Oh my god i'm in love!!!

secretsam

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

Get the credit card back out!

Kleenex!!! Now!!!!!

Mind you, a classic red-with-white-bands would be better...

Bassjunkieuk

Hmm that Orca is quite nice but I'm also quite smitten with the Trek Madone Project One custom that was in C+ this month, but only because the custom paint job on it is in the same style as my tattoos :-)

secretsam

vorsprung wrote:

Your bike is pretty
But this is prettier....

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Nothing with THAT Dura Ace chainset on it can ever be described as 'pretty'

Stevo_666

This one got my juices flowing - makes me want to own a proper road bike!
http://www.londoncyclesport.com/Showroom/Product_News/New_Wilier_Imperiale.html

jonginge

Stevo 666 wrote:

This one got my juices flowing - makes me want to own a proper road bike!
http://www.londoncyclesport.com/Showroom/Product_News/New_Wilier_Imperiale.html

Meh. With that downtube it looks like it's been crashed into something head-on at speed...

I like the Orca but it would look better with an SLR saddle

Stevo_666

JonGinge wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

This one got my juices flowing - makes me want to own a proper road bike!
http://www.londoncyclesport.com/Showroom/Product_News/New_Wilier_Imperiale.html

Meh. With that downtube it looks like it's been crashed into something head-on at speed...

I like the Orca but it would look better with an SLR saddle

Never - it's aerodynamic beauty!

That Orca is a nice shape but it needs a bit of colour to avoid being an accountants bike. Oh, hang on....

DonDaddyD

Secretly I have also loved this bike - don't tell Greg


Cervelo S3

And this:

Bianchi 928 Superleggera

And this

itboffin

biondino wrote:

I've really gone off the aesthetics of carbon bikes. If I could have one made of tubes so thin you could drink coke through them, I would (NB none of these lattice or Moulton-style monstrosities, thank you).

I def see your point of view, your Bob Jackson is like most of the British handmade steel a work of art and no doubt a joy to ride, even my 1980s Raleigh 531 rides beautifully with comfort and speed, perhaps in the quest for lighter and lighter bikes were losing sight of what a quality bike is.

Steel is good, yah!

Rich158

itboffin wrote:

biondino wrote:

I've really gone off the aesthetics of carbon bikes. If I could have one made of tubes so thin you could drink coke through them, I would (NB none of these lattice or Moulton-style monstrosities, thank you).

I def see your point of view, your Bob Jackson is like most of the British handmade steel a work of art and no doubt a joy to ride, even my 1980s Raleigh 531 rides beautifully with comfort and speed, perhaps in the quest for lighter and lighter bikes were losing sight of what a quality bike is.

Steel is good, yah!

+1, a classic steel frame with thin tubes is a thing of beauty, my old 531 fixie frame feels every bit as good as any carbon bike I've ridden. I don't like that Orca, the tube profiles just look wrong, and I really don't like the current vogue for wrapping the headtube and BB areas in so much carbon they look swollen and distended :shock:

symo

SecretSam wrote:

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

Get the credit card back out!

Kleenex!!! Now!!!!!

Mind you, a classic red-with-white-bands would be better...

Errr, if you go to Mike Perry's Maestro website you could get that. Plus it would still be the best looking bike in this thread.

Would love the matt black EPS. The Orca is lush but the Colnago, well its a Colnago.

Sewinman

If i had the funds I would get this:

rjsterry

Rich158 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

biondino wrote:

I've really gone off the aesthetics of carbon bikes. If I could have one made of tubes so thin you could drink coke through them, I would (NB none of these lattice or Moulton-style monstrosities, thank you).

I def see your point of view, your Bob Jackson is like most of the British handmade steel a work of art and no doubt a joy to ride, even my 1980s Raleigh 531 rides beautifully with comfort and speed, perhaps in the quest for lighter and lighter bikes were losing sight of what a quality bike is.

Steel is good, yah!

+1, a classic steel frame with thin tubes is a thing of beauty, my old 531 fixie frame feels every bit as good as any carbon bike I've ridden. I don't like that Orca, the tube profiles just look wrong, and I really don't like the current vogue for wrapping the headtube and BB areas in so much carbon they look swollen and distended :shock:

Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente:



Et aussi:



EDIT: Oh, I've just dribbled on the keyboard :oops:

symo

MMMMMmmmmm Master love. They have the glossy catalogue at Colin Lewis Cycles in Paignton, the photos of it in there are just plain pornographic.

rjsterry

symo wrote:

MMMMMmmmmm Master love. They have the glossy catalogue at Colin Lewis Cycles in Paignton, the photos of it in there are just plain pornographic.

Glossy? Wipe clean surely.

Cafewanda

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

rjsterry

I can ...err... recommend this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/186470313X/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books

Best read in secret I find .

