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Road: I have a Dimar, full Campag super record 11 with Reynolds wheels; A Condor (Carbon) with Campag Record 10 speed and an older steel Condor with Campag record 9. I have two Condor track bikes, as well as Planet X, Harry Quinn and BT track bikes; A really nice Orbea MTB and a road fixie from Echelon too. Plus a few classics and other odds and ends.
wow..some gorgeous bikes...
Here's mine : a Merckx MxLeader and a recent build, a Serotta Colorado LT...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90455157@N02/
Here's mine : a Merckx MxLeader and a recent build, a Serotta Colorado LT...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90455157@N02/
ianfra said:
How old is the Harry Quinn? I met him once in the 70s, one of my class mate's father, Frank Clements, bought the business.
Finally finished the build of this early 90's Tange Prestige-frame I found on ebay. CASCARSI is the own brand of cycling shop 'De Meulenreek' in Geffen, NL. This batch of frames were build for the dutch national cyclocross-team, using tig-welded heat-treated Tange Prestige tubing, Tange's answer to Reynolds 753. The paint had a few chips, that i repaired.
Campagnolo Chorus 9sp groupset. Shimano CX 70 brakes, Miche headset, San Marco Concor saddle. Eggbeater pedals. I still need a good, light, stiff quill-stem. Thinking Syncros or Salsa.
Details about the frame that I like: No bottle bosses (!), the small tubes for the shifter-cable-routing at the seatclamp and the flattened top-tube for more comfy shouldering.
Campagnolo Chorus 9sp groupset. Shimano CX 70 brakes, Miche headset, San Marco Concor saddle. Eggbeater pedals. I still need a good, light, stiff quill-stem. Thinking Syncros or Salsa.
Details about the frame that I like: No bottle bosses (!), the small tubes for the shifter-cable-routing at the seatclamp and the flattened top-tube for more comfy shouldering.
nice bike above. damn
I have a Felt F1 frame sitting waiting to build. Want to get to a certain level of fitness before i do as a goal etc. Not certain of build yet. contemplating wheel build at moment
For now still on my Ritte Bosberg of which all the chicks dig
Santa Cruz Tallboy LTC XX1 bike sees all my love however
I have a Felt F1 frame sitting waiting to build. Want to get to a certain level of fitness before i do as a goal etc. Not certain of build yet. contemplating wheel build at moment
For now still on my Ritte Bosberg of which all the chicks dig
Santa Cruz Tallboy LTC XX1 bike sees all my love however
winkybiker said:
That, is one sweet looking bicycle.
I'm riding my fixie/single speed (flip flop hub). Similar coloring, but mine is a 70's Univega steel frame, repainted into an urban guerilla flat black /gunship grey motif. Nothing special on this pup - but she is quiet and cool to ride. My regular steed at the mo is a modest Specialized mtb/city bike, of much more current vintage, but still nothing special. They just get me there and back, efficiently! My good bikes are in the cellar, waiting for me to get some condition back. I won't dishonor them by riding them when I can't do that in something resembling fitness.
hiero2 said:
I don't get this mindset!
They are dishonored by unuse! Ride them and the fitness will come. Enjoy them!
Life is too short
mewmewmew13 said:
I don't get this mindset!
They are dishonored by unuse! Ride them and the fitness will come. Enjoy them!
Life is too short
Yep, life is too short to ride crappy bikes. Nothing honours a bike more than riding it into the ground.
None of my bikes are crappy, even tho the single speed has Dia-compe center pull brakes! The single speed, rather, is an experimental base to see how long a once decent part can last! This frame has seen Wolber rims ridden until they cracked at the spoke holes! Mind, there are parts I would never bother with - like the Simplex plastic rear derailleurs - but decent parts will do. Actually, what I like to have are decent but lesser known part, whose functionality was almost as good as top-end, expensive, well-known brands, but whose value was much higher, since you got more performance for the buck.
While I thank you for the positive thoughts, I feel differently. I'm down to 4 bikes now. My other two frames - well - the best one is aluminum - and probably should be replaced anyway. I raced many miles on that frame, and I'm not sure how much life it has left, or if I want to experience its failure, given that it will probably be severe, as aluminum frames tend to fail that way. And, it is OLD now. Now, on that bike, well this is dating the bike, but it runs 100% Dura-Ace, best of the day.
The other bike, I built up as a high-end steel commuter (Reynolds 531 "hi-end"), and I'm not ready to be seen on it yet. That time WILL come!
I love all my bikes - or I wouldn't keep them!
Regard me as a flawed human being, if you like. That would be accurate!
