What bikes do we lust over?

wowwwwwwwwwww

The whole moots range is sex on wheels but that is pure beauty.

how much do those frames run?

$2600 for that one and $2850 for the one with the wee rear suspension system below the seat post./

omg wants it

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/376231703_cd0c335fb4.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/496612876_2203e8c471_b.jpg

what is that?

one-off phil wood SS CX bike

oh lordy

I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT THIS GUY:
http://www.dutchbikes.us/images/abbey_mens.jpg

OH AND THIS!!!
http://www.antbikemike.com/images/Bikes/Iver/iver2big.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1146/1449464700_19fdc1af55.jpg?v=0

not really sexy, but oh so practical. surly cross check + couplers for easy traveling.

also: cargo bike WANT

http://www.cyclerscafe.com/Portals/7/Brands/2007/Kona/2K7_DAWGSPRMHeader.jpg

To just get dirty.

That braced ANT bike is so so handsum.

Does that have a front hub brake?

YES!

lust: that rapha baskin robbins looking carbon track thing on that other thread.

Hurricane SL for ever:

http://www.challenge-recumbents.com/images/picture.php?filename=images/inhoud/hurricanesl/hurricanesl-groot.jpg&size=640&type=2&quality=87

Which reminds me, I've got to get another demo model in stock!

Yeah, they need extra time to mine to ore that goes into that GIANT EFFING CHAIN.

they should allow recumbent track racing with full fairings for sick nascar action

YEAH THAT THING NEEDS WINGS!!

or do they do that already

i can't get the moots frames out of my heas :/

I SHOWED U THE MOOTS LAST SUMMER DURING TOUR DE FRANCE. U WERE ALL CERVELO...I WAS ALL MOOTS. REMEMBER

i was psyched on the moots then too, the moots was and is still out of my price range

OH SO MY MOOTS POINT IS MOOT. :(

Why do we like the Moots frame?

the clean lines, the minimalism, the color

the fricken mavic cosmic carbones ($3000)

The really neat welds (seriously)

The Moots is a bit brand-happy, mind.

It's just so...tidy. Everything goes the shortest possible distance, the front brake arrangement is particularly nice, minimal use of housing, visual simplicity/efficiency...swoony.

http://tinyurl.com/3dosne

wait did that work?

Not for me :(

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/1832816841_031971ff69.jpg?v=0

check the drivetrain

I'm checking the armwarmers on that cat. The guy in back is bare-legged but Mr Hot Drivetrain needs his arms warmed?

check the drivetrain again! it is BELT-DRIVEN.

why

no idea

EASY TO CLEAN
QUIET
EASY TO MAINTAIN

MOTORCYCLES USE IT

Yeah I've seen belt-driven motorbikes. Doesn't it stretch? Is it some special hi-tensile carbon fibre impregnated kevlar rubber?

Orange did a belt driven P7 this year:

http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=2426

I guess dude can use his arm warmers if his belt snaps. Spot frames are pretty nice aren't they?

There's a Dura-ace equipped Focus on Wiggle for under a grand (though it's not the one I'm lusting after obv, it's cheapness makes it terribly non-U dearie)

http://www.juniper-solutions.com/coconinocycles/PicsFeb2007/002.jpg
I LOVE THESE COCONINOS, HAND BUILT BY A WHEELCHAIRED BRO IN AZ. RADICAL!

livewrong? haha

but DUDE there are GOLD bits on em

MATCHING gold bits.

YEAH THE BIKE I REALLY LIKE, THE JPG IS HUGE. SO I POSTED THIS GUY. THE FRAME BROS, I DONT CARE ABT THE BITS!

http://www.juniper-solutions.com/coconinocycles/

Oh crap, that Rivendell shit is awesome. I am totally going to be one of those "steel is real" people with a straight top tube and a little leather-trimmed saddlebag. Pls to pay slightly more attention to bike than you to do head-badge, tho!

My bike is black w matching gold bits hahahahaha

Hope brand gold is really shitty actually, more like mustard.

AH, i wanted to post the spot belt drive. i did some work for gates (maker of the belts used) this summer and kept trying to find a way to find someone who could hook me up with a proto bike. i want a belt drive w/ internal 8 hub it would be bliss.

yall have good taste in bikes that ant(?) is gorgeous.

someone needs to tell moots to ditch toptube fder routing its bogus and adds a part nobody wants-the seattube pully.

how great is that rivendell A. Homer Hilsen???

http://badgercycles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/tylers-badger.jpg

ANOTHER BEAUTY...ALSO WITH GOLD PARTS....WEIRD!

so clean

so so so so clean. nerd: look at the welds!

I DONT THINK IVE SEEN A CLEANER FRAME.

prettay

I love how Lightweight manage to be the creme de la creme in their field while making a wheel that looks like Hunter age 3 designed it and using a font you find on wedding invitations.

Tell me why titanium bikes are rad?

TITANIUM = LIGHT + STRONG(ISH)

I thought we didn't like slopping top tubes.

I think that's just me. Plus, mountain bikes = totally different.

I meant the "prettay" bike, but yeah.

Yeah I don't even like slopped top tubes. I just thought it was handsome. Also I have never ridden on a ti frame. AND i know i will never ever ride on a pair of lightweights ;__;

http://www.condorcycles.com/paris.html

this is more o_O than <3

Three triangles is like the platonic form of bike frames and I don't appreciate these smart-ass attempts to try and one-up it.

^^^

ha i looked at it and went 'those lugs are IMPOSSIBLE' and sure enough, the frame is not lugged, they are 'decorative laminations.' cant get with that particular feature, but its an interesting frame.

i lust after the Rapha Leggero in the road bikes section of that site.

Get fun shit in the mail: http://www.condorcycles.com/brochure/index.html

hey guys, does this look like an okay bike? or this, for the price?

Those are two really different kinds of bikes. What are you looking for?

i just want a solid bike that i can take for long rides in town/on trails. i've never ridden fixed gear but it appeals to me, i was never much for adjusting my gears anyway. also it can't have those stupid drop handlebars.

I am not sure how they're measured but 19 inches is a LOT less than 60cm. How tall are you? The first bike is for like 6'2" or so.

oh shit, i was wondering about that. i'm 5'9"ish.

what size frame do i want?

Going back to Condors for a sec - what do people in the know really think of them? Are they genuinely great bikes? Or style over substance? Are there any obvious downsides?

