Show Your Bicycle

[Droptarotter]

Well as per request I thought I would start off this thread with my bicycles........since it is pouring rain outside and I am not going for a ride...........maybe I will ride the "Road to Nowhere" later............that is a set of rollers for you non cycling folk. Columbus EL Marinoni winter bike, now with Campy Chorus 10 speed. Marinoni with Columbus Ultra Foco tube set, Campy Record 10 Marinoni with Columbus Spirit tube set, Campy Record 10 Marinoni with Columbus Spirit tube set, Miche and Campy Record Fixed Norco M6 Aluminum, Shimano Dura-Ace, Team Alliance race bike Cheers

[cageyar]

Not my only bike but my favorite-old school, baby:

1989 vintage Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra Columbus SLX 61CM with:

• 1st Generation Shimano Dura-Ace STI Group
• American Classic seatpost 27.2MM
• Brooks Racing saddle limited edition maroon leather
• Cinelli forged pantographed stem 135MM
• Tange SS tapered roller bearing headset
• Cinelli 64-44 bar drilled for internal brake cables
• Cinelli cork ribbon
• Mavic Mach 2 CD2 hard anodized rims
• Vittoria Professional All-Weather Kevlar dual compound tubulars

[MaineRoads]

Huffy, chopped and lowered. I try to do at least 50 miles of interval training daily. Upgraded campagnola gears and stuff. I'm pretty serious about it.

[Droptarotter]

Originally Posted by MaineRoads

Huffy, chopped and lowered. I try to do at least 50 miles of interval training daily. Upgraded campagnola gears and stuff. I'm pretty serious about it.

Cheeky Bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers

[TandemGeek]

Road bikes...

Primary ride: Custom Calfee S&S Tetra Tandem



Back-up tandem: Erickson Signature




Primary single bike: Calfee Tetra Pro



Back-up single bike: Dean Castanza



Frames in cold storage: Erickson Signature & Bianchi MegaPro XL Mecatone/Uno TdF



Fixed-gear / track bike...

Bianchi Pista (no photo)


Mountain bikes....

Mountain tandem: Ventana El Conquistador de Montanas



Ventana Marble Peak



ProFlex 857

[BumbleBeemer36]

My wife and I are heading out for a road-ride right now (its 67 and sunny) so I only have time to post a pic of the road bike.

Serotta Fierte carbon/titanium with Ultegra 10 spd and FSA carbon cranks, seatpost and bars. Super comfy!



And my wife just walked by and says "what about my bike?" so here it is:
Trek Madone 5.2 WSD with Ultegra SL 10 spd and Bontrager Race Lite stuff.

[johnvalls]

here's mine, all road tools:
Carbon Titus; free team bike, they all broke, except mine. Campy Record 10, FSA 34/52, 11-23 gearing, Zero Gravity bakes (light, look sharp, but not much else) 15lbs w/ carbon race tubular wheels on
use

Winter beater:
Bianchi Scandium w/ carbon fork, Campy Record 10, courtesy flaps on fenders to keep wheel suckers' faces a bit cleaner


... the rest of the fleet;
aluminum Trek tandem for dragging wifey around, Trek aluminum fixed gear, not in use this year, old OCLV, boxes of parts, stacks of wheels not in

[848dave]

Here is my Seven Elium that I had custom built. Some of the components are Campy Record, Bontrager XXX Lite carbon wheels and other little bits and pieces. Thought I would try out my Canon G11 for Christmas. So far so good.

[johnvalls]

... funny that we all seem to ride Campy equipped bikes, instead of Shimano ....
Is it because we're "gear contrarians", otherwise, we'd be riding Shimano equipped bikes, and Japanese I4s ?

[wswartzwel]

Originally Posted by MaineRoads

Huffy, chopped and lowered. I try to do at least 50 miles of interval training daily. Upgraded campagnola gears and stuff. I'm pretty serious about it.

Thats some funny schit...

[turboflyer]

Hey this is like show and tell. No fancy photo op sessions. Circa 1983 Santana tandem, daily driver. I even take it out single when the wife stars making chubby talk and does not want to ride. The Canondale is for the dirt but does not see much use. My parts cost more to replace than hers. Nor does the old Alpinstar but I have street and dirt tires for both just incase.

[BumbleBeemer36]

848Dave - you're road bike is pretty much a cross between my road and mountain bike:
Had to warranty those damn Bontrager wheels huh? ... er, one of them. EDIT: Must be the lighting

Now it has a fox fork, salsa skewers and clamp, Fizik saddle, Easton carbon bars and Race X lite stem.