While I thank you for the positive thoughts, I feel differently. I'm down to 4 bikes now. My other two frames - well - the best one is aluminum - and probably should be replaced anyway. I raced many miles on that frame, and I'm not sure how much life it has left, or if I want to experience its failure, given that it will probably be severe, as aluminum frames tend to fail that way. And, it is OLD now. Now, on that bike, well this is dating the bike, but it runs 100% Dura-Ace, best of the day.
The other bike, I built up as a high-end steel commuter (Reynolds 531 "hi-end"), and I'm not ready to be seen on it yet. That time WILL come!
I love all my bikes - or I wouldn't keep them!
Regard me as a flawed human being, if you like. That would be accurate!
hiero2 said:None of my bikes are crappy, even tho the single speed has Dia-compe center pull brakes! The single speed, rather, is an experimental base to see how long a once decent part can last! This frame has seen Wolber rims ridden until they cracked at the spoke holes! Mind, there are parts I would never bother with - like the Simplex plastic rear derailleurs - but decent parts will do. Actually, what I like to have are decent but lesser known part, whose functionality was almost as good as top-end, expensive, well-known brands, but whose value was much higher, since you got more performance for the buck.
While I thank you for the positive thoughts, I feel differently. I'm down to 4 bikes now. My other two frames - well - the best one is aluminum - and probably should be replaced anyway. I raced many miles on that frame, and I'm not sure how much life it has left, or if I want to experience its failure, given that it will probably be severe, as aluminum frames tend to fail that way. And, it is OLD now. Now, on that bike, well this is dating the bike, but it runs 100% Dura-Ace, best of the day.
The other bike, I built up as a high-end steel commuter (Reynolds 531 "hi-end"), and I'm not ready to be seen on it yet. That time WILL come!
I love all my bikes - or I wouldn't keep them!
Regard me as a flawed human being, if you like. That would be accurate!
No hiero don't take it that way. You made it sound as if you were not worthy of the bikes.
As long as you are riding that is all that matters.
I love my old bikes too and keep them..
Your bikes sound cool
mewmewmew13 said:No hiero don't take it that way. You made it sound as if you were not worthy of the bikes.
As long as you are riding that is all that matters.
I love my old bikes too and keep them..
Your bikes sound cool
Lately I usually ride the mtb, as fat tires and a heavy frame keep me slow enough for the old dog to keep up. The young dog can go farther and faster, but the old one has a bad knee, but loves to run, so it is too easy to go too fast and far for her. But the mtb is in my "shop", waiting on a lube job and all-around spring tuning. So I pulled out the single speed.
But I wanted to tell you a little about this steed. She started out in life as a modest 5 speed - and I had her set up as a commuter at one time. She has been the experimental "wear" lab for many years. I've run tires down to the core, and rims I already mentioned.
I've taken some pride in past years for seeing just how well some of the old and unstylish - but good design - parts, could wear. I could keep a bike going for many many years with very little investment. I hope never to be in a financial position to need to do that, though!
Current wheels sport Normandy hubs, drilled with an oil hole, a la 50's-60's Campy, and a Campy spring clip oil hole cover. I don't think I'll EVER wear these out, so long as I keep them even halfway decently lubed. These hubs were used for the very first set of wheels I ever built - super narrow - super light. Replaced those with the rims prev mentioned that I wore out. Now they have a pretty traditional clincher box rim. The hubs I have seen wear out either didn't get enough lube, or they lost shape at the spoke holes. Bearings get replaced periodically as needed. Pretty amazing, actually!
The brakes I would like to replace, as the Dia-Compes are pretty spongy by today's standards - but the brake reach is to 27" rims, on a relaxed, more "touring" style frame. Not long, not short, but something else - I forget the actual distances. Oh, if I wanted to buy something, I'm sure I could find something. But, meanwhile, these work.
I got this Univega frame, oh, 25-30 years ago? Used. It is an excellent frame for me - one of those mass-produced things - but one that happens to be an excellent geometry for me. And, it is comfortable on longer rides, being a softer, relaxed geometry and "2nd" quality tubing (4010 or something like that, I forget, but it was the common stuff, not the cheapest, and 531 was the next step up).
After the mtb, riding the single speed is so quiet. It feels so light and fast! I have to brake down to uber-slow to let the old dog catch up - but I do some "sprints" to get my heart rate going and get some workout. Then I'll turn around and head back to where she is, and loop a bit like that. We are lucky - I have a couple miles of semi-private road right next door. A tech biz campus with a wetlands preserve/soccer fields/park, the biz had to fix the land like this as part of the deal with the town. I get a practically private park street to ride with the dogs.
hiero2 said:Lately I usually ride the mtb, as fat tires and a heavy frame keep me slow enough for the old dog to keep up. The young dog can go farther and faster, but the old one has a bad knee, but loves to run, so it is too easy to go too fast and far for her. But the mtb is in my "shop", waiting on a lube job and all-around spring tuning. So I pulled out the single speed.