It depends on the bike and it depends on your inseam, but maybe 54.

xp

How about this:

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/thehour.htm

You'd want to put some brakes on that badboy though.

Oh wait, it's got drops. You could swap those out real easy and for not much money.

That looks like a cool site, thx!

hmm, that seems like a good deal. is that a good deal? i have no idea what makes a good frame or about any of the components

The general consensus about Bikedirect bikes is that the frames are nice and the components are decent. It's definetely a good deal. The Kilo TT is also much beloved, and the Hour is actually the same frame as the Fuji Track (http://fujibikes.com/2008/bikes.asp?id=418) and the Kilo TT apparently has the same frame as a KHS Flite (http://www.khsbicycles.com/05_flite_100_08.htm) and a nice fork. All of these bikes are made at the same factory in Taiwan.

Actually the KHS Flite and the Kilo TT have different geometries, so it must be the same frame as an older model Flite

thanks!

I think Condor is pretty good really. I've test ridden a few and their frames are really well put together. Possibly they are a bit over priced (the style factor and the central london store probably account for some of that). I'm probably not the best judge though.

Thanks Ed. I haven't test ridden any, but since I have SO little to compare them to I wonder if it would make any difference. I guess now that I'm beginning to toy with the idea of actually buying a nice bike, I should work out what discernible difference it would make from my Trek 1200, because a worthwhile upgrade is going to be at least in the £1500 region and I'm not rich enough to spend that much without having a pretty good idea why.

Check out Geoffrey Butler down in croydon to compare with Merckx and DeRosa, On Your Bike in London Bridge to try LeMonds and Mosquito in Islington for Colnago and Pegoretti. There's a new shop on upper richmond rd called prologue, which I know nothing about, but they are selling Litespeed.

Quite frankly, mark, you of all people ought to be riding an italian bike.

(Mosquito also do Moots and Independent Fabrication so you might get something really lustful to ogle at)

Also, not sure if this is possible, but could you get say a frame or frame and wheels on the cycle to work scheme and get the groupset separately, thus saving a chunk of money on at least some of the bike?

Hmm, prologue is only about a mile from my house.

Aren't Italian bikes all style and no content?

Possibly that goes for Bianchi (see ddb's problems).

I hear good things about ribble but unless you are willing to travel you would have to buy mail order.

I bought my Marin from Mosquito - their knowledge etc was excellent, but they weren't half snooty

Mark, you should take a look in condor and Mosquito at the moment as there is some good stuff in the sales. (£1000 of a scott all carbon TT CR1 bike, to bring it within your price range, although this would be silly for you). Some ex demo stuff at Condor too.

Always done well out of the clothing in the condor sale too.

http://www.tntcyclery.com/images/pugsley_th.jpg

http://www.rockyroaduk.com/images/ktrak1.jpg

Seems like a total gimmick although this vid looks fairly fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP4VwaD7rd4

... but if I'm around that much snow why the hell would I want to be messing around on a bike?

That does look like a huge amount of fun.

OK, while looking for mark I have found my next girlfriend:

http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/images/bikes/pegoretti/luigino%20large.jpg
http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/images/bikes/pegoretti/luigino_04_zoom_2.jpg
http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/images/bikes/pegoretti/luigino_04_zoom_9.jpg

want

What do you guys think of this?

xp tp gbx: Holy........but you could never ride it. Or wrench on it. Or breathe on it.

Mark, I like, very classic looking but will be light as anything. I would probably want to replace the downtube shifters though, but this is because I can't walk and chew gum at the same time and certainly can't use down tubes without looking at them.

mark i dont see value there. v. good frame, bad looking alloy fork, serious compatibility/replacement of parts issues, tubulars, downtubes shifters.

if you wanna rock this like 1989 (buy some oakley iridium blades and a neon headband) and dont care about compatibility or parts replacement issues (read: low mileage, high end recreational riding) you could do a lowball offer. but for what you want i dont see it. also it looks too big for 6'.

Cheers Ed and Hunter - I agree, there are too many things about it that aren't right, and with my limited knowledge and inclination to have to work on a bike, it's definitely not a good buy. But interesting.

The shifters - I know what you mean. I was SO stoked when I discovered, like, shifters from the last 20 years, and I don't think I can give them up now.

Just been looking through the Mosquito website. Steel bikes are soooo pretty, but there was one option which was £1350 in steel and £2450 in Titanium. I'm not sure I could justify such a premium under any circumstances.

GUYS DO I BUY THIS THERE'S LIKE AN HOUR LEFT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250215849515

OR DO I WAIT AND BID ON THAT VOODOO WAZOO THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW

i have decided to slowly build a CX bike

gbx, i own one of those (featured in various ilx photos). if youre racing, no (heavy). if yr fenders/rack, no (no eyelets). no bottles. clearance for 32s rear, small 30 front. thats 1996-1998 vintage. about 5 lbs frame 1.8 fork i think? $360 new in 1997.

i do however love the way it rides, very roady.

that settles that, then.

i want something that has the potential to be raceable.

on the chance i don't get into medical school (which seems to be the case), i think i'm gonna move to portland next year, and having a "real" CX bike would suddenly be even more urgent and key

....should we have a thread for ebay deals???

http://cgi.ebay.com/JAVELIN-PRIMITIVO-CYCLOCROSS-CROSS-FRAME-PARTS_W0QQitemZ140207325623QQihZ004QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Voodoo-Cyclocross-Road-Touring-Bike-Frame-w-Kelly-Fork_W0QQitemZ180216035201QQihZ008QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/03-Fuji-Cross-Pro-Cyclocross-frame-and-fork-54cm_W0QQitemZ170195375462QQihZ007QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

awww, my baby
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/3421/gitane6sd.jpg

derailin', sorry

(i think 54cm might actually be too big for me? Hunt3r how does CX sizing differ from road? i am short)

shit i have to go back to work

conventional wisdom says go 1 or 2 cm smaller, but i like them the exact same size as my road frame if possible and use a shorter higher stem. that way the steering axis "feels" mostly the same to me. when i raced a smaller frame (the gitane) i felt like too much weight on front wheel or something.

cx trivia. in 1995 or so, there were almost no cx options, and no US mass market ones, available in the US. so u got an ALAN or other euro frame. imagine, i mean avg riders dint even know what they were. I had canti posts brazed onto an rb1 in order to have one. so schwab cycles in denver brought in a bunch of those gitanes cause the local scene was starting to blow up.

