb4130, aka 41mm bore 30mm spindle), bb386 is either 44 or 46mm bore

 

Sram Exogram GXP with GXP bottom bracket also work in a BB86 frame.

 

The Cosmics are a good wheel set for the $$ if you want Aero with a moderate depth. The only cautions for her, would be crosswinds if that's a factor in your local. The only other to heads up and this is pure preference.

1. the weight is is heavier at the rim, because of the carbon fairing. So, they are not a great sprinting wheel, because it takes some effort to get them up to speed, but once they are...

2. They do produce some white noise, I always think and quiet luxury car is on my wheel...LOL. You can def hear them slicing through the wind.

3. They are not the lightest wheelset, if weight is a factor, I think the com in a 1750g+\-

 

Thanks for your detailed input on the Cosmics idgitman! I appreciate it. I don't think my wife will go for this since weight is her #1 priority at this point... I would go for this wheelset though

 

I have joined the Altamira club! Having experience w/a Grand Fondo, the Altamira rides really low but it feels far more lively than the GF. As a triathlete, I think riding lower has the benefit of buliding core strength (compare a tri bike fit where your upper body just lays around). At 5'9, the 55 ("large") seem to be the best fit.

I got the 2.0 LE which comes w/the 527 wheel set. These, which I will keep as my everyday wheels, are lighter than the 300's I used w/the GF. seem more stiff but I'm sure the frame is "contributing"

Can't wait until tomorrow morning (6am!) for my first real ride!

 

Hope this thread isn't dead...

First ride on the Altamira this morning. Made it into work in 40 minutes over a 12 hilly-mile route that I always take. Came in 5 minutes faster than my usual time. Gotta be the bike (along w/my enthusiasm I'm sure)!

 

Nice and Congrats I'm missing my Altamira, I put it up for the winter for completion of upgrades, wrapped my new 3T Ltd Bars this weekend with Fizik performance tape, who a pain, the padding makes it difficult to work with.

I rode my Fuji Cross pro on a 25mi training route that I do on Sundays, don't laugh at the 25mi, it has 1200ft climbing gain... LOL
I normally do it 7-10 faster on the Altamira. So Yep, part excitement and mostly Bike .

 

My Altamira - 2013 2.0 LE

Alright, I have a few minutes on my hands and re-sized a couple of pics.

Details on my Altamira:

2013 2.0 LE (Performance Limited Edition)
- C5 Carbon Frame
- Ultegra Shift/Brake Levers
- Ultegra Front/Rear derailleurs

Well, That's what's left of the original bike, Now for the...

Upgrades:
- 2013 Mavic Cosmic Carbone Sl wheelset
- Michelin Pro 4 endurance tires
- Ultegra 11-28 cassete
- 3T Carbon LTD 44cm ergonova bars
- Fizik Proformance Tacky black bar tape
- 3T iconic 0 Seat post (Stealth black)
- 3T Team 90mm stem (Stealth black)
- Fizik R3 Arione Team Sky edition (Stealth Black on Black)
- FSA K-Force Light brake set
- FSA K-Force Light BB386evo 170mm crankset
- Enduro BB4130 Bottom bracket
- Time Xpresso 8 carbon pedals
- Bontragger Carbon RXL bottle cages

The cranks aren't installed yet, waiting to get the correct loctite for the Bottom bracket and then have the bottom bracket pressed in, may get it done this weekend.

I just wrapped the bars this past weekend.

 

Thanks for sharing the upgrades on your Altamira idgitman! Awesome! It looks sicker! Well-thought and nicely blended into your frame! If you guys lived in SoCal, we could all ride together... Go Team Fuji! Altamira is IT!

 

I was able to do a 22 rolling hill-miler this morning on my commute. Now I know for certain that the Altamira has a superior ride quality over the Grand Fondo. Interestingly, no sore back & I in fact feel less beat-up. I reckon it may have something to do w/the bike's overall efficiency... this is code for... THE BIKE IS FAST & SO MUCH FUN TO RIDE!

 

LOL! Cool! I have always thought of the Gran Fondo being a better ride as it has a longer head tube; so you are in a more upright riding position. And for that reason alone, I am happy I got the Altamira because I like to ride a bit more aggresively. Not as aggressive as having the SST as I like to do a lot of hills when I ride.

Thanks for pointing that out porfirio. Must be one of the reasons why the Altamira is Fuji's "flagship" and top bike, huh?

 

Hey Gang, I found this old post and thought I share, since the same was recently a mystery to me and my LBS bike tech.

