Tequila Joe

.... what would it be? Some of you may already have it, so please share what you have. I'm still seeking mine.

The reason is, when I'm an old crusty ex-roadie that physically can't ride anymore, I would like to be able to look at this bike and remember fondly at our extensive history together, the great rides we've had and solitudes we discovered together. I will always have other bikes that will come and go, but I want one that will stay forever.

I think the bike needs to represent the era it was built, but also be timeless and be able to withstand many many miles/years of service

I'm considering a Merlin Cielo w/ Campy Chorus. Wheels are undecided at this time.

What are your thoughts?

T.J.

ViperZ

Well TJ as you know my Trek 89 for what use to be, my Tuscany for what is now, and the Italian job for what should have been. My Rocky is for all the radical times I had getting good and dirty


Your Allez Pro doesn'r say forever to you?

A merlin would be a nice addition.

Tequila Joe

Well ViperZ, not all of us have had the pleasure of building our lifetime bikes 4X over.

The Allez Pro is a fine ride and I'm quite happy with her, but she isn't the timeless ride that I would hang onto forever. (Please don't tell her that) Just think if you had your Colnago since she was new.... how many life experiences you would have shared together over the last few decades? You Colnago is timeless, my Allez is not.
The Falcon is one bike I intend to keep for a while.

BTW: If you could choose only one, which one would it be?

khuon

Just click on the bike links in my signature.

ViperZ

True dat!

Give it 10 years, it'll be a cool ride to bring out to show and tell....


Thats like asking a parent which of his children is his favorite

For looks, I think the Colnago is shaping up to be the prettiest over all, it's beauty takes your breath away, for functionality the Tuscany has no peer and is a solid performer, for uniqueness and attention grabbing the Trek 5000, it always turns heads.

Good thing I don't have to make that choice, but if I had to, I would keep the Tuscany, it may not be the prettiest of the bunch, but it's a workhorse of a bike, one that has built the most recent "Great Rides together".

Tequila Joe

khoun,

Your bikes are very unique and lifetime bikes in my books.

T.J.

55/Rad

One word - Vanilla.

Another word - someday.

531Aussie

Casati Lasar

djtrackie

whatever it is, stick with a basic color. IE: silver or black.

Those purple/yellow/teal bikes of the 80s and 90s just look plain ugly to me now.

Tequila Joe

Yummy! However, I agree 100%. I really like Vanilla bikes but I think I would be too old to ride by the time they get around to delivering me my bike!

ViperZ

Well at least you may get to ride it then... A Sachs would have you in the Oldfolks home before you got it

Dubbayoo

Merlin Ti Works compact 6/4; Dura-Ace; custom Clydesdale Zipp 404's.

Tequila Joe

Ahhhh... this looks like the start of a lifetime friendship.

chrisvu05

My Pegoretti Marcelo, now with almost completely Campy Record minus RD (Chorus) and brakes (centaur).

cuda2k

My ideal: Italian lugged steel frame, probably Columbus SLX, Campy Record 10sp, but with alloy levers and derailleurs. Flite GelFlow saddle (my fav so far), oh, and I'd need a half dozen different sets of wheels.

Oh, and probably a spare set of Campy C-Record parts to swap out any time I get bored and want to go old school.

goldfish

hard to say what it would be for me. maybe a De Rosa Protos, full campy record, campy Bora Ultra wheels.

redfooj

steel single speed/fixed cyclocross ... something like a sachs, anvil, or kellogg i could pass down to posterity

LittleGinseng 

In the spring of '85, I and Marie, a budding novice triathlete and fellow co-worker, drove to a seminar at a local bike shop. It was her idea that we go. She said "some guy" named John Howard was to be the guest speaker and anyone attending the seminar would afterwards receive a sizeable discount if purchasing merchandise. And seeing as how I was in the market for a new bike (my Raleigh had just been stolen) (Oh, and did I mention that Marie was a hottie? ) this opportunity seemed way to good to pass up.

Long story short: Hot chick, highly motivational seminar, and a discount on a new bike. For about 500 bucks I purchased my first real workhorse of a bike: a red and yellow Club Fuji, and I still have that bike to this very day. I have to mention that most of the original components wore out many years ago and have since been replaced in one form or another. As I type this the frame is awaiting new paint and NOS period correct parts. It's going to be a labor of love.

I can't tell you how many outstanding memories I have with that bike. But they all began the day I rode that bike out the LBS's front door and rode the 20 or so miles home. Thank you, Marie. Thank you, John Howard. And thank you Pedal Pushers.

Colorado

for me, the one bike that i will keep for the rest of my life will be the one that made me love cycling. cannondale r1000 with dents along the toptube from crashes, wear marks on the chainstays from my shoe clipping it. shimano 105/ultegra 9 speed. no bike will ever mean quite as much to me as that one does.

Jared88

I agree , first bikes are special....i remember how excited i was when i got my first road bike. Too bad i had to sell it.

PhatRoadie

I have always wanted a world championship edition Colnago C40 or C50. Campy record, Eurus wheels, Cinneli Ram Front end. Fizik WC edition Arione and white bar tape. Sigh... I think i could ride that everyday for the rest of my life.

Of course i thought that about all my bikes. ha ha ha

the beef

Something with a lugged steel frame.

Pasqually

not sure what it is about the lugged steel? but I have a late 90's lugged steel pinarello with a steel fork, record 9 speed (non carbon) and 32 spoke wheels (I have some classic shamals for it too). I ride it a little every year as I have a another more focused race bike.

I hope it never really wears out. For me it was/is the perfect bike and I look after it so well. I have it sitting in my home office sometimes, but work productivity goes down about 33%.

BTW other bike is a colnago dream HP w/10 speed record & tubular cosmics (for race wheels) and 32 spoke training wheels. But I really would pick the Pinarello if I had too.

bryceepoo

I'd love to have a campy equipped titanium somethingrother...

whatever it is, it will obvioulsy have to be too expensive to realize to be my dream bike! LOL

greenmtn

In the spring of '85, I and Marie, a budding novice triathlete and fellow co-worker, drove to a seminar at a local bike shop. It was her idea that we go. (Oh, and did I mention that Marie was a hottie? ) this opportunity seemed way to good to pass up.

Long story short: Hot chick, It's going to be a labor of love.

I can't tell you how many outstanding memories I have with that bike. But they all began the day I rode that bike out the LBS's front door and rode the 20 or so miles home. Thank you, Marie. Thank you, John Howard. And thank you Pedal Pushers.[/QUOTE]

and you rode what??