That voodoo wazoo looks great I have half a mind to bid on it for my GF.

wow it is v nice

BACK OFF

sorry for more rookie questions, but does this bike look okay or shitty?

http://madison.craigslist.org/bik/578730983.html

i always thot that motivs were like sub huffy. its a tange cromo frame tho, and the parts hanging on it are mid to high end. if yr dead sure that the parts arent clapped out and frame and wheels are straight, it doesn't sound shitty.

make sure you get some slicks for it

hunt3r what do you think a decent price would be for that voodoo?

on another note: apparently winner of that gitane was shady, and i was second place, so the seller is hounding me to buy it.

See the ebay scam thread on ile before you buy!

not sure but the fork on the wazoo is probly worth more than the gitane. and isnt a king headset is like $125 or more?

man, im out of the game so my price estimates might be crap but id think $575-$650 would be low side of retail a la carte

just did some looking online.... have found new framesets for 500-550, with different (carbon) forks

i can get a cross-check for $400 from the LBS (lower than MSRP, apparently), so this wouldn't be worth it for more than $350, I don't think. i mean, it's definitely a nice frame, but the cross check seems more versatile (could be used as a SS, for instance)

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/25/woodbike-1.jpg

IS THAT A BELT DRIVE?

unless he used wooden pegs on everything, its got metal on it and im not impressed. ok i lie

apparently it's entirely wood

I can't look at that bike without imagining all this pains to the nether regions

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/jaustineddy/softride_l.jpg

bwahahahahahahahahaha

http://www.monkeyview.net/id/990/bikes/fixed/friday/tric/B_terry_trickett.jpg

Just geometrically speaking, those bikes should come factory with the butt cushion seats, the split ones. It goes, somehow.

OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOFT RIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2207061140_41ccae860b.jpg?v=0

I love the flying-W handlebars: classier than moustache ones, with all the implication of a leisurely stroll but with more style.

Not sure if I lust, but this frame is crazy:

http://delta7sports.com/isotruss.html

What is a good, semi-affordable, girly, cute-fashion bike?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2401/2248749534_8cc2fe20b4.jpg?v=0

Are we mostly roadies/commuters here? I was going to post a picture of the new Foex FXR (the bike that I lust after), but Foes's page is done in flash, and I don't know how to link to a particular image from it.

Is this the dude:

http://i4.pinkbike.com/photo/687/med/mpbpic687168.jpg

Close- they just redesigned the top tube to integrate the seat tube gusset into the monocoque, and they gave it a little bit more travel. incidentally, i made a life decision a few years ago that, unbeknownst to me at the time, prevented me from getting hired as the assistant GM at foes. i still love the hell out of their bikes, though.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/2256504230_c246973544_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lelebebbel/2256504230/sizes/m/in/set-72157603887626049/

http://feltracing.com/09-catalog/road/ar-series/09-ar2.aspx

okay that indy fab is totally beautiful but why on earth did they put a feckin' kelly green king headset on it??? for a bike that seems fastidiously color-matched that choice is O_O in the extreme.

seems to match the lettering on the frame there eh

ah so it does. still think they should have stuck with silver, tho

http://www.velonews.com/photo/86702

its a blur, but carbon.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/krakow81/remintonback_small.jpg

Also love the Phil Woods SS CX bike gbx posted up at the very top of this thread.

http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2009/large/fuelex8_blackwhite.jpg

Trek Fuel. Is one in the window of my local Evans (semi-decent chain store). Nice looking geometry.

trek has stepped it up a ton lately... the new fuel EX's are great bikes. back when i worked in a trek shop, we couldn't compete with specialized stumpjumpers and enduros, but my friends who still work there say they can't keep these in stock. i demo'd one on my favorite loop in southern california, and it was a treat.

WANT : 80s miyata road bike

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iSuG3TH8ee4/RpW4YPr8IrI/AAAAAAAABC0/H6Fd2O-JA7Q/IMG_0203.JPG

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee57/brendanpleonard/Miyata615D.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iSuG3TH8ee4/RpW4YPr8IrI/AAAAAAAABC0/H6Fd2O-JA7Q/IMG_0203.JPG

^^ not sure why picasa is acting so stupid but it's that blue miyata with the white bar tape and black seat that really does it for me.

not quite as classy as the ones above but still quite dope

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Miyata-Team-Road-Frame-and-Fork-56-cm_W0QQitemZ270246399187QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

ohhh shit should i buy it

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/bik/1035036651.html

kind of a lot of $ for a pretty low end 1990ish gruppo imo. no idea what the tubing is, but id expect a straight cromo frame with a hi-ten fork for that setup/era. if its japanese built ishiwata triple or quad butted or other good tubeset with a similar fork, i guess its not too bad, but i'd lowball that, esp if youre looking at conversion costs.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_whtVpXkKwlQ/R2CXfjQprPI/AAAAAAAAAjc/S4xR3fpahNo/s1600-h/img277.jpg

its bonded aluminum main triangle with a cro mo fork?

now that i thing of it, a friend of mine who was a rec rider had one of these from 1990 or so, it was ok. i have no idea how long a bonded alu frame lasts. my bonded alu frame from 1987 was very very soft (raleigh).

I wouldn't be so keen on an 80s aluminium frame. Alu hardens up and gets brittle over time as it flexes.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_whtVpXkKwlQ/R1xa1jQprGI/AAAAAAAAAiU/8e-wJYFtz5c/s1600-h/img222.jpg

WOW

indeed, that is beautiful.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_whtVpXkKwlQ/R1w0ITQppbI/AAAAAAAAAU8/nvB4FfKmhc8/s1600-h/img126.jpg

find the funny bike.

i'm not converting anything, probably just putting on new tires / tubes and white griptape to make it match my dreambike up there. i'm not much of a gear nerd and i do my tooling around on a hybrid as it is so i just want something ... i dunno, w/ a sleek classic look.

what'd be fair? $300? $350? the seller sounds like a nice guy.

basically i want to show up the lame fixie posers around here w/ an oldschool road bike

if it really is that minty and doesnt need any overhaul or replacement stuff other than tires id say $350 is a good start.

any suggestions on how to evaluate this one? i'll be paying attention to frame stiffness and so on ... anything else?

