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What proper bike you got, forget the motorised rubbish.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Booooo to car's and bikes, tractors,van's etc
Come on cyclist's let's have a brag.
Mine are getting on a bit.
I have a specialized tri cross single speed.
And a spesh roubaix s works, sl. Mavic sl rims. And campagnolo chorus ten speed group set..
Full carbon frame of course. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Giant Seek 3 Hybrid
I know, it's not top of the range but we have fun together. If there was a fire and I only had time to collect one possession......
(Would probably check the kids are safe first) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Focus Summit, ally frame and boggo Sora 2x9 groupset, but I like it - did a 100-mile sportive on it a couple of years ago, no problem. I'd like a town bike too, and a 'Sunday Best' if I could justify the expense, but truth is I just don't get out enough to make it worth investing in anything better at present. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Couldn't afford anything to fancy so picked up a bargain Boardman full carbon frame and fit new drivetrain and wheels to assist dragging my fat ass up hills.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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On the road I ride a 1999 Bianchi Mega Pro with Campy Veloce groupset, and I'm currently building a MTB using a 2001 Bianchi frame that I'm refurbished.  |
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I have a fucked Cannondale caad8, the rear mech broke and hit the chain stay bending it.
For commuting I have an old Raleigh X1 hybrid, bought it for £25 so it has done me proud.
My pride and joy. A handbuilt Harry Quinn Reynolds 708 frame, built by me at one of his frame building courses. It have Campanolo groupset made up of CDA, record and Athena. It maybe 22 years old but it looks as good as the day I built it. |
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Got a late 1980s Colnago spiral conic slx with Ultegra groupset,An alumium Fondriest from late 2000s with Ultegra Groupset,For Tme Trials got a polished aliminium lo-pro with disc on rear and 650 deep rim on front,and a 1992 Saracen sahara MTB dead heavy thing with no suspension!,only raced once in mtb race though!,A gazelle cyclo cross bike with handle bar controls.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I have a fucked Cannondale caad8, the rear mech broke and hit the chain stay bending it.
For commuting I have an old Raleigh X1 hybrid, bought it for £25 so it has done me proud.
My pride and joy. A handbuilt Harry Quinn Reynolds 708 frame, built by me at one of his frame building courses. It have Campanolo groupset made up of CDA, record and Athena. It maybe 22 years old but it looks as good as the day I built it."
Sound's fantastic. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've got an old Raleigh mountain bike. It weighs more than me and downhill I could probably crash it through a tank  "
Well you have airbags so will be fine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Carbon Ribble with campag veloce and fulcrum quattro's
853 cycle cross bike. Specced for the 3 peaks cross so an eclectic mix of bits, chorus transmission, scirrocco wheels sram 42, 27 chainset, Thompson finishing kit - bombproof!
Aluminium track bike, weighs about 16lbs - so much fun to race on
Original 1950s 531 mercian fixed road bike, modern campag pista and record
The ribble is about to be upgraded, few candidates, lliking the titanium ribble but likely a ribble stealth (or whatever it's now called) with Campag Athena
All bikes are shimano free zones |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Carbon Ribble with campag veloce and fulcrum quattro's
853 cycle cross bike. Specced for the 3 peaks cross so an eclectic mix of bits, chorus transmission, scirrocco wheels sram 42, 27 chainset, Thompson finishing kit - bombproof!
Aluminium track bike, weighs about 16lbs - so much fun to race on
Original 1950s 531 mercian fixed road bike, modern campag pista and record
The ribble is about to be upgraded, few candidates, lliking the titanium ribble but likely a ribble stealth (or whatever it's now called) with Campag Athena
All bikes are shimano free zones"
I like you alot
Shimano free 
Don't get me wrong shimano is well made at the high end, durable and reliable but it lacks soul.
Campag has character and flair. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Carbon Ribble with campag veloce and fulcrum quattro's
853 cycle cross bike. Specced for the 3 peaks cross so an eclectic mix of bits, chorus transmission, scirrocco wheels sram 42, 27 chainset, Thompson finishing kit - bombproof!
Aluminium track bike, weighs about 16lbs - so much fun to race on
Original 1950s 531 mercian fixed road bike, modern campag pista and record
The ribble is about to be upgraded, few candidates, lliking the titanium ribble but likely a ribble stealth (or whatever it's now called) with Campag Athena
All bikes are shimano free zones
I like you alot
Shimano free
Don't get me wrong shimano is well made at the high end, durable and reliable but it lacks soul.
