your dream bike / bike pron

clarkey cat

would have to be something like this for me... Yours?

jonny_trousers

Very, very pretty Clarkey.

My cycling is pretty much exclusively commuting based and so it would have to be something suitable for that. On-One did the concept titanium 'tourer' below a while ago that gets pretty close to my ideal. Make sure it's an 11-speed Alfine, add a carbon fork and a belt drive (so I don't get oil on the 15 hundred quid sofa again) and I'll be sorted.

Libraio

What are you doing with my (almost) dream bike Jonny Trousers? Step back from the On One.
Too bad Roastie didn't go ahead with Such Bikes. That really was my dream bike.

jonny_trousers

Libraio wrote:

Too bad Roastie didn't go ahead with Such Bikes. That really was my dream bike.

Totally agree. Did he ever do the belt drive/Alfine combo thing? I seem to recal he did, but I can't be sure.

Personally I'd be as happy with decent steel as I would ti; it's all the other bits I'd like. Maybe Civia will do an 11-speed Bryant soon. Although there's something a little nerdy looking about that bike. I'm sure there will be some production, drop-bar, 11-speed Alfines out this year. On-One told me it was an option they were looking into.

Now if only Kona would do the Honky Inc with an Alfine hub (and not have such a ridculous frame size jump as they do from 53cm to 56cm)...

Marcus_C

Whilst browsing the other day I came across this:



Too bad it's american but something like that would set me up a treat.

rjsterry

CC that's rather pretty, if a little tall for me. If you could just shorten the head and seat tubes, drop the stem and swap it for something with a touch more reach and it'd be perfect.

Oh, and the fork blades should be chromed as well.

jonny_trousers

Marcus_C wrote:

Whilst browsing the other day I came across this:

I just bet you did; you dirty, little monkey!

The Rookie

Deleted his browser history afterwards as well.........

Wouldn't mind upgrading my commuter with some carbon forks and a Ti frame along with a few lighter bits and pieces.

Simon

Marcus_C

The Beginner wrote:

Deleted his browser history afterwards as well.........

It's a Lie!! Well it's not a lie but it was an accident, honest!!

Canny Jock

http://www.colnago.com/bikes/2011/epq

Excuse me, I think I've just...

dhope

Well this was to be the start of a very nice bike but alas went for a bit more than I'd hoped
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0677725572

Oh well

Matt the Tester

all very nice bikes but why soooooo retro???

i'd pick the Shiv TT bike Fabian rides

johnboytheconfused

Dream bike so it doesn't have to actually exist, right? Ok; hybrid geometry with drop bars set higher than usual, disc brakes, tyres as thin as is practical considering my weight, hub gears, belt drive, integrally fitted light brackets, fitted mudguards*, GPS tracking system for retreival after theft, and a top weight of about 1 gram. And a red bell.

*I come from an age long ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and any bike without mudguards had been found in a skip.

jonny_trousers

Oh... oh... oh... oh...



Aaaaaaaaaaah...

lost_in_thought

I've already got mine

asprilla

Canny Jock wrote:

http://www.colnago.com/bikes/2011/epq

Excuse me, I think I've just...

You should have said earlier. I scalped on this morning and it was so embarrasingly easy that I'm sure the rider could have been pursuaded to give up cycling there and then.

Clever Pun

http://www.eddymerckx.be/EMX-3

I think it was this one I was drooling over the other day, in black of course

stuaff

jonginge

I quite like my cervelo

jonginge

Clever Pun wrote:

http://www.eddymerckx.be/EMX-3

I think it was this one I was drooling over the other day, in black of course

Quite like that. Why not the emx-7, though?

JonEdwards

I'd go with Jonny Trousers' option for homegrown spaff,

Or...


Or...


:-)

Gazzaputt

Already own bike porn:



Has a sister on the way as well in the form of the AL version

clarkey cat

if retro isn't allowed then it would be this:




But I'm quite happy with what I have (for now)

jzed

Clever Pun wrote:

http://www.eddymerckx.be/EMX-3

I think it was this one I was drooling over the other day, in black of course

Wowzers - have you seen how much the EMX-7 is....

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/32388/Eddy-Merckx-EMX-7-525-Anniversary-Road-Bike-2011---White.html

DonDaddyD

Always has been always will be:

rick_chasey

Fascenario 0.6 or whatever it's called.

essex-commuter

Sex on wheels.

jonny_trousers

essex-commuter wrote:

Sex on wheels.

Sick b@stard!

thel33ter

Total weight: 3195g/7.04lbs :shock:

antlaff

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Oh... oh... oh... oh...



Aaaaaaaaaaah...

ditto.......but mine is due in early June!!!

essex-commuter

essex-commuter wrote:

Sex on wheels.

Actually it would be if it had a customized rear wheel. See what I done there?