My Viner

Leerf
Leerf Posts: 7
edited June 2013 in Your road bikes
Hello.

Watching this years Giro and having finally packed all my 'vices' in (and putting on a unwanted stone) has compelled me to finally get a road bike. After a lot of eBay-browsing I thought I'd settled on getting an old vintage bike. A good friend of mine then suggested that I let him build me a bike (he had a lot of 'bits' from his older bikes going spare).
He then found a beautiful sky blue Viner ex-race frame and the rest is history. All in I spent just over £300 (including helmet and shoes). I really cannot thank my friend enough, he really pulled some magic out the bag.
I've only had it a week and I'm really out of shape but I've been doing some 15 mile runs in the Yorkshire hills and she rides like a dream. I was so chuffed I made this bit of unadulterated bike porn.

https://vimeo.com/67755481

Comments

  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    If carlsberg did first posts.....

    Bike looks great, sure you'll enjoy it more and more as you get fitter
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Good for you mate. Nice bike, enjoy it and welcome to the world of cycling.
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    You should post some photos, the video doesn't do much but zoom about the photos whilst you wait to see the whole shot (but with some crap pseudo-emotional music), that's my opinion anyway.

    Nice bike though from what I can see.
  • shinsplint
    shinsplint Posts: 565
    Well I quite enjoyed the video. Nothing wrong with it IMO. It just proves that you don't need the latest greatest bit of kit to get plenty of enjoyment from a bike.

    Good on you.
  • Leerf
    Leerf Posts: 7
    mfin wrote:
    You should post some photos, the video doesn't do much but zoom about the photos whilst you wait to see the whole shot (but with some crap pseudo-emotional music), that's my opinion anyway.

    Nice bike though from what I can see.

    Aye, I see what you're saying, some guys just want the money shot i suppose ;)

    Here you go then...
  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    nice bike - only comment is that you should move the bottle cage to the down tube as looks impossible to get your bottle out where it is.
    Dolan Mythos
  • Leerf
    Leerf Posts: 7
    I'm going to get another bottle for the downtube. I find on the longer rides I'm finishing a bottle after 20 miles. I'm also torn between getting a saddlebag to carry a little bit of cake and ruining the beautiful lines of my bike.
    Also, am I the only one to pat my bike after a particularly gruelling climb as if it were a horse?

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