Oh, and no, I'm not a fan of Campy. Too expensive and niche-y. Oh yeah, and cause my wife's bike shop doesn't stock Campy. They just purchased a chain tool - $65 dealer cost.

[markjenn]

Built this up two years ago. My main go-to bike. Just signed up to ride it coast-to-coast this summer (or as much of it as my 57-yo knees permit).



- Mark

[John Lyon]

Mark,

Nice looking bike, but maybe put some skinny tires on for a trip that far? At least 10% less effort, no? (Save those knees...)

[markjenn]

Originally Posted by John Lyon

Nice looking bike, but maybe put some skinny tires on for a trip that far? At least 10% less effort, no? (Save those knees...)

Yeah, I'll put some 28mm road tires on for the trip. I'm also thinking I need to lower the gearing - it has a compact double with a 34 front/28 rear right now and even without any loads, this is going to be tough on the long passes, at least for me. Unfortunately, I'm running SRAM and my only re-gearing option right now is to buy into their hideously expensive new XX mountain group to get a RD and cluster with a 32 or 36 rear cog. More excuses to buy stuff and spend money.

- Mark

[848dave]

Originally Posted by BumbleBeemer36

848Dave - you're road bike is pretty much a cross between my road and mountain bike:
Had to warranty those damn Bontrager wheels huh? ... er, one of them. EDIT: Must be the lighting

The wheels are the original, just poor lighting..I need to work on my camera skills. I really like your mountain bike Mr. BumbleBeemer36!

[Droptarotter]

Originally Posted by markjenn

Built this up two years ago. My main go-to bike. Just signed up to ride it coast-to-coast this summer (or as much of it as my 57-yo knees permit)

- Mark

Mark;

What company are you going to use for the C to C trip? I want to do it next year.
I have already signed up for 2 week long trips this year........One in Idaho......the other in Oregon.

Cheers

[shreddr]

cool bike MarkJenn, I always wondered why manufactures didnt use disc brakes on road bikes. i was an early disc convert on the mountain bike.

my Litespeed Tsali softail that I built up 10 years ago

[TandemGeek]

Originally Posted by shreddr

cool bike MarkJenn, I always wondered why manufactures didnt use disc brakes on road bikes.

Roadies buy what the Pro's race and discs present issues that make them ill-suited for road bikes:

1. Weight penalty and, well, folks spend anywhere from $1 to $5 a gram for weight reductions on road bikes.

2. Wheel change compatibility issues. When a pro gets a flat they slap on a replacement wheel that may or may not come from their own team, i.e., Mavic neutral support. It's been hard enough with variations of Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo 9, 10 and now 11 speed in the peloton, getting a common fit for disc calipers and rotors would be a nightmare.

3. Too much of a good thing. Road bikes already have more than enough brake power on the front wheel and the rear brake is nearly useless for anything other than scrubbing off speed on long descents. So, adding a disc, even with a small rotor, would be overkill.

[shreddr]

Originally Posted by TandemGeek

Roadies buy what the Pro's race and discs present issues that make them ill-suited for road bikes:

1. Weight penalty and, well, folks spend anywhere from $1 to $5 a gram for weight reductions on road bikes.

2. Wheel change compatibility issues. When a pro gets a flat they slap on a replacement wheel that may or may not come from their own team, i.e., Mavic neutral support. It's been hard enough with variations of Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo 9, 10 and now 11 speed in the peloton, getting a common fit for disc calipers and rotors would be a nightmare.

3. Too much of a good thing. Road bikes already have more than enough brake power on the front wheel and the rear brake is nearly useless for anything other than scrubbing off speed on long descents. So, adding a disc, even with a small rotor, would be overkill.

I raced for 12 years, I know full well why they aren't on road bikes, but i don't necessarily believe that the negligable weight penalty keeps them off. it is easier to slow a spinning wheel at the rim than at the hub, so a rim brake will take less force. The larger diameter road wheels require a stronger spoke pattern when you are stopping the hub rather than the rim, a radialy laced front wheel wont take kindly to aggressive disc stopping. in general, roadies resist change for the most part and only adopt new technology after everybody else has.

I started racing mountain bikes when they were still rigid (late 80's), when rock shox released their fork, the hardcore racers declared the added 1 lb as unacceptable, once Tomac started kicking everybody's ass with a fork on his bike, the adaptation was quick.

lastly, aggressive slowing isn't a benefit to road racing, keeping momentum is, so the ability to stop quicker isn't a value added benefit.

with all that said, dics brakes look cool, and are low maintenance. if i ever build up a new road bike i will disc it.