OK it was shit anyway ... still looking for my magical miyata

showing up fixie posers = just toolin around on a sweet old bike, enjoying some nice-ass weather

basically if you are not threatening vehicles with yr fists or doing pointless skids then you are in the clear. and i say this as someone who does all of the above, on a track bike :(

Guys - what are your thoughts on this bike, and what kind of price would you expect to pay for it?

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12607533

That's a really nice bike. Frame wheels and cranks are all top shelf. Can't really give a price, tho, since Brit prices are likely to be way higher?

Probably, yes. The guy wants £800 (which is about $1100?) for it. The hubs lone (new) are worth about $250, apparently. I suspect it's worth it, if not necessarily a bargain. I'm test riding it tomorrow night. Exciting!

definitely worth it. frame aside, very similar to my everyday bike. looks cherry.

It's a nice looking bike. Solid spec for sure.

Saw it yesterday. It's a smashing bike. Now I just need to figure out whether I have £800 going spare...

guys what nice bike parts should i get w/my tax refund???

ha, all my federal tax refund just went to components for my new caad9. sram force with sram red shifters. ritchey WCS carbon bars, seatpost, and stem.

tax dollars should go into procuring a hot, short-hair, fixie-riding, cycling mädchen.

xpost - that must have been a hell of a tax refund! nice choice, though. i've never ridden the red components, but i love sram stuff across the board (it's on both of my bikes).

My tax refund is going into our home remodeling fund, but if I were to splurge on bike bling, my list would be this:
1. Wound-up carbon fork. http://www.woundupcomposites.com/road_fork.html
2. White Industries freewheel. http://www.whiteind.com/singlespeedgearing/freewheels.html
3. Mavic Open Pro and Formula hub wheelset.

Ed is clearly otm, but $$$ can't buy me love :(

was thinking about upgrading Cross-Check's wheels to 105s laced to dt swiss 1.2s (for durability + looks), converting to a 1x9 setup (upgrading crankset in the process), and getting an alternative rear wheel for switching to SS/fixed in the winter.

alternately:
- doing a dingle speed setup: surly dingle cog/white industries dingle freewheel

love riding SS/fixed, but maybe i should just leave that to the track bike (which could benefit from a nice wheelset and new cranks as well)

definitely need new pedals, tho. my cheapo eggbeaters are rusty and bent. trying to decided between more crank bros, or jumping to time atacs. anyone have an opinion?

third possibility: forgoing upgrades to either bike, and investing in a dedicated *road* bike, for actual road riding, not commuting or street racing

i've never ridden the red components, but i love sram stuff across the board (it's on both of my bikes).

supposedly the shifters are the biggest bang for the buck in red upgrades. although i would love the red cranks with the GXP ceramic BB.

i raced atacs for 5 years, then went to sl eggs, first just for cx, then for mtb too. id keep eggs for racing, but for just xc ridin, the atacs have a better more positive feel and the platform is noticeably more stable. if you like a light action mech, the eggs are easier

see, eggs are the only clipless i've ridden, so i dunno if i like a lighter mech or not. in this weather (SNOWY AS HELLLLL) light is good so i can dab in an emergency (see also trackstands gone rong), but a light mech is bad for sprinting/skidding. i've had some horrifying pull-outs w/my eggs (back when i was riding brakeless).

http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc169/cyaplustard/Miyata%201000%2063cm/?action=view¤t=Miyata100063cm.jpg

http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc169/cyaplustard/Miyata%201000%2063cm/?action=view¤t=Miyata100063cm.jpg

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2009/shows/nahmbs09/?id=/photos/2009/tech/shows/nahmbs09/nahmbs094/Signal_white

fussy retro isnt totally my bag, but niiice.

yes

truth nahmbs

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/reviews/schwinn_paramount09/Schwinn_Paramount_70th_full_view

just fugly

sounds great on paper, to me, but those lugs are too baroque and the new dura-ace looks bad on it. unless you were just kiddin?????

no, its all wrong to me. hate the steel + sloping tt. hate the skinny tubes plus os fork. i like the lugwork and stays. but polished lugs plus dark ano cranks. man, its just like all wrong to me.

i cant believe they let that bike in front of the lens with the decals as they are, either (the article points that out). i mean its a $7000 ride wtf?

they need to visit nahmbs. man am i cranky or what?

nah, yr right, the total look is....off. it looks like design by committee.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2009/tech/reviews/schwinn_paramount09/Schwinn_Paramount_70th_seat_cluster

^^^ credit where due, thats straight sexxx

Love the way you guys have such an eye for these - they all just look like road bikes to me! Ok I'm not a roadie, but even that trek mtb I posted above, I couldn't really say why I like it, it just appeals on a subconscious level.

lots of these bikes: http://cyclingnews.com/tech/2009/shows/nahmbs09/?id=/photos/2009/tech/shows/nahmbs09/nahmbs095/gallery-nahmbs095

http://cyclingnews.com/tech/2009/shows/nahmbs09/?id=/photos/2009/tech/shows/nahmbs09/nahmbs096/Peacock_copper

jeez

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Malvern-Star-Fixie-Singlespeed-Single-speed-Fixed-gear_W0QQitemZ280322688002QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Sport_Cycling_Frames?hash=item280322688002&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

That's lovely!

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=5977

i know it's not like a hot shit custom job but 1500 for bmc w/rival is making my 1600 tax refund shake in its damn boots

nice deal.

i should probably buy an otoscope or something tho :-/

dang that is very similar to the 2009 Cervelo S1 that was tempting me for many months. But ultimately, I didn't want an aluminum frame.

i feel like if i'm gonna drop like actual real money on a bike, i want to get a really nice steel frame that'll last forever. if i raced and was actually good at it, i could justify a hotshit carbon race bike, but

yes, save $ for the carbon fiber otoscope.

http://i41.tinypic.com/4fvgao.jpg

what do u guys make of this

btw had to borrow my friends road shoes today due to cares......pedaling is like way easier, what is the deal

http://i41.tinypic.com/4fvgao.jpg

what do u guys make of this

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, April 3, 2009 6:22 PM (1 week ago) [IP: 71.63.241.229] Bookmark

i say again

i mean i know it's a TT/tri bike and thus impractical for basically everything, but daaaaaaaamn

Is that position legal on the road? I don't think it would be on the track.

good question, i dunno what UCI regs for that shit, other than that they're strict about uniformity and shit like boardman's superman-position

btw

http://vanillabicycles.com/frames/cross/1/lrg/1.jpg

q: what is it
a: a boner

xpost
Looks awesome and I love the behind the fork front break and internal cable routing. Would be a shame to ride it and spoil the aerodynamics.

