New bike...yay

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,695
edited August 2011 in The bottom bracket
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Meet Roosje!

Does nt she just look super fast!
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,328
    I think that the person that (allegedly) rides this bike would sit on the handlebars and rest his chin on the saddle.
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  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    How's your grandad getting around now without his bike? ;-)
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    I suspect the only time that would go fast is if you threw it out of a plane.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    All you need is some clip onss and you'll be set to put in some TT PBs !!
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    verylonglegs wrote:
    I suspect the only time that would go fast is if you threw it out of a plane.

    Oi!!
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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    verylonglegs wrote:
    I suspect the only time that would go fast is if you threw it out of a plane.

    It would then become an airborne ranger.
  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    You can turn the handlebars downwards for time trials.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    I like the way the chain is faired-in for improved aerodynamics.
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  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    DesWeller wrote:
    I like the way the chain is faired-in for improved aerodynamics.

    With a practical seat for your mechanic.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    neilo23 wrote:
    DesWeller wrote:
    I like the way the chain is faired-in for improved aerodynamics.

    With a practical seat for your mechanic.

    Yes! And the brakes tucked away in the hubs to clean up the flow around the bridge and crown.

    Hell of a machine.
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Judging by the quality of construction and tubing it would sink pretty fast too!
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    How dare you question her tubing or construction!!! Solid as a...erm...rock she is!!
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  • robklancs
    robklancs Posts: 498
    how much did they pay you to take that off their hands?

    that is one mother funkin fugly bike :shock:

    glad you like it though :D
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    ^Nothing - "cost" of servicing it....
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  • lemoncurd
    lemoncurd Posts: 1,428
    Love it, needs a basket out front though.

    And some Zipp 404s.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    ....I'm working on the basket!
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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    You need to practice drawing on those whitewall tyres a bit more "round" down the bottom right of the picture there.

    Have you thought of weighing her in at the scrapyard at all?? Given the price of steel currently and the amount used there - you could probably buy a Cipolini RB1000 with Shimano Di2 and Zipp 808s using the proceeds, and then get Mario to teach you to ride it.

    :):lol:
  • amun1000
    amun1000 Posts: 242
    all mod cons:
    3 speed and dynamo hub (mebs)
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  • mcj78
    mcj78 Posts: 634
    "They see me rollin' - they hatin'..." :lol:

    I like it - what's the bit that seems to be holding the rack to the seatstays - is that one of those rear wheel locking things? (not a brake before anyone says it)

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Yep - It's a lock

    Amun - S spd Sturmey Archer hub...which is broken!
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  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    One of the CC's round my way does something called a 'Tin Can Ten' or something like that where they all drop the road bikes and use something like this instead. This years winner was riding a 3-spd Raleigh Caprice complete with basket and dynamo lights etc...
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