Dream bike
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Righty ho, dunno if this will take off but how about people post their dream bike made up of £6000. To make it more straightforward all bits have to be new. It can be 'off the shelf' or completely custom but you must be able to actually ride it! (And ONE bike only.)
I'm still thinking mine up.
I'm still thinking mine up.
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Frame - Colnago EPS (Zabel colour scheme) (2.5k from Maestro)
Group - Super Record (1.3k from Shinybikes)
Wheels/tyres - Zipp 808 rear 404 front (debadged) (£1350 from 53-39) Vittoria Evo Corsa CX II tyres in Black (70 quid)
Finishing kit - FSA carbon (cos I have it an I love it!) £380 from, well, anywhere... White Fizik Mictrotex bar tape.
Saddle - Fizik Aliante carbon (cos I have one and I love it) - White - 170 quid
Total - 5780. Enough left for a pair of Assos shorts and a jersey
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Colnago EPS - Amit
Campag super record 11
Campag Hyperon wheels & set of Lightweights
Fizik Aliante saddle
Tyres Vittoria open Corsa
Bars - FSA K Wing Compact
Stem - FSA carbon
Peddals - Look Keo carbon/ti
Seat Post - Colnago
Two Elite Carbon bottle cages
And to finish it off - Carbon.TI Skewers which are lovely. The Special X lock version - Sigma have just got them!0 -
Frame - IndyFab Ti Crown Jewel
Fork - Edge Carbon
Headset - Chris King
Group - Campag Chorus 11
Wheels - Campag Neutron
Saddle - Fizik Arione
Tyres - Conti GP4000s
Bars - Deda Newton
Stem - Deda Zero
Pedals - Look Keo carbon
Seat Post - PMP Ti
Cages - Arundel Mandible
I've had it for about 6 weeks now. What else can I buy to top it up to £6K?
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Well, i'd start with my Sabbath Monday's Child frame, because I just love it. So....
Monday's Child Frame with Alpha Q fork £1899
Zipp 202 wheels, cos if they are good enough for Sastre to climb on and Martain Maaskant's Paris Roubaix 4th place, they would do me! £1400
I'll go with your Super Record Group at £1300
Always loved Cinelli, so lets go for RAM 2 Bianca integrated stem and bar at £500
To match then the Cinelli RAM seatpost for £150
Saddle is Selle Italia Flite 'cos that's what I use £80
Time RXS pedals £120
That puts me at about £5500. With the rest I would get some decent tubs, tape and cages, kit myself out with some nice shiny carbon soled Sidi's and if I had anything left then some training wheels 'cos I HATE fixing punctures in tubs. 0 -
nicensleazy wrote:Colnago EPS - Amit
Campag super record 11
Campag Hyperon wheels & set of Lightweights
Fizik Aliante saddle
Tyres Vittoria open Corsa
Bars - FSA K Wing Compact
Stem - FSA carbon
Peddals - Look Keo carbon/ti
Seat Post - Colnago
Two Elite Carbon bottle cages
And to finish it off - Carbon.TI Skewers which are lovely. The Special X lock version - Sigma have just got them!
That's 5k on wheels!0 -
Working on sourcing the rocket boosters, I'll let you know the rest of the spec when I've got those0
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I tried the Trek custom build site the other day. Got upto £6k before the browser crashed.
Damn sexy with the paint scheme I chose though.0 -
I think I would start with the VN Astraeus frame and add:
SRAM Red group
Easton EC90SLX fork
Ritchey WCS headset, stem, seatpost (all ally, not carbon)
FSA wing pro compact bar
Easton EA90SL wheelset
Charge Knife saddle
Vittoria Open Pave Evo CG tyres
Time RXS Ulteam Ti/carbon pedals
I reckon that would go together pretty well.......0 -
Pinarello Pronce frame and fork.
Super record.
FSA Force light carbon H/bar and intergrated stem.
Selle italia SLR C64 carbon saddle.
Zipp 404 wheelset.
Conti GP4000s black chili tyres.
Fizik micro tex bar tape.
FSA force light carbon seat post.
£6006.31.
Over budget, but hey whats £6.31 when you are hoofing 6K at a Bike ?0 -
Frame: Time RXR £3167 from Wiggle with my discount, is that allowed?
Wheels: IRD Nobium/Extralite hubs/CX Ray £820 Wheelsmith
Tyres: Vittoria CXII £52 Ribble
Group: Super record £1294 Ribble
Bars: Time Ergoforce white £225 Probikekit
Saddle: Toupe £70
Other: Time cages £70, Deda bar tape a fiver.
£5703.
Think I would then put my Lightweights and SRM on 8)0 -
Lynskey R430 custom frame: £2.5k
Easton EC90 SLX fork: £330
Easton EC90 stem/bar: £395
Easton EC90 Zero seatpost: £175
Fulcrum Racing Zero 2-way wheels: £900
Dura Ace double groupset: £1000
Fizik Aliante carbon saddle: £170
Michelin ProRace 3 tyres: £70
Conti Race lite tubes: £15
Fizik bar tape: £12
Dura Ace pedals: £175
To my unknowledgable mind that would seem like a pretty sexy bike to be seen riding0 -
I’d take either a Lapierre Web Series Red or a Simplon Pavo.
The Lapierre weighs 6.28 kg and costs £5124, while the Simplon weighs 6.15 kg and costs about £4712 (weights without pedals - I’d choose Look Keo carbon, about £180, 280 grams the set).
Some components which the two bikes offer are identical:
- Mavic R-sys wheels
- Sram Red group
- Selle Italia SLR carbon saddle.
The main differences are in fork, stem/bars and tyres:
- Lapierre have Easton, Easton and Michelin Pro3 light
- Simplon have Simplon, Syntace and Schwabe Ultremo.
I’d really prefer Campa Super Record as groupset and DT RRC 1250 as wheels, but then I suppose I might as well choose a different frame.
However, I’d then have to spend less on the frame compared to the above frames, because Super Record is £500 dearer than Sram Red, and RRC 1250s are £1400 dearer than the Mavics!
The Simplon with Sram Red, plus pedals, but with DTs works out at £6290 and 6.35 kg. Perhaps I could negotiate a discount of 5% - that'd bring me under £6000!0 -
Why dream? Get the credit card out and buy the damn thing. You're a long time dead you know?
dave 8)0 -
Other option for me would be to simply buy a Giant TCR Advanced SL Rabobank team edition. OK, no exotica there, but it's a damn fine bike!0
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NapoleonD wrote:nicensleazy wrote:Colnago EPS - Amit
Campag super record 11
Campag Hyperon wheels & set of Lightweights
Fizik Aliante saddle
Tyres Vittoria open Corsa
Bars - FSA K Wing Compact
Stem - FSA carbon
Peddals - Look Keo carbon/ti
Seat Post - Colnago
Two Elite Carbon bottle cages
And to finish it off - Carbon.TI Skewers which are lovely. The Special X lock version - Sigma have just got them!
That's 5k on wheels!
I would say more actually0
