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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    shame with something that's otherwise so "all italian" that they served it up with Shimano gears and french wheels... though I guess they'd be pushing it to get even Veloce 10 and a paiir of Fulcrum Racing 7's and still stay under £2k...
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    shame with something that's otherwise so "all italian" that they served it up with Shimano gears

    'Only' 105 kit too. You can buy the Giant TCR Composite 1 with full Ultegra kit for £1899 - This is the bike I had in Fuertaventura & I was very impressed; it was ultra stiff, but ultra comfortable (even with the stock saddle!)

    2013_GIANT_TCR_COMPOSITE_1-500x500.jpg
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    that's the purchasing power of the worlds largest bike manufacturer coming into play as well though...
  • cyclenut64
    cyclenut64 Posts: 154
    nice
  • TheGeordie
    TheGeordie Posts: 24
    Here's my bike porn

    http://www.dolan-bikes.com/image/cache/data/Hercules SE/HERC SL/Shimano/Hercules-SL-Ultegra-1024x800.jpg

    Arggh, how do I post the image?

    If I get the contract Im working on Ill have this for the summer!
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Think they may have nobbled re-linking...

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  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    If I get the contract Im working on Ill have this for the summer!

    Does the missus know :laugh:
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Another fine looking beast!

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    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-sensa--giulia-supremo-13-47022
  • TheGeordie
    TheGeordie Posts: 24
    If I get the contract Im working on Ill have this for the summer!

    Does the missus know :laugh:

    of course not! nor will she as Im telling her its from Halfrauds
  • narak_lol
    narak_lol Posts: 855 Member
    If I get the contract Im working on Ill have this for the summer!

    Does the missus know :laugh:

    of course not! nor will she as Im telling her its from Halfrauds

    And omit a digit in the price tag :bigsmile:
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    1362503977065-jwmz39qzfovc-280-75.jpg

    :love:
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    I'd love to know why I can never see the picturess you link to from bikeradar cloggsy - only way I can view 'em is to quote your posting, then copy the image link into another browser window... I strongly suspect my copy of firefox and Adblock plus is clobbering them - but it's a pain in the 'arris...

    Interesting BMC btw :wink: Campag equipped Impec... there's an article on that frameset in this months Cyclist magazine - they pretty much built a factory just to make those frames, and to say they're making a loss on each frame is something of an understatement... seems strange, as the team don't even ride them!
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Anyway - I'm still dribbling with lust over this one...

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    :wink:
  • Cyclink
    Cyclink Posts: 517 Member
    If I hit my goal of a sub-hour 40K, this might be my reward:
    2012_08_New_Orbea_Ordu_2.jpg

    or
    2013-canondale-slice-rs-tt-triathlon-bike.jpg
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    want to see a picture of the bike I rode my first sub-hour 25mile TT on ??

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    I do sometimes wonder what I'd have done riding one off the current crop of missiles, plus a skinsuit and tadpole hat instead of a pony-tail and wool shirt/shorts :lol:

    Edit: in fairness, it DID have a pair of 28 spoke wheels for racing instead of the training wheels in that shot... and these days theres no way in hell i've got the flexibility to get into the position those modern bikes demand (or the "funny bikes" I was riding a couple of years after that shot above, come to think of it...)
  • Cyclink
    Cyclink Posts: 517 Member
    want to see a picture of the bike I rode my first sub-hour 25mile TT on ??

    Show off :-)

    I figure if I can get under an hour on what I have now, then it's worth upgrading and aiming even higher next year.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    in fairness, back then, specialised time-trial kit was few and far between - the "funny bikes" were just starting to come into use in the pro-peleton back in 1984 or thereabouts (those wierd things with a 700c wheel at the back and a 650c (or worse a 24") at the front), disk wheels were prohibitively expensive, and deep section rims weighed nearly as much as the bike frame... Within a couple of years these chiropractors retirement funds were de-rigeur, and I've still got a 1989ish one in the loft, though the Campagnolo Ghibli rear disc wheel is long gone...
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    11324607_bdf21cc436.jpg

    Very old-school cool :glasses:

    Molto magnifico!
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Nice looking SS!

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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    nahhhh - this is a fixie... (apart from the stupid inverted stem!)

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    in fact just looking at that chrome bianchi makes me want to go give the credit card a workout... even if when I ride it, my knees explode, I can still just hang it on the wall and drool over it.
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    1363128881620-lgyiv43xwcla-670-70.jpg

    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/10000-cervlo-rca-frame-that-weighs-667g-first-look-and-ride-36710/
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Now that's a bike I'd sell a kidney for... just need to find someone who wouldn't mind losing one first :wink:
  • narak_lol
    narak_lol Posts: 855 Member
    Wow this is so pretty... super cool... Have been wanting a Cervelo but no way I can afford :ohwell:
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    sigh,,,, i love bike porn.
  • Cyclink
    Cyclink Posts: 517 Member
    For the money, I want more than "super light".

    The bike can only lose 700 grams, I think I could lose 2 KG and save myself a lot.
  • haley255
    haley255 Posts: 117 Member
    this probably won't fit on the page so you might have to open in a new tab to see the full picture... but this is my project bike. :) I commute on him and do all of the work myself. I've upgraded a lot since I first bought it.

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  • Cyclink
    Cyclink Posts: 517 Member
    this probably won't fit on the page so you might have to open in a new tab to see the full picture... but this is my project bike. :) I commute on him and do all of the work myself. I've upgraded a lot since I first bought it.

    Those old Bianchi's are great workhorses!
  • soensheppard
    soensheppard Posts: 4 Member
    Good morning.. How do you post pictures??? I cannot figure it out. I was attempting to post a De Rosa. One of my favorites.
  • scott091501
    scott091501 Posts: 1,260 Member
    This is perhaps my favorite bike going right now.

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  • Cyclink
    Cyclink Posts: 517 Member
    This is perhaps my favorite bike going right now.

    I saw one of those a the Endurance Expo a couple weeks ago. It looks great, I just have this personal aversion to SRAM which I can't quite explain.

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