2018 Gear

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    50's are barely deep section imho. Almost all bikes look better with them. And you are correct. :wink:
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    When I were a lad...
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    I don't mind. Always willing to be convinced of the other. The preponderance of 50+ mm wheels seem to indicate, most people think they match bikes the best (all things considered). So, get off my lawn! :D
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    M.R.M. wrote:
    I don't mind. Always willing to be convinced of the other. The preponderance of 50+ mm wheels seem to indicate, most people think they match bikes the best (all things considered). So, get off my lawn! :D

    Ha ha. I'm going to do doughnuts on it on my bike with my low profile rims.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Rotor hydraulic groupset. I find it hard to get over the huge headtube on that frame;I'm sure the brake levers are higher than my saddle.
    Anyway a bit of a pointless group apart from the fact that, if you believe then, it's amazingly light. 800g less than Dura ace!

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  • inseine wrote:
    Rotor hydraulic groupset. I find it hard to get over the huge headtube on that frame;I'm sure the brake levers are higher than my saddle.
    Anyway a bit of a pointless group apart from the fact that, if you believe then, it's amazingly light. 800g less than Dura ace!

    rotormate_12_of_12_1512061885651_wlukih1zmwy2_630_80_670.jpg

    That's some horrid geometry on that frame
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Yep. Apart from weight I can't see the attraction. And reading the review it sounds pretty horrible to use...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Found another incarnation of the 'King' in a different colour scheme.

    de-rosa-king-xs-2017-road-bike-frameset-red-white-EV296080-3090-1.jpg
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Pinno wrote:
    Found another incarnation of the 'King' in a different colour scheme.

    de-rosa-king-xs-2017-road-bike-frameset-red-white-EV296080-3090-1.jpg

    Adorned with SR:

    KingXs-RedWine.jpg
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Pinno wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Found another incarnation of the 'King' in a different colour scheme.

    de-rosa-king-xs-2017-road-bike-frameset-red-white-EV296080-3090-1.jpg

    Adorned with SR:

    KingXs-RedWine.jpg

    Do those rims suit you M.R.M ?
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    See Pinno, perfection! :wink:

    Looks nicer in red as well. Like most things...

    edit: haha didn't even see your final line in time :D
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Tarmac pro. Flip flop paint

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  • inseine wrote:
    Tarmac pro. Flip flop paint

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    frame looks nice but needs a respray already.
    WTF is going on with all the spacers, did they lend it to manc33?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    I need to look at the De Rosa for a while to exorcise that ^ image.
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  • Pinno wrote:
    I need to look at the De Rosa for a while to exorcise that ^ image.
    You could just give it one of your mud-baths to exfoliate it. wrap it in gaffer tape and it'll look great.
  • inseine wrote:
    Tarmac pro. Flip flop paint

    tarmac_pro_1_of_18_1512051496774_vjlhhfw65uqr_630_80.jpg

    Fugly as *uck
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    edited December 2017
    At least the snot rockets will get lost if they happen to land on the paintwork.
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  • De Rosa seem to be on a roll...

    Scandium

    Scandium.jpg
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Not a colour for hangovers is it?

    I like the Celeste blue and white but at least De Rosa seems to be turning out classy looking rides.
    I'm seriously tempted but the price tag for a frame alone is in the £3k mark and Evans have sold out of them.
    (Not that I was looking).
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  • I might paint my fake deroso ribble. Anythings got to look better than the bare carbon. Although no one notices it in the bike compound at work, which is good.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    I might paint my fake deroso ribble. Anythings got to look better than the bare carbon. Although no one notices it in the bike compound at work, which is good.

    I could paint my Wilier. What a good idea.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Pinno wrote:

    I could paint my Wilier

    Careful how you ask for that one.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Gweeds wrote:
    Pinno wrote:

    I could paint my Wilier

    Careful how you ask for that one.

    Don't worry - i'll do it in my shed.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Hat
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • De Rosa seem to be on a roll...

    Scandium

    Scandium.jpg
    Looks like a Klein Quantum Pro from the 90’s
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  • ^ It really does. The colour was called Plum Crazy on Kleins
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    ^ It really does. The colour was called Plum Crazy on Kleins
    If it was they were just copying Chryslers 1970 colour range which also included Go Mango, Top Banana and Sublime. Those were the days
  • De Rosa seem to be on a roll...

    Scandium

    Scandium.jpg
    Looks like a Klein Quantum Pro from the 90’s
    That's what I thought but thinner obviously. My mate had one. He snapped it so they sent him another one He snapped it. Then he bought Dawes Galaxy. Which was odd
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Clearly Cycling news readers have no idea about bicycles aesthetics, but shows that success makes you popular.

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