check out my ride....

Flambes

New wheels put on today, Easton EA90 Aero, first ride tomorrow - very excited!





Which means the Fulcrum 5's go on the Winter / commuting Condor.

Lagavulin

Nice looking set of wheels those Eastons. It's a great looking like actually. 8)

biondino

I also put my Fulcrum 5s from my Cayo Expert on my Winter bike (Trek 1200) but put Fulcrum 3s on the Focus

Aggieboy

Made in Spain,ridden in Lycra!

markos1963

Aggieboy wrote:

Made in Spain,ridden in Lycra!

I am very,very,very,Very jealous :evil:

Lagavulin

Aggieboy wrote:

Made in Spain,ridden in Lycra!

That's a real beaut. Nice to see what the alternate bike I was considering would've looked like with my DT wheels.

p.s. black/white Vred Tricomps look a treat on those rims.

schilbach

Orbea Orca is one of my favourite bikes - looks perfect!!!

Barry Roubaix

Guy in our club has an Orca. Beautiful bike.

spanielsson

My best bike.......

JC.152

nice trek. what size frames that?

Baytt

Aggieboy wrote:

Made in Spain,ridden in Lycra!

*drool*

thats one hell of a good looking bike you have there everytime i go into the LBS theres one of those hanging of the wall..........

Paul Sh

Agree, just think, if i'd stuck in at school i would be able to afford one of those.

Baytt

The 2009 Onix's look incredibly similar to that orca, shame really i bought a 08 onix a month before they came out lol

spanielsson

JC.152 wrote:

nice trek. what size frames that?

It's a 54, it just looks small from the angle!!!! I've now swapped the wheels for Race X Lites, the white spokes look far nicer!!! 8)

el_presidente

Here's my Look KG241

A v slightly old-school frame that I picked up v cheap on Ebay





Fulcrum 3s shod with Conti GP4000; SRAM Force mechs, calipers & shifters; FSA Gossamer crank; Look carbon stem; USE alien post; Chris King headset; Spec Alias saddle; Cinelli Vai bars; Ultegra pedals; Tacz Tao cages

Barry Roubaix

Nice garden

mercsport

Here's a pic of the bike I built for my partner this summer . The saddle looks a little if'fy but she desired the padding . At least the compact chainset has let her kick into touch the triple habit .

mercsport

O.K. , as I'm here I might as well put up a pic of my bike too . Same spot .

Barry Roubaix

Never mind the bikes - that's a beautiful view. Is it your house and where is it?

mercsport

You don' t like the bikes ?

No , I admit that the bikes are the intrusive elements of the pictures . I suppose I ought to have declared where they were taken . At the bottom of the garden of a friend's house in Llandogo , Wales . On a bend of the river Wye three or four miles north of Tintern 'twixt Monmouth and Chepstow . Gloucestershire , Forest of Dean , is the hillside opposite here . These mobile 'phone pic's were taken when we down there last month and that rare spell of good weather we all enjoyed for a fortnight . When off the main road , a great area for cycling .

redddraggon

mercsport wrote:

Hell, that's a long stem ... 13cm? 14cm?

mercsport

Hi Red , Yes , it's a whopper isn't it ? A Deda 140cm jobby .
After breaking my previous ti. frame I copped the Litespeed from off ebay ( :shock: !! ) . It was the 'right price' ( ..for a litespeed , that is ..still a fistful ) but , probably , the wrong size . Hence , the compensating geometry . It seems to work OK for me at 6' , heavy and fat . I occasionally play around with the seat , back and forth , to see if different knee to pedal relationships do anything to improve my unfitness , but it doesn't seem to affect comfort very much . Sometimes I wonder whether a 130cm stem would have been the way to go , but those thoughts seem to occur after 30 miles or so when I would've been aching anyway probably .
Looking back at the frames that we all use to ride about on and the bikes of the peloton today , I now think that a smaller frame for the avaerage rider would be the better option than conventional wisdom suggests .

redddraggon

mercsport wrote:

Hi Red , Yes , it's a whopper isn't it ? A Deda 140cm jobby .
After breaking my previous ti. frame I copped the Litespeed from off ebay ( :shock: !! ) . It was the 'right price' ( ..for a litespeed , that is ..still a fistful ) but , probably , the wrong size . Hence , the compensating geometry . It seems to work OK for me at 6' , heavy and fat . I occasionally play around with the seat , back and forth , to see if different knee to pedal relationships do anything to improve my unfitness , but it doesn't seem to affect comfort very much . Sometimes I wonder whether a 130cm stem would have been the way to go , but those thoughts seem to occur after 30 miles or so when I would've been aching anyway probably .
Looking back at the frames that we all use to ride about on and the bikes of the peloton today , I now think that a smaller frame for the avaerage rider would be the better option than conventional wisdom suggests .

It looks good with a long stem, not a massive drop. I think I'm too short to ever be able to use such a long stem, without getting a ridiculously small frame and using a large stack of spacers.

giant_man

redddraggon wrote:

mercsport wrote:

Hi Red , Yes , it's a whopper isn't it ? A Deda 140cm jobby .
After breaking my previous ti. frame I copped the Litespeed from off ebay ( :shock: !! ) . It was the 'right price' ( ..for a litespeed , that is ..still a fistful ) but , probably , the wrong size . Hence , the compensating geometry . It seems to work OK for me at 6' , heavy and fat . I occasionally play around with the seat , back and forth , to see if different knee to pedal relationships do anything to improve my unfitness , but it doesn't seem to affect comfort very much . Sometimes I wonder whether a 130cm stem would have been the way to go , but those thoughts seem to occur after 30 miles or so when I would've been aching anyway probably .
Looking back at the frames that we all use to ride about on and the bikes of the peloton today , I now think that a smaller frame for the avaerage rider would be the better option than conventional wisdom suggests .

It looks good with a long stem, not a massive drop. I think I'm too short to ever be able to use such a long stem, without getting a ridiculously small frame and using a large stack of spacers.

shudder lol! :roll:

djb1971

New winter bike: 1983 Raleigh Record Sprint, Reynolds 501.. Just finished the paintwork and needs a buffing and polish to remove tape residue.

Cost a whopping £15 in total from start to finish

redddraggon

giant mancp wrote:

shudder lol! :roll: [/i]

It looks good - that looks like it'd fit me if it was scaled down for a 5'8" person, the ratios all look right.

mercsport

The paintjob looks first class . Original transfers ? Waterslide ? Vinyl ?
Fifteen quid ? Heck ! :shock:
Top job ! And Raleighs' heron head tube badge is /was ( never too sure about Raleighs current status : do they exist as a bike manufacturer still ? ) the most attractive of all the badges in bikedom .

djb1971

mercsport wrote:

The paintjob looks first class . Original transfers ? Waterslide ? Vinyl

All handpainted, it's my trade It's a little more relaxed than your litespeed, I actually sit up to ride this
nice Litespeed btw

Raleigh do still exist but no longer make frames like they used to

felgen

FInally got this bike after waiting for what seemed like an age. It was well worth the wait - and it flies up hills. Big smile-making machinery.

mididoctors

djb1971 wrote:

New winter bike: 1983 Raleigh Record Sprint, Reynolds 501.. Just finished the paintwork and needs a buffing and polish to remove tape residue.

nice