Sewinman

Cafewanda wrote:

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

I think its awful! Totally naff. :shock:

Rich158

Sewinman wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

I think its awful! Totally naff. :shock:

Get your eyes checked dude That's one seriously beautiful piece a kit

Edit - on second thoughts it is a bit flashy in an Italian sort of way, maybe vulgar even :shock:

jonginge

Rich158 wrote:

Sewinman wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

I think its awful! Totally naff. :shock:

Get your eyes checked dude That's one seriously beautiful piece a kit

Edit - on second thoughts it is a bit flashy in an Italian sort of way, maybe vulgar even :shock:

Gold on bikes=wrong.
Actually Gold in most situations=wrong

Rich158

JonGinge wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Sewinman wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

I think its awful! Totally naff. :shock:

Get your eyes checked dude That's one seriously beautiful piece a kit

Edit - on second thoughts it is a bit flashy in an Italian sort of way, maybe vulgar even :shock:

Gold on bikes=wrong.
Actually Gold in most situations=wrong

Yep, it's the Nancy Dell Olio of the bike world, not too bad to look at (if you squint) but way too much bling

rjsterry

Rich158 wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

Sewinman wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

That is one seriously beautiful bike :shock: Not to be ridden, just looked at and drooled over.



I wonder how it would look with red bits?

I think its awful! Totally naff. :shock:

Get your eyes checked dude That's one seriously beautiful piece a kit

Edit - on second thoughts it is a bit flashy in an Italian sort of way, maybe vulgar even :shock:

Gold on bikes=wrong.
Actually Gold in most situations=wrong

Yep, it's the Nancy Dell Olio of the bike world, not too bad to look at (if you squint) but way too much bling

Oh,you've ruined it now. I'm trying to find a reason to disagree, but you're right. It should be chrome at least instead of gold.

DonDaddyD

That Colnago was vulgar in the "jewel-encrusted-thong" kinda way.

A bike should be sleek sexy and simple. I like fancy tube shapes and the muscular look but still garish colours is not on - especially real gold.

*All of you who clicked the link are dirty old men/women

rjsterry

DonDaddyD wrote:

That Colnago was vulgar in the "jewel-encrusted-thong" kinda way.

A bike should be sleek sexy and simple. I like fancy tube shapes and the muscular look but still garish colours is not on - especially real gold.

*All of you who clicked the link are dirty old men/women

Yup, I now realise I was quite wrong about this bike. I do still like the frame shape, and I'll always be partial to fancy lugs (we all have our little peccadilloes), but the gold looks more tacky every time I look at it.

Roastie

rjsterry wrote:

Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente:

They had one of those at the Cycle Show last year - one of those cases of works in pictures, but not in the metal. Pity, because it is beautifully done.

rjsterry

Roastie wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente:

They had one of those at the Cycle Show last year - one of those cases of works in pictures, but not in the metal. Pity, because it is beautifully done.

Oh dear. I saw sparkly things and got all carried away. Still i wouldn't kick it out of my bike shed. If it's tasteful you're after, then I quite like some of the pictures on Robin Mather's website.

http://gallery.mac.com/robinmather

Less Nancy Del'Olio, more ...erm... well, I'll let someone else finish that sentence.

Bassjunkieuk

I'm affraid on with DDD on this, as beutiful as that steel frame is I got a thing for flowy carbon frames! I've always liked TT frames with their uber tight clearances and various aero cheat features :-)

gabriel959

I love the Orbea Orca as an off-the-peg bike



But if I had a lot of money I would get myself a custom parlee or something like that

stuaff

biondino wrote:

I've really gone off the aesthetics of carbon bikes. If I could have one made of tubes so thin you could drink coke through them, I would (NB none of these lattice or Moulton-style monstrosities, thank you).

Getting rid of your Focus any time soon?
I'll have to agree to disagree with you on Moultons. Fantastic bits of (British!!!) engineering, and to my mind gorgeous. As for lattice frames- at least they're interesting, trying something a bit different, no idea if they actually work in practice or not.

rjsterry

One of the things I don't like about swoopy carbon (or hydroformed alu) frames is the way the rear brake cable cuts across under the top tube. If you're going to go all curvilinear for at least partly aesthetic reasons, I think you need to hide that cable - shouldn't be too difficult with a bit of internal sleeving/routing.

stuaff

I'm inclined to agree with the view that a gold Colnago Master's a bit naff. Nicer (much nicer) in other colours. As for Colnago's carbon models, 'Meh', frankly. A C50 owner I know says that as happy as he is with it (and it is a thing of beauty indeed), it's not as nicely put together as the C40 he had before (frame broke in a RTA), and less elegant. He thinks the newer models are no better than rebadged other makes (and most of the frames are being built in the same factories, of course). I agree- they just look like everyone else's...
For me, off-the-peg carbon would be an Orbea, BMC, or a Storck. Bespoke carbon- you know who. Or for metals an Enigma, Van Nicholas or equivalent. Plus a Moulton.