[Yossarian]

just about finished for a sunday at chicksands.

i gave up on the nicolai idea when i looked at my bank balance. 

please excuse the dirty rear tyre.

it's not quite finished.  i think a slightly longer stem is required. a nice gold hope job to match the headset.

and some of those nice easton carbon dh bars....

mmm

[Yossarian]

hoses a bit long as well, but i'm not taking my nice new brakes apart already.

[Norton Sharley]

tidy.  the 'Doc will love those white hoses 

[Bubba]

Nice hardtail

[fatdoc]

now...

that's a sweet bike mate 

[Munkii]

i love the pedals.

[Yossarian]

So come on then. I've shown you mine, now you show me yours...

Thinking about another new bike.  I quite like the idea of replacing the Whyte 46 with an E-120 Team. (I should be able to get a great deal, as I know the ATB Sales guys.)

Actually, in some ways I prefer the idea of something heavier duty (Intense Tracer VP maybe), but it is quite fun being able to cane it uphill from time to time. And I have 2x hardcore bikes already.

I was even thinking about the Whyte 19 Race.  Might look a bit silly with flat pedals on it though...

[fatdoc]

So come on then. I've shown you mine, now you show me yours...

Thinking about another new bike.  I quite like the idea of replacing the Whyte 46 with an E-120 Team. (I should be able to get a great deal, as I know the ATB Sales guys.)

Actually, in some ways I prefer the idea of something heavier duty (Intense Tracer VP maybe), but it is quite fun being able to cane it uphill from time to time. And I have 2x hardcore bikes already.

I was even thinking about the Whyte 19 Race.  Might look a bit silly with flat pedals on it though...

my XC bike is currently *cough* having some bling bolted on it. She's called mistress [ gets more attention and cash than the wife  ]

i'm having a problem with what I was always in the understanding that post mount in forks is a universal standard... aparently not... magura post mount fitting brakes dont fit on a Fox... i feel a chat with Hope coming on 

[Yossarian]

Does this Mistress answer to the name of Marin?

[fatdoc]

yep!

But it's not just any Marin, it's Fatdoc's blinged to the max Marin!

I'll get some pics soon

[Norton Sharley]

I need some current piccies of my steed, which might not be that impressive since it is generally considered to be buggered at the moment.

[fatdoc]

So come on then. I've shown you mine, now you show me yours...

Thinking about another new bike.  I quite like the idea of replacing the Whyte 46 with an E-120 Team. (I should be able to get a great deal, as I know the ATB Sales guys.)

Actually, in some ways I prefer the idea of something heavier duty (Intense Tracer VP maybe), but it is quite fun being able to cane it uphill from time to time. And I have 2x hardcore bikes already.

I was even thinking about the Whyte 19 Race.  Might look a bit silly with flat pedals on it though...

my XC bike is currently *cough* having some bling bolted on it. She's called mistress [ gets more attention and cash than the wife  ]

i'm having a problem with what I was always in the understanding that post mount in forks is a universal standard... aparently not... magura post mount fitting brakes dont fit on a Fox... i feel a chat with Hope coming on 

some widget in the post to LBS from Hope.

Sometimes the incompatibility of bike parts really does my head in.. I mean why on god's earth can there be a standard for a post mount on a fork !!! 


Should be getting my baby back soon

[SA Chris]

Sometimes the incompatibility of bike parts really does my head in.. I mean why on god's earth can there be a standard for a post mount on a fork !!! 

Bit like saying why can't we all just speak Esperanto, or all drive on the right hand side. Is annoying though, but is almost universal constant.

[Yossarian]

It was the same deal with the "international standard" chain guide mounts. The ones on my Felt were about 20 degrees out...

[Norton Sharley]

This should probably go under the heading of "Once dead tasty bikes which now still work but are scratched and battered".  Taken last night on Win Hill (ish).

[BB]

Sweet NS! I've always wanted a 5.

Somwhere, i've got a great picture of an orange 5 painted up using the mobile phone company of the same name's livery. It has "the future's bright..." on the chainstay. Made me smile.

[Yossarian]

Very nice.

I had an Orange obsession for quite a while. Never got around to buying one though.

Friend of mine has been investing heavily of late. Bought that ex-Steve Peat wasp painted one. And another more freeridey 224.

Who has the Turner? Is that FBSF?

[cofe]

pretty sure it's fbsf avec le turner.

quite like the look of the 09 hemlock. no idea how it rides. but this one is white, so who cares:

[tlr]

I quite like the look of those Hemlocks too. Still, a few months ago Fatdoc actually talked me out of spending any money on a new bike (a first I know). So for now I'll stick with what I've got to distract me from climbing. Both a good few years old now, but seem to be more than good enough for me.



And

[fatkid2000]

Shimano on a Italian frame - that's very wrong.

[Norton Sharley]

Never mind that look at the spikey saddle 

[BB]

Shimano on a Italian frame - that's very wrong.

It's like crossing the streams on a proton pack.

here's my road bike just after it was built. I'll try and get a better photo soon.

[tlr]

Shimano on a Italian frame - that's very wrong.