Enjoy

I'm convinced that I am ridiculous for asking this question. I am planning on purchasing a 2011 carbon road bike kitted with ultegra 6700. Shimano uses the BB86. I don't want the ultegra on the bike, I'd like to swap it for Sram Force. Sram uses BB30 BB technology. So... Will the frame be able to accommodate the different Bottom Bracket system? The bike I want is the 2011 Fuji Altamira 2.0. Here is a link to the specs:

Fuji Bikes - USA Archive

Before I purchase this bike I'd like to make sure it can be set up with sram. my training bike is sram, and i'm afraid i'm not talented enought to fluently use two different groupsets.

jon

I'm sure you've figured this out by now, but if not...

I offer this suggestion. First if you choose a a BB30 crankset you have to ensure that it has an 86.5mm spindle legnth. Std BB30 i think is designed for 68mm BB Shells.

For your altamira BB86, you can not use a std BB30 68mm crankset the spindle will not be long enough. So that leaves your with either 24mm spindle cranksets or BB386evo.

BB86 and BB386evo are NOT the same, I almost found out the hard way. BB/PF86 is based on the shimano std of 86.5mm wide bb shell and a 24mm spindle. BB386evo is base on a 86.5 wide bb shell but for a 30mm spindle. So, BB386 annotation stands for 30mm spindle, 86.5mm shell. PF86 is 24mm spindle 86.5 shell.

There is a solution if you want to upgrade to a BB386evo crankset. The issue is that on a BB386evo bb shell the bore opening is i think 46mm, on the BB/PF86 its only 41mm. The issue with a crankset with a 30mm spindle is that the bearing cups take up a certain amount of space and then you have the bearings, which is why, generally the 41mm PF86 opening can only accomodate the 24mm crank spindle.

However there is hope, Enduro bearings the maker of the bearings for the Rotor cranks which is based of the 30mm spindles makes a bearing that the bearing cup is integrated with the bearing body, and there by allowing the extra clearance need for the 30mm spindle.

The part is BB4130 or 41mm opening (PF86) 30mm Bearing opening (PF30). Originally these bearings came in black and red, however I have only been able to fined them in steel silver lately, I hear that there is also a ceramic version that yellow/gold in color, but the also cost in the $180-200plus range.

Hope this helps.

PS

If you still riding your altamira there is a new forum that started recently...
Fuji Altamira fans out there?

 

There is a lot of compatability between Sram and Shimano. Perhaps you can keep the Ultegra cranks and use Sram derailuers, shifters and such

 

Just a pick of my 2012 Altamira with the Enve wheels. Amazing how much easier the bike goes forward in windy conditions compared to the Oval wheels

 

CX version count?


Altamira CX 1.3 by jsig1, on Flickr


Altamira CX 1.3 by jsig1, on Flickr


dirty switchbacks by jsig1, on Flickr

 

CX version count?


Altamira CX 1.3 by jsig1, on Flickr


Altamira CX 1.3 by jsig1, on Flickr


dirty switchbacks by jsig1, on Flickr

Hells Yeah!!! It's and Altamira ain't it! LOL Welcome jsig1, looks great !

 

Looking good MR645! I like what's the depth on those? Man, I get the shivers everytime I see your frame...

 

Nice one Mr645! Love the ENVE SES 3.4s! BoB all the way! Sick! Excellent choice in wheels and set up... I'm sure you're loving the roll... I hope you got the tubulars as they have a much better roll compared to the clinchers. What hubs do you have? The Chris Kings or DT Swiss?

Idgitman, if im not mistaken, the ENVEs that Mr645 has 35mm depth in the front wheel and 45mm in the rear. Much better handling in crosswinds compared to my 45s... The nice thing about those wheels is that they make ANY bike bad a*s. I also agree that the BoB frame Mr645 is awesome! By the way, how's your Altamira coming along? All done?

Thanks also for sharing the post on the BB86, 386, 30 etc...

 

Thanks for the kind words. I really enjoy my bike, even though those Evne wheels were demo's that I had to give back after an hour.
I think they were tubular and had Vittorio slicks on them. They seemed to add about 1mph to my speed in heavy winds, and that's considering that I ode the route with the Oval 330 wheels first.

If I did buy them, I would be even faster peddling from the wife after she found out how much they cost.

 

Thanks for the kind words....

If I did buy them, I would be even faster peddling from the wife after she found out how much they cost.

LOL I hear you on that. Glad I'm not married at this moment. In fact I only ended up getting the Altamira because I bought my girl friend a WSD GT it has Ultegra everything, Mavic wheels, and Richie carbon all over the place. Funny thing is, I got the bike at a steal for $600 from a would be Tri-athlete... Problem was I couldn't let her have a better bike that me, considering this was her first bike, my ego just wouldn't let it ride. To even further compound matters, the My stock Altamira was just marginally a one-up, so The I just had to blow it out the water and just replace everything so it was clear that my bike is better...LOL So, as my buddy puts it, her $600 bike + my ego ended up costing me about $4500...SMH, and mind you, I was happy as a Lark on my Fuji Cross Pro...LOL

 

thanks, frame is routed for Di2 in case I ever want to make it an electric dirt bike LOL but internal cable route do look good. But I'm happy with the SRAM force. Only thing I might really change to the shifting group is swap out the force rear D for a Wifli version so I can run a 30 or 32t cassette. 36x28 might not be low enough....I'll know more after tomorrow ring around Palomar Mt tomorrow.

