My winter bike

markyone

My winter bike fitted with ec90 bars, stem,seatpost and forks.
and centaur campagnolo groupset

leeroy72

Nice, I think Ti is hard to beat for a winter steed.

markyone

leeroy72 wrote:

Nice, I think Ti is hard to beat for a winter steed.

Never had ti before,its so comfy.

noiseboyfeetman

Nice ride. What are the mudguards you've got fitted, they Raceblade XL's?

markyone

noiseboyfeetman wrote:

Nice ride. What are the mudguards you've got fitted, they Raceblade XL's?

Raceblades,never had them before but really good.
I had cruds 2 years running and both times they snapped in cold weather,to brittle.

JamesB

Nice but its not a winter bike no full guards..

that is very true-- and I thought I was being slightly extravagant having a Van Nic Ti Yukon as a winter bike---with full set of guards which rarely come off all year btw---but obviously I`m in good company despite lack of full guards on the other Van Nic

JamesB

Not meaning to ambush anothers `my bike` thread but here`s the Van Nic in 2011 with full mudguards

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VAN NIC YUKON by jamesld8, on Flickr
spec is:
Van Nic 56 cm Yukon
Campag Centaur groupset / Veloce rear mech / Record ergopower 10 shifters
Centaur hubs with Open Pro rims
USE SUMO Ti seatpost
Exotic flat top matrix bars , matrix stem
Shimano SPD pedals
Full mudguards, Exposure Flash front, Blackburn Mars rear, Lezyme pump, Ortlieb Lge rear seatpack (carries waterproof, 2 x tubes + multitools bits and pieces )
weighs in as basic bike c 20 lb, but strips down with Tune / DT swiss 415 wheels no guards to 18 lb ish

and (for me) interestingly is how my riding position has changed since 2007 this pic: 2011 higher saddle, moved fwd, bars height dropped:

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Van Nicholas 2007 by jamesld8, on Flickr