Show us your Ribbles

schofie

So I saw the 'Show us your Giants' thread and felt a little left out. There have been loads of individual posts on here of Ribbles but I haven't seen a consolidated view. Mods, apologies if this has been done, I did check.

So here's mine, a R872 and a Sportive Racing. I've shown you mine, let's see yours :P

jameses

I'll get in with the first Gran Fondo:

Finlaz22

Gangster gold bits on the first bike!

schofie

Finlaz22 wrote:

Gangster gold bits on the first bike!

Yes I do like a bit of pimpage :P

The Gran Fondo is a nice looking frame. James, that RD cable looks quite long

mididoctors

evo pro carbon

arran77

mididoctors wrote:

evo pro carbon

What's it doing in the bin :P

dwanes

I guess that's where it belongs!

mididoctors

dwanes wrote:

I guess that's where it belongs!

not at all It's the pinnacle of value for money design that will be be appreciated by aficionados of plasticine framed bikes everywhere

schofie

Midi, why didn't you take all the other bits off it before binning it? :P

I've seen some pretty mixed reviews of the Evo. What's the story?

mididoctors

Schofie wrote:

Midi, why didn't you take all the other bits off it before binning it? :P

I've seen some pretty mixed reviews of the Evo. What's the story?

Story

Ok joking aside I am laying it on a bit thick... and to give ribble a better break I quite like the ribble audax...100 quid frame and it delivers what you expect.

this thing? I dunno.... trying to power it on the flat or rolling roads at over 35kph is discouraging. bendy. The rear end is weird

if you just want to spin around on a buzz free ride with a lightish bike and decent handling you could do worse.

that all said I am going to keep it. May get n+1 in a years time for something STIFF. Perhaps I have done myself a favour getting a more comfy bike while my knackered spine gets re-accustomed to a decent tuck

Yellow Peril

mididoctors wrote:

Schofie wrote:

Midi, why didn't you take all the other bits off it before binning it? :P

I've seen some pretty mixed reviews of the Evo. What's the story?

Story

Ok joking aside I am laying it on a bit thick... and to give ribble a better break I quite like the ribble audax...100 quid frame and it delivers what you expect.

this thing? I dunno.... trying to power it on the flat or rolling roads at over 35kph is discouraging. bendy. The rear end is weird

if you just want to spin around on a buzz free ride with a lightish bike and decent handling you could do worse.

that all said I am going to keep it. May get n+1 in a years time for something STIFF. Perhaps I have done myself a favour getting a more comfy bike while my knackered spine gets re-accustomed to a decent tuck

I have the 100 quid winter frame as a commuter and agree that it is value for money (it would struggle not to at that price) Being approx. 95kgs I have steered clear of carbon and have a Canyon Alu which has a very stiff BB.
Sorry to hear about your Ribble but refreshing to see a realistic evaluation of a bike by an owner

schofie

I remember reading your story. It confirms what a lot of other people have said about the pro and a friend has also mentioned the flex. That said, I couldn't be happier with the two I've got for the money they cost, although I have my eyes on Westbrook to see if they get any well-priced Scotts in again.

mididoctors

ok feel a bit guilty for thread hijack so to address.

I present the AK47 of the UK Road cycling scene... The Ribble 7005 winter audax in a 56cm style.



Keeping the steerer tall for bike share reasons. We have a selection of stems from 110 to 140mm in various angles so house guests can get a ride without having to pack their bike. We have friends over from Eire fairly often and bringing a bike can be a pain.

Bagggers

Heres mine. Ribble GF Ultegra, Deda, Schwalbe, Carbones, 7.3kg. Looks slightly different after Bike Fit

jameses

Schofie wrote:

The Gran Fondo is a nice looking frame. James, that RD cable looks quite long

Just a touch ! I didn't really notice until after I had put it all together, and can't be bothered to snip it now the derailleur is properly indexed.

crescent

My Gran Fondo with SRAM Rival.

My RD cable also looks long but I'm reluctant to trim it any further as it starts to kink and works perfectly at the moment.

wild bore cluff

i will hopefully have a HF83 built up by friday

acidstrato

rolf_f

Here is my Gran Fondo. Now on about 12,000 miles though the frame (but not forks) was replaced with the rear dropout crack issue. The black painted dropouts hide that the cracks have returned and in some ways I regret having had the frame changed! Still, it's looking pretty good - the frame near enough immaculate. Some rubbing on the cranks and I last week had to relacquer the rh shifter lever before the lettering got damaged but otherwise smart enough.