 

36x28 might not be low enough....I'll know more after tomorrow ring around Palomar Mt tomorrow.

I guess you are referring to 36t front chain ring and 28t largest rear cog? If so, your probrably right, thought about going compact? that way you'd get a 34t in the front, and if you still want to go more teeth in the back that would just better your low gear chances...

I have a 2010 Fuji Cross Pro that I ride more on road than cross, but I recently put compact front rings on and am glad I did so. The only draw back is little to big chain ring shifting, the tooth diff is higher by 6, so I find that I have to manually trim the rear by 1 or 2 before shifting the front...

 

BB86 BB386evo Compatibility - FSA Cranksets

This Just in:

Just recieved confirmation from FSA. So 30mm spindle 86.5wide cranksets are now an opption, so long as you use the Enduro BB4130/FSA BB86 / 386EVO ADAPTER, part #200-3216 Bottom Brackets and either 2014 FSA BB386evo (Gossomer,Team,SLK,K-force) or Rotor3D/3D+ cranksets.

From FSA:

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The 2014 cranksets are all BB86 compatible. The machining change was specifically for the standard 5-arm style cranksets.

As for the Di2 compatibility. This is another thing that was done from day one on those cranks, and there isn’t a non-di2 version of the crankset. It works perfectly with non-Di2 systems so no need to worry there either. You should be perfectly ok. If you get the crank and for some reason it is not BB86 compatible, let me know and we will make sure you are taken care of. I fully stand behind the info I am giving you on this one.

Patrik Zuest
Tech Services
Full Speed Ahead
12212 Cyrus Way
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Phone: 425 488 8653
Direct: 425 320 3097
Fax: 425 489 1082

 

Guess What I just ordered...?


Found them here in America and $120 cheaper than on Wiggle... Thankyou Google for search results when we're sometimes not sure what we're searching for...LOL

I found them at the below site for $499

https://bicyclebuys.com/item/1577136PART/fsa-k-force-light-carbon-crankset-bb386-evo-black

They also have the Race colors too, since I already have a good amount of red on the frame, I dont want to add anymore. I wanna be as much as I can be a part of team BoB like Mr645...LOL

 

Ok so, I guess everyone has either been extremley busy out on training rides or you're out Christmas shopping for new bling for your Altamiras...

Anybody getting any cool bling for your Altamiras?

Thinking about getting on of the new KMC chains (Black and Red) -KMC x10SL DLC 2.0

 

Just got my 2013 Altamira 1.1 two weeks ago and love it. Got it at Performance and joined their "club" to get 10% back in store credit. It has taken some getting used to the DuraAce di2, but I love the way the bike rides. I looked around for a long time and in the end this bike represented the best bang for the buck AND had an exceptional ride. I used my credit to get a bigger cassette over the 11-25 because I live in the foothill mountains. I am still getting used to the bike, but I think I am gonna need a zero setback post to go with the 100mm stem. I am 5'10. Its my first time with carbon 46mm wheels. They do make a hum in the wind and with a crosswind like to today of 8-10mph with gusts of 18mph you had better not take your hands off the bars. They definitely catch some crosswinds. I hope this thread sparks more and continues to show more people how the brand has moved so far away from the low end walmart type bike market it was in less than 10 years ago. Ride safe friends.

 

Also looking forward to seeing more pics. I have an Altamira 1.0 from 2 years ago with the fluro yellow lettering. At first I hated the lettering (they actually shipped the 1.0 to me by mistake when I ordered the lower end white-lettered one instead, but said I could just keep it if I wanted at the same price). Now I love the fluro yellow and wouldn't change a thing.

One thing I noticed about the Altamira, a bike "designed for stage racing" is that it is so absolutely compliant where it needs to be because of the tiny seat stays among other things. By comparison, my prior race bike just absolutely beats me up on rides longer than 75 miles, and I can really tell the difference now between the two. It is such a dramatic difference.

It does take a little getting used to deep carbon in relation to wind. Eventually, it just seems normal though and you're fine except in the worst conditions.

I just ordered these to compliment the fluro yellow of my Altamira:

» 1-_MG_6903 Wheelworks.co.nz ? Handbuilt wheels

Should look amazing. Will post pics in 10 days when they arrive.