also i am planning on getting myself one of these as a med school graduation present

http://www.capricornbicycles.com/

Nice, I think my graduation present will be going on a frame building course.

oh that is an even better idea

was checking prices on yamaguchi and UBI earlier today, btw

http://argonautcycles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_2124.jpg

oh daaaaaaaaaaaang

ws

http://www.velonews.com/files/images/CinelliXCr.JPG.jpg

http://www.velonews.com/article/92005/cinelli-introduces-its-columbus-xcr-stainless-steel-road

wow

that's a lovely lovely (shiny) bike.

it would probably roll more smoothly without a hand attached to the wheel.

i think that one looks better than the stainless schwinn we discussed a couple of months ago. a little paint wouldn't hurt.

do any pro teams ride (ridiclous) steel frames like that nowadays?

ridiculous

i doubt it

http://ifbikesblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/rapha-build-us221.html

would wine, dine and 69 w/ u shawty

I know they're all k=trick and that, but those wheels don't suit that bike, would like a shallower rim (unless of course you were like gifting it to me of course)

it's not too corny to dig this oldskool bianchi is it?

http://www.bianchiusa.com/09-bicycles/09-classica/09-class-doiomiti.html

the black gruppo/fork/seatpost are yucky

'10 model drops the black fork and seat post, gets the look pretty bang-on

also about $1800 more o_O

uhhh. $5000, imo thats a rip off, even with the chromed lugs. they should chrome the whole frame underneath the paint for that.

it looks much like my buddy's 1982 bianchi columbus sl with nuovo record, but with k-fussy looking graphics.

i think gbx is exactly right about the 09 version tho

also-- brown turbo=brown wrap. white wrap? WHITE turbo, plz. white PERFED turbo if u know.

oh $5k is definitely more than i'll be paying for a bike in the near future!

maybe i should just get an old frame and fit it out with new stuff.

for that kinda money (and speaking as someone who recently threw down that kinda money for a not as cool model bianchi) you can find much, much finer bikes... not that i regret my purchase because i was looking for something super specific but i mean look at ed's moots cross bike in post #1, you can get something like that!

what'd you get, shasta?

nice rapha'd-up enigma: http://www.rapha.cc/enigma-machine

i'll post to wybll

http://cgi.ebay.com/Eddy-Merckx-Strada-OS-Frameset-62cm-NEW-NOS-frame-fork_W0QQitemZ280398003926QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=item414905fed6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_527wt_955

I lust over anything lighter, faster, nicer and around £300

are these the bikes that replaced the scr series?
http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/91/45896691.html

Yup. This model you can get new for £550 so I wouldn't go for this one in particular.

nah, I'm not gonna drop £500 on a bike. my tentative budget is £300. was reading on bikeradar and they said the best beginner road bikes were the decathlon b'twin sport and giant scr4. I'll keep my eye on ebay

I don't understand that lugged Bianchi $5000 thing. If you have $5000 and want a super pretty bike couldn't you just get a custom frame and build it up how you like?

Me either, that gets you a titanium IF with a custom paint job.

also: not ugly

OK so it is only $3,300, which only gets you a steel IF. but $3,300 is a lot to pay for a bike with campag veloce.

incidentally i've been checking out the IF website - i could go me one of those.

http://road.cc/content/image/7824-cinelli-zydeco

http://www.chargebikes.com/products/parts/detail.php?id=238

£1800 for that Charge frame. Nice though - maybe the prettiest titanium bike I've seen lately.

went into a bike shop yesterday for the first time just to check how much lighter these fancy bikes are than my current bike... oh my days! so light

I can pick up my bike with my little finger (and my little finger is a particularly weak example of little fingers).

i can pick up ir8 with block and tackle

takes me and my gf to get mine up the stairs

cozwn's bicycle rennaisance

tht merida 880-16 on ebay is calling me

kinda really want that charge. how to make work financially??

http://images.competitivecyclist.com/images/products/pegoretti/2010/marcelo-zoom1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I4Snyzw2IMM/Ssd67W-5wiI/AAAAAAAAEEU/dCG-2tbcveg/s1600/GoColnagox.jpg

http://www.colnago.com/contents/collection/master/2.jpg

love pegoretti

that colnago is being done by one of the big bike shop franchises over here (w/ dura ace) for $8,700 in the local currency! sheeeeeeeeeeit.

The crime is not the price but the fact that it is made for Campag (specifically athena)

ive not seen a pegoretti in aaaages. thot they were extinct.

he was sick a while ago - i guess i thought he had died.

Teammate is in Kona for the Ironman and snapped some shots of the world's fastest TT bike:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs225.snc1/7232_157100567413_687712413_3203307_1322707_n.jpghttp://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs205.snc1/7232_157100127413_687712413_3203291_950971_n.jpg

aparently it's known as the 'shiv' now. still not on sale until 2011!

wonder if ridley will have to give up the fastestbikeintheworld.com domain name, haha

saw KHS track bike in a pearlescent take on celeste blue today, was hott. sorta made me want to take up track!

cool tt bike. i dont understand all the rules for sure, but anyway how does the headtube pass the 3:1 rule

nice
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2944892206_0b6ed634fa.jpg

hunt3r i think it sneaks thru the 3:1 rule by having the brake mounted to that head tube bulkhead thing - they can argue it's there for structural reasons

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BT-Cyclone-frame-Track-Pista-frame_W0QQitemZ190340379668QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=item2c512bb414&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

ha!

teh ultimate fixie project

LOVE the blue interior facing detail

http://www.commonwheel.org.uk/system/files/u8/Red%20Cruiser.jpg

think i might go stare sadly through the window at this tomorrow

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2009/06/29/1246265117957-r1pj88iwqeh2-500-90-500-70.jpg

Haitch, don't just stare - ask for a test ride!

bit of history here!

