Show us your winter bikes!!

Buckie2k5

As my new ribble should be here soon the caad8 is now demoted to winter duties/n+1

rustybullet

A lot of the bikes on here are a lot better than my summer bike.
My winter commute is only 16kg

Ber Nard

That looks set to take on anything!

madasahattersley

Winter bike = Summer bike.



And don't even get me started on mudguards...

src1

Already posted in "Your Bikes" as hadn't spotted the winter bikes thread...

Too good to be just a winter bike. It now has guards and different wheels for the winter.

willy b

SRC - That is stunning!

Now with mudguards:

AdeT

turboslave

Here is my new Winter hack, full carbon F&F, 105 11spd with Mavic Ksyrium SR wheels, Arundel cages, 3T Ergonova Pro bars and stem, all in weight is 17lb inc lights & seat pack, sweet!!

Paul 8v

SRC1 wrote:

Already posted in "Your Bikes" as hadn't spotted the winter bikes thread...

Too good to be just a winter bike. It now has guards and different wheels for the winter.

Proper tyres for winter, Pave's?

Paul 8v

madasahattersley wrote:

Winter bike = Summer bike.



And don't even get me started on mudguards...

I like those tyres on that bike, what are they?

iron-clover

Well, the season is over with the last of the hillclimbs, so the full length guards have been bolted on for the winter.


It's somewhere between 9 and 10kg so not too much of a battleship.

PeeCee

Sorry about the crap pic, my Kinesis Racelight. 11speed 105, Mavic Aksiums, 3t bars and stem, SKS mudguards.

Not very light but rides nice.

src1

Paul 8v wrote:

SRC1 wrote:

Already posted in "Your Bikes" as hadn't spotted the winter bikes thread...

Too good to be just a winter bike. It now has guards and different wheels for the winter.

Proper tyres for winter, Pave's?

Yes, they're Open Pave CGs. I bought them when I was planning to ride Paris Roubaix sportive last year. Lovely tyres, but not sure I'll leave them on over winter.

Paul 8v

I saw a review where they said they were a great, but expensive winter tyre. Not sure what the puncture proteciton is like though. when you see that green strip though you know they mean business!I use the Corsa Evo's in the summer, too scared to use them this time of year though, they'll be shredded to pieces!

MrHaematocrit

My S-Works Crux with SRAM CX1, Rovals, Gobl-r seatpost

bendertherobot

I know the setback is probably identical to a normal post but it looks like you'd be wheelying every where!

arthur_scrimshaw

PeeCee wrote:

Sorry about the crap pic, my Kinesis Racelight. 11speed 105, Mavic Aksiums, 3t bars and stem, SKS mudguards.

Not very light but rides nice.

Is that a man cave in your kitchen or a kitchen in your man cave?

muttley_109

This arrived this week. Stem needs flipping and mudguards need fitting though.

bendertherobot

I like that very much. I think it's the pick of the colour schemes. Looks good with branded wheels (do report on how they are). But, Genesis, that chainset. Surely they could spec something less agricultural looking?

jjsh

This is my 'Mr Scrooge' winter bike project. My first ever build, I've been sourcing the bits and bobs second hand over the last few months, with the priority being to end up with a nice handling winter bike that didn't cost much, so I won't be gutted when I drop it on the ice! That being the case, aesthetics took a back seat to getting the right part for bob all.

I really enjoyed building it, actually. Will have to do another. Ladies and gentlemen... my winter mongerl;

Paul 8v

WTF is going on with those cables? Apart from that nice build.

jjsh

WTF is going on with those cables?

They're to long! I was paranoid about making them too short and not shifting smoothly because of rubbish cable routing, but have obviously gone to far the other way, lol. I'm going to get some miles on it, let the cable inners stretch / settle in a bit, then sort it.

narbs

Had my Fratello for a few weeks now and finalised the stem position.

Been off the bike and concentrating on running for a about 6 weeks so it's difficult to say whether it's bike fitness or actual weight, but uphill it's a struggle to get up to speed. It is however ridiculously comfortable so I probably need to stop comparing it to my Canyon and just enjoy some leisurely winter miles.

Paul 8v

JJSH wrote:

WTF is going on with those cables?

They're to long! I was paranoid about making them too short and not shifting smoothly because of rubbish cable routing, but have obviously gone to far the other way, lol. I'm going to get some miles on it, let the cable inners stretch / settle in a bit, then sort it.

Good man, I'm not sure if it's possible but if you run the gear cables to the opposite side of the headtube you get less of a kink in them and they don't rub either. The bike looks good though apart from the cables.

k-dog

I would just change them now - you'll get sloppy shifting with them being too long and the inners don't really stretch - it's more the cable outers, especially the end caps, being forced into place that means you need to give the adjusters a turn - and if you cut them and do it again you'll just have to do it again.

bendertherobot

narbs wrote:

Had my Fratello for a few weeks now and finalised the stem position.

Been off the bike and concentrating on running for a about 6 weeks so it's difficult to say whether it's bike fitness or actual weight, but uphill it's a struggle to get up to speed. It is however ridiculously comfortable so I probably need to stop comparing it to my Canyon and just enjoy some leisurely winter miles.

Is that damp in the bottom corner? Or just crap painting?

Also, ask Condor nicely for a bottle that matches. Worst case I'll post you mine if it saves me from seeing green on blue.

Slow uphill? I suspect it's just you. Like that time I had to wait for you on the Bwlch. Freezing I was.

bobmcstuff

narbs wrote:

Had my Fratello for a few weeks now and finalised the stem position.

Been off the bike and concentrating on running for a about 6 weeks so it's difficult to say whether it's bike fitness or actual weight, but uphill it's a struggle to get up to speed. It is however ridiculously comfortable so I probably need to stop comparing it to my Canyon and just enjoy some leisurely winter miles.

I have a similarly built Fratello (albeit a much smaller frame, see below) as my winter bike, I also find it a bit of a struggle on the hills compared to my other bike - but that's no real surprise given it's 2.5kg heavier. Done nearly 900km on it now and it is a really comfortable bike, it just feels like it wants to eat the miles. Putting a triple on it soon to make the hills a bit easier and in preparation for some light touring type stuff in the spring (maybe even audax...)

grahamcp

muttley_109 wrote:

This arrived this week. Stem needs flipping and mudguards need fitting though.

I do like the look of the new Genesis range. At first glance from the colour, I thought it was a Crois de Fer 30, but it looks more like an Equilibrium Disc 10(?) - although that looks a much deeper blue on the website.

Are you enjoying the ride?

narbs

bendertherobot wrote:

Is that damp in the bottom corner? Or just crap painting?

Also, ask Condor nicely for a bottle that matches. Worst case I'll post you mine if it saves me from seeing green on blue.

Slow uphill? I suspect it's just you. Like that time I had to wait for you on the Bwlch. Freezing I was.

It's the basement of my new offices, so no idea

And the Bwlch was a long time ago

muttley_109

Grahamcp wrote:

muttley_109 wrote:

This arrived this week. Stem needs flipping and mudguards need fitting though.

I do like the look of the new Genesis range. At first glance from the colour, I thought it was a Crois de Fer 30, but it looks more like an Equilibrium Disc 10(?) - although that looks a much deeper blue on the website.

Are you enjoying the ride?

It is the equilibrium disc and the blue is a lot deeper than it looks in that photo. Embarrassingly I haven't been out on it yet! Its sitting in my dining room with have fitted mudguards on it. I've been to busy this week. I'm hopefully going to get out on it this weekend.