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Anyone got a favourite bike, of any era, maybe saved as a jpeg on your desktop, or hanging on your wall ?? Post them up here, telling why you love it, maybe because of the proportions, the technology, the material, or a famous race it won.... or rider - whatever !!
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Because it has a certain persons name on it.
The Whyte PRST1
... Ugly, but beautiful... and I love my one.
Salsa
Jellybean
JMC
If you have to ask why.....You weren't there, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! 🙂
even cipo's name on the wheels...maaaann!!!
Road bikes.
I read Rouleur and want to own every bike in it.
I read Privateer/STW and think that the bikes look like they'd be good for riding certain terrain but there's not much of an emotional reaction.
my pc took ages to load up all the parts on that Whyte PRST1 !! awesome machinery adi66 !
got piccies of your faves, let's get the juices flowin' !!
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Its not 'current' but the old Colnago EPS takes some beating...
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Is this Singletrack? Ah yeah - OK, sure. It'll be this then... Vive le Yorkshire!
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MTBs are just functional, don't look 'beautiful' in the same way as a nice road bike IMO!
Can't see me buying one as they're obscenely expensive for such a weighty frame, but I still really like the Prince (the Dogma just doesn't look as good!):
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I love that Ti fixed bike, it's sooo clean!!!!!!!
Vive Le Yorkshire!!
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CaptainFlashheart - Member
Salsa
Jellybean
JMC
Hmmmmm Sophie Brooks..... 8)
*Rubs knees in a Vic Reeves stylee*
Look bikes for me.
Road:
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Mountain Bike:
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The mountain bike is certainly a love/ hate bike. It's an ugly bike but for some reason I love it. The 695 is stunning in the flesh too.
^ oh god ^ bike porn.com!
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You're welcome.
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Jeez, those road bikes are awful looking. What's with the wavy forks and frame? They look like Fido Dido's hair... The Orange Five is the nicest looker so far, and that is horrendous. 🙂
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Bontrager CX... in fact, any Bontrager.
[url= http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2002/sponsors/colnago/?id=beppe_mexico ]Saronni Master Xlite '82[/url]
A classic beauty.
* hi fives adi66 *
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RACE bike??
Without a doubt it would be a Cannondale.
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The orange carbon Niner Air9s with the rigid forks is one bike that makes my trousers tingle:
One brand I don't get the aesthetic appeal of at all is Pinarello. Horrible, gaudy-looking, over-designed things, the lot of 'em.
Kitz_Chris - Member
RACE bike??Without a doubt it would be a Cannondale.
Without a doubt, it wouldn't have a Lefty if it was.
Why is everyone trying to make me be sick?
Can't paste the pic directly (flash website) but [url= http://www.englishcycles.com/custombikes/custom-di2-road-bike/ ]this beauty[/url]
One brand I don't get the aesthetic appeal of at all is Pinarello. Horrible, gaudy-looking, over-designed things, the lot of 'em.
Agree about the Pinarellos, they're gopping, even in the flesh. I've been in a room with about 15 of the Team Sky bikes and what must have been close to £50,000 of wheels but it was just "meh, so what". I suspect if I posted that on the Team Sky Facebook page, all the fans would shoot me down in flames.
Love the bike you're on...
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tortola RoundTail.
Now thats a thing of beauty.
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Gleaming Italian beauty from the golden age - a 1984 Colnago Master with Campag Super Record
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What's the most beautiful race bike, MTB or Road - no questions asked?
impossible to say for sure, but this is very pretty:
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Pinarellos not only ming, each frame weighs as much as a small elephant.
Speedvagen win for me, good looking but steel so not really race bikes.
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1990 Colnago Master Olympic
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Just looks right to me, but love the copper track bike and this 1931 Brennan
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There's a great bike shop and museum on Bainbridge Island, Seattle. Well worth the ferry ride across from the city
[url= http://www.classiccycleus.com/home/ ]Classic Cycle[/url]
Again cannondale flash or scalpel ultimate, non of this 29er, rigid , singlespeed nonsense 😉
I'm quite fond of this too, but then it is mine.
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Right back at ya - SteveHine
I can't see how you wouldn't love my lil' beauty:
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A True Classic... and way better than those skinny wheeled "Racers" ! lol
@Downhille.... and how many links and bushes / bearings does a modern full susser have. It's OK you can like a PRST1-4 :-p
This has got to be up there
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though I still have a hankering for one of these
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Classic Italian steel
The Colnago above also fits the same bill. DeRosa is nice except the wheels.
Deano's Speedvagen CX is a thing of sublime beauty.
steel so not really race bikes
Now that's funny - many more races won on steel bikes than anything else....
edit - those Pinarellos are completely hideous, how anyone could think otherwise I've no idea.. they did make some nice bikes though...
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I nominate my Litespeed ultimate 🙂
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U.z.
