This is HOT! I absolutely love the location. And the way that sign shows up... Wait, a bike? There's a bike in that photo? Hang on, let me look again...

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Oh, yeah! There is a Merlin Extra Light with a matching colored stem... Hmm, gumwalls, check. Saddle, eww, not so good. Classic frame, nice components, yikes on the saddle and not great wheels, not a hot bike, but a nice one nonetheless. And hey, I assume the hills of France? Where better to ride? So HOT! (just not the bike)

Fair warning. This thread is not, under any circumstances, to be taken too seriously. ;)

Hot.


I saw a Thin Lizzy cover band called "Jailbreak" at a bar in Eindhoven.

Few changes since the last time ...

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=472414

Finally finished the build and I'm happy with the look.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/585/2...43546ed4_c.jpgLynskey R240 Final Form by silversx80, on Flickr

I love the wheels and I love the tires, but I think that together it's too busy. You get the black rim, the white, varying COSMIC logo, the gumwall sides, then the black tops. Too much.

Or too little. The bar tape could be as dazzling.

With the black tires :

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=472550

and with the black tires w/o logo :

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=472551

*that* is more like it. The logos look great with the frame, I think.

LOL, ceramic+ rims and Campagnolo Record hubs described as "not great" that's a novelty.

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ac&oe=56412284

^I'm so sorry! I didn't see your ceramic hubs. Those are awesome.

Except they are still not great looking wheels, sorry. Just my opinion, but ya did kinda ask for it... Bike looks like a great bike, but not what I would term Hot.

I'm not a fan of what they are doing with the head tube now. If memory serves, they did the same thing at Litespeed for like one year, then switched back to standard head tube, after numerous warranty claims of the head tube cracking. Hopefully, they sorted it out for this new incarnation. Aside from that, I'm not a fan of how it looks, or the complexity of replacing a headset versus on a standard tube.

From this thread:
Good old Titanium! Strong as cardboard! | BikeRadar Forum

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/allen.f...ailure/002.jpg

that thing is bad@$$.

Hot.

Yes, I'd be happy with the look also! Hot bike! The yellow lines are a bit strange to me, where'd that come from? Maybe do red to play off of the Lynskey logo? But overall, hot, great look.

Well, one of the big differences is that the new head tubes are machined out of a solid piece of bar stock, and have a more even transition from the 1.5 to 1-1/8. The pic you posted looks like a recipe for disaster with the stress concentration from the taper focused right near the weld. They probably also formed that HT without much heat treating... and the stretching of the tube thinned the walls, on top of strain hardening.

I guess I'm just trying to say that the new ones, from a theoretical perspective, are much better suited.

Thanks! They're actually Jagwire gold braided... trying to play off the logo. The HT cap is red, while the wires, spoke nipples, and skewer pivot-bolt are gold. For as inexpensive as housing is, when it comes time to replace the cable, I may try something else. Cheap way to play dress-up.

Who mentioned ceramic hubs?

Oh, sorry ceramic+ rims and Campy hubs... <- I didn't notice them.

Hello

This was my C40 until 2 days ago.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...psc0gfzrof.jpg

Hot. Dare we ask? What happened two days ago?

Not at all, I sold it :thumb:

^ Colnago is super hot, imo. I love it. If it had been my size, I would have been jealous you sold it to someone else. I confess I'm not crazy about the tires or bar tape but the frame is hot enough that it overcomes all that. Cool bike, so now the only thing I want to know is: What'd you replace it with??!

Looks great with natural sidewall tubs as well, but before selling it I should put in the best tubs I had, and it happenned to be the orange ones. This bike has a replacement since 2007, when I bought my RB06 Colnago C50, which is being replaced (hopefully tomorrow) by a M10.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=472971

I believe it's too tiny ... so here's a recent one

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=472972

Not my best wheelset (in fact rear wheel is an indoor trainer wheel) but this is going to be replaced by the new M10.

I dig it. I demo'ed one recently as well:
http://jhinds7.com/images/bike/r240/R240.jpg

I ended up sending back. I'm a steel guy, but man it was a nice bike.

NOT!

Wow that bike looks like a hippie on acid's wet dream. The only thing missing is bozo the clown riding it. You don't know it yet, but you are VERY lucky you are no longer the owner of the technicolor puke of a paint job.