As now, North of Leeds - decent Fizik Arione saddle and Elite Custom cages.



With replacement frame and Selle Thoork saddle and crappo Chinese bottle cages.



When new with the Cruds it carries pretty much all the time and the sore inducing Ponza saddle - but it looks pretty much this smart when polished up now.

mididoctors

Rolf F wrote:

Here is my Gran Fondo. Now on about 12,000 miles though the frame (but not forks) was replaced with the rear dropout crack issue. The black painted dropouts hide that the cracks have returned and in some ways I regret having had the frame changed! Still, it's looking pretty good - the frame near enough immaculate. Some rubbing on the cranks and I last week had to relacquer the rh shifter lever before the lettering got damaged but otherwise smart enough.

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please expand if you could?

rolf_f

mididoctors wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

Here is my Gran Fondo. Now on about 12,000 miles though the frame (but not forks) was replaced with the rear dropout crack issue. The black painted dropouts hide that the cracks have returned and in some ways I regret having had the frame changed! Still, it's looking pretty good - the frame near enough immaculate. Some rubbing on the cranks and I last week had to relacquer the rh shifter lever before the lettering got damaged but otherwise smart enough.

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please expand if you could?

There is a few threads on it. The filler between the dropout and the frame was a bit thick on some batches of Gran Fondos causing the paint to crack. Ribble replaced frames that had the crack as a precautionary measure but a few folk on here chose to keep the original frame. The replaced frames had the filler thinned down and the dropouts repainted black by Deddaccai - you can see the difference between my second and third pictures. They were pretty helpful really.

Effectively I got another two years of frame warranty out of it (I didn't return the frame until the warranty was just about expired) so it was useful in that respect but the original frame was in great shape anyway and I'd had some good rides on it - but the forks are still the same ones so it hasn't all gone!

You'll notice that the current GF now has black dropouts.

mididoctors

Rolf F wrote:

There is a few threads on it. The filler between the dropout and the frame was a bit thick on some batches of Gran Fondos causing the paint to crack. Ribble replaced frames that had the crack as a precautionary measure but a few folk on here chose to keep the original frame.

Effectively I got another two years of frame warranty out of it (I didn't return the frame until the warranty was just about expired) so it was useful in that respect but the original frame was in great shape anyway and I'd had some good rides on it - but the forks are still the same ones so it hasn't all gone!

the crack was just cosmetic?

rolf_f

mididoctors wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

There is a few threads on it. The filler between the dropout and the frame was a bit thick on some batches of Gran Fondos causing the paint to crack. Ribble replaced frames that had the crack as a precautionary measure but a few folk on here chose to keep the original frame.

Effectively I got another two years of frame warranty out of it (I didn't return the frame until the warranty was just about expired) so it was useful in that respect but the original frame was in great shape anyway and I'd had some good rides on it - but the forks are still the same ones so it hasn't all gone!

the crack was just cosmetic?

Can only speak for my own - the cracks were flat bottomed; so it was layers of paint cracking near the surface rather than something deeper. Nobody ever had a functional problem as far as I am aware.

dirtymonkey1985

Here's mine. Only changes are I now have a 3T dorico stealth seatpost, a Deda superleggero stem, zipp service course sl black on black bars and some titanium speedplay zeros. Looks that little bit more stealth now.

schofie

^^^ I think that's the nicest stealth I've seen yet, including my own. What seatpost is that?

Do I also sense a little Photoshop action going on, especially in picture one? The colours are other-worldly

dirtymonkey1985

Schofie wrote:

^^^ I think that's the nicest stealth I've seen yet, including my own. What seatpost is that?

Do I also sense a little Photoshop action going on, especially in picture one? The colours are other-worldly

The seatpost is a cheap Chinese job I got on eBay so nothing special.

I must admit the top one had been tinkered with ever so slightly as I took it with my phone but it did come out quite nicely I think

cyclingpunk

Mine.. bit different to my last bike that was blingtastic (gone off the bling look for now) Will be getting the steerer cut when I am happy with height.

Bagggers

Somebody swap me their Stealth for my Gran Fondo 2.6k build. Mavic Carbone SL, Ultegra

schofie

I think you guys with the stealthy stealths have inspired me to removed the gold bling from my rig

frenchfighter

I didni`t realise there was a separate thread for Ribbles. Here is mine:



viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12931013

MIABS

Here's my Ribble New Sportive Racing. Shimano 105 Groupset, Mavic Cosmic Elite Wheels, Deda Finishing Kit.