What Sort of Bike Do You Have?

northumbrian1

I like cycling, I've been cycling since I was a tiny tot and I'm sixty-seven now! To date I have three bikes two of which are Mountain Bikes (an Emelle and a Raleigh) and one Racing bike (a Compton). I would love to own a Marin, Specialized or a Scott Mountain Bike but I never seem to have enough money to buy one that expensive and special. What bikes do you have and are you doing a project at the moment to re-vamp one of the Classic Bikes and bring it back into service again ?

Anonymous

Scott Scale 40 hardtail mountain bike
Scott Speedster S50 road bike with sora triple.
Litespeed Siena with Ultegra, Kysruim ES wheels, GP400s rubber.

No projects, saving for carbon deep sections.

whyamihere

Cannondale R1000 road bike
Coyote touring bike
Ribble alu TT bike
Carrera Fury mountain bike

All bought frame only then built to my specification.

bagpusscp

Rebuilding a Carlton International Circa 1952.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N ... 673051032/
As it is pi$$ing it down and forecast to doso again on Sunday I might spend some more time on it.Out pedalling last weekend.

Slow Downcp

Kuota Kharma
Enigma Etape
Both with Campag Centaur and Kysrium Eiltes, again bought frame and parts built up to own spec
Decathlon Rockrider 8.1 MTB
Raleigh Triathlon that doubles as fixed in winter

Anonymous

2 MTBs
2 Roadies
1TT

sampras38

A Trek 1.2 and Scott CR1 Pro

riderjam

A Saracen Ruftrax 2

Lysander

A De Rosa King 3 and a Condor Classico both with 10 speed Campag Record. A Condor Squadra with 9 speed Ultegra.

fossyant

2 Road Bikes
1 MTB
1 Fixed Gear Road Bike

markos1963

Orbea Onix with 105 group and WHR550 wheels
Raleigh Record Sprint pretty original with some modern additions

Ash_

A John Fern 531 track bike which could do with a makeover (maybe a project for the summer)
A 753 Bob Jackson - just finished building it up
Raleigh Airlite X Cyclo-Cross
Look KG 274
Dolan Track Bike (also used as a fixed TT bike)
Kona Unit single speed MTB
Dave Hinde MTB (worst frame I've ever owned!)
Merida Carbon Hardtail
Old 531 Ribble and a pile of bits which I can't decide whether to build up or not

Plus...
Current project - a Colnago Extreme C

You can never have too many bikes (as long as your wife doesn't find out how much you've spent!).

fast as fupp

4 jolly good ones!

grandad3

Ive got two Giant ocr, one in yellow/black, the other black/yellow, both with campag centaur. had a crash on first giant afta only 3 months when a motorbike crashed spilling oil and petrol down a hill causing me to fall off (the twat).

put a claim in and got new frame and rebuilt both bikes so i'm kinda happy

Got a Cube ltd team mtb hard tail and a carrea kraken mtb. been doing alot off road cos of back problems and the more upright pos on mtb helps me back.

also got a Joe Waugh 531 frame that I used to race on and a Woodrup also in 531.
Actually think I should sell em cos i dont need them, so if anybody interested pm me.

Chip \'oyler

A Viner Maxima (The love of my life)
A Bob Jackson 631 Custom (Winter/Training bike)
A Bob Jackson 853 Custom Lo-pro

And I will soon be getting a Viner MTB to join the stable

legin

viper scandium 16 inch with revelations mainly xt formula oros and mavic crossrides i love it

APIII

2008 Pinarello Prince
2003 Pinarello Prince
1970s Holdsworth Mystique -
~1950 Holdsworth Cyclone DeLuxe - fully restored last year
2008 Cannondale Touring Tandem

No projects on at the mo, but plenty of things keep catching my eye

andy_f

Gios V107 with shimsham Dura ace
Ribble winter thing
currently rebuilding my old Gios Megalite.

sturmey

Ribble winter training bike
Handbuilt 531pro racing bike
Peugeot 531 racing bike
Raleigh 531c sports/tourer.
Carrera Crosstrax Hybrid bike
Unnamed(resprayed) mountain bike.