My apologies  - I bought the bike secondhand and thats how it came. Seems to work OK so I think I'll leave it how it is.

Never mind that look at the spikey saddle 

Strangely comfortable, works for me, arse wasn't even sore after the Fred Whitton.

[webbo]

no you need the japanease influence.you've only got to think of what the italians get up to if their left to do it on there own.
lamborghinis look great, will do 0 to 60 in 3.8 secs but will probably only do it once before something breaks or falls off.

[BB]

no you need the japanease influence.you've only got to think of what the italians get up to if their left to do it on there own.
lamborghinis look great, will do 0 to 60 in 3.8 secs but will probably only do it once before something breaks or falls off.

Ahh, but shimano wears out, campag wears in.

[fatkid2000]

Me want Campag super record. Me can't afford as wife will ask for divorce!!!!

[Yossarian]

a cento uno with super record has reached the dizzying summit of my must have list... it trampled over an awful lot of stuff to get there. when it figures out how to work the satellite phone i expect it'll be giving a press conference.

[soapy]

[BB]

I feel a stiring in my loins at the mere mention on super record. Pictures cause me to climax. Am i alone in this?

[fatkid2000]

Wilier Cento Uno with super Record is on my list as well - It'll set you back,  £5300. FD has his order in.

That cervelo looks nice as well - is that one of their Aluminirum framed ones?? Apparently a ver under-rated bike.

[webbo]

no,no,no the italians need influence and support from another country in order to stop them going design mad.you've only got to look how nibile has become better looking and improved his climbing since he started hanging round on here.

[BB]

That cervelo looks nice as well - is that one of their Aluminirum framed ones?? Apparently a ver under-rated bike.

Yup. Aluminium Soloist. Not the lightest bike on the road, but good lord does it accelerate fast when you give it some beans.

[fatdoc]

Near bling completed bike pics in link below


http://gallery.me.com/joncort/100008


sorry, Im having a moment and cant remember how to embed them....

[fatkid2000]

Very nice FD - where are the carbon bars??

And that wall needs some attention.

[Yossarian]

That looks like a nice bike.  I do like the forks. Mmmm...

[fatdoc]

Near bling completed bike pics in link below


http://gallery.me.com/joncort/100008


sorry, Im having a moment and cant remember how to embed them....

Xmas post slowing down final part of project..

Thanks Yoss

[Norton Sharley]

Check this out FD, it has your name all over it, hehe  -http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Rohloff_SLT_99_Nickel_Plated_Chain/5360008851/

[tlr]

Surely this is much more Fatdocs style? 

http://www.sbrsports.com/1011/509-502685

I love the jewellery boxpresentation like a necklace and earrings! 

[Bubba]

http://www.sbrsports.com/1011/509-502685

Anyone who buys that chain is a fucking fool. I'll let you off if you're a world class racer but otherwise please try to get a grip on reality. When the cost of a bike chain starts to equal some people's take home wages for the week, it makes me thing that something is surely wrong? </rant>

[Yossarian]

having investigated the already discussed wilier cento uno super record, i had a look at the replacement cost of some of the components...

so, on the basis that i really do quite fancy one, can anyone lend me any of the following:

a black balaclava helmet
a sig sauer p220
a lloyds tsb branch address list
a souped up ford cortina
an air ticket to sao paolo

[fatdoc]

if you speak to buns nicely he'll ramraid the shop of your choice with a 40 ton arctic

[fatkid2000]

having investigated the already discussed wilier cento uno super record, i had a look at the replacement cost of some of the components...

so, on the basis that i really do quite fancy one, can anyone lend me any of the following:

From what I can remember the Cento UNo with Record - Is abiout £5.3K but that must be about to sky rocket with the shit exchange rate at the moment. Add in some lightweight wheels or Tune hubbed wheels & you've got yourself something awesome IMO.

[Duma]

She's not really distracting me from climbing to be honest at the moment, but she sure is tasty...





The one that is distracting me from climbing is a lot more practical, a lot less garish, but no less tasty to me - but I haven't got any decent pics of the Principia yet.

[chappers]

sorry.

seriously your bike is very nice.

[chappers]

bikes in general tend to distract me from climbing of late, i have another one in the pipe line - a terry dolan built 531 steel track frame. but that will take me a LONG time to build, nitto stem, bars on their way to me in the post.

[Duma]

Cheers chappers, I haven't had the nemo before, but if its good enough for Theo Bos... Have fun building the Dolan, I've enjoyed the researching, sourcing, and building of my bikes at least as much as riding them (is this wrong? I suspect so).

I assume you know this already, but hubjub are the people to go to for your sort of thing. I particularly recommend the Jethro Tule as a completely frivolous purchase for track fetishists (speaking of track fetishes, here's something dead tasty that distracts me from climbing...


the Bridgestone Anchor is pretty fine too.

[chappers]

i agree, building bikes is as much fun as riding them - almost!

hubjub are ace, been a customer for a while now, will is a great source of knowledge on all things fix.

[soapy]

loving the colours on the koga duma, a little more tension on the chain wouldn't go amiss tho..

[Duma]

yeah - those pics are from the day I finished putting her together - been tweaked a bit now.