I have a new bicycle...

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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Myyy Prrecious - fantastic LiT - FCN 0 - look out Greg 8)
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,396
    lost_in_thought wrote:
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    I don't want to alarm you, but that van looks very suspicious! :twisted:
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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Oh so that's what you've been on about 8) It looks such a lovely bike - not in the least bit jealous :wink:

    Now, where are you going to find enough orange kit to do it all justice? Or have you already had the Trinny & Jashburnham makeover?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
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    I don't want to alarm you, but that van looks very suspicious! :twisted:

    It's my brother's, and AFAIK G66 hasn't yet recruited him to steal the bike! :D
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    3454802711_0c139e5b70.jpg


    I don't want to alarm you, but that van looks very suspicious! :twisted:

    It's my brother's, and AFAIK G66 hasn't yet recruited him to steal the bike! :D
    Only a matter of time ;) Best to lock all your garmin connect activities that start/end at your house!
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Cracking looking bike, LiT. Wheels look very good with it.

    I reckon you could get away with tarty, white bar tape too; it would pick out the white "Schwalbe" on the tyres. :)
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    Cracking looking bike, LiT. Wheels look very good with it.

    I reckon you could get away with tarty, white bar tape too; it would pick out the white "Schwalbe" on the tyres. :)
    But then you'd need a white saddle*.

    And so it begins... the upgrade path to enlightenment


    * and possibly white shoes
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    <Runs to the Scott. Observes the dubious combination of white bar tape and black saddle. Resolves that a change of bar tape is needed, it being cheaper than a saddle...>
    FCN 2-4.

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  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    beautiful bike

    be rude not to be tarty with it
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    <Runs to the Scott. Observes the dubious combination of white bar tape and black saddle. Resolves that a change of bar tape is needed, it being cheaper than a saddle...>
    :lol: Bit of paint or, perhaps, tippex. Sorted.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    cjcp wrote:
    <Runs to the Scott. Observes the dubious combination of white bar tape and black saddle. Resolves that a change of bar tape is needed, it being cheaper than a saddle...>
    so i'll be seeing you tomorrow for bar tape then will i?
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :lol:

    Very possibly!
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  • marksteven
    marksteven Posts: 208
    spanking
  • kyoukoku
    kyoukoku Posts: 105
    JonGinge wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    <Runs to the Scott. Observes the dubious combination of white bar tape and black saddle. Resolves that a change of bar tape is needed, it being cheaper than a saddle...>
    :lol: Bit of paint or, perhaps, tippex. Sorted.

    :shock: Sacrilege!! :shock: :roll: :lol:
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Very beautiful bike! You need to cut your grass though!
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    So did you clean it down after your 65 mile ride? Did you clean-lube-clean your chain afterwards? DB2 thinks I spend too much effort and time on DB1 but it is only right :wink:

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Feltup wrote:
    So did you clean it down after your 65 mile ride? Did you clean-lube-clean your chain afterwards? DB2 thinks I spend too much effort and time on DB1 but it is only right :wink:

    DB=dearly beloved

    Hmmmm, yeah, Epic did tell me I should do that. I'll do it tonight, I promise... :oops:
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Feltup wrote:
    So did you clean it down after your 65 mile ride? Did you clean-lube-clean your chain afterwards? DB2 thinks I spend too much effort and time on DB1 but it is only right :wink:

    DB=dearly beloved

    Hmmmm, yeah, Epic did tell me I should do that. I'll do it tonight, I promise... :oops:

    Every day you leave it the Maxima cries, Viners need love and lots of it. I shall be checking and if there is neglect then I may have to take it in to care. :wink:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    What can I say, I'm lazy! I will do it this evening... definitely.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Black bar tape is so... cheap. Orange, pink or white, please.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    What can I say, I'm lazy! I will do it this evening... definitely.