1892

A Ridgeback 704rs mountain bike & a Trek Madone, hopefully a Bianchi later on this year, you can never have too many, as the ideal number is one more than you've got.

softlad

Van Nicholas Chinook with ultegra
Ridgeback Horizon with Tiagra/Sora
Giant Anthem X with LX/XT
early 90s Kinesis MTB in commuter/backroads trim
Dave Russell 653 (my old race frame - needs buiding up again)

and a couple of twinshock motocross bikes, but that's another story...

sicknote

Bright green Saracen Crosstrax Hybrid bike, Had since new in 89 I think
Road bike but not sure of the name but will be asking on here

wiffachip

giant scr 1
ridgeback cyclone
Edinburgh's own make mountain bike
old falcon corsair for the turbo

got all the bikes I need, problem is bike2work is due at our place so it would be daft not to get one. current thinking is to get a Spesh Tricross, so I could do some decent distances but venture off on those bridleways that always look so enticing when you're on your road bike. either that or a decent hardtail. decisions.

STEFANOS4784

Kuota Ksano with Ultegra sl, FSA Carbon Chain Set

Cannondale R500 soon to be endowed with Campagnolo Xenon group since the original stuff has finally died

Proflex 857 pro series, hate MTB'ing so lent it to my brother living in Knowle West so probably nicked by now but he'd never let me know because he asked to borrow my 'Dale but i knew what would happen 8)

northumbrian1

Where I wrote Compton for my Road Bike, please read Carlton, Circa 1968 (after Raleigh took over the company). I don't know why I wrote 'Compton' for my road bike - I even checked my post before I submitted it. I guess Altzheimer's is setting in Duh! [/i]

northumbrian1

My Emelle is a Keilder Classic in red and black. I've since added more expensive equipment on it, though the rear hub has failed, so I need a new wheel on it. I also have a Raleigh Vulcan with eighteen gears, I'm upgrading that in fits and starts as well as the Carlton, which needs a good rub down as the frame is showing rust -despinte trying to keep it clean. Any suggestions would be neat. Everything else on the bike is original, though I'm thinking of changing the drop handlebars to riser bars as I have a problem with drop handlebars (I have a stiff neck).

Some other info about yours truly, I'm originally from Liverpool (over 30 years ago), though I spent most of my time in Cheshire fishing on the River Weaver when I was a kid - my Uncle''s farm was in Eddisbury...

northumbrian1

I smiled at Wiliev coming from Birkenhead - I used to spend some time there on Bidston Hill - great place when your a kid - going in the caves underneath - looking at the carvings on the escarpment by the observatory:D - then when I grew up a bit I went to a pub in Higher Bebbington I think called the "Great Eastern" - my grand-father was a chippie on that ship and it eventually killed him as it was a bit of a Jinx ship...but the beer was nice in the pub - Burtons Ales are cool !:D

Massimo

A Cramerotti Gardena with a custom paint job courtesy of Spectrum Powderworks
for 'Best'
A Specialized Tarmac for dry commuting
A Cannondale R800 for wet commuting
An old '7005' Condor with disc brakes on the front for when it's f***ing awful out
A 1992 Ribble SLX
A 1989 Graham Weigh 531c

Barkiesnake

I have a Giant Defy 2.5 road
speciallized crossroads sport hybrid

but would really love to get my hands on a 1970's blue peugeot 5 speed.
I had one as my first ever racing bike as a kid and rode it to death until my ar@eh@le father sold it for beer money (*!#*!!#*) :evil:

DavidBelcher

Best road bike - Carbon fibre Look KG241 with assortment of retro parts (Mavic 840 derailleur, L&M crankset, etc.) & Time carbon fork.
Commuter/trainer - no-name Cr-Mo steel frame from Webster's in Leicester built up with Campag Mirage 27sp group.
'Cross bike - Fort, Columbus Foco steel frame, assorted bits similar to KG241, Sintema carbon fork.

And finally: just acquired and needs a bit of attention;

Raleigh M-Trax 1500 MTB - Reynolds Cr-Mo frame, Shimano STX group, Rock Shox forks.

David

Monty Dog

Currenty, my stable comprises:
Colnago CT1 with Record - best / race bike
Ritchey Breakaway with Centaur - training / travel bike
Kuota Kross with Chorus - cross bike and off-road rocket
Xian Ti custom cross frame - set up for singlespeed / commuter
Battaglin RS1 carbon - awaiting completion as TT bike
in terms of a restoration project I have a 1982 Gios Aerodynamic is dire need of a respray and some TLC. I've run it as a fixed but might convert it back to gears with contemporary parts