2009 Langsters

TheBoyBilly
TheBoyBilly Posts: 749
edited July 2008 in Road general
After the success of the London, Seattle, Chicago and NYC Langsters it would seem Spesh are adding to the series.....(scroll down past the Giant article)

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  • brownbosh
    brownbosh Posts: 602
    I know im a ponce but i love the tokyo and vegas ones!
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Frisco screams Graham Norton to me but I rather like the Tokyo. :oops:

    (Fixie virgin but fancy the standard '08 Langster with some HALO wheels)
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    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    What's going on with the Tokyo brakes?
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    The Tokyo is really pretty. I like it.
    d.j.
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  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    fluff. wrote:
    What's going on with the Tokyo brakes?
    Bar-tops like the Langster London?
    2010 Cannondale CAAD 9
    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    Ah, yep you're right. Didn't know the London had 2 bmx lever types, only seen those singularly before.
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    truly horrible.

    style over substance, specious marketing. yuk.
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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    peejay78 wrote:
    truly horrible.

    style over substance, specious marketing. yuk.

    No, Mr Peejay78 - I think you will find it is both style, and substance, which is what annoys you! :D
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    eh?

    langster + style + subtance = does not compute.

    i'm confused.

    but that's nothing unusual.
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  • kafkathedog
    kafkathedog Posts: 242
    I quite like the tokyo, do you think you will be able to get it in the UK.

    Will probably end up getting a pearson touche though.
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    get a touche! much better!
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  • kafkathedog
    kafkathedog Posts: 242
    Ta for that peejay.

    However I notice you get a choice of gear sizes, what would be a best all round size bearing in mind i've not ridden fixed before?
  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    try something like 48/18 or 42/16 as a starting point.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "try something like 48/18 or 42/16 as a starting point"

    Depends on age/fitness/terrain!

    Why not try sticking with a ratio at a time on your geared and see which suits? Then go c.2" higher for fixed as starters.
    d.j.
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    need to know where you are, what the hills are like.

    london for me, 47:17, or 48: 17.

    i have one bike which is 44:15, and it's either very fast or very hard, depending on my frame of mind.
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  • kafkathedog
    kafkathedog Posts: 242
    Thanks

    Terrain is mostly undulating. There are a few suprises (ditchling beacon and 'the wall') round here but I wouldn't have to go over those as I want to use as a commuter/training bike.

    My fitness level is getting better can ride a 10 in a high 26 mins and regularily ride 100+ miles a week
  • kafkathedog
    kafkathedog Posts: 242
    make that a 'very high' 26

    I live in sussex (east/west border)
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    At a guess then c.70" probably a good starting point.

    I seem to work on gear plus age in years equals 120! So now I mainly ride 60"......(tho' the new Langster is so much lighter than any old steeler I've ridden that it's currently on about 65"!).
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    meagain wrote:
    At a guess then c.70" probably a good starting point.

    I seem to work on gear plus age in years equals 120! So now I mainly ride 60"......(tho' the new Langster is so much lighter than any old steeler I've ridden that it's currently on about 65"!).

    I need to be getting 100" then!
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Aye, that'll be a good ol' 52x14 then.
    d.j.
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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    peejay78 wrote:
    eh?

    langster + style + subtance = does not compute.

    i'm confused.

    but that's nothing unusual.

    I was just trolling.

    i was going to back it up by saying that a specialized frame is surely substantial and as you are admitting it has style
    peejay78 wrote:
    "style over substance...."

    therefore the Langster has both style and substance.

    Anyway, I was in a cantankerous mood this morning - so apologies!
  • AcousticDave
    AcousticDave Posts: 41
    just to Hijack thread
    whats the specialized Tricross like. Im thinking of going single/fixed for he first time and really like the look of this bike any thoughts.
  • 3leggeddog
    3leggeddog Posts: 150
    To go off topic a bit, I'm thinking of trying a fixed. If I can get a good deal with the next years colours price drop in the autumn.

    However, I live in the lake district, fangs brow, whinlatter, newlands, honister are all ithin 30 mins of my house. Even the coastal riding around here is up and down a bit. Tell me, is it a daft idea going fixed?
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "just to Hijack thread
    whats the specialized Tricross like,,,,"

    Not ridden one, but had I been buying new/full price I'd have chosen the Tricross Single over the Langster - and probably over any other off-the-shelf fixed. For the looks and the 'grd capability (Langster dry weather only as far as I'm concerned!).
    d.j.
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  • AcousticDave
    AcousticDave Posts: 41
    Cheers Meagain, and the good thing is i can get one for Half price as work are doing the bike to work scheme.
  • TheBoyBilly
    TheBoyBilly Posts: 749
    I wonder if somebody with plenty of dosh is collecting all these different Langsters? I still love my Poo-coloured (sorry, Rust) 2007 model though.
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  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    kafkathedog wrote:
    make that a 'very high' 26

    I live in sussex (east/west border)
    Whereabouts Kafka?

    I'm in Haywards Heath and would love a fixie too...
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    "I wonder if somebody with plenty of dosh is collecting all these different Langsters? I still love my Poo-coloured (sorry, Rust) 2007 model though."

    Known affectionately in these parts as a "poo-ster" or "$h1t-ster"
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    Monty Dog wrote:
    "I wonder if somebody with plenty of dosh is collecting all these different Langsters? I still love my Poo-coloured (sorry, Rust) 2007 model though."

    Known affectionately in these parts as a "poo-ster" or "$h1t-ster"
    I saw one chained to a railing in the City with the Langster graphic replaced with a "W@nkster" graphic - another limited edition? :lol:

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