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  • n.battison
    n.battison Posts: 57
    Ive got one that my grandad gave me, its good fun in the summer.
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  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    Yep,Trek 1200.Truth be told I am doing more road riding than mtb at the moment too. :oops:
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,202
    The Spiderman wrote:
    Yep,Trek 1200.Truth be told I am doing more road riding than mtb at the moment too. :oops:

    me too :oops:

    Wilier bike - obviously with the Italian gears :)

    It gets worse I have joined the local cycling club & been out with the roadies more than the Mountain bike group
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    Just taken stock of a 2004 (minto condition) Cannondale 'Good Girl' Caad (USA made in sky blue)... its a womans bike... (ahem) but the geo is great for me..... plus I got an awesome deal on it... (virtually nothing)

    Its a hybrid/city bike (same as the 'Dale 'badboy') and has slicks, but with a heterosexual flat bar and v-brakes...

    About as 'roadie' as Im ever going to get.... :)

    Is going to be used as a commute/road/training ride.....
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,825
    The Spiderman wrote:
    Yep,Trek 1200.Truth be told I am doing more road riding than mtb at the moment too. :oops:
    You're probably not the only one :oops: My twice weekly commute is pretty much guaranteed to happen so that's 50 miles a week min on the hybrid. When you live in the 'burbs like me, MTB'ing involves driving some way out of town unless it's a quick blast round the local woods & park :(
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    its a womans bike... (ahem) but the geo is great for me...)

    We all suspected anyway.



    Mine is a Carrera Vanquish with Dura Ace cranks...
  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    Just taken stock of a 2004 (minto condition) Cannondale 'Good Girl' Caad (USA made in sky blue)... its a womans bike... (ahem) but the geo is great for me..... plus I got an awesome deal on it... (virtually nothing)

    Its a hybrid/city bike (same as the 'Dale 'badboy') and has slicks, but with a heterosexual flat bar and v-brakes...

    About as 'roadie' as Im ever going to get.... :)

    Is going to be used as a commute/road/training ride.....

    You imply that drop bars are gay, yet ride a womans bike?
  • neninja
    neninja Posts: 424
    Got a Giant OCR which was bought to train for a 1/2 marathon - it's been hanging in the garage ever since.

    I just didn't click with road cycling - I'd rather take the Anthem and mix up xc and roads.
  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    yes, had one a few months, mainly for my 13 mile commute which just wasn't any fun at all on the mtb. love the way they just eat the miles fairly effortlessly. did 5 hours riding yesterday incorporating the london to southend, clocked up 65 miles and my legs feel pretty fresh today. always baggies though, also love overtaking proper roadies in team kit looking like a mtber.

    off to the alps saturday morning with the kona for a week making myself feel like a proper man again!
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Yep i've got one. And have now embraced the full lycra-look. Never thought i would but ohhh it feels so good.
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    My name is blitz and I have a Giant CFR 2 with Mavic Cosmic wheels and 105 groupset.

    I wear baggies and a lid with a peak and I only go out at night :oops:
  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    .blitz wrote:
    My name is blitz and I have a Giant CFR 2 with Mavic Cosmic wheels and 105 groupset.

    I wear baggies and a lid with a peak and I only go out at night :oops:

    like the AA approach to your post :wink:
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  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    Baggies slow you down so much! Go lycra, you know you want to
  • MacAndCheese
    MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
    Tried one at bikeradar live (Eddy Merckx), after 10 minutes of riding I was getting pains in between my thumb and first finger, from using the drop bar, but apart from that is was pretty fun being able to go so fast - although scary as the brakes are rubbish! Can't see me parting with any cash for one.

    But I can almost see the point in hybrids - road bike speed, MTB brakes, flat bars and proper shifters could be a winning combination.
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Jeez I couldn't wear lycra. The kids would start crying and the cat would hiss at me.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    A.Palmer wrote:
    Baggies slow you down so much! Go lycra, you know you want to
    Mwuhahaha! Yes!
  • hells
    hells Posts: 175
    My best bike/ race bike is a scott addict r2
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hells85/4666048774/

    I also have a trek 1.7 which was my first road bike and now takes care of turbo trainer and roller duties. It may be my bad weather bike aswell but it's white and constantly looks dirty and I have a feeling my scott will be taken out in all weathers.

