Best BF Bike
11-08-09, 10:39 PM
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[QUOTE=PedallingATX;10006614]
I agree the Noahs are hideous. This however is ridiculous (and I mean that in that in the best sense).
I agree the Noahs are hideous. This however is ridiculous (and I mean that in that in the best sense).
11-08-09, 10:46 PM
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Sigh, I was scrolling down...saw a white SLR, saw a white frame, saw Yamagu...
And said in my mind, "Please let this bicycle have gears, please." A second later my index finger revealed the sad truth.
It is a nice bicycle, but a bicycle that nice deserves to offer the freedom to ride it many miles and many days. I guess TX is flat right, but I wonder how many miles that bicycle gets in a week. But hey, if you race it on the track, might as well have a nice one, right?
I just live in a hilly region and one gear limits the distance I can travel. And, I'd be sad if I couldn't ride that bicycle a few days a week for a few hours at a time.
And said in my mind, "Please let this bicycle have gears, please." A second later my index finger revealed the sad truth.
It is a nice bicycle, but a bicycle that nice deserves to offer the freedom to ride it many miles and many days. I guess TX is flat right, but I wonder how many miles that bicycle gets in a week. But hey, if you race it on the track, might as well have a nice one, right?
I just live in a hilly region and one gear limits the distance I can travel. And, I'd be sad if I couldn't ride that bicycle a few days a week for a few hours at a time.
11-08-09, 10:52 PM
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* And yes, to offer some feedback...really large bicycles, of any make, just look off to me. Ha, cycling has finally made me happy to be a medium sized human.
That Pegoretti. Hmm, I also don't really feel lust for them. I get it, and they are nice, but I've never had one knock my socks off. Nice frame, very unclassy paintjobs.
Oh, the humor in everyone loving the 7-11. Hmm, our favorite bicycle is a moving advertisement for a place that sells "hot dogs" to "people" at all hours of the day. With all of our eating discussion, amusing that a chain junk food dealer advertises on the side of our favorite bicycle.
* I do like the looks of it though, especially love integrated shifters on older/older geo steel frames.
That Pegoretti. Hmm, I also don't really feel lust for them. I get it, and they are nice, but I've never had one knock my socks off. Nice frame, very unclassy paintjobs.
Oh, the humor in everyone loving the 7-11. Hmm, our favorite bicycle is a moving advertisement for a place that sells "hot dogs" to "people" at all hours of the day. With all of our eating discussion, amusing that a chain junk food dealer advertises on the side of our favorite bicycle.
* I do like the looks of it though, especially love integrated shifters on older/older geo steel frames.
11-08-09, 10:55 PM
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Oh, and the Yamaguchi...if it is raced on the track, sweet as. But, I'd never be on a bicycle that nice near a bunch of riders on a velodrome. Then again, sliding out on wood or even crashing...might not beat up a steel frame that much, right?
I just know if I had a bicycle that nice, I'd want to be out in the country and not in a paceline.
And with those pedals, I'm guessing it does see some sort of usage.
I just know if I had a bicycle that nice, I'd want to be out in the country and not in a paceline.
And with those pedals, I'm guessing it does see some sort of usage.
11-08-09, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nayr497
It is a nice bicycle, but a bicycle that nice deserves to offer the freedom to ride it many miles and many days. I guess TX is flat right, but I wonder how many miles that bicycle gets in a week. But hey, if you race it on the track, might as well have a nice one, right?
2) Some track bikes actually are ridden on tracks.
3) Deanna Adams just rode the Great Divide - a 2,800 mile mountain bike trail with over 200,000 feet of elevation gain - on a fixed gear mountain bike. HTFU.
11-08-09, 11:32 PM
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1) I know, I was commenting on the bike in the photo though.
2) I do not know if that one is, but I do realize this. However, I'm also aware of the track bikes owned vs. track bikes ridden on tracks Great Divide.
3) Yikes. That's a long way without coasting For her birthday you should mail her a t-shirt that has that exact statement on it, with the smile face on the back. I bet she'd wear it proudly. I would.
2) I do not know if that one is, but I do realize this. However, I'm also aware of the track bikes owned vs. track bikes ridden on tracks Great Divide.
3) Yikes. That's a long way without coasting
For her birthday you should mail her a t-shirt that has that exact statement on it, with the smile face on the back. I bet she'd wear it proudly. I would.
11-08-09, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by PedallingATX
Some of these bikes are seriously lame. That Ridley looks like a hump back. And the specialized is plain boring and unoriginal. Pegoretti has a HIDEOUS paint job, especially considering some of the beauts that Dario has put out...
11-09-09, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyD
This one is not mine either, which is partly why it's always a contender. 
Thanks for the vote as the 'Nago is mine.
My votes go to Cleave for his red Serotta Attack, to Min for his off the chains red Lemond Poprad with Zipps,to that freak of nature bad ass white "Yama" track bike and of course to the "Big Gulp" Merckx of which I have a twin to.
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11-09-09, 04:52 AM
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Here is my entry.. One of my Motorola Team Bikes.. This was Sean Yates bike, kept it as I received it, 7 speed DA.. Check out of the super relaxed seat tube angle - 69*
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11-09-09, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by swifty
It's about time someone posted a NICE bike:
[IMG] pretty Stevens bike[/IMG]
[IMG] strange shallow dof details of handlebar on a stevens bike[/IMG]
[IMG] Dura ace wheel advert[/IMG]
[IMG] pretty Stevens bike[/IMG]
[IMG] strange shallow dof details of handlebar on a stevens bike[/IMG]
[IMG] Dura ace wheel advert[/IMG]
Purely aesthetic reasons. I had never even heard of Stevens before you posted this the first time.
Not feeling love for melted looking Ridleys
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11-09-09, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob Dopolina
This might do it for me.
Originally Posted by rollin
...Not feeling love for melted looking Ridleys
Are you the one with the BMC SLC01? If so, of the modern bikes, I really like it.
11-09-09, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by kindablue
Hands down win in my book. What kind of wheels are those?
11-09-09, 07:47 AM
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Thanks for the vote as the 'Nago is mine.
My votes go to Cleave for his red Serotta Attack, to Min for his off the chains red Lemond Poprad with Zipps,to that freak of nature bad ass white "Yama" track bike and of course to the "Big Gulp" Merckx of which I have a twin to.
KRhea
KRhea,
I love your Colnago. Can you provide some details so that, when I fall into a pot of money, I can try to re-create this thing of beauty? Thanks.
My votes go to Cleave for his red Serotta Attack, to Min for his off the chains red Lemond Poprad with Zipps,to that freak of nature bad ass white "Yama" track bike and of course to the "Big Gulp" Merckx of which I have a twin to.
KRhea
KRhea,
I love your Colnago. Can you provide some details so that, when I fall into a pot of money, I can try to re-create this thing of beauty? Thanks.
11-09-09, 07:53 AM
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Bit dated now, but I like it.
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11-09-09, 08:16 AM
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I don't think anything made by the thousand, popped out of a Taiwanese mould should count.
OK, so maybe that disqualifies a bunch of new stuff...
OK, so maybe that disqualifies a bunch of new stuff...
