Oh my god i'm in love!!!
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WheezyMcChubby wrote:
Get the credit card back out!
Kleenex!!! Now!!!!!
Mind you, a classic red-with-white-bands would be better...
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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"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
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
I like the Orca but it would look better with an SLR saddle0 -
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
I like the Orca but it would look better with an SLR saddle
That Orca is a nice shape but it needs a bit of colour to avoid being an accountants bike. Oh, hang on...."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Secretly I have also loved this bike - don't tell Greg
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And this:
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And this
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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!Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
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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:pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................
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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.+++++++++++++++++++++
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If i had the funds I would get this:
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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:
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MMMMMmmmmm Master love. They have the glossy catalogue at Colin Lewis Cycles in Paignton, the photos of it in there are just plain pornographic.+++++++++++++++++++++
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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.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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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?0 -
I can ...err... recommend this:
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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:pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................
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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:
Actually Gold in most situations=wrong0 -
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:
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 blingpain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................
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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:
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.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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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.
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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.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry wrote:Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente:David
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Roastie wrote:rjsterry wrote:Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous présente:
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
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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 thatx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
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Pootling / Offroad - All-City Macho Man Disc
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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.Dahon Speed Pro TT; Trek Portland
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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.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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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.Dahon Speed Pro TT; Trek Portland
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