[Closed] Is it illegal to show a new road bike on STW?

as long as no willy waving is involved, maybe 😉

Oooo retro do show!

Well were talking Veloce 8 speed retro! (more the frame rather than the reused group set etc :@)

I was thinking that, it wasted seconds of my time, shouldn't they be expected to carry a 'beware road bike content' warning. Same for single speed and fixie folk.

🙁 - well that's 2 out of 3 - majority rules 🙂

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The fence is offensive, the lawn needs cutting and the steerer needs cutting 🙂

Edit - some may also not like the stem angle 😉

*shakes head at length of grass*

[edit] you added the lawn bit afterwards!

Beat you to it WW 😉

You appear to have 3 chainrings on your chainset??? Shirley this must be some kind of mistake?????? You said it was a roadbike??????????????

can I shake my head at the triple chainset then? 😉

Its a Devonshire Road bike! And I did say retro 😉

Its for my Lands end to J'O'G trip in May 🙂

WW yes feel free 😉

Fuschia needs a good trim back this year.

Did that last winter - its gone bananas this year CF!

Yay roadbikes. I've got new wheels

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Should have paid someone to tart up my old sheds and re tarmac instead!

MM

Now thats opened the flood gates to the closet Roadies 😉

I suppose that is a proper road bike coz its got a double instead of a triple ? 😉

Correct 😉

[i]I suppose that is a proper road bike coz its got a double instead of a triple[/i]

proper road bikes only have one bottle cage - that's a touring bike 😉

Ahh OK a "road" touring bike then LOL

Oops my car support was off that day

Yay roadbikes. I've got new wheels

Should have paid someone to tart up my old sheds and re tarmac instead!

yeah but then you wouldn't be able to afford the luxury pro gear would you - prioritizing at its best 😆

That is a summer job which never happened.

Those old coal sheds are coming out ready for a new MAN bike shed. No wimmins allowed

Fuschia needs a good trim back [s]this[/s] next year.

Nice bike.

Have you tried to line your valves up?

Bars fail.

Need shallow itallian drops

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Are them bars trying to camouflage themselves?

And your tree trunk is wonky...

ah but he has decking which cancels that out

saddle seat post and bars all different colours?

if this was top trumps you'd have beaten 'lawn needs mowing' easily.

Charge don't make a green spoon saddle yet. And the red post was cheap and light. I will upgrade to a carbon post and bars soon. The bar tape is ace! I can be easily spoted in photos and it matches my cables.

I would win as my tubs are not glued yet. So I can't even ride them wheels.

Ti always looks so good. 8)

May I introduce The Filly:

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Charge don't make a green spoon saddle yet

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A tripple, two bottle cages and a pump. Oh dear.....

But just check out the pointing on the wall.

scuffed white bar tape!!! more care needed when leaning bike at cafe stops. Cat 5 error!

Angus, shouldn't that have toe clips and straps to complete that touring bike from the late 50's look?

Charge don't make a green spoon saddle yet

But Fizik do so you're just not trying hard enough!

But the fizik feels like your sitting on a razor blade. (tried and tested)

you missed 'saddle bag' 😉

Just noticed the spacers under the stem on that CR1 !! There's a good 50 gm to be shaved off there!
And Angus has that touring bike, but no mud guards, road traditions and fashions have been abuse on this thread something terrible.

I'm off to watch videos of Jens Voigt to cleanse my eyes.

Now looking for a good deal on wooly tights with world champ stripes on the ankle. That should complete the 50s touring look. Not much carbon around then though.

Charge don't make a green spoon saddle yet

But Fizik do so you're just not trying hard enough!

But the fizik feels like your sitting on a razor blade. (tried and tested)

but at least it would match, what's a little discomfort when measured against a matching saddle and bar tape? Sort yourself out. 😉

If the scruffy white bar tape is aimed at me then how about the triple, two bottle cages and gps mount??!! Let alone the rider who wears baggies, mtb shoes and a small Camelbak. 😯 🙄

I just don't care!

Burn her! 😆

Mountain Mutant has had that bike a year, commutes to work on it and has ridden it on a proper road ride precisely ONCE!! Then he decides he needs a set of carbon deep rims for a N.London commute!

Cinnamon girl, while we're at it then.......you've left your dust caps on your valves and your front quick release is pointing forward. That's just asking to get opened in a bunch sprint and give some unfortunate soul a season ender of a crash!

You're dangerous bike set up could ruin a promising road season! 😆

Some people need a bit of schooling in [url= http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/ ]the rules[/url].

...probably including me:

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😆 @ yoda

I'm going to risk it and try and put a pic of my cx bike

HA-HA-HA! Full outer to the front mech? down the down tube? HILARIOUS!

Have you tried to line your valves up?

Yes 😉

BTW its got no decals on it - its awaiting some bespoke ones - its a Ti Prototype Frame from a well know UK bike manufacturer but I wouldn't like to mention which one 😉

I'm going to risk it and try and put a pic of my cx bike
HA-HA-HA! Full outer to the front mech? down the down tube? HILARIOUS!

What's so funny? I can say with confidence my shifting will be spot on and effortless through out the year/race

As you can see there is cable stops on the frame for a split cables but there asking for trouble.

Look at the rear that's half cabled.

Come back to me when you have a clue.

I think the problem here is that you've made your bike heavier by having un needed outer cable, not to mention the heavy burden of zip ties.

