What bikes do we lust over?

i have the current version of that!

jealous ;__;

took my old MTB to the bike shop where they were taking donations and spotted a bianchi ...pinella, i think? lightweight frame from a few years ago apparently, made from some exotic-sounding boron steel mix. pearlescent celeste, with athena 11, really beautiful.

spesh is gross

that's kinda why i like it

~~counter-intuitive~~

that's Di2 btw
http://www.bikerevuk.com/bikepics/ted/ted.htm

that rear triangle looks waaaaaaaaaaay precarious

all those 12-14 lbs steel bikes, whoa. not into that rear brake thing w/ the nokons. i generally like the aesthetics of the bikes though.

that thing is nuts

What the HELL are those cranks? Fugly AND the wrong colour.

Otherwise, would ride, I guess :)

Okay, now THIS one is making me take notice:

http://www.bikerevuk.com/bikepics/rob/winter.htm

hubba hubba
http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/preview_500/images/Eurobike%202011%20Demo%20Day/Canyon%20Steel%20Concept.jpg

Isn't that Laurel's bike?

raised logo treatment on the underside of the downtube is A+

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/08/bicycle-slide-show-201108/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_slideshow/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bicycles-ss05a.jpg

Fucking hellfire.

what the

It's from 1939. Found here: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/08/bicycle-slide-show-201108

I think the craziest bit is the cog for the chain halfway down the frame. I'm assuming it's only purpose is to stop it dragging on the floor!

It must almost ride like a recumbent.

not that crazy, most recumbents have that second sprocket

although recombents are obv ipso facto crazy

I think it is basically a recumbent, only not very. I'd love to have a go on one - does your neck not ache?

i really don't dig on wood or bamboo bikes, but this is really beautiful

http://www.lifelounge.com.au/resources/IMGRELATED/bikes-from-wood-by-jan-gunneweg-3.jpg

http://www.lifelounge.com.au/technology/news/jan-gunneweg-creates-amazing-wooden-bikes.aspx

would imagine those wheels are hella out of balance

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOOK-KG196-DURA-ACE-SELLE-SAN-MARCO-COLLECTORS-ITEM-52-/280725865858?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item415c90c582#ht_500wt_1117

I don't lust after the cock who's selling that.

haha

nice bike tho. big shimano logos on the levers means team-spec dura-ace bits i think.

http://ebay.klijkens.be/ebay/vintagesf-1317153627-6872.jpg

I am getting very lustful for a steel framed winter training bike. How can I introduce E to the concept of a third bike?

I'm selling a neon pink steel framed concorde, replete w/guards, btw

I really feel like I need late 80s/early 90s neon monstrosity in my life.

I just put a bid on that moser. Recon i can build it out very cheaply with downtube shifters and other stuff from Kaynicks and bicycle heaven.

I've really talked myself into it remembering I have an appropriate stem, chorus crank and brake calipers in my parts bin.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/bik/2624917761.html

d..damn

duuuuuuude

right? not sure what he means by "fork tuning" tho

http://www.radiantsol.com/store/images/tuning_fork_new.jpg

i think what they mean is that the frame is out of alignment, as is the fork

oh :<

:-/

um, it's a non standard use of "tuning" as i've not heard it used with bikes, but i'm thinking he means high performance upgrades/mods, not frame defects

like import tuning

like, give it lots of carbon doodads and di2, or fork ends out back and flat bars

otoh, his front wheel looks really close to the downtube, the fork looks slightly not quite right.

he's keeping the saddle, watta dick

http://www.bamboobike.co/why/

always reminds me of a tweet from a few weeks ago "I don't ride a bamboo bike, cos my name's not Gilligan"

We were on a ride earlier in the year with a couple on them, they look pretty good, right up until the carbon lugs start delaminating away from the bamboo and the back wheel threatens to drop off.....

get the professor to make you a coconut helmet

there's a local shop here that has a few bikes w/ wooden/bamboo accessories like so:

http://www.woodysfenders.com/images/HomePage_images/Deluxe%207%20Cruiser.jpg

makes me think of wood paneling on a 70s station wagon

a guy i met down here thru a friend built a bamboo CX bike and raced it over the winter. good times.

Got a lot of time for am0n's wood there.

Though I say all this when the truth is I love bombing through town on the lightest bike possible and would be sad and unsatisfied to give it up.

sportin' a woody