If you could have any bike...
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if x=byh then x+1=byn
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Frame and fork is $4,000. My '01 Ellsworth Flight is made with Easton Ultralight Tubing and is a real pleasure to ride, I can only imagine what this baby would be like.
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'00 TiSports Titanium - DA 9 speed------ '01 KHS Flite 800 - DA/Utegra 9 speed mix
02 Ellsworth Flight - Ultegra 10 speed -.'03 Basso Coral - Ultegra 10 speed
'03 Specialized Allez Pro - DA 10 speed .'04 Scattante CFR Limited - DA 9 speed
'05 KHS Flite 2000 - Ultegra 9 speed -... '06 Flyte SRS-3 - DA 9 speed-------
'05 Serotta Fierte - Utegra 10 speed--..-'07 Pedal Force RS - SRAM Force
'00 TiSports Titanium - DA 9 speed------ '01 KHS Flite 800 - DA/Utegra 9 speed mix
02 Ellsworth Flight - Ultegra 10 speed -.'03 Basso Coral - Ultegra 10 speed
'03 Specialized Allez Pro - DA 10 speed .'04 Scattante CFR Limited - DA 9 speed
'05 KHS Flite 2000 - Ultegra 9 speed -... '06 Flyte SRS-3 - DA 9 speed-------
'05 Serotta Fierte - Utegra 10 speed--..-'07 Pedal Force RS - SRAM Force
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if x=byh then x+1=byn
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Originally Posted by leitz
Used to be my dream, and dream became true.
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'00 TiSports Titanium - DA 9 speed------ '01 KHS Flite 800 - DA/Utegra 9 speed mix
02 Ellsworth Flight - Ultegra 10 speed -.'03 Basso Coral - Ultegra 10 speed
'03 Specialized Allez Pro - DA 10 speed .'04 Scattante CFR Limited - DA 9 speed
'05 KHS Flite 2000 - Ultegra 9 speed -... '06 Flyte SRS-3 - DA 9 speed-------
'05 Serotta Fierte - Utegra 10 speed--..-'07 Pedal Force RS - SRAM Force
'00 TiSports Titanium - DA 9 speed------ '01 KHS Flite 800 - DA/Utegra 9 speed mix
02 Ellsworth Flight - Ultegra 10 speed -.'03 Basso Coral - Ultegra 10 speed
'03 Specialized Allez Pro - DA 10 speed .'04 Scattante CFR Limited - DA 9 speed
'05 KHS Flite 2000 - Ultegra 9 speed -... '06 Flyte SRS-3 - DA 9 speed-------
'05 Serotta Fierte - Utegra 10 speed--..-'07 Pedal Force RS - SRAM Force
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If I could have any bike.... I would have my bike. '94 Bianchi alloro. Its red, its fast and its mine. yea i'd love to add a 5200 to my collection, but really... I doubt I ever will. I'll be riding this bike for a long time and I love it.
"it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got"
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"it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got"
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Full bike off the shelf: S-Works Tarmac SL
Frameset off the shelf: Merckx AXM w/ full Record
In either case I'm shopping way outta my league.
Frameset off the shelf: Merckx AXM w/ full Record
In either case I'm shopping way outta my league.
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Ride it like you stole it
It would look sometin like this:
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#84
Ride it like you stole it
Originally Posted by Patriot
I got some pretty cool racing bikes. As Rad mentioned before, I personally wouldn't mind something better for cruisin' around town. My Centurion is nice, but something a little more refined would really make me smile. One of these would nice, and with a rack on the back with a decent set of panniers.
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I started cycling in the very late 80s. I was in college then, and bought the best bike I could afford at the time - a $400 Trek 850 mountain bike.
Nearing the end of my undergrad, I lent the Trek 850 to a friend on a permanent basis and built up a Cannondale mountain bike from the frame up. Along the way I also picked up up a Trek 1400 road bike I bought from a friend, but I was still mainly a mountain biker. But during those years - cycling in the 90s - the big draw was always titanium. Sure, carbon fiber was on the scene but only in the names of Kestrel or Look and the prices were astronomical. Of course, among this time came the advent of titanium bikes in the likes of Merlin and Litespeed.
Anyway, even with my degree, owning a Merlin or a Litespeed was out of the question. So I kept riding my Cannondale, wherever and whenever I could, up to the latter half of the 90s when my career and my marriage consumed me.
Anyway, after an 8+ year hiatus, I have since rediscovered cycling - mainly out of doctor's orders (I never got into running). But, man oh man, where have I been? One thing I realized quickly, though, was that my financial situation has changed since I first bought my first Trek mountain bike, so I decided to just make a dream come true. I didn't even consider carbon fiber. Two weekends ago, I picked up my dream bike: a titanium Litespeed...
