What bikes do we lust over?

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

love a bit of ano'd ti

Ooh that is very hot

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/03/18/nahbs-2014-cielo-adds-road-racer-bike-plus-new-stems-colors/

fuuuuuuck

44mm ht on a std steel frame still looks aaaassssss (til i DIE), but otherwise some nice stuff.

it is a bit inelegant, yes.

dat tartan colourscheme, though!

http://d4nuk0dd6nrma.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/titanium_road_race_bicycle_suppresio_013_002.jpg

Ooh, nice. Not a fan of seatmast though.

i recognize that this is completely irrational, since they're the best wheels money can buy, but i can't stand lightweight wheels on bikes. not from a functional perspective, but the logo/name just kills the bike aesthetically. it's like if your bike were made by a company called "really fast" and your downtube had a big decal with "really fast" printed in times new roman. couldn't they just make a cool logo and slap that on there instead? (or, since they don't really do much marketing anyway, no log at all?)

suspect there are like 1,000 straight-from-alibaba carbon frames with variations of faux-brand "really fast."

Is that titanium?

100% agree with you, when I first saw the bike the Meilenstein was uppermost and I was wondering who made these wheels with such cool graphics, then I saw the crappy Lightweight decals and they are an instant turnoff.

Titatnium, yes

I really like that it is a seat mast, it makes the top tube/seat tube lug really nice

yeah my objection is not the visual aesthetic, that seattube 'lug' is nice.

i do think the aesthetic of a 1 1/8 stem clamp over a 44mm headtube continues to be bad.

Definitely agree on that one, I'm not sure tapering the tube would make it much better.

I'm also not entirely sure what the whole tapered steerer thing is supposed to achieve, test theres a bigger crown race but I've never hear a complaint about the load bearing capacity or longevity of a 1 1/8th inch crown race

I now have a ti bike with a 1" hs, and a carbon cx with a pretty massive 1.5/1.25 hs, and while the dif is apparent in riding I don't think it's due to control or precision issues on the road. Imo. On dirt I like the os headset though. Longevity? My 97 Chris King 1" is flawless still.