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2009/05/21/1242915790854-24ut116prboi-798-75.jpg

what in the

^^graeme obree's new bike for the hour record, lolling at that mahoosive gear

hahaha

think i'm gonna see if i can get a testride on one of these over the weekend:
http://www.bikeexchange.com.au/dbimages/bike/fn_2/729/100074729/popup/TCR_Adv_1_angle.jpg

saw tight-lookin colnago with Di2 today. pricey!

also saw '10 model CAAD 9 with dura-ace bits, was feelin it

also saw no-interest payment option in the same shop

hmmmmm

caad9 is the aluminum best bike out there for the money. about to ride mine to work.

so tempting

n+1 fever!!

fwiw i'd go SRAM red instead of DA

wonder if cannonwhales are fully rehabilitated in the race scene here-- back in the day you never saw one racing except for newbies.

i really liked the salsa la cruz parked next to my bike at work yesterday.

there is ~someone at school who rides a SS voodoo cx bike and I like it v v much

http://www.auctionflex.com/auctionimages/9768/7977/2830534_2MC0ZT8RS.jpg
http://www.auctionflex.com/auctionimages/9768/7977/2830534_2MC0ZTBVC.jpg

wait it's wood

nature's carbon

if u burn it

wonder if cannonwhales are fully rehabilitated in the race scene here-- back in the day you never saw one racing except for newbies

they definitely are very present here in the NE. the bikereg/cannondale sponsored team is perhaps the best elite team in the region as well.

nnnnnnnnnnnnngh
http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_0188.jpg

What bikes do we lust over?

(noted: this bike has vert dropout but reminds me of the aforementioned)

i like that cyclingtips is going to get that frame fixed up and then build it up so readers of the blog can borrow it when in melbourne!

defo!!

on the condor tip, ATTN: SHASTA

shd be baris k roubaix imo

bonertime

they definitely are very present here in the NE. the bikereg/cannondale sponsored team is perhaps the best elite team in the region as well.

― cutty, Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:28 PM

do u like caad9-6 at all? gonna be trading my current bike in (doesn't fit me) and i tried test rode one. also tried a lemond buenos aires but its way out of my price range ;(

that's the same frame as cutty's bike i think? just with a different parts spec.

yeah but i have 2009. i wholeheartedly recommend the caad9. what group does the 9-6 come with?

shimano tiagra. pic here

and the other one: http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/fc4/33d/672/31498/product_page/lemond-buenos-aires-double-2007-road-bike.jpg

wait are you going to get 2009 or 2010?

i don't know? bike store lady mentioned she would get me the 10-speed (caad 9 6 triple i think?) cuz they're phasing out the 9-speeds??

i don't think you need a triple, grandma

get a compact crankset instead

Even a lummox like me doesn't need a triple hauling groceries on a much heavier bike. (admittedly I have quite a wide rear range)

i don't think you need a triple, grandma

― cutty, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:11 PM

i don't know maybe i heard her wrong

maybe im an old woman

;-)

what? also why u copy/paste ip

i am an old woman
named after my mother

sorry about IP, i forgot i was in MOD MODE

am0m

i do ride in mom jeans so

built-up version of that tartan BT frame from upthread

http://www.fyxomatosis.com/images/stories/photography/bikes/hall_of_fame/bikegallery035.jpg

from fyx hall of fame

wait are you going to get 2009 or 2010?

― cutty, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:18 AM

found out its an '09 and on sale

shamal! therz like no spokes on that thing . . .
sheldon brown does not think thatz an upgrade:
"The Great Spoke Scam: In the early '80s a clever marketeer hit upon the idea of using only 32 spokes in wheels for production bikes. Because of the association of 32 spoke wheels with exotic high performance bikes, the manufacturers were able to cut corners and save money while presenting it as an "upgrade!" The resulting wheels were noticeably weaker than comparable 36 spoke wheels, but held up well enough for most customers."

yeah, but in the early 80s they also had fucking super soft sub 300g rims that needed 36 spokes. those 550g shamal rims are like xxxx stronger than mavic gels.

oh

hunt3r w/SCIENCE

when i was a kid we dint even have wood rims-- we rode carved STONE DISCS

dang what a time to live

stone discs offer amazing aero benefits fyi

muah ha ha ha

http://velospace.org/files/built-guch.jpg

what a weird, beautiful mutant

this bike is pretty ^^^

but like
whoa dude did i post in my sleep?!?

wow the curve of that seat tube

and teh seat stay

craaaazy funny bike variant:

http://velospace.org/files/ddfffggggg.JPG

would look amazing in the yellow/white scheme

not quite as good as this, though:

http://www.ifbikes.com/assets/images/products//Pursuit_Full_442x347.jpg

weird i turn away and its suddenly all 1990 in here.

i wish i had a pic of the gorgeously painted, purple, dual 20" wheel zinn track funny bike that was on my porch in 1995.

still love this one

http://www.moots.com/images/psychlox.jpg

seriously

are old lightweight moser bikes good?

CT took a psychlo-x to melbourne's first CX race!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/867168/497_9788B.jpg

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/felt-ar1-di2-2010-zoom.jpg

Its like if Akira featured road bikes.

i'm always irrationally irritated when i see someone riding a TT bike, but it's true that they are the sexiest machines.

also this:

http://active-s.com/blog/img/cinelli_good_1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B_-lw6YxUUY/Su_egOo8CNI/AAAAAAAACGk/oTDhlvYjFDE/s1600/Ridley%2BBike.jpg

That cinelli is beautiful

i wish i had a pic for you guys - but i saw a dude wheeling a serotta with fairly deep section wheels (although not as deep as those edge wheels above) through trader joe's the other day. all black paint job with just the tips of the seatstays and chainstays the naked ti color. it was goddamn gorgeous.

wait through like in the store?? sounds like evil guide bike

yeah, justine thought it was bad form, but i said that you don't keep a $10,000 bike locked up anywhere in oakland, so he gets a pass. she agreed once she knew she was looking at a very special machine.

http://www.gtisgolden.com/usa/usaeng/GTGoldenBikeFiles/ProductDocuments/1979_0_GT%20Golden%20Marathon.jpg

http://www.gtisgolden.com/usa/usaeng/About-Golden-Bike

why they don't put pedals?

they used up the current global supply of gold anodizium on the rest of the bike, that's why.

gold anowhoziwhat?

that's one of the coolest marketing stunts i've ever heard of.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2190/bianchi1vr9.jpg

apparently this was the std config for the 93 or 94 roubaix, but i wouldn't really know because i was collecting comic books and worrying about boners

hunt3r, you were an adult then, plz explain

museeuw's '94 roubaix bike

<3 bianchi blue

is it wrong to want this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3630300565_e939ed17e5.jpg

lolllll

;_; I know

don't worry i was lusting after that retro steel bianchi upthread and everyone thought that one was corny too!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VMBXGqBOWsE/SwX2H0_p-CI/AAAAAAAABfs/WTaG1W8Y2pI/s1600/20090822_0375+%28Large%29.jpg

girl is cute too

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/is-this-the-ultimate-tandem-24472

think TEAM IL2RMB should order a fleet of these

blimey that's pretty

DRIVE SHAFT

what is going on with that front hub?

disc

jesus actual fkn christ

gibbby, i mean the super high spidery red hub flange, not the brake!

http://www.vivabikes.com/popup1001.html

love this lugs + dual tubing look. bet it's pricey!

