Road Cycling - Dream Bike with Unlimited Budget

Maybe someone has asked this before, but I'm just curious. Say you hit the lottery or could somehow create a dream bike without worrying about money...What would you create?

I'm broke, so anything over $1,000 is a dream for me.

I'd like a custom titanium bike. probably a full custom indy fab or litespeed.

id just have richard sachs make me a nice bike the good ole traditional style... thin diameter tubing, flat fork crown, nicely and gently curved fork, aggressive angles, long point tapered lugs, RED, with contrasting and/or stenciled lugs

I'd probably go for some light CR1 with some nice Lightweight tubulars, Dura Ace 10 speed, and a whole lot of carbon everywhere. Only to 15lbs though, I wouldn't consider anything lighter to be fair for racing (even if they didn't weight the bikes).

Colnago Carbonissimo, Full Record Carbon group, American Classic carbon wheelset, Calfee carbon Bar/Stem combo, Easton carbon seatpost, Fizik carbon saddle, Time ATAC carbon pedals.

Then I would just look at it, as all the carbon bits would scare me at my weight ;-)

a cromo tt pursuit track frame (old school style) completely gold plated with gold plated njs components and gold campy pista. but I think you get the idea gold plated bike and i mean real gold

700c in the back 24" in the frond and yes gold with a gold plated disc in the back campy

it would look like some aztek god

Pinarello Dogma Ego. Campagnolo Record carbon group. Campagnolo Hyperon wheels. Vittoria tubular tires. Easton carbon bars, stem, and seatpost. Selle composite saddle. Record Pro-Fit pedals.

And last but not least: a few lead weights to make the bike legal. :D

Custom geometry Calfee Tetra Tandem w/S&S couplers, FSA Carbon Pro cranks, Campy Record Triple, Chris King hubset w/Velocity Deep-Vs, Easton carbon seatposts and bars.

Lemond '04 Tete de Course with custom Acme paint job. Rolf Prima Vigor wheels. The rest is still a work in progress.

It starts like this but will end up oh-so-different.

55/Rad

http://www.lemondbikes.com/images/2004_bikes/large/tetedecourse.jpg

They already make my dream bike. Now I just have to win the lottery to afford it. Maybe if I'm really good for the rest of the year Santa will leave it under my tree with a big red bow!

Cannondale Six13 with:
10-speed Dura-Ace gruppo
Deda Newton handlebards
Deda Newton stem
Deda Blackstick Seatpost
San Marco AspideTI saddle
Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL
Hutchinson SAECO tires

Mondonico Foco, with full record.

I would have to go with a Seven Elium. Titanium and carbon fiber. I would have to clean it often because I would drool all over it.

http://sevencycles.com/lib/img/products/bikes/eliumL.jpg

I saw a couple custom Serottas in the shop the other day. Right there, in the shop, got an erection. Then saw the $8k tag, went limp. Wallet jumped outta my pocket and ran back to the car.

Frames: it too hard to choose.
Wheels: Either a set of ADA's or Lightweights

Frames: it too hard to choose.
Wheels: Either a set of ADA's or Lightweights

I'd probably choose Lightweights over ADA's. If you want me to get into it I could, but more or less I've heard more positive things about Lightweights (now made by carbon sports) than I have about ADA.

G'day,

Look KG 486
Dura-ace 10 speed
Mavic Cosmic carbons Wheels
Look Carbon Seat Post
Cinelli Neo Bar & stem
FSA headset
Fizik Arione saddle
Look Keo Pedals
....Oh yeah & the very best part?........it's hanging on the wall next to me as i Type this!,

cheers,

Hitchy

Calfee Dragonfly Pro with 10 spd Dura-Ace and a variety of Zipp wheels for every situation.

The bike I have now is fine. I'd stop working and go for a really, really, really long ride

http://www.pinarello.com/images/pop_up/dogma_mirror.jpg

Probably a DeRosa Cinquanta pimped up with Campagnolo Record carbon group.

litespeed vortex w/ DA

Pinarello Dogma Ego. Campagnolo Record carbon group. Campagnolo Hyperon wheels. Vittoria tubular tires. Easton carbon bars, stem, and seatpost. Selle composite saddle. Record Pro-Fit pedals.

And last but not least: a few lead weights to make the bike legal. :D

This man, he speaketh the truth. Except I'd keep my Look CX-6 pedals :D

Guy in my Sunday ride just shipped his Dogma back - cracked seatpost. While waiting, he bought a Colnago HP frame to ride :eek:

Trek Madone 5.9 54cm lightning paint job
ROlF Vigor wheelset
bontrager xxx 20mm offset seatpost
bontrager race x lite saddle
bontrager xxx stem
bontrager x lite OS handlebar
dura ace 10 spd group
12-23 cassette
50-36 crankset
vitoria open tubular tires 700 20c
cinelli black cork tape
bontrager s bend carbon aero bars
look reo pedals
bontrager vibration reducing bar plugs
cane creek s-6 headset
shimano flight deck computer

Well, I am riding near dream bikes but here you go...

Road... Litespeed ultimate frameset with their fork, the cosmic carbone wheelset, full DA drivetrain, full ritchey WCS control (i.e. stem, handlebar, seatpost), votoria open corso cx tires... wait that is the specs of my current bike almost :eek:

Also would like a seven elium Race with Record, slightly more upright for centuries, long road races...

TT... Litespeed Blade Tri frame, 79 degree seat tube, ritchey WCS stem with easton carbon attack bars and fork, zipp 999 tubular wheelset. (Wait sounds like my cervelo)...

This one...

