Bikes you'd like to have a go on!

lost_in_thought

I'll start the ball rolling...

Tandem
Recumbent
Super-ridiculous TT bike
Insane track machine
One of those bouncy beam ones.

asprilla

Touring 'bent.
Zipp Y2001



Allegedly more areo than the Lotus bike.

Butterd2

Well there's a couple in the office.....

jonginge

All of the above. Wouldn't mind doing some track....

Would like to try out a full-on DH mountain bike. Some of the off-road descending I saw in the Alps during the summer was insane.

CXXC

bamboo frame

tgotb

Penny Farthing. Would love to have a go on one of those...

SimonAH

I'd love a go on a TT bike - are they hideously uncomfortable? Otherwise if the geometry is so efficient then why aren't all road bikes such?

Also really fancy a bit of track - velodrome not far from me so I'll start running out of excuses soon........

jonginge

Ooh, talking of TT bikes, something like Boardman's Lotus or Indurain's Espada or even Obree's old faithful. Pesky UCI and their 'We say what a bike looks like' rules!

asprilla

CXXC wrote:

bamboo frame

Organic Bikes were doing bamboo frames for around $200 on ebay last month. I was so tempted. They are back up to about $360 now.

stuaff

Recumbent trike
Moulton New Series
Super high-end money-no-object road bike (eg fully loaded Storck Fascinario 0.6/Cervelo R5ca)
TT bike

ketsbaia

Fabian Cancellara's 'battery assisted' bike.

tgotb

SimonAH wrote:

I'd love a go on a TT bike - are they hideously uncomfortable? Otherwise if the geometry is so efficient then why aren't all road bikes such?

Fairly uncomfortable, yes, and also less stable. Imagine moving your hands from the tops of your bars to the drops. Now move your hands down the same distance again. On a TT bike this is your most upright position, and because of the frame geometry (saddle a lot further forward) half your weight is now on your arms.

When you're on the Tri bars you will have to crane your neck back as far as it goes just in order to be able to see where you're going. (Fortunately this is also the most aerodynamic posture). And don't forget that, in this position, you don't have access to the brakes.

I'm still learning to ride mine; taking it out in any sort of traffic is still quite a hairy experience :shock:

simonaspinall

Liquigas super colour special edition so I can out-gare a supercar.

ndru

Bullitt bike, bakfiets cargo bike long.

wgwarburton

Hi,
Recumbent, Penny-farthing

Cheers,
W.

jonginge

WGWarburton wrote:

Hi,
Recumbent Penny-farthing

Cheers,
W.

:shock:

richk

Proper full on TT bike here too. Oh, & if you could throw in a float day on a flat DC that would be good.

Kieran_Burns

I'd actually like to try a unicycle, which I know isn't a BIKE as such - but it looks a right laugh

Plus I'd love to try a recumbent (bars below the seat style) just to see what all the fuss is about.

jonnyboy77

I have add desire to try anything with 4 wheels ... from seeing how fast something like this could go:



to trying something more unusual like:



in addtiion to most of the suggestions above!

- jon

jonginge

Want to try this:

lost_in_thought

I want to try the one that's a pub on wheels...

CiB

Tandem. Would love to try that. And The Goodies Trandem too, although by all accounts that was a huge heavy unrideable beast of a bike.

+1 on the unicycle.

And a Ducatti, any Ducatti. Here's my right arm. where do I sign?

SamWise1972

I had a TT funny bike (from back when you were allowed smaller front wheels than rear) that I bought on eBay very badly described. I intended to sell it on anyway, but I was excited to try it because it was 753 and insane geometry. I rode about a mile of my intended 25 before coming back with a very sore neck.

I also have a tandem, an old steel 3 speed one, which is gradually being upgraded (this winter, it'll get alluminium cranks, alloy rims, and an old Sachs Elan 12 speed hub). It's a lot of fun, and with the baby seat on the back can carry me and both sons, or me, the missus, and number 2 son.

I also had a track bike, a beautiful EG Bates in 531 from the 90s, but I sold it. I didn't really get used to FG, and was afraid I was going to spill the beautiful bike into something. Also, the track fork was not very stable under front braking. I was offered £700 to end the auction early, and refused, thinking it would go for more. I got £350 for it. From the guy that made the offer. Ouch.

Clever Pun

JonGinge wrote:

Want to try this:

damnit beat me to it

but yeah I'd like to give pretty much anything a go

CXXC

if you want to ride a decent beer bike/shed go to amsterdam and ride the fietscafe, you'll have MUCH more fun than doing it in London...i promise you

jonginge

lost_in_thought wrote:

I want to try the one that's a pub on wheels...

Pretty sure it's that one. They say beer is served in the blurb...

My google search was 'bicycle pub london'

Edit:@CXXC the Het Fietscafe one came up in the search, too. They do tours in Belgium *starts dribbling*

jonginge

One for BJUK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/pe ... 997665.stm

BenS999

i fancy taking this out with a few mates, maybe an offroad version if available. Unfortunately the company who makes them, ZEM, went bust so chance are somewhat slim...


http://www.cyclorama.net/viewArticle.php?id=245[url][/url]

emdeef

Penny farthing
Pedersen
Recumbant

lost_in_thought

I wondered what a Trandem was... now I know!



Looks cool! And I would love to have a go on a proper, old-fashioned penny-farthing.

These are just disappointing and shouldn't be called a penny-farthing:

SamWise1972

Oh, and I'd like to try a recumbent lowracer, a half and half tandem (normal at the back, recumbent at the front for the missus, who can't see past me otherwise), an Alex Singer or Rene Hearse constructeur bike, a Flying Gate:



A Paris Galibier




And a Dursley Pedersen (there's one of these that lives on the bike racks on Waterloo Station, on one of the platforms. I've met the owner, and seen him riding it in town. Interesting chap)