Campag has character and flair. "
My first few bikes were shimano but first generation STI shifters were so ugly and they've never really improved in my opinion
In all honesty if I was building up a track bike to race on seriously it would be hard to argue campag over shimano but on the road it's far superior |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Spesh hard rock,Giant cx now,had Mercian that I built up at14,if only still had it now!used to live near Lakes however did I manage on 52x42 and 13/21 block lol,still got unused campag nuovo rec quill pedals lol probs use them as ornaments! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I had an issac joule tt bike, with navigator deep section rims, bontrager tt bars and fizik saddle.
It was beautiful and a work of art.
Sadly had to sell it due to being skint.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Anyone else watching the tour of Turkey? Yesterday's stage was a beast! I watched it from the saddle of my turbo trainer."
Yeah...fair play Rebellin, the old guy has still got it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Anyone else watching the tour of Turkey? Yesterday's stage was a beast! I watched it from the saddle of my turbo trainer.
Yeah...fair play Rebellin, the old guy has still got it "
Yeah drug testing is much less stringent when you don't race in the pro-tour teams |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"On the road I ride a 1999 Bianchi Mega Pro with Campy Veloce groupset, and I'm currently building a MTB using a 2001 Bianchi frame that I'm refurbished. "
Sweet  |
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By *4nc3rCouple
over a year ago
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Well MY bike is a 12" Azonic DS2 frame, 26" specialized wheels (I think?) Manitou forks and full shimano xt levers etc both - not top of the range but not to shabby since my dad built it up for me when I was 8! 16 years later it's still in tip top shape
I was the Coolest girl on the council estate back in the day haha
Since he passed away, I now have a 1993 Kona Hei Hei with fu shimano XTR set an Pace forks and a 1998 Specialized hot rock? and mum has a 1995 Klein pinnacle
I even bought my (then) 3yr old a specialized as his first bike lol |
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My best bike is a very sexy 2012 Raleigh - Team Edition with full Durace and rolling on Ksyrium Elites. This bike was bough one year old from the Raliegh UK team....
My Daily commute bike is an Ultegra equipt, 2013 Focus Mares (Cyclocross), although I'd much rather ride the Raliegh
Cal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a kona whatever it is lol.
And my hubby has a carrera vengeance.
Standard shop bought bikes but we have a lovely cycle route called the guild wheel that circles Preston 21/22 miles, lovely ride x |
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By *YLINDERCouple
over a year ago
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We both have boardmans mary full ultegra group set and ultegra wheels john full 11speed 105 group set with mavic wheels and we are both off work today so going to ride up to brecon and take some risqué pics with the bikes on the way. |
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Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've got three mtb's
Felt compulsion 3 full sus
Scott Genius Full sus
Giant Terrago Hard Tail
think i need a clear out
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You know that the correct number of bikes you should own can be expressed mathematically using the equation n+1, where n represents the number of bikes you currently own...
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike."
All bikes are depreciating quick at the moment as 11 speed transmissions are filtering down the price ranges. Hopefully as development now seems to be in electronic transmissions it will stabilise. Well at least until the industry force disc brakes on us! |
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"Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike.
All bikes are depreciating quick at the moment as 11 speed transmissions are filtering down the price ranges. Hopefully as development now seems to be in electronic transmissions it will stabilise. Well at least until the industry force disc brakes on us!"
Hopefully this will still be the case in about 6 months time when Mrs JFL gives Purchase Director approval on my new bike (I'm guessing the best time to buy is going into Winter?) |
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"Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike.
All bikes are depreciating quick at the moment as 11 speed transmissions are filtering down the price ranges. Hopefully as development now seems to be in electronic transmissions it will stabilise. Well at least until the industry force disc brakes on us!"
When I saw you'd replied, I just thought you were going to cane me for wanting the Boardman |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike.
All bikes are depreciating quick at the moment as 11 speed transmissions are filtering down the price ranges. Hopefully as development now seems to be in electronic transmissions it will stabilise. Well at least until the industry force disc brakes on us!
Hopefully this will still be the case in about 6 months time when Mrs JFL gives Purchase Director approval on my new bike (I'm guessing the best time to buy is going into Winter?)"