That is beautiful, apart from the fat stem!

are those toplines? they must be a lookalike, im sure topline is extinct since the 90s.

http://www.kraftstoff-bikes.com/images/r1evo2010.jpg
http://www.kraftstoff-bikes.com/images/sissy2010.jpg

http://road.cc/sites/default/files/images/Colnago%20Master%20X%20Light%20Track.preview_500.jpg

Love that kraftstoff thing, and the angle it's taken from.

http://www.trakcycles.com.au/sitebuilder/gallery/29/custombmc-m.jpg

pro-est machine. i thought dura-ace carbon cranks were a myth!

sexual

http://ifbikesblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/nahbs-preview-bike-1.html

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kFFsK9uidAo/S3lyIQ671KI/AAAAAAAABsA/jtEQWcLdRGc/s1600/Belt_Drive_Corvid_900px_10.jpg

honestly don't know what this thing is for but ~~boi-yoi-yoing~~

hotttttt

reminds me of trek district carbon - basically madone frame + belt-drive stuff

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/340649.jpg

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show-2010-part-two/108148

ew.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/north-american-handmade-bicycle-show-2010-part-two/108127

not my style, but now yr talkin

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-20th-Eddy-Merckx-Millenium-3-Litespeed-Titanium_W0QQitemZ120538416255QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=item1c10a6447f#ht_500wt_924

So tempted because it is my london frame in Ti.

looks insanely gorgeously mint but doesn't the seat tube look cocked back a bit? what is the advantage of that?

i know someone with one of those, he loves it.

that seems like a really great buy it now price

I should go to bed before I do, in fact, buy it now.

i didnt wanna encourage you any more than i had, but now that buying it now is no longer an option... imo that was a v. v. v. good deal. better even than the merlin extralight thingy the other day (tho the merlin is i think a better frame).

more moots love

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37220746@N06/4385221818/sizes/l/

think once i wear the CAAD out i would like one of these - better start saving then!

a coworker of mine just got a moots ybb 29er - he went all out on the build kit and asked me for help putting it together. it's a really fun bike to work on, since it's just so goddamned beautiful. on any other frame, i would be mad about the pain in the ass factor of having to disconnect the rear brake hose and feed it through the closed hose guides (and then having to bleed the brake afterward), but the thought of putting zip ties anywhere on that bike just seems like you're defacing it.

ummmmmmmm phil wood 40th anniversary Ti extravaganza:

http://www.thebikebiz.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BK-TRK-PHI01

pix: http://www.thebikebiz.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=BK-TRK-PHI01

only $15,500US

tbh i had no idea phil wood had passed away, RIP phil:

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/news/newsDetail/3856.html

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs373.snc3/23955_366526209497_366522479497_4963675_3501571_n.jpg

would ride

but what about the bike

http://to55er.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/bernard_manning.jpg

I'm here all week.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1232/4594088086_c5234a525b_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4590281876_9f163256af_b.jpg

huh, that middle-of-the-road chainring on such a cutting edge bike is like a fart in the room.

dur? sugino zen rings are (i thought) among the best you can get. they're like $140 a pop!

super zen imo, NJS KEIRIN LQQK (also about 3x the price iirc)

holy balls those are expensive

well yeah, but as if the owner of a $5k frame would be griping about a $200 upgrade on a chainring!

The rear tyre touching the seat tube can't be great for smooth rolling efficiency.

The bikes I lust after all tend to be stupidly-hip ultra-thin-tubed spare fixed wheel types, which I then hate myself for lusting after.

but the wheel isn't touching the seat tube!

It's probably just an optical effect, I agree, but there are bits where the (tiny) gap ebtween the two becomes invisible.

Sigh. No-one's getting my funniez today.

amazing baum frame in the style of the rothmans-sponsored porsches of the 1980s

flickr set

http://www.rouesartisanales.com/album-19544.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/4619203067_aaa00f0dd2_b.jpg

not really. but wouldn't be surprised to see one of these resurrected by a hipster.

durp?

Sat next to a bunch of Ritte team guys at the ToC time trial on Saturday, Ritte bikes kind of boner-inducing:

http://www.ritteracing.com/ritte-bicycles/

That is super pretty.

that is shit hot and the l geometry is identical to my treasured dean. *want*

that is nice

that moots psychlo-x up top is still ultimate boner time to me

belgian natl strip is great, but i don't know if i could do that. also, i remember seeing a cf track frame somewhere that had the "inside the stays and fork" paint accents, which are also on the ritte. i like that look.

that ritte is just fucking wow...

the paul smith/rapha road bike from condor uk had those accents you describe.

you guys know the UCI banned the Ritte for being too beautiful right?

it should be, it really should be banned.

when i think of all the crap or unimaginative paint jobs out there, and then i see THAT, i just wonder how the rest fail so badly.

canyons rock that 'inside fork/stays' look too. black ones have orange, matt lloyd's big pharma-lotto team one at the giro has the aussie national champion colours!

http://www.ritteracing.com/2010/01/behind-the-scenes-at-a-ritte-photoshoot/

lllllooooooollllll

pretty wicked-lookin black bianchi 928 SL w/ campy everything at a cafe i passed at lunch. looked like dude had ridden it HARD too, which is as it should be.

<3 that bike, i have the cheapo version.