Colnago Leonardo Da Vinci. This is the most beautiful (non-custom) bike I have seen yet.

http://www.colnago.cz/images/2005_kola_ramy/kolo_colnago2005_president_ldv.jpg

probably an IndyFab XS with full Record...

I really like these Kirk (http://www.kirkframeworks.com) lugged steel frames. Probably outfit it with campy centaur and traditional looking 32-spoke hoops.

http://www.kirkframeworks.com/Eaves%20400.jpg

http://www.kirkframeworks.com/Felsman%20400.jpg

http://www.kirkframeworks.com/Apple%20full%20frame%20400.jpg

http://www.kirkframeworks.com/LDC%20full%20400.jpg

rec retail down here for one of these is $7200 AUS (~$5400 US), for the frame-set only!!!

http://www.time-sport.com/pics/vxrs.jpg

http://www.time-sport.com/us/accueil.htm

I think it was cyclesport usa that had a pictorial feature on TIME awhile back, I was impressed. Very small shop, could've been a small cigar shop in Havana or a shirtmaker/tailor. They showed how the fibers come off the spindles and get spun and other stuff.

not sure if it was $7,200-cool, but cool nontheless

I dream that ... I've got one for each day of the week. Probably all DA10 kits, Easton Ascent II or Tempest IIs, ah but the frames ...

Litespeed Ghisallo, Kuota Khan, Calfee Dragonfly, Serotta Ottrot, Fondriest TF1, Merlin Cielo

6 frames, 1 day of rest.

Merlin Cielo does it for me...

I dream that ... I've got one for each day of the week. Probably all DA10 kits, Easton Ascent II or Tempest IIs, ah but the frames ...

Litespeed Ghisallo, Kuota Khan, Calfee Dragonfly, Serotta Ottrot, Fondriest TF1, Merlin Cielo

6 frames, 1 day of rest.

I'd have a bunch of bikes too (Track bike, folding bike.....and so on....and so on, etc)

I've got one for each day of the week. .Actually, I'd like to have about 30 or 40 of the best bikes form each on the major companies, and mix them up. :D

I might have Sarotta special-build a frame, have Campy equipment with hand-built wheels from a top shop.

a steel italian bike with full carbon record like a marcello need semi-classy wheels or that cervelo TT bike carbon record with the bora wheels. of course we know if god rides a road bike its got to be a colonago so maybe that leonardo da vinci as well.

Here it is a question I made my self a million times. I would go mainly on traditional steel and aluminium with some carbon

Frame + Fork (threaded): Reynolds 853
Wheel set: Reynolds aluminium
Handlebars: Reynolds Aluminium
Stem: Nitto
Groupset: Campagnolo Record 10 speed Carbon (excluding of course wheel hubs and brakes)
Brakes: Shimano caliper, Dura-Ace
Tires + tubes: Vittoria
Saddle : Selle Italia SLR C64
Pedals: Look KéO

And of course, a bit of show-off a Ergobrain cyclecomputer

Cervelo Soloist Carbon
Cervelo Wolf TT fork
Chris King Titanium headset
Lightweight Obermayer Tubular wheels
Vittoria tires
Deda Elementi Alanera stem/bar
Campagnolo Record shifters/derailers
FSA K-Force Carbon crankset with Mega Exo bb
speedplay zero titanium pedals
tacx tao carbon cages
Selle Italia C64 saddle(i know it would hurt, but its so sexy)

***drools all over keyboard***
i love it

I like the rear triangle/stays, but that saggy top tube---hmmmm :rolleyes:

If I had to choose just ONE, it would probably be a Scott CR-1, or Ridley Damocles. But if hit for that much money I would have a bike for each day of the month.

My dreams aren't that exotic but I AM greedy!

Guys, guys... please...please stop with your descriptions!...I already destroyed 2 keybords by drooling... :p

Something from Independant Fabrication....
An IF Indepenance most likely.

If they make it still by the time I can afford it...
Colnago E-1 w/ Chorus [I like it more than Record] Drivetrain
Zipp 303 Clinchers
The rest... I dunno... doesn't matter anymore...

http://www.colnagonews.com/cat2005/popup/e1/PR05.jpg

This is it ? I suppose everyone else already have his dream bike!

this WAS my dream bike, then I bought one..:)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2003/tech/features/PRGW/bike_ch1825.jpg

Whatever I got I would be afraid to ride it because I would know that all the other bikers around town would be jealous and gunning for me. :)

I'd like to have the new Colnago introduced next September in Vegas :)
I'm sure it will be my impossible dream, as usual :D

my dream would be to meet Ernesto Colnago and have him build me a 4 custom frames. One steel cyclocross, one steel touring (for running errands), one mtn bike and one carbon fiber.

the touring and road would have campy record (or whatever else is top of the line campy at the time of the build).
cyclocross--whatever is top of the line.
mtn bike: shimano saint group or xtr group.

maybe I'll even get two of each bicycle in case it's mate is in the shop.

Maybe someone has asked this before, but I'm just curious. Say you hit the lottery or could somehow create a dream bike without worrying about money...What would you create?

I'm broke, so anything over $1,000 is a dream for me.

There is no such thing. No matter how nice the bike and how much you spend, they'll be another, cooler bike out next year. This year's dream bike is next year's nice but year old cast off.

For my road race bike I'd take my existing bike and add the Campy Bora wheelset and the Campy carbon cranks. For my climbing bike I'd go with the LOOK 585 w/Campy Hyperion Carbon wheels and the basic kit I have on my 481. For my TT bike I'd buy the Pinarrelo Montello, that bike is pure sex. For my fixie I'd get the LOOK 496 w/Campy Pista crankset and Hed wheels.