Devster

Well, I checked the forums and I havent seen this topic "lately" so i'm going to give it a try. Whats your dream road bike?

I'll start it off. Bianchi Vigorelli is currently my dream bike.

shaharidan

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...+was+no+object

this what you're lookin for?

Devster

Thats a good one, but I was focusing on road bikes.

SipperPhoto

Merlin Cielo.. work of art.. too beautiful to ride.. equipped with Campy Record carbon parts !

oh yeeeah baby !

Jeff

djgustashaw

oh, man. i have a few different ones, actually.

for all-out performance, i would say the trek 5500 or the new madone 5.9. not exotic, but it gets the job done when it comes to going fast.

for something rare (and if price were no object), i would go for a casati laser built up with campy record and velomax ascent II wheels.

Nofx

I would love to Make a Huffy with all Shimano Dura Ace Componets, and Shimano 540 wheel set, with a Big old Banna Seat, because its all about comfort ...... But if we are talking like hard core dream ride I would say Team Bianchi EV4 all tricked out with Dura Ace and I would keep the 540 wheel set tho because I just love them....




Coconut...

Guest

I concur with Devster... I would get the bike and lick it every morning before I took it out for a loooooooong spin!

caadman

The pinarrello Dogma, with campy record parts all the way thru!!...The bike that Pettachi rides this year..

Benjamin

pgreene

right now, a 5900 with zipps, record and gears i can't really push--something silly like an 11-21. the madone looks pretty damn cool too.

then again, a girl i ride with has pretty close to the dream ride: c40 w/ duraace (but different calipers for lightness), prototype (the only ones in existence) carbon cranks, prototype lew carbon wheels, etc etc. granted, it's small, but it weighs around 13 pounds and is worth more than my car.

Guest

Wow... gimmie a crack pgreene- how much is that bike worth?

KevinG

This is my current "Dream Ride", it is Jan Ullich's Tour bike.

pgreene

can't really put a price on the cranks--after all, they're the only ones on the planet. but i figure a stock c40 w/ duraace will over 4, add the wheels and upgrades, probably getting closer to 7 or 8. by the time you figure out what the cranks are worth... i figure it'd cost a normal person around $8500-$9000 for that bike. or, roughly $700 per pound

caadman

Nofx I love your idea on the Huffy, that would get a lot of questions if I did that up here, from the club members that I ride with!!..Good idea, except since I'm a campy man, I'd put Record on it instead

Benjamin

Castanza

Well at this point, I guess anything new is a dream bike compared to my old cannondale. Heck, technology has gone so far, that the entry level bikes ride better than mine. SAD

Right now, I would like a carbon frame, and everything else that can be made of carbon also (forks, seat post, etc) with ultegra all the way around. Durace would be nice, but for costs, I would go with ultegra. I would like a set of wheels that are light, but great for training & riding, and etc.

I am starting to come to the conclusion that the more I look the more I am going to spend. SCARY!

I guess I don't want to buy something, than a year later wished I spent a bit more. I will keep looking & saving up!

Arsbars

Eddy Merckx Ti bike, all custom.. with Campy Record, and a spare groupo of Chorus for those snowy/rainy days.

khuon

I have a lot of bikes I dream about.... luckily I'm already riding one of them. I could possibly make it dreamier however.

Trouble

One that fits me unbelievably well and lets me ride and ride and ride.
Probably steel.
Puncture proof tires.
Maybe even stealth.

Hey, I like my Zurich for now.
Although, I have been eyeballing a Waterford or maybe a Steelman's.
I wonder what will be the latest and greatest in a year or two when I'm ready to buy a custom steel bike.

RiPHRaPH

pinarello corsa prince SL please.

Farmer John

I"m finding in my old age, that I have a bike that I ride (LeMond Reno, with the proper upgrades). But the bikes that I dream about are the ones that I longed for in my youth, but could never have afforded.

I still have my Torpado, though I wrecked it in '75 and have it around just to remind me what CAN happen. I'd like to find another.

I just had handed to me recently an amazingly straight '73 Raleigh Competition, though it's Campy gear was swapped out mid '70s for first generation Dura Ace. I've ridden it a few times (it's got really old, really worn tubulars on it) and it's getting stripped for a polish and repaint. But it fits so nice and rides so SMOOTH...

The bike that I really want and would cease my wanderings for a "dream bike" would have to be a late 60s, early '70s Cinelli Super Corsa, full Record (or Nouvo Record...). I had a magazine shot of that bike hung in my bedroom as a teen and worshiped it as a shrine to the cycling gods. To this day, I see the word Cinelli and get a warm feeling all over my body...

If I had to "settle" for a modern dream bike, It'd have to be in order of lust; Waterford-Rivendel-Columbine.

doonster

No stock frame for me: would have to be a custom bike by Argos in Bristol, UK with Campag Record and a custom wheelset built on Hugi 240 hubs. A dream bike starts with a perfect fit, IMO.

slotibartfast

I'm looking at an 02 Vigorelli in yellow - going to test ride probably tomorrow. I was impressed with it's looks and set up. But, DAMN, Koffee you put a whole new spin on cycling seduction!

enac

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The Rob

So...do you like Fondriest at all?

Walter

I agree with the Custom crowd.

If I'm just dropping money I don't have I give Richard Sachs a call.

For something too expensive but perhaps possible I've always liked the current generation Colnago Master XL. I'm attached to lugged frames but I have to admit that Pegoretti has caught my eye lately. The Marcelo looks nice. Playing around on the LeMond site I found I can get a Maillot Jaune with custom painting so that's on the lust list too.

Again if it's imaginary money the bike rides Record 10. If it's just too much money Chorus 10 will work.

There's also a whole list of old bikes I'd love to have.....

EastCoast

Look KG386 with Campy Chorus and Mavic Ksyrium SSC Sl's