Anyone have any suggestions for a DIY kit bike? It doesn't have to be especially light, but it should be very sturdy. A flip-flop hub is a plus. I want something just for commuting, even if it's not fast or even much fun. And I also want to learn more about how to fix my bikes by building one. Same way I learned how to maintain a server. :)

maybe get a frame like a salsa casseroll - steel road bike frame, not mega-racey or anything, has slider dropouts at the back so you could just run it as a single-speed at first and upgrade it with a geared drivetrain down the track if you wanted to. eyelets for mudguards and racks. versatile!

http://salsacycles.com/bikes/casseroll_single/

That post of mine should have gone on the "buying" or "noob" thread, sorry about that.

xp THANKS

if it's any consolation i kinda lusted after the version with the mudguards when i saw it at the shop.

funnily enough the bianchi '11 range was previewed last week, shasta what do you think of the new range-topper? think i like the look of the current one more!

http://road.cc/content/image/18214-bianchi-oltre-full-bike

yeah, the 2010 line is probably the dopest of the newer Bianchi colorways/looks.

Unfortunately I have a 2009.

The 2010 version of my model looks so much nicer (more like the 928 SL). I would be more T_T but I rated looks/brand pretty low on my WANT priorities.

okay, for those who can afford to make good on your lust:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4672358391_960404f8da_b.jpg

a really shitty camphone pic of my bru's:
2010 Giant Advanced SL TEAM RABOBANK SHIMANO limited edition
Di2 gruppo
Di2 SRM crankset (this alone costs more than my bike)
Dura Ace Tubeless

can't wait to own a doctor bike

http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/06/23/cinelli-to-re-issue-classic-laser-track-frame/

lol this wouldn't actually be legal geo on a velodrome anymore would it

legal for Williamsburg

only if you put immense risers on it though, maybe ape hangers. most fixie d-bags have never spent more than 10 seconds in the drops.

yeah I used to lol heartily at a buddy of mine (named kr1s k1ng for real) who spent bank on fancy nitto track drops (deep) and always rode exclusively with his hands at the stem

that bike reminds me of the laser tits on bike pic

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxap6iWlo41qzyikoo1_500.jpg (sorta nsfw)

ah old laser tits

p33p'd a jamis eclipse at cyclocross meet sponsor tent today

http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/thebikes/images/bikes_page/10_eclipse.jpg

reynolds 853 frame, really nice (would be better with more trad wheels tho)

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2010/06/29/1277822650866-54fhjk3ymhxn-850-65.jpg

even with ridic proprietary BB system, hotttt

saw one of those in person yesterday!

waht is the ish with the bb?

you can only use that crankset!

you do get it w/ the frame, to be fair

Not sure if I like the current trend for contrasting colours inside the triangles and on the front of the down tube.

I dunno, I kinda like the trend---contrast on the inside of the fork blades looks dope imo

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2010/07/02/1278059843072-1jz80tyxatnbn-798-75.jpg

il2rmb's hero bike gets a revamp

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4664553237_22fb762a88_b.jpg

+1 carradice long flap & 1 credit card

v v class

canyon running some nice deals during the tdf
http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=1933

apparently they were offering the ultimate cf evo for €399 at one point o_O

ah, crossed wires - it was the frame linked above they were offering at 399, some bargain; been lusting after the canyons on the omega pharma lotto riders at the tdf

cozen, these bike bags look pretty tasty.
http://www.velo-orange.com/bapaandba.html

http://images.competitivecyclist.com/images/products/cervelo/2011/r5_ca-zoom1.jpg

hott; is that this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ly6Kk_Iv2s

p.disappointed by cervelo during the tour so far ;_;

It is

do want

cervelo's look nice; spendy tho

nature of the beast

guys I am in the lustiest bike shop I have ever been to (the angry catfish)

sitting in the window inches away from the counter (it's a coffeeshop too) are two redonk bmc frames, and there's colnagos littering the place. cosmic wheelsets on the wall for fukkin decoration and Indy fabs casually strewn about.

I was staying with friends last month who live like four blocks from that place, I wandered by while walking the dog and kind of flipped out.

Test ride a BMC

yeah i had to leave. got way too caffeinated and needed to riiiiiiiiiiiiiide

s mpls is a v pleasant place

brb buying this
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs194.snc4/38031_10150394175775001_558710000_13600250_4168617_n.jpg

seems like that would be a good bike for this stage:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/tour-de-france-cyclists-make-it-past-dreaded-under,6235/

omg chillwave has finally been realized in bicycle form

http://www.milanofixed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cannondale-factory-tour2005-28.jpg

lol?

hr giger design?

it is a mystery

good luck, coda USA

would ride, a lot:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2010/07/29/1280404376771-2qirnrq9sh1e-798-75.jpg

that is the Garmin Transitions team bike with different paintscheme iirc and yes would ride tfo it.

that all black impec that ct blo gwas pimping

wrtfoo

that felt is hott

I kind of like the Felt porkpie actually owns more than that, aesthetically.

feeling the new 2011 genesis day one cx bike w/its alfine 8-speed internal hub

it's sub-£1000 too so reckon that'll probably do killer business with cycle-2-workers

orange tho

http://www.konaworld.com/images/bikes/med/honky_inc.jpg

kona honky inc - classy commute-crusher imo

ok so i went to thee bike show today, 'bespoke imports' stand had the biggest collection of lightweights i have seen, also a few passoni bikes like this one:

http://www.passoni.com/collezione/XXTi%20LE.jpg

with the same ridiculous cinelli ram bar+stem that looks like it might be painted in glow in the dark paint. they had an even crazier red one with wacky 8-spoke marchisios

http://www.passoni.com/img/foto/varie/ruota2.jpg

i didn't even bother asking prices

other fun stuff: new focus range (focuses? focii??) look pretty tite, nice bianchi crosser (new pistas are GROSS tho), some nice sabbath ti frames from the UK, a wilier cento1 in screaming acid orange that would be good if ur a total attention-seeker, a virginal white 'nago master. new super record looks a bit wack with red stickers all over. a few big brands MIA tho.

http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/08/scubste5.jpg

want a dayglo concorde
http://i34.tinypic.com/2j0f8ew.jpg

http://velodroombe.accounts.combell.net/shop/images/fotos/BMC%20TeamMachine.jpg

I have just brokered a bike sale between a friend and a filmmaker - a raw lacquered Brompton S3L - and I am now well jealous because it's one sexy bike, if folding bikes can be sexy.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4946754641_b9bb2b480b_z.jpg

http://road.cc/content/image/22279-de-rosa-titanio-325

hott

hottt

the way swaged top tube, the twin down tubes. pretty hot, even if the only ppl racing these around here were rich old fatass lawyers:

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2002/sponsors/colnago/Olano_detail_a.jpg
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2002/sponsors/colnago/Olano_detail_a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2874673526_f0f730ca16.jpg