2013 Gear

LutherB

greasedscotsman wrote:

Cheers - doesn't seem so messy now i can see it properly!

greasedscotsman

It's a special limited edition bike for the 100th TdF. Have a guess how many are avaliable to the public. That's right, 150! :?

LutherB

LOL!

goonz

greasedscotsman wrote:

It's a special limited edition bike for the 100th TdF. Have a guess how many are avaliable to the public. That's right, 150! :?

I assume most manufacturers will be producing 100th edition bikes for the Tour?

Can't wait to see them all.

greasedscotsman

I expect you'll see alot of 100th TdF stuff, not just bikes. Like this...



http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/o ... ses-36876/

greasedscotsman

And I am very tempted to get this table! Looks quality...

http://boutique.letour.fr/stores/letour ... pid=127118

frenchfighter

Bianchi Oltre XR2

goonz

I am in love.

alihisgreat

I think disk brakes ruin the lines of a road bike.. looks more like a cross bike.

Anonymous

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I think disk brakes ruin the lines of a road bike.. looks more like a cross bike.

I agree. I dont like disc brakes on road bikes

lostboysaint

Yeah, you're both right, far more sensible to have the crash whilst looking good.

above_the_cows

lostboysaint wrote:

Yeah, you're both right, far more sensible to have the crash whilst looking good.

They're disk breaks not stabilisers

lostboysaint

That may be why you're struggling with them, for the rest of us they're brakes. Useful for trivial stuff such as stopping

above_the_cows

Damn I knew I was doing it wrong. :oops:

Anonymous

lostboysaint wrote:

Yeah, you're both right, far more sensible to have the crash whilst looking good.

Great comment. I didn't question the use of disc brakes, infact im sure neither comment does, but what I said is I don't find them as ascetically pleasing.

Just out of interet, Have you got any statistics on crashes being more likely on rim brakes?

k-dog

Aesthetically?

Anonymous

sorry typo: aesthetically

frenchfighter

Virenque with Festina kit...
Also appalling Trek.

goonz

Hating those white wheels

greasedscotsman

Interesting choice of jersey!

alihisgreat

Treks are just incredibly ugly.

brettjmcc

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I think disk brakes ruin the lines of a road bike.. looks more like a cross bike.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder? I quite like the clean line that runs down the headtube to the fork without having the brake sticking out the front. Same for the rear. Would like to see the shot from the other side to make my final decision

esafosfina1

goonz wrote:

Hating those white wheels

Wheels ain't white... sidewalls are though.

esafosfina1

To this day, whenever I see a pic of RV I can't but help remember when Pieper, Parkin, Wust, Clayton Stephenson, and myself got him wasted at the US Champs at Philly in 1991... he wasn't so cocky back then, and it only took a couple of 'pints' of "Coors Lite" ffs. He was sitting in the shallow end of a swimming pool, blubbering, in French, that his head hurt and he couldn't feel his legs. I have a sneaking suspicion he may have visited the RMO soigneur the next morning, coz when we pottered out for a ride the next morning he was flying! (For those that care... he was a twat back then, and when he blubbed on TV when he got caught, it compounded my feelings ten-fold)

alihisgreat

brettjmcc wrote:

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I think disk brakes ruin the lines of a road bike.. looks more like a cross bike.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder? I quite like the clean line that runs down the headtube to the fork without having the brake sticking out the front. Same for the rear. Would like to see the shot from the other side to make my final decision

I'll probably warm to the idea over the next year or so.. but it just doesn't look right! I'm not a huge fan of change!

nic_77

Anyone ridden a disc road bike?
I quite like the idea... am a bit concerned about restricted wheel choice

brettjmcc

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

brettjmcc wrote:

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I think disk brakes ruin the lines of a road bike.. looks more like a cross bike.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder? I quite like the clean line that runs down the headtube to the fork without having the brake sticking out the front. Same for the rear. Would like to see the shot from the other side to make my final decision

I'll probably warm to the idea over the next year or so.. but it just doesn't look right! I'm not a huge fan of change!

Seen the other side now they have the report ont he range here on BR: http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/articl ... 616?img=15

I am liking it even more, 2 years until my 40th birthday present to myself mwah haha 8)

frenchfighter

esafosfina1 wrote:

To this day, whenever I see a pic of RV I can't but help remember when Pieper, Parkin, Wust, Clayton Stephenson, and myself got him wasted at the US Champs at Philly in 1991... he wasn't so cocky back then, and it only took a couple of 'pints' of "Coors Lite" ffs. He was sitting in the shallow end of a swimming pool, blubbering, in French, that his head hurt and he couldn't feel his legs. I have a sneaking suspicion he may have visited the RMO soigneur the next morning, coz when we pottered out for a ride the next morning he was flying! (For those that care... he was a fool back then, and when he blubbed on TV when he got caught, it compounded my feelings ten-fold)

Ha! Nice anecdote.

frenchfighter

TMR

frenchfighter wrote:

Car manufacturers need to stop trying to make road bikes; they just look crap IMHO.