How much of a bike-tart are you?

LazyBoycp

Is it tarty to want one of these?...

http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=638

:oops:

il_principe

LazyBoycp wrote:

Is it tarty to want one of these?...

http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=638

:oops:

No. Well, no. I meant there's tart and there's Rapha...

I mean it's not really tart is it - doesn't fall into the Euro Tart category, which for me is the epitomy of true tartiness.

To me Rapha just screams "I'm a dentisy/banker/surgeon" :shock:

I do want one of their fixed shirts though!

LazyBoycp

jashburnham wrote:

LazyBoycp wrote:

Is it tarty to want one of these?...

http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=638

:oops:

No. Well, no. I meant there's tart and there's Rapha...

I mean it's not really tart is it - doesn't fall into the Euro Tart category, which for me is the epitomy of true tartiness.

To me Rapha just screams "I'm a dentisy/banker/surgeon" :shock:

I do want one of their fixed shirts though!

Unlike Assos, you mean? Or is that Euro Gimp?!

il_principe

LazyBoycp wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

LazyBoycp wrote:

Is it tarty to want one of these?...

http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=638

:oops:

No. Well, no. I meant there's tart and there's Rapha...

I mean it's not really tart is it - doesn't fall into the Euro Tart category, which for me is the epitomy of true tartiness.

To me Rapha just screams "I'm a dentist/banker/surgeon" :shock:

I do want one of their fixed shirts though!

Unlike Assos, you mean? Or is that Euro Gimp?!

Yep Euro Gimp!

il_principe

Oh dear God - Just discovered this photo:






So Siralun rides a Prince, a Valverde Prince no less, Christ he's even got the same shoes as me, and an Edge 705! Clearly the Man knows nothing of tarting though - that Garmin kit does not work with a Prince. Black bartape too, Come on Siralun, sort it out!

Just seen this as well:

Sir Alan's 'Prince of Spain', which he bought for his Florida home, is set up for the fast, hill-less cycle paths beside the sea near his home north of Miami Beach.

It comes with a massive 59-tooth chainring at the front, which means that on the flat Sir Alan is swift, though he slows markedly whenever there is a hill and has to come out of the saddle to pedal hard.

:shock:

itboffin

Yeh I saw that yesterday but being such a nice bloke I didn't post - tee hee jash rides an old mans bike, when does the Garmin kit arrive

stuaff

jashburnham wrote:

So Siralun rides a Prince, a Valverde Prince no less, Christ he's even got the same shoes as me, and an Edge 705! Clearly the Man knows nothing of tarting though - that Garmin kit does not work with a Prince. Black bartape too, Come on Siralun, sort it out!

Just seen this as well:

Sir Alan's 'Prince of Spain', which he bought for his Florida home, is set up for the fast, hill-less cycle paths beside the sea near his home north of Miami Beach.

It comes with a massive 59-tooth chainring at the front, which means that on the flat Sir Alan is swift, though he slows markedly whenever there is a hill and has to come out of the saddle to pedal hard.

:shock:

Jash, he clearly doesn't give a...well, anything, about matching kit to bike. And surely he's at least demonstrating good taste in the choice of his bike, if not what he wears on it? I imagine the 59-tooth ring line is a journalistic cockup.

stuaff

Kieran_Burns wrote:

There's people in here in denial.....

Denial? Isn't that a river in Egypt? Couldn't resist that......!

il_principe

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

Eau Rouge

jashburnham wrote:

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

I guess he just doesn't like french banks

stuaff

jashburnham wrote:

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

True. Perhaps he's heard of you, decided 'I can't match that guy's sense of style, so I'll go the other way'.
"When I ask what purpose is served by his Pinarello's fancy barley twist front forks, his answer is damning: 'Marketing. It is all nonsense really.'" (They don't seem to have noticed the stays!) I looked it up, it's supposed to be stiffer and more comfortable...do they work?

lost_in_thought

Ooooh he's got the same orange edge as I have. My bike, when it arrives (it may have) is orange, whichis why I got that edge.

I have to say, Jash's pinarello is a thing of beauty. Siralun's one isn't.

Christophe3967

jashburnham wrote:

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

Black socks are just wrong, as are saddles . I understand black bar tape but if I had his money I'd just change it whenever it started to look grubby. And what is that Pringle thing going on with the kit? Are you supposed to have a round of golf afterwards?

jonginge

Eau Rouge wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

I guess he just doesn't like french banks

Caisse sera sera...

il_principe

StuAff wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Stu, I refer you to my smiley. Clearly in relation to all things bike - he is a genius. The kit though... shudder.

True. Perhaps he's heard of you, decided 'I can't match that guy's sense of style, so I'll go the other way'.
"When I ask what purpose is served by his Pinarello's fancy barley twist front forks, his answer is damning: 'Marketing. It is all nonsense really.'" (They don't seem to have noticed the stays!) I looked it up, it's supposed to be stiffer and more comfortable...do they work?

Well I dunno - is the bike stiff yet comfy? Out of all the ones I test rode was it the one that felt best? Yes, oh yes. It is unbelievably stiff yet I can sit on if for 6-8 hours without discomfort*

*and by this I mean without the bike causing discomfort. The fact that my legs often feel like they're about to fall off and my lungs are mounting an escape bid via my nose is rarely comfy, but that's exertions fault and not Il Principe's.