DDD this is for you

il_principe

Enjoy:

Feltup

Doesn't look like it has a compact chainset ?

Greg T

The saddle must be a foot higher than the handlebars....

woodyonthebeach

wheres the box of man size tissues when you need it.

DonDaddyD

My soul is both hurt and warmed at the beauty of that bike.
Warm is my soul, which finds solace in knowing that such beauty exists.
Hurt is my soul, which exists within fear that I may never get a chance to ride it.

Thanks Jash, you have torn my heart.

The KoM is quite simply a thing of love. I saw a white and black (ladies version - if there such a thing) in Luciano cycles along with the Foundriest. I don't say this lightly and have only ever said this once, this occasion. I would sell, my guitar, my X-box and all its games, my turntables and garage records, my TDL RTL 3 speakers and all my comic books including X-men #1 and Ultimates #1 signed by Millar and Hitch (but not Thor #1or Avengers Dissassembled: Thor, Ragnarok that's just sacrilege) to own that bike!

I love that bike more than I would the love child of a Wilier Izoard and 2008 Bianchi via Nirone...

Christophe3967

Where can you buy those bike racks? And wouldn't that bracket snap the tube? I've just swapped out the one's that grip the tube for those that you attach the front fork to as I thought they were safer for carbon frames. Obviously you then have to make room in the car for the front wheels. I haven't put them to use yet but I'm always amazed how many bikes the pro teams can get on top of their cars when I can only manage four.

DonDaddyD

Feltup wrote:

Doesn't look like it has a compact chainset ?

KoM = King of the Mountains. Its called that for a reason. Anything less than a 39ring is just an insult surely?

DonDaddyD

£1,899 for the frame and fork. Once you add wheels, Groupset (nothing less than Chorus 11 will do it justice IMO) and finishing kit, you're looking at a £3000 bike easy.

If you add me clad in my 'spiderman' bike ninja-superhero get up and you'd have an eternally happy Man!

Feltup

DonDaddyD wrote:

Feltup wrote:

Doesn't look like it has a compact chainset ?

KoM = King of the Mountains. Its called that for a reason. Anything less than a 39ring is just an insult surely?

Well if the Fred Whitton can be won on a 39 ring then surely there is no need for anything smaller. I mean there can't be many roads steeper than Hardknott or the tarmac would avalanche

biondino

DonDaddyD wrote:

I would sell, my guitar, my X-box and all its games, my turntables and garage records, my TDL RTL 3 speakers and all my comic books including X-men #1 and Ultimates #1 signed by Millar and Hitch (but not Thor #1or Avengers Dissassembled: Thor, Ragnarok that's just sacrilege) to own that bike!

Well then - what are you waiting for! I'm in the market for a cheapish turntable...

Bassjunkieuk

OMFG!!!! That fully black KOM is damn nice!!!!!! WANTY WANTY :-)
Any ideas how much I can get for 5 children on ebay? ;-)

Feltup

Looks damn nice but why has it got TT wheels on a King of the Mountains frame? Now with some nice aero climbing wheels mmmmmmmm

itboffin

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

OMFG!!!! That fully black KOM is damn nice!!!!!! WANTY WANTY :-)
Any ideas how much I can get for 5 children on ebay? ;-)

You'd get more for them if you broke them down into parts :shock: :roll:

Feltup

itboffin wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

OMFG!!!! That fully black KOM is damn nice!!!!!! WANTY WANTY :-)
Any ideas how much I can get for 5 children on ebay? ;-)

You'd get more for them if you broke them down into parts :shock: :roll:

Market the small ones as chimney sweeps, the larger ones as confined space cleaners i.e. behind machinery where adults cannot reach. Remember you can sell this idea to the boss as not only do you get income from the sale of the kids but you can also offset the expenditure you normally allocate to the kids to the bike and perhaps some flowers for her.

DonDaddyD

@Bass go to Luciano Cycles Kuotaand nice bike Heaven second only to GB Cycles, purely because GB has several Bianchi Superleggra's in the window...

I'm taking the girlfriend to Luciano cycles when I get the chance.... :P

mountainroadie

got to get me one of those pinarello princes they can cycle below sea level !!!!

Eau Rouge

DonDaddyD wrote:

I'm taking the girlfriend to Luciano cycles when I get the chance.... :P

And people say romance is dead...
:P

il_principe

mountainroadie wrote:

got to get me one of those pinarello princes they can cycle below sea level !!!!

The edge always seems to get its initial reading wrong, although it's perfectly possible to cycle below seal level, just head to Holland!

gtvlusso

DonDaddyD wrote:

@Bass go to Luciano Cycles Kuotaand nice bike Heaven second only to GB Cycles, purely because GB has several Bianchi Superleggra's in the window...

I'm taking the girlfriend to Luciano cycles when I get the chance.... :P

You really know how to show a girl a good time ;-)

My wife gets pi$$y at Wiggle parcels arriving, let alone heading to an LBS....I wish she could appreciate and prey to the KOM in all it's beauty and engineering excellence.

Can you get it in Cambridge Blue, fixed wheel?

mountainroadie

jashburnham wrote:

mountainroadie wrote:

got to get me one of those pinarello princes they can cycle below sea level !!!!

The edge always seems to get its initial reading wrong, although it's perfectly possible to cycle below seal level, just head to Holland!

you dont live in holland ......... :roll:

mountainroadie

no but seriously the prince is a bike i have always admired {velo eccosse edinburgh} i had a pinarello f413 for a while but sold it . then regretted it a week later

very nice kuota but i think the new kuota kebel {in the red and white} is more my thing.

il_principe

mountainroadie wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

mountainroadie wrote:

got to get me one of those pinarello princes they can cycle below sea level !!!!

The edge always seems to get its initial reading wrong, although it's perfectly possible to cycle below seal level, just head to Holland!

you dont live in holland ......... :roll:

Funnily enough I'm aware of that (in my more lucid moments), which is why I said:

jashburnham wrote:

it's perfectly possible to cycle below seal level, just head to Holland!

mountainroadie

ooops thats me scalped

mountainroadie

cycle to holland through the english channel . get the reading for the graph . cycle back home

Bassjunkieuk

Feltup wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

OMFG!!!! That fully black KOM is damn nice!!!!!! WANTY WANTY :-)
Any ideas how much I can get for 5 children on ebay? ;-)

You'd get more for them if you broke them down into parts :shock: :roll:

Market the small ones as chimney sweeps, the larger ones as confined space cleaners i.e. behind machinery where adults cannot reach. Remember you can sell this idea to the boss as not only do you get income from the sale of the kids but you can also offset the expenditure you normally allocate to the kids to the bike and perhaps some flowers for her.

Thanks for the advice, as for the "flowers for her" that's not really feasible as I'd like to offload her to, I mean how on earth do I spend as much money as I wish on the uber bike with her in they way buying such silly things as food and what not........;-)