September/October time is the best as shops are desperate to offload 2015 models so that they have floor space for the 2016 ones well before Christmas. Later than that and you'll get bigger discounts but less choice
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Carrera Virtuoso currently but that will be replaced shortly by something a little more exotic now I've convinced Mrs JFL that it's not just a fad!
Probably go for a second hand Boardman Pro-Carbon as the value of them seems to sink like a stone after a year or two, which is odd for such a well-regarded bike.
All bikes are depreciating quick at the moment as 11 speed transmissions are filtering down the price ranges. Hopefully as development now seems to be in electronic transmissions it will stabilise. Well at least until the industry force disc brakes on us!
When I saw you'd replied, I just thought you were going to cane me for wanting the Boardman"
I'm a big fan of them actually. Excellent value and awesome frames. But there is a lot of brand snobbery particularly as when they launched they were only available at Halfords.
Work neat a boardman dealer who also stocks pinerellos and tge boardman's would get my vote every time |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"This thread is offensive.
Who wants an un-motorised bike? ... 
Have you seen the triple back flip MX bike on red bull . com?! That's some big air!"
Josh Sheehan it was amazing to watch the video of him doing it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Where do I start?
Scott Plasma limited Time trial bike with Zipp firecrest 404 front and rear (tubs) full dura ace group swt.
Also has a 909 rear disc
Felt F4 road bike, ultegra group set, mavic kysrium wheels
Planet X Track bike
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Dolan l'etape carbon road bike. Shimano 105 with Cero AR30 wheels at 1395grams.
Marin Wolf Ridge 6.8 QUAD II
Marin Mount Vision Pro QUAD I
Boardman hybrid for commuting fitted with original Hope mini's from the Mount Vision.
Broken MEKK Potenza carbon frame road bike that really needs fixing & building into a tourer/audax bike.
Had my Mango singlespeed stolen.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This thread is offensive.
Who wants an un-motorised bike? ...
Have you seen the triple back flip MX bike on red bull . com?! That's some big air!"
I would guess that's Travis Pastrana.
Off the top of my head, he's the only Rider in the world to have ever pulled off a triple back flip. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This thread is offensive.
Who wants an un-motorised bike? ...
Have you seen the triple back flip MX bike on red bull . com?! That's some big air!
I would guess that's Travis Pastrana.
Off the top of my head, he's the only Rider in the world to have ever pulled off a triple back flip. "
it was Josh Sheehan not Travis pastrana |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This thread is offensive.
Who wants an un-motorised bike? ...
Have you seen the triple back flip MX bike on red bull . com?! That's some big air!
I would guess that's Travis Pastrana.
Off the top of my head, he's the only Rider in the world to have ever pulled off a triple back flip.
it was Josh Sheehan not Travis pastrana"
As I said ...it was a guess.
Travis Pastrana HAS done it though (unofficially). I'm pretty damn sure of that. |
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"Charge Plug fixed gear.
Who needs lots of gears that can go wrong, just ride with one!"
Fixed or single freewheel is great if you live in a flattish area with no hills!,Dutch & Belgian riders used to ride on single freewheels in winter and in 60s-70s a single fixed used to be common in UK for racing cyclists in winter.
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"Carbon Ribble with campag veloce and fulcrum quattro's
853 cycle cross bike. Specced for the 3 peaks cross so an eclectic mix of bits, chorus transmission, scirrocco wheels sram 42, 27 chainset, Thompson finishing kit - bombproof!
Aluminium track bike, weighs about 16lbs - so much fun to race on
Original 1950s 531 mercian fixed road bike, modern campag pista and record
The ribble is about to be upgraded, few candidates, lliking the titanium ribble but likely a ribble stealth (or whatever it's now called) with Campag Athena
All bikes are shimano free zones
I like you alot
Shimano free
Don't get me wrong shimano is well made at the high end, durable and reliable but it lacks soul.
Campag has character and flair. "
For me Shimano gets broken, the only Campag thing I have broken is an axle. Not bad for 22 years of riding them. |
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I'm going to get my bike out again soon from garage.
I bought it 2nd hand from ex-work colleague a few years ago for £75
Been sitting in garage for months as to be truthful I don't like cycling in wet/windy/cold conditions (yup, I'm a big woose). I live near a cycle path which I have used, and prefer to go on cycle path than the road. |
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