Specialized Langster Monaco

Harry B

Pwooooor oh yes, baby come to daddy 8)

Jamey

Yeah, saw one last week. Very nice.

The branding reminded me very much of Lancia (for anyone that remembers them) but I since read that it was Martini and went "oh yeah"

Jez mon

It's nice, but i think pretty much all of the Bike Porn at the London FGSS forum is far superior. But then I'm not a big fan of sloping tube geometry, even though all my bikes have it!

Ash_

For the benefit of those that don't want to have to find a picture:



Well, I'm not sure if I like it or not, but I think it's certainly a lot better-looking than the previous 'London' special edition. Of course, when all the wannabe's are riding round the capital on one, it'll look a bit mundane.

On a slight aside, Langster publicity tends to say things along the lines of 'equally at home on the track or road...' Has anyone used one on a track? What's it like? (I'm thinking Manchester / Newport here).

PostieJohn

I did stop and 2nd look it, always a good/bad sign, depending on if you are my bank manager, or not.

Eddy S

Ash_ wrote:

On a slight aside, Langster publicity tends to say things along the lines of 'equally at home on the track or road...' Has anyone used one on a track? What's it like? (I'm thinking Manchester / Newport here).

That Specialized publicity material hasn't changed since the Langster was introduced in '05 but the bike has changed quite a lot.

The bikes from '07 are essentially (lazy) street geometry and the BB is far too low on those '07-onwards Langsters to be able to use them on an indoor velodrome.

I used to use my '05 Langster at Newport till I got dedicated track bikes but it has the suitable geometry.