I need a bike to go with my Rapha jacket

wilwil
wilwil Posts: 374
edited December 2008 in Workshop
Will this one do?

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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    Depends what colout your jacket is I guess :wink:
    Carlsberg don't make cycle clothing, but if they did it would probably still not be as good as Assos
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    Depends what colout your jacket is I guess :wink:

    Rapha Black of course. What other colour could it possibly be?
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Now that's nice. 8)

    Is your Izoard now your hack? :lol:
    2010 Cannondale CAAD 9
    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • fraz167
    fraz167 Posts: 142
    i saw that on ebay, did you win it??
  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    Don't be silly - you need something more like this to go with a Rapha jacket

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  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    aracer wrote:
    Don't be silly - you need something more like this to go with a Rapha jacket


    Or this

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  • James_London
    James_London Posts: 530
    Could do with Bora Ultra 2s and 11v with a proper chainset. Otherwise bang on - Rapha would be proud!
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    There is only one bike to go with a Rapha jacket surely, and that is the Condor Leggero Rapha team edition.

    http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/image ... -09-hi.jpg
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    giant mancp wrote:
    There is only one bike to go with a Rapha jacket surely, and that is the Condor Leggero Rapha team edition.

    http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/image ... -09-hi.jpg

    Nice. It's even got the pink bits to go with the pink bits in the jacket. Shame about the Shimano though, you would have thought they would have used Campag. I wonder why they use Colnagos in their ads when they could use these? It's also a shame that the frame doesn't follow the line of the rear wheel exactly.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Is there a two-wheeled equivalent of a silver 3-series?
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi there.

    Is that a compact chainset?

    Cheers, Andy
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    [quote="wilwil"]
    giant mancp wrote:
    There is only one bike to go with a Rapha jacket surely, and that is the Condor Leggero Rapha team edition.

    http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/image ... -09-hi.jpg

    Nice. It's even got the pink bits to go with the pink bits in the jacket. Shame about the Shimano though, you would have thought they would have used Campag. I wonder why they use Colnagos in their ads when they could use these? It's also a shame that the frame doesn't follow the line of the rear wheel exactly.[/quote]Yeah it is nice isn't it. I actually think the 08' version is lovely too:

    http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/image ... ide-hi.jpg

    although alas with shitmano again. I just love the piano-gloss-blackness of it all. Nice paint.
  • James_London
    James_London Posts: 530
    andrewgturnbull wrote:
    Is that a compact chainset?

    I fear it is - hence my suggestion it needs a proper one :-)

    Shimano just have more sponsorship money to slosh - I can't see Rapha turning Campagnolo down but they probably didn't offer anything useful! They have to pay for the team somehow...
  • Ken Night
    Ken Night Posts: 2,005
    Very nice

    I do believe it is a compact

    Wilwil, how will you feel when you've owned that bike for two years, and after four years?

    It would be nice to have something like that as its a great statement of where the bike is now. In four years time, it'll have scuffs, and the componentry which is already out of date, will seem ancient

    I ask the question not to curb any joy about putative ownership, more to examine the mental process of bike acquisition

    A bike like that induces lust, and makes the mouth water doesn't it?

    When is one sated? Is it down to the number of bikes, having achieved perfection just once, or perhaps a process of "going through" the bike craze-acquiring the knowledge and experience to make "that choice" ultimately moving onto another hobby?

    Discuss?
    “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best..." Ernest Hemingway
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Interesting comments Ken. I think most of the time it is a 'want' and not a 'need' and a bit like a new car, you got to have one at least once in your life. Same goes for an expensive bike marque.

    For me it isn't anything to do with snobbiness, rather getting what you're paying for. Quality.
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    I don't own the Colnago, I wish I did! I was looking for a winter hack and came across it and liked it a lot and thought I would share it with you. You can own it for around £4000.00 just bid on ebay. At the moment its hanging in a New York apartment as eye candy.

    I'm afraid I'll just have to stick with the jacket and my Wilier. Oh well.

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