    I also have a kona jake the snake for commuting duties and riding in epping forest. Vey excited now the UCI has ok'd disc brakes for cx. Roastie on the commuting forum is creating my ultimate commuter/tourer/cx bike but it's still prototype and I don't know when he is going to go commerical. It's ti framed with discs, alfine and rear rack and guard mounts.

    I have not ridden my mtb in ages due to living in London. Epping is complete shit on an MTB but ok on a cx. I am going home to bristol for a week soon so expect to be falling off alot in wales and bristol soon.

    I wear full lycra on and off road I'm a girl and I'm in good shape so I can rock that look :-p. Anyway men who wear full lycra and are in good shape are hot! I went on a club run where I was the only woman recently it was if I had died and went to heaven! All those big muscular legs, pert bums in lycra on display mmmmmm. I think I may have a problem....
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  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    you are all evil and wrong. Saying that, anyone got an old winter trainer they fancie giving to a good home.... :oops: :lol:
    I like bikes and stuff
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    hells wrote:
    I wear full lycra on and off road I'm a girl and I'm in good shape so I can rock that look :-p.
    POIDH! ;)
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    thekickingmule wrote:
    hells wrote:
    I wear full lycra on and off road I'm a girl and I'm in good shape so I can rock that look :-p.
    POIDH! ;)
    +1

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  • kona_matt
    kona_matt Posts: 475
    hells wrote:
    Anyway men who wear full lycra and are in good shape are hot! I went on a club run where I was the only woman recently it was if I had died and went to heaven! All those big muscular legs, pert bums in lycra on display mmmmmm. I think I may have a problem....

    There's no place for blatent sexism on this forum, men are not just pieces of meat for your viewing pleasure you know :wink:
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  • iety2004
    iety2004 Posts: 17
    I bought a recent build Kinesis Racelight Kic2 with Kinesis carbon forks, Campag Veloce Groupset, Campag Wheels, 3T Bars and stem, Fizik finishing kit and all for the sum of £300, goes to show Ebay still has some bargins :D

    But mostly used on the Turbo trainer, but will be used on the road when the nights start to draw in again.
  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    You know I have that roadie commutery bike Stu. I believe many parts of it were donated by yourself! :D

    This one time, as I was biking into Scallifax behind a guy all lycra'd up, we reached a very steep hill. You know the type. Has a handrail for old people, you wang it in the lowest ratio and you still have to stand up.

    He thought he could do it on the big ring I think.

    He stood up, in what must have been slightly too small lycra.

    His bike basically stopped and as I was straight behind him, I saw what no man was meant to see

    <shudders>
    Looks like a Kona
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    hells wrote:
    Anyway men who wear full lycra and are in good shape are hot!

    Oh Hai! :D
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  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    She means while riding. Not while dong the gardening or in fact, just sat watching TV.
    Looks like a Kona
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Tartanyak wrote:
    just sat watching TV.

    Nothing wrong with watching the TdF highlights in full racing strip...
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  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    That's like watching the motogp in a helmet making brmmmmmmmm brmmmmmmmmmmm noises.

    Which sounds like fun.
    Looks like a Kona
  • MacAndCheese
    MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
    El Capitano wrote:
    Tartanyak wrote:
    just sat watching TV.

    Nothing wrong with watching the TdF highlights in full racing strip...

    Apart from everything.
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  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    MacAndCheese wrote:
    Tried one at bikeradar live (Eddy Merckx), after 10 minutes of riding I was getting pains in between my thumb and first finger, from using the drop bar, but apart from that is was pretty fun being able to go so fast - although scary as the brakes are rubbish! Can't see me parting with any cash for one.

    But I can almost see the point in hybrids - road bike speed, MTB brakes, flat bars and proper shifters could be a winning combination.

    Don't kid yourself that hybrids are as fast as road bikes. They are not the best of both worlds, they are the worst of both
  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    Mine's a flat bar road bike - the rest is the same. My friend had a hybrid to commute on and hated it after he tried, well, anything else.

    Can't bear drop bars.
    Looks like a Kona

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