Winter bike, Light and fast or heavy and slow?

warrior4life
warrior4life Posts: 925
edited March 2010 in Road buying advice
Which do you think is best?

At the moment i have a giant bowery 84 single speed and a 1988 vitus with 1988 105 but im starting to see a lot of expensive carbon out there..

Which is best? there's only one way to find out... FIGHT!

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  • moonshine
    moonshine Posts: 1,021
    For winter ....heavy & slow....

    that means your summer bike feels super light....

    i lnow some guy who trained over winter with bricks in a saddle bag to make it extra heavy.

    nutter!
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Heavy and slow....and the crappier the wheels the better. For same 'summer bike' reason as above 8)
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    STEFANOS4784 wrote:
    Heavy and slow....and the crappier the wheels the better. For same 'summer bike' reason as above 8)

    +1 innit
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  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    STEFANOS4784 wrote:
    Heavy and slow....and the crappier the wheels the better.

    I also know someone who swears by a winter bike made out of gas tube and weighing around 30 odd lbs who adds two house bricks in the panniers for added ballast and he does 100 miles every Sunday. :shock:
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Hmmm. It's all about saving your best bike from salt, black ice etc and having guards isn't it? I'd think reliability & price are the main things - obviously that implies some extra weight though! Bricks in a saddle bag is just stupid - just go a bit further or ride harder!! Unless you are joking in which case I am stupid :?
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    It's all about the difference and extra enjoyment when i get on the 'better' bike though. Otherwise i'd blast around all year on the same bike and replace it when it was broken. I ride my bike because i enjoy it, don't want to win the Giro or anything so....
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    passout wrote:
    Bricks in a saddle bag is just stupid - just go a bit further or ride harder!! Unless you are joking in which case I am stupid :?

    I'm not joking and I could mention the guys name who has been the Club Champion more times than any other in living memory in a well established midlands cycling club based in a town famous for it's pork pies.

    His nickname is Stormin' Norman. :wink:
  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    My winter bike is made of cast-iron drainpipes held together with lead flashing. The wheels came off an old grass-roller. I carry concrete blocks in the panniers. Am not too fussed about the 'training' aspect of it, but pedalling that around certainly keeps you warm!
  • aarw
    aarw Posts: 448
    Reliable. end of.
  • Not Another Hill
    Not Another Hill Posts: 382
    My steel framed Raleigh winter bike is so heavy I need a block and tackle to lift it over the step into the shed after a ride. Riding it (the bike, not the block and tackle) has given me thighs the size of a house.
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Not Another Hill wrote:
    My steel framed Raleigh winter bike is so heavy I need a block and tackle to lift it over the step into the shed after a ride. Riding it (the bike, not the block and tackle) has given me thighs the size of a house.

    There's a 'my wife' joke in there somewhere just waiting to get out....
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.

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