    It's exactly this that scares the bejesus out of me about getting an uber bike, can I find the time between the wife and kids to give it the TLC it needs, I mean I struggle to find time to keep the SCR clean and lubed........mind you if I had a bike that cost 10x more the wife might be a bit more generous :-D

    The only problem now is I'm stuck between who's bike I prefer.......the Maxima or the Prince - I think given the chance and money to spend I'd plump for a Maxima as you simply couldn't do much better then a full custom build!

    I'm surprised you only got out for 2 rides tho, I did say to my wife that if I'd taken delivery of a steed like that she probably wouldn't have seen me all weekend :-D
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    Black bar tape is so... cheap. Orange, pink or white, please.

    Yeah, I was toying with the idea of orange bar tape, but then I can't get an orange saddle so it'd be hopelessly mismatched... maybe mix orange and black or summat...

    And BJUK, I went out for about 18 miles from Epic on the saturday, but the driving I had to do from London to Epic to Essex (over 300 miles) put paid to any further riding on the saturday!

    Maxima or Prince? Maybe a poll! Nah... only kidding. :D
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I just made a sex wee. :shock:

    It's lovely LiT, I hope to see it in the flesh in the near future. I bet the ride is well well worth the money!

    Oh oh and how are you finding record 11, and the Speedplays?

    droooool.

    I just rode into work after a morning meeting, christ it's a lovely day to be on the bike, I was so tempted to just carry on going.
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Only problem I can see is that you live in London and haven't got as much lovely countryside as normal folk like me in Cambs.

    Apart from that 5k on a bike - you should be super fit to honour the bike!

    What kit did you get exactly? Full specification? :)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    gabriel959 wrote:
    Only problem I can see is that you live in London and haven't got as much lovely countryside as normal folk like me in Cambs.

    Apart from that 5k on a bike - you should be super fit to honour the bike!

    What kit did you get exactly? Full specification? :)

    You'll be pleased to hear I also have a house in very rural Essex, on the suffolk border. I'm actually planning a ride up to Cambridge before long - lived there for 5 years at a boarding school, it's one of my favourite places in the summer!

    Record 11sp, Mavic Ksyrium SL Superlight (isn't that SLSL, Mavic?) Premiums... bars, stem, stuff...
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Good good!! Might see you around here then, I went to Great Dunmow yesterday with my club - all in all just above 80 miles!
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    jashburnham wrote:
    I just made a sex wee. :shock:

    It's lovely LiT, I hope to see it in the flesh in the near future. I bet the ride is well well worth the money!

    Oh oh and how are you finding record 11, and the Speedplays?

    droooool.

    I just rode into work after a morning meeting, christ it's a lovely day to be on the bike, I was so tempted to just carry on going.

    Thanks!! :D

    Record is reeeeeallly nice! My tifosi on veloce feels clunky and unresponsive in the shifts now. You'll have to have a go on it - I'll try to bring it to the next beerz.

    Speedplays are good too - need to get replacement bolts for the three they've shed, which I nicked out of the new cleats. I'm also getting some new shoes - the DHB ones aren't stiff enough and I can really feel the pedals.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Watch this space for the deep aero wheels for the non hilly rides to complement the hill set up.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Feltup wrote:
    Watch this space for the deep aero wheels for the non hilly rides to complement the hill set up.

    I don't like the idea of being caught in a side wind with them...
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Feltup wrote:
    Watch this space for the deep aero wheels for the non hilly rides to complement the hill set up.

    I don't like the idea of being caught in a side wind with them...

    Pah, James survived the ML with his FFWD wheels so it shouldn't be to bad unless you get sucked into the eye of a hurricane! But I do agree that a pair of Zipp 808's or some Mavic Cosmic Carbones would look ace on there :-D

    All that bike p0rn on the thread earlier made me visit Evans in Spitalfields during lunch......I really don't know why I like to torture myself! There's nothing quite like being able to inspect some tasty kit in the flesh, found a pair of Scott and Felt TT bikes that barely had enough room to get a ciggy paper between the rear wheel and seat tube :shock:
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