But I wanted to tell you a little about this steed. She started out in life as a modest 5 speed - and I had her set up as a commuter at one time. She has been the experimental "wear" lab for many years. I've run tires down to the core, and rims I already mentioned.
I've taken some pride in past years for seeing just how well some of the old and unstylish - but good design - parts, could wear. I could keep a bike going for many many years with very little investment. I hope never to be in a financial position to need to do that, though!
Current wheels sport Normandy hubs, drilled with an oil hole, a la 50's-60's Campy, and a Campy spring clip oil hole cover. I don't think I'll EVER wear these out, so long as I keep them even halfway decently lubed. These hubs were used for the very first set of wheels I ever built - super narrow - super light. Replaced those with the rims prev mentioned that I wore out. Now they have a pretty traditional clincher box rim. The hubs I have seen wear out either didn't get enough lube, or they lost shape at the spoke holes. Bearings get replaced periodically as needed. Pretty amazing, actually!
The brakes I would like to replace, as the Dia-Compes are pretty spongy by today's standards - but the brake reach is to 27" rims, on a relaxed, more "touring" style frame. Not long, not short, but something else - I forget the actual distances. Oh, if I wanted to buy something, I'm sure I could find something. But, meanwhile, these work.
I got this Univega frame, oh, 25-30 years ago? Used. It is an excellent frame for me - one of those mass-produced things - but one that happens to be an excellent geometry for me. And, it is comfortable on longer rides, being a softer, relaxed geometry and "2nd" quality tubing (4010 or something like that, I forget, but it was the common stuff, not the cheapest, and 531 was the next step up).
After the mtb, riding the single speed is so quiet. It feels so light and fast! I have to brake down to uber-slow to let the old dog catch up - but I do some "sprints" to get my heart rate going and get some workout. Then I'll turn around and head back to where she is, and loop a bit like that. We are lucky - I have a couple miles of semi-private road right next door. A tech biz campus with a wetlands preserve/soccer fields/park, the biz had to fix the land like this as part of the deal with the town. I get a practically private park street to ride with the dogs.
VERY kool.
..all dogs should be so lucky...humans included! cheers!
My budget second hand bike:
Always have ridden on a Raleigh but after a real bad crash - and writing of the bike - and severe spinal problems thanks to that, I somehow switched to MTB/RoadRace crossover bikes. My wife bought me this one - second hand - and it rides like hell. Good grip and speed, I can ride every terrain I want.
I can no longer push big gears because of that crash - 40k per hour salto on the curb - so I do not mind when people outride me. Pushing yourself to 180bpm on low gears is also good fun.
The only 'problem' I have is I can't mount an affordable tri-bar set on it because of the broadness of the steer. Anyone a tip for that?
PS: great bikes on this thread, the self builders are awsome!
Always have ridden on a Raleigh but after a real bad crash - and writing of the bike - and severe spinal problems thanks to that, I somehow switched to MTB/RoadRace crossover bikes. My wife bought me this one - second hand - and it rides like hell. Good grip and speed, I can ride every terrain I want.
I can no longer push big gears because of that crash - 40k per hour salto on the curb - so I do not mind when people outride me. Pushing yourself to 180bpm on low gears is also good fun.
The only 'problem' I have is I can't mount an affordable tri-bar set on it because of the broadness of the steer. Anyone a tip for that?
PS: great bikes on this thread, the self builders are awsome!
Since I've not seen anyone mention this one, my latest ride:
Marinoni Piuma with Campy Athena. Yes, full Columbus Spirit steel frame, Columbus Minimal Carbon fork and the aluminum Athena parts to match.
Total weight? 8.5kg with pedals, bottle cages, computer.
Marinoni Piuma with Campy Athena. Yes, full Columbus Spirit steel frame, Columbus Minimal Carbon fork and the aluminum Athena parts to match.
Total weight? 8.5kg with pedals, bottle cages, computer.
R5 Cervelo
I love my R5 i really can't stop riding this around. I use it for commuting and some long rides on weekends.
It is really light and awesome. People stare in awe when i ride past too http://www.cervelo.com/en/bikes/r-series.html
I love my R5 i really can't stop riding this around. I use it for commuting and some long rides on weekends.
It is really light and awesome. People stare in awe when i ride past too
http://www.cervelo.com/en/bikes/r-series.html
ishanhoupe said:I love my R5 i really can't stop riding this around. I use it for commuting and some long rides on weekends. It is really light and awesome. People stare in awe when i ride past too
Hmmmm? I really can't believe that ..........................., oh nevermind.
Giuseppe Magnetico said:Hmmmm? I really can't believe that ..........................., oh nevermind.
It may be a great bike,but it is pretty ordinary to look at.
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