Anyway, it's been a great 4 weeks! This forum has been great too!
Nearing the end of my undergrad, I lent the Trek 850 to a friend on a permanent basis and built up a Cannondale mountain bike from the frame up. Along the way I also picked up up a Trek 1400 road bike I bought from a friend, but I was still mainly a mountain biker. But during those years - cycling in the 90s - the big draw was always titanium. Sure, carbon fiber was on the scene but only in the names of Kestrel or Look and the prices were astronomical. Of course, among this time came the advent of titanium bikes in the likes of Merlin and Litespeed.
Anyway, even with my degree, owning a Merlin or a Litespeed was out of the question. So I kept riding my Cannondale, wherever and whenever I could, up to the latter half of the 90s when my career and my marriage consumed me.
Anyway, after an 8+ year hiatus, I have since rediscovered cycling - mainly out of doctor's orders (I never got into running). But, man oh man, where have I been? One thing I realized quickly, though, was that my financial situation has changed since I first bought my first Trek mountain bike, so I decided to just make a dream come true. I didn't even consider carbon fiber. Two weekends ago, I picked up my dream bike: a titanium Litespeed...
Anyway, it's been a great 4 weeks! This forum has been great too!
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*sigh*
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I would build this baby up with Record and Bora Ultra's:
I want the next bike to be Italian steel either way dream or reality.
I want the next bike to be Italian steel either way dream or reality.
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Originally Posted by HWS
Late 60's Stingray, 5 speed w/ "nut buster" shifter, ape hangers, bannana seat and an 8 foot sissybar.
and dont forget the never run flat the SOLID rubber rear 'tyre'
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I'm with all the Raleigh Chopper & Stingray guys: Make mine a Schwinn Krate in Apple Green!
...err, that is, *after* I get a BMC Time Machine TT01, a Moots Vamoots SL w/ Campy Record, a VeloKraft NoCom, a Cannondale Prophet 4000, a Richard Sachs Signature, and a new saddle & wheelset for my Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2.
And a garage big enough to keep them all.
...err, that is, *after* I get a BMC Time Machine TT01, a Moots Vamoots SL w/ Campy Record, a VeloKraft NoCom, a Cannondale Prophet 4000, a Richard Sachs Signature, and a new saddle & wheelset for my Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2.
And a garage big enough to keep them all.
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Ha ha ha ha ha
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Originally Posted by fmw
Mine would be a Colnago Ferrari because it would have the best resale value. I would sell it immediately. Nobody said we had to choose one to ride.
https://page12.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p63033386
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I have the bike I want....now whether or not it's specd how I want it is a different story...
2001 Bianchi XL Boron if I had to choose something else it would be the newer version of this model...I love it....I guess that would be the Pinella?
Upgrades to come
2007 Campy skeleton calipers
2007 Campy crank/BB
Chorus/record RD
Change to threadless fork/headset
Open-pro/Centaur wheelset
custom miche cassette 12-27
Look Keo-carbon pedals
2001 Bianchi XL Boron if I had to choose something else it would be the newer version of this model...I love it....I guess that would be the Pinella?
Upgrades to come
2007 Campy skeleton calipers
2007 Campy crank/BB
Chorus/record RD
Change to threadless fork/headset
Open-pro/Centaur wheelset
custom miche cassette 12-27
Look Keo-carbon pedals
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I actually started this thread to discover and look at very nice/pretty bikes. I'm likeing the Orbea Orca a lot. Very pretty bike.
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I think I might get this Kuota Khan.
https://www.kuota.com.au/products/framesets/khan.asp
https://www.kuota.com.au/products/framesets/khan.asp
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Easy one. The 1986 Pogliaghi with the "retinato" paint scheme featured in Bicycle Guide that year. I also want the girl on the cover of that issue of the magazine.
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Last season I was riding a late 80s steel bike (which I still love) but I was lusting something carbon and Italian (Colnago, Pinarello, etc.) with C-Record knowing they were WAY out of my budget....so far out that I wasn't even in the market for a new bike. Then I was introduced to the 05 Fuji Pro at my LBS. I rode it. I bought it. I lust no longer. If I had $5000 or better to spend on a bike I would hands down pocket half of that and buy my Fuji again.
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Zombie revival after a decade! I noticed I had posted this in the thread ten years ago (in August, 2006), months before I took delivery of my 953 Waterford RS-22 in May, 2007.
So nearly a decade late....
Dave Wages (Ellis Cycles) built the frame, and it remains my favorite ride.
Dave Wages (Ellis Cycles) built the frame, and it remains my favorite ride.