What bikes do we lust over?

RIMS

thinking about an alternate reality where i have space for a cx / touring bike

almost bought some h+son super deeps (45mm or so?) like 3 yrs ago, but they sucked, so i din't.

Liking this, maybe not in blue but it looks fast.

http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-gallery-display/images/Giant%20Propel%20Advanced%20SL/Propel%20Advanced%20SL%200%20(1).jpg

http://www.gelliecustombikeframes.com.au/Micks-XCR-Road.htm

this builder lives about 10 minutes' drive from my parents' place. lurve the stainless w/ etched logos look.

― scraping Doritos off the wheel (haitch), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:10 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^by chance I saw this rig outside a coffee shop round my way last week. built up with, oooh, record 11 and some handbuilt alu rums iirc? SO bangin' compared to most of the crabon rigs it was sitting near.

http://speedvagen.com/lookbook.pdf

luv these. the one with the logo laser-cut out of the headtube and the carbon sleeve bonded in!!

that laser cut headtube is amazing. also... the wait for a vanilla is over 5 years?!?! handcrafted custom bikes are cool and all, but is vanilla doing anything so spectacular that it's worth waiting 5 years for one?

it seems a bit insane to me too, how long do you wanna wait for a townie bike?? I guess that stuff just takes time when you do it right. (note that he gets other framebuilders in to work on the speedvagens, whereas I think vanilla is just sacha himself.)

best value £1k cyclocross bike

asking for a friend

str8 CX bike or more of a commuter that can do CX?

the latter, I think

he's swithering betw the genesis CDF, surly cross-check and boardman CX

they all seem so expensive when you look at the £1100 canyon full ultegra road bike

'proper' croix de fer is reportedly fairly heavy, CDF more so. sounds like they really roll over the ruff stuff tho. plus steal is reel. boardmans seem pretty good, wiggle export them here to aus and they were a steal with the exchange rate there for a while.

giant TCX?

surlys seem so dull to me!

focus mares would prob be a good deal too, actually.

Ridley X-Bow might fit the bill, belgian, looks right has rack eyes. 105 version clocks in at under $1000

See also Kona jake and Cannondale CAADX although you seem to be on Sora/Tiagra under 1000.

I don't think Civilian Bike make it to the UK but the Vive Le Roi and Le Roi Veut look pretty nice

This is a good deal on a TCX if it fits, less of a commuter, though

http://www.mcconveycycles.com/store/product/14673/GIANT-TCX-1-2012-MED-LRG/

he wants disc brakes apparently

not sure why. maintenance?

they're so hot right now

genesis doing equilibrium disc for '14 model year - reckon i could be down with that once shimano get hydro down pat.

they are less wear + tear on rims for sure; probably more consistent performance in wet weather. more clearance for fenders too, I'd say.

I've had a Croix de Fer for 9 months and i think it's great (though I don't have much to compare it with). I wanted a do-everything bike (everything being commutes and light touring really). Discs are a huge improvement over any brake I've used before, and they work just as well in the wet. It's not a light bike but I've fitted Marathon Plus's and a rack and I don't really notice it being heavy anymore. That's my unbiased opinion on it.

Downside with the discs on the Croix is the rear is mounted outside the frame so you have to get a special wide-ass rack to clear it.

no clue what the availability of these are in the UK but

Traitor Crusade
All-City Macho Man Disc
Soma Double-cross disc

huh never seen the crusade but at a glance i'll say that a 44ht on steel bike is a goddamn atrocity

(i'm sure there's tons, i just haven't seen em yet)

£430 off the Di2 canyon ultimate AL.... nnnnnnnnnngggggggggh

£1700 is a bargain right? right?!

fuck. if I was happy in my job I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

selling my current bike wd drop the net cost to £1400 which is a genuine bargain for a Di2 equipped canyon bike

That is a sweet deal especially when my lust object is the unattainable BMC Team Machine SLR01.

Di2 rulez, get it

My lust right now is, I think, just for a Cube Peloton. I think I just want a pure road bike. I've hammered the Tricross with skinnies, and want to see how a proper road bike feels.

need more bike purchasing advice: my gf wants to buy a bike for light-touring (50 miles a day max) that's comfortable before it's fast, has 10+ gears, and looks good. she's eager for it to be fitted too

the budget is roughly 300£, because it'll also be a pub bike and she's not comfortable spending any more in case it gets knocked

also nick: buyyyyyy itttttt

oh and she wants a more upright position than you'd get w/a roadbike

http://media.prollyisnotprobably.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Surly-pugsley-limited.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JB1ue1b.jpg

ha

guys i want to buy a single speed for tooling around on. straight handlebars. two brakes. i want to buy it new not 2nd hand because i don't have time to make changes or go hunting. i want to spend less than $500. options are kind of overwhelming. can anyone say anything to narrow it down?

motorbacon from bikesdirect for $299 if you're stateside is probably as cheap as you can get and not be a giant piece of crap.

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/fixie-cafe-flat-bar-bikes.htm

bringing it back round to the start of this thread, must say i am feelin the vamoots DR

http://moots.com/wp-content/uploads/Vamoots_challenge_90089-copy.jpg

would it kill em to paint the fork tho, jeeeez

Nice stuff and I see quite a bit of moots here in CO, but it doesn't seem special to me. I should really try to ride one sometime. I swear by my old ti bike, insanely comfy.

yeah sorry $300 mail order bikes not v lustful, but that does actually look just the job. thanks slp.

hunt3r am i right in thinking you took all the old paint off your ti bike - love how there's so many different ways to finish one, from the moots matte look to mirror polish to some of those ano'd fireflys. that's before you even bring paint into the equation!

yeah, it's plain matte except for the bright polished couplers. some people actually ask me if it's a moots, as they do coupled frames. i should get some white decals and put "MUTT" on it, it's got no fine pedigree- dean by sandvik modified by bilenky. (it is of good quality tho).

caek, lustful bikes are those that get ridden regularly regardless of cost, appearance, or mark. imo.

lol MUTT. do it!

nice bit of painted ti from salsa

http://salsacycles.com/files/bikes/Warbird_Ti_14_sv_1440x960.jpg

i guess i shoulda wrote "lustworthy" above.

is the warbird a "gravel grinder" bike? looks like an underside cage braze-on there. that's great looking, no matter how cynical i get about micro-discipline bikes (yes, i know, gravel grinder ultras are the next whatever, just huge, put one in your quiver next to your randonee, cx, 24 hr mtb, marathon mtb, freeride trail mtb, enduro, adventure rig, and fat bike).

yeah it's a gravel bike. I want one.

yep 3rd bottle bosses, you can get a frame bag in there too

i've never used a third bottle, have any of you? are they easy to reach? it seems like you would be getting a steady diet of tirespray mud, sand, cowpoop, and giardia. i guess you get that pretty much anyway, just in lower doses from the regular mount.

i do have some behind the saddle dual mount cages that i used on a long hot unsupported ride back in the 90s. functional but weird.

guess third bottle makes sense for touring?

http://i.imgur.com/wlD259f.jpg

did they blur the background in post? that bike looks tiny for some reason

dead fucking handsome:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2502/products/No22_4A_Final.jpg?v=1382550080

oooooooooft