I think I'm in love..............

Rich158

My first car, siiiiiiighhhhh

Not a Mexico, I was only allowed a little 1100, but it was red and it was a MK1 Escort



I believe the Group B cars were the only ones driven by real men

Edit - Prawny got there first

Greg T

Colin.Watling wrote:

Behave this is a real rally car, driven by real men:

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You want to get your geometry sorted out.

That offside front tyre isn't even in contact with the ground!

_Brun_

Greg T wrote:

You want to get your geometry sorted out.

That offside front tyre isn't even in contact with the ground!

That's cos he's got the wife in the co-drivers seat.

Rich158

_Brun_ wrote:

Greg T wrote:

You want to get your geometry sorted out.

That offside front tyre isn't even in contact with the ground!

That's cos he's got the wife in the co-drivers seat.

So that's why he looks lost, he was only going to Sainbury's

Feltup

Now there is the widow maker.

I still prefer the Lancia Delta Integrale though. Rich are you seriously considering that trials bike with the wrong oversized wheels on it? I have a Spesh Singlecross and my god it is ugly but you know what at least it shouts functional rather than mutton dressed as lamb That is the Essex girl of bikes

jedster

have to say that although I admit a soft spot for Integrales and quite like the frame colours, I hate the bars and rims and think the standard silver langster looks much better (classier).

I see that a touche costs 600 vs 440 for the standard langster. Not obvious what you are getting for the money other than a niche brand.

J

Rich158

Feltup wrote:

Now there is the widow maker.

I still prefer the Lancia Delta Integrale though. Rich are you seriously considering that trials bike with the wrong oversized wheels on it? I have a Spesh Singlecross and my god it is ugly but you know what at least it shouts functional rather than mutton dressed as lamb That is the Essex girl of bikes

Now that's what I've been looking for I've fond memories of watching Martin Schanke and WIll Gollop fight it out in rally cross in old group B cars. Schanke's fire spitting 1000bhp RS200 was sight to behold :shock: :shock: :shock:

There's nothing wrong with mutton dressed as lamb and Essex girls dude, they all serve a purpose

Believe me the bike looks better in the flesh (unlike the aforementioned fillies )

rolf_f

Feltup wrote:

Now there is the widow maker.

Naaah, this is the real widow maker - the car that killed Group B......



Still, for my money the ultimate Rally car is this!

prj45

"look at me, look at me!"

F****ing cats.

Rich158

prj45 wrote:

"look at me, look at me!"

F****ing cats.

Bloody show off's, you'd never catch a dog doing that

cjcp

A dog wouldn't go anywhere near, let alone own, that bike.

il_principe

cjcp wrote:

A dog wouldn't go anywhere near, let alone own, that bike.

Which is ironic as that bike is a total Dog.

daniel_b

Agent57 wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Somehow the colour scheme just apeals, maybe it's an 80's thing. I can remember going week knee'd the first time I saw a Lancia Delta Integrale, and it still has the same effect :oops

I assume you specifically mean the Delta Integrale in Martini livery, rather than just the car itself. I remember that car well - I had an Airfix model of it IIRC.



*swoon*

Ye olde Delta, Delta being the name of my Langster Monaco, and your right Rich the one pictured must be a 52? The 56 looks very nice, IMHO.

She is a real beauty, but then I am clearly biased

Those who were around last October, may recall me putting up a post about whether to buy it or not

My LBS got one in for me, and I was umming and ahhing until I saw it in the metal, then I was smitten too, and that was that, money handed over, bike taken home, she is currently sitting pretty in the dining room, together with 2 roadies and an MTB

I grew up in the 80's, am a mahoosive rally fan, and the Martini colours shone through for me, and clearly flicked a switch somewhere that turned off reason and made me need to buy it.

You can probably tell from the colour scheme of my Felt, but I tend to like something a bit more vibrant anyway, dull greys and blacks, and what have you do little for me, I like a bit of something more engaging in my colour schemes.

Having said that my MTB, commuter and tourer/winter bike are all grey/black/silver but then I think of them as more utilitarian.

I've bought some brake levers with hoods, but have yet to fit them, that would make it a more viable bike, cane creek ones I think they are, around £30.



I bought the black ones, not brown!

Best of luck with deciding,

Cheers

Dan

Capo

Eek. I appear to have been redirected to the Top Gear website. Teh internets must be broken.

prawny

Rolf F wrote:

Feltup wrote:

Now there is the widow maker.

Naaah, this is the real widow maker - the car that killed Group B......