Ah but ifi fill my tubs with helium I'll be fine. Or take a big poo

Youve got, what, 1m? of extra outer which, if youve stopped it before the BB, is utterly pointless. If you stopped it after the bb (clamp under on cable stop under front mech?) it will form a nice U shape which will invevitably fill with water, rust, and create more drag than a dirty BB cable guide.

Without it you would have bare cable all the way to the BB guide, bare cable which will never cause drag. The BB guide may cause drag, but only really if you dont use a stainless cable and it rusts (do they even make non-stainless gear cables these days?).

ANyway, the point we are making, full cable outer is great... if you run it on the TOP tube, where it actually has an effect and cant pool with water.

I have a avid water proofer thingy packed with grease. I under stand what your saying and where your coming from. BUT this has been well thought out and work really well (so far). If I could get a seat tube bolt on clamp (for front mechs) I would use one as the cable stop give a shockingly bad line and rubs the cable on the end of the stop.

Is that the VN Euros ade? I hired one whilst on holiday in Majorca, VERY nice bike.

Not enough deep carbon rims in this thread for my liking.

So here's another (now with sexy-black bar tape):

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Oh go on then..

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Foxy where abouts in Devon are you..? Are you near Exeter? Fancy a ride sometime?

Another Devonshire road bike.

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Steel tubes, carbon forks, 50/34 compact front, 9 spd 11-32 rear.
Added wrongness from Midge bars, Dura-Ace 8-spd hubs & bar-end shifters, XT mechs and pedals. Saddle bag, including keeping the spare tube outside the bag. (Bikepacking style rackless seat-bag on order for winter).

Very comfortable thanks. 😉

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Here's mine, with added rear man satchel, touring number of cages, carbon (laminate) wheels too 😀

Compact on the front and 12-25 on the rear in 10sp flavor.

Feel free to post as many comments about the patio/wall/stones, it's not my house

my first

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On the Turbo so saddle not level and my little block of wood for the front wheel is not in place.

@LardLover Yup! With Campag Centaur and Ambrosio wheels. I love it.

Partial rule 45 violation...

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...but the missing 5mm spacer saves 2 grams (and therefore a rule 3 violation?) 8)

Realman - yes I'm in Bovey 🙂 - Give me a mail (in profile) - up for a ride anytime esp on the road bike as I don't have anyone to ride with regularly 🙂

I see more people are out the closet 😉

Realman - yes I'm in Bovey - Give me a mail (in profile) - up for a ride anytime - I see more people are out the closet

Hmmm, STW romance of the year? 😳

oops 🙁

Edit: Hey that's unfair tabloid editing!

Don't worry, I don't care what the masses think <3

If bikely wasn't the worst site ever, this might work.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Two-Bridges523213

My favourite Dartmoor route at the moment, but I've only done it anticlockwise, been meaning to do it the other way. So could meet you at bovey, up hay tor, widecombe in the moor, two bridges, optional pricetown loop, moretonhampstead, and then you could cut down south just after to take you back to chudleigh, then bovey. For you, should be about ~48 miles, and I'd guess about 1400m of climbing. Very steady pace, riding to a heart rate at the moment. Wrap up warm, and go when the weathers clear. Thinking sunday would be best.

Unless you've got another loop in mind? - I'm easy 😉

That genesis is very nice! A classic quality looking bike!

This thread has just turned into post your road bikes 😆

Realman - yeah thats my decent training run i.e. 4+ hours 🙂 (not I am not super fast)

TBH I have done it clockwise and anti-clockwise and its best clockwise 🙂

I usually go down the valley to Chudleigh as its a nicer run than the Moreton road 🙂

Anythime is fine but yeas dry and low wind is preferable - done it in blowey and mankey weather and it s horrible out on the moor!

BTW I prefer to go up the back lanes to Haytor (Via Green Lane) - nicer and less busy 🙂

Give me an email via www.foxyrider.co.uk

fnar fnar

Oh you are awful 😆

YG(very sexual)M.

😉

Some of you, and you know who you are need to get your things and get over to YACF.

Realman that hooter is very camp

And my friends deeps dish rims are soooo early 2011, we're all on toroidials now.

My first road bike in 20years, courtesy of C2W and Epic Cycles (lovely shop, lovely people as opposed to my clichey disinterested local Orbea dealer) sorting me out with an ex-display with upgraded wheels at a scheme-friendly price. The best looking bike I own, which I never thought I'd hear myself say about a darkside, but then I am a sucker for white bikes...

Read the velominati rules, but as I've only just bought a none-baggy jersey and still ride it with MTB SPDs and non-shaven legs my roadie mates see me as a partial conversion 🙂

(low res pic, godawful lawn and patio)

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Well, if no-one else is going to comment on RealMan's airhorn...
😯
For the record, I heartily approve.

MM what are the wheels please, I fancy some for my Rabobank Giant.

CG very nice Scott that

CG very nice Scott that

Thanks, she's a gorgeous filly. 🙂

For the record, I heartily approve.

Thank you. [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/bells-are-rubbish ]Here's the thread if you want a bit more info[/url]. Should add that since I've done it other people in my team have started copying me..

Wow I missed that thread Realman - you certainly got a battering - see you for a ride Sunday then - fnarf fnarf!

a battering 😯 a ride 😯 whats happening to this place 😳

Ohh go on then, but only coz I picked it up today.
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MM what are the wheels please, I fancy some for my Rabobank Giant.

They are 2012 Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR's

They come with the matching tyres.

MM

Netdonkey, someone seems to have pooed on your bars and seat, it's turned them a funny colour! 😆