Baums FTW, but Cannondales a close second. Anyone posting a Pinarello is blind or psychologically damaged. FACT.
My favourite off-the-peg contender:
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I've never seen so many stinking bikes in one thread.
man is this the ugliest race bike thread!!!
Road bikes just do nothing for me ;-/
Forever imprinted on my soul..
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And forever under my ass..
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Oh, all right. Engraved Ti loveliness. Not a sticker in sight. Never seen another in real life. Needs some newer blingy bits to make it a seriously blingy thing.
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Bikebouy's Klein defines a whole era of mountain biking. Beautiful.
you got enough stem spacers there ^^^?
that Merlin frame.....hmmmm
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+1 for the look Roadbike ,however the look Mtb reminds me of a dog taking a $hit.
Bars have been dropped since I took that, I just have't brought myself to cut the stem yet! 😳 It's currently hibernating...
It's the only bike I've ever owned that total strangers, with seemingly no interest in cycling have commented "nice bike". Often.
Merlin... RIP
djaustin I like your bike so don't take my comments as offensive.
For looks only, though I assume you use that I'd say
Nice proper road pillar instead of the mountain-bikey Easton.
For photos only remove the pump, saddle bag and light.
And I can't bear to see a bike with a computer fitted, horrid ruins the lines.
And if that's where you need the spacers then so be it, shame though.
Seen one at a show, very nice.
Parlee looks stunning
If it was about 2006, you probably saw mine. I bought it from Fatbirds after they'd built it up for the shows. I now can manage with one spacer, but to be honest, I'd have been better with the longer head tube of the more recent version. I just like the horizontal top tube.
If you look closely, you will see that it also sports Campagnolo Centaur in grey to match the Ti frame. Pedals will be replaced with white, and I'm seriously thinking Brooks leather bar tape and a Swallow saddle. Anyway, the finance controller has approved new wheels this spring 😀 .
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that Merlin frame.....hmmmm
We had one of the very first Cielos they did, carbon tubes, ti lugs with all the intricate detailing. Looked ****ing horrible IMO!
English Cycles is a good shout (C-Ls road bike link, less that clown bike), really like what Rob's doing there, the integrated Exposure Flare mount is great!
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Now that I like. What is it?
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And the Niner again
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hmmm, I thought about the Venge, and whilst it is AWESOME, it's not quite beautiful
Very few look elegant! Some of those road bikes just look cheap tat, even though they're carbon.
Understated is always the way to go. 🙂
[s]resists posting up a pic of mine[/s]
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Like all the swoopy carbon and technology, but for a roady this one...
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Or for a mountain bike, this one. Every time I look at it I have to go for a ride, it's becoming a serious problem!
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A race bike... with a bell on it? Surely disqualification there.
Posting road bikes on Singletrack? Come on, you should all be ashamed... Go join Roadracer.com or some other shaven legged bollockx. 😉
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The Venge looks awesome from both angles, not usually a fan of carbon road bikes but that is a stiking design.
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Obviously it should have white Onza porcs on it.
Cannondale do have some lovely bikes! For off-the-peg they're hard to beat... Mind you. this is about $25k worth... 🙄
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I protest my disqualification...
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And no more road bikes from me, promise!
I agree with theswede, that carbon v10 is lovely, surprised noones posted a jones.
That round bike actually made me shudder and be a little bit sick in my mouth...
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i have always lusted after a klein attitude in the purple linear fade colour scheme (after seeing/picking up a fuselage at 1992 earls court bike expo 😯 😀 sums up my reaction to it 🙁 sums up my reaction when hearing how much it cost to buy 🙁
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all the mtb's that look half decent are racey hardtails with rigid forks - mostly just a pair of drop bars away from looking really nice 😉
Drools over keyboard ... apart from the yellow cable outer, which is a crime of heinous proportions.a klein attitude in the purple linear fade colour scheme
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Thanks to all the oldtimer classic bike fans! It's like a history lesson - incredible! Check the Klein out, the Headtube is as wide as a 1.5" now !! To me, one of the most beautiful bikes is this one underneath. It's a one-off which adds to the exclusivity, and the story behind it, is worth a read-up if you don't know it already. Built at home, Obree used a Washing Machine drum bearing for the BB...that's sheer genius
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/34874593@N03/3690400449/ ]Graeme Obree / Old Faithful[/url] von [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/34874593@N03/ ]Ergo Ergo Ergo[/url] auf Flickr
I have seen a nicer one in the past, but the owner has removed the pics. This is the closest I can come to what the original looked like:
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Actually, scratch that, I found it!
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And this one:
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Brakes, what is that ti MTB? beautiful!!!
[i]man is this the ugliest race bike thread!!!
Road bikes just do nothing for me ;-/[/i]
+1. these threads always turn out to be junk.