is there a part of your bike you are particularly fond of?

harryflashman
harryflashman Posts: 28
edited January 2009 in The bottom bracket
as above. Not strictly part of my bike i guess, but I am really quite attached to my drinks bottle....I'll get my coat.
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    I'm only really ever attached to my pedals.
  • harryflashman
    harryflashman Posts: 28
    <sound effect>QI style hooter</sound effect>
    play is the medicine man
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Has to be the saddle.

    Don't care how flash/costly your bike is without a saddle it'd be uncomfortable. :shock:
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    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Dérailleurs.

    Some of them (when new!) are an absolute work of art, and it pains me to ride on them.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Cyclocross levers on my pompino, make riding in traffic so much safer.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
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    Pompino
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  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    edited January 2009
    To look at, when not riding, I think the gear indicators on the current Tiagra STI levers are quite clever in a 'cute' sort of way.

    This admiration stops when on the bike though, as they're actually rubbish.

    I also quite like the almost-organic, slightly sculpted lines of the current Ultegra STI shifters. Only when viewed from the outside, mind. The sprouting cables when viewed from any other angle don't really help.

    Taking inspiration from David's post below, when it comes to chainsets, I think there is little to rival the beautiful, ageless simplicity of old-pattern Campagnolo Record Pista. So very, very shiny, very, very narrow and very, very unobtainable. Managed to get a pair a couple of years ago, but they have yet to oust the Miche Primatos on my track bike.
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    edited January 2009
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Dérailleurs.

    Some of them (when new!) are an absolute work of art, and it pains me to ride on them.

    +1 to that; I've got a couple of Mavic 840s acquired s/h. Lovely pieces of kit. Also really like the cranksets on my two best bikes, both UK-made and CNC'ed (one Middleburn, one L&M; the latter is the better finished of the two, sadly the firm is now defunct).

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Campag downtube shifters on my second bike, when polished I can look at them for hours.
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  • nasahapley
    nasahapley Posts: 717
    I particularly like the shape of my forks (Scott CR1 jobbies), best description I can give is 'swoopy'. There's probably no need for them to be that shape at all, but if they weren't I may well not have bought that bike!
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    The slight curve of the top tube. It just makes the bike look more graceful.

    Or summat like that... It's kinda hard to explain!

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