I think you'll find this is the actual car that killed group B



Poor Henri

lardboy

Feltup wrote:

I have a Spesh Singlecross and my god it is ugly but you know what at least it shouts functional rather than mutton dressed as lamb

How dare you! They may be a bit "special", but functionality can be attractive. OK, not in this case, but you know what I mean...

bigflangesmallsprocket

Oi, I bought the brown ones, NOT black! 8) . Just cos they reminded me of the classic brown hoods from when I were a lad...and cos I thought that cos they look like Campy levers they'd be as comfy...verdicts still out on that one as I've been having wrist trouble and only thinking now about getting out and about again.

Personally I prefer the classic looks of a steel fixie/ss, though funnily enough I do like sloping mtbs and roadbikes, I have an OCR myself. But, if YOU REALLY like it, and you don't mind a wet arse if you'll be commuting on it regularly (well, there's always removable guards), then go ahead. The Specialized Allez has a good rep, and I assume..guess, that this is the singlespeed version of the same frame.

It seems to me that folks on here telling you to get a 'classic' shaped bike cos only know-nothing posers ride sloping fixies are being just as judgemental as the 'posers' they're slagging off. It seems right now that ss bikes are fashionable (not round here, though theres a wind-a-blowin' in that direction), so whether you go for classic or otherwise you're likely to be labelled as one thing or another by people who like to label.

I will say though that deep rims are supposed to be very stiff, so that might affect long term ride comfort.

prj45

Rich158 wrote:

prj45 wrote:

"look at me, look at me!"

F****ing cats.

Bloody show off's, you'd never catch a dog doing that

Yup cats.

One of the animals I'd have no qualms in punching, along with swans, ostriches and wasps.

cjcp

prj45 wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

prj45 wrote:

"look at me, look at me!"

F****ing cats.

Bloody show off's, you'd never catch a dog doing that

Yup cats.

One of the animals I'd have no qualms in punching, along with swans, ostriches and wasps.

When your flip flop connects with a wasp on the sweet spot...

<puts on best Richie Benaud accent> "And he's hit that one right out of the screws."

biondino

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Headhuunter

I saw one of those Langster Monaco things near Smithfield Market yesterday, it somehow reminds me of a cream cake...

pllb

biondino wrote:

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Badminton rackets and snails :twisted:

Rich158

I'm going back for another look next week, I'm just waiting for my steel frame to arrive before I arrive at a decision.

On the other hand there is a very nice Colnago steel frame on flea-bay, but I think that rather defeats the point of having something relatively undesirable that doesn't need a lock of Fort Knox proportions to secure it. There's also a very nice Mercier frame from the 50's in v good condition, in gold, on same said auction site

I know, I'm so fickle I could almost be female :roll:

Rich158

pllb wrote:

biondino wrote:

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Badminton rackets and snails :twisted:

I just leave the snails to the dog, he likes his food with a bit of crunch :shock: :?

pllb

Rich158 wrote:

pllb wrote:

biondino wrote:

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Badminton rackets and snails :twisted:

I just leave the snails to the dog, he likes his food with a bit of crunch :shock: :?

No dog for me and I can't eat snails (they don't agree with me), they have to go though as they murder the Hostas!

Thanks for the pictures of the Lancia, brings back great memories of growing up, "thats the car I am gonna have when I get my test" yeah right! nice to dream eh.

biondino

pllb wrote:

biondino wrote:

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Badminton rackets and snails :twisted:

There doesn't seem a huge amount of sport in that! At least hover flies are nippy beasties. Anyway, I don't do cruel things like this any more. Ah, youth.

pllb

biondino wrote:

pllb wrote:

biondino wrote:

Cricket bats and hover flies. Just saying.

Badminton rackets and snails :twisted:

There doesn't seem a huge amount of sport in that! At least hover flies are nippy beasties. Anyway, I don't do cruel things like this any more. Ah, youth.

It's all about distance

I don't actually do this anymore, kids got upset

Headhuunter

You can actually eat British garden snails I read somewhere. Catch them and keep them in a box/aquarium, whatever and feed them on bread for a week to flush out any poisons and nastiness from their systems, then you can cook 'em up apparently!

pllb

Headhuunter wrote:

You can actually eat British garden snails I read somewhere. Catch them and keep them in a box/aquarium, whatever and feed them on bread for a week to flush out any poisons and nastiness from their systems, then you can cook 'em up apparently!

This is true, saw Hugh FW do this some time back. He also did same with slugs recently, although recommended leaving the slugs out of the recipes would make them nicer

FWIW do not try to hit slugs with badminton rackets - nasty results i expect....

lardboy

God, I think I'm going to be sick...

The shed where I keep my bikes has a slug about 8cm long and 5 fat, and the thought of that thing getting squished is seriously making me queasy!

I'll retire from reading this thread for a while I think.