Ultimate Bike Thread....

[CurtEgerer]

'New' Record Carbon 9-speed on my 1999 Bianchi. I'm pretty sure I go faster now

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by look 171

Super Record, pal.

You mean like this?

Funny, I've been looking at Basso's lately.

[sc_rufctr]

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by look 171

What's it not doing? I know the 9 spd had issues with it sitting. The grease solidified keeping the cable from moving. I shot degreaser in there and it freed up then lubed up with a white lithium grease and its worked ever since. That bike doesn't get use often especially since it being the left shifter.

It's having a tough time downshifting to the little cogs. Feels like it's gummed up, I thought I had it working after a WD40 bath, but not good enough yet. I'll go in for a second round, but I want it off the bike before I give it a deep dive..

[herr_oberst]

Loving the Masi Gran Criterium. It'd be fun to do that!

[Sooner or later]

Some damn fine bikes.

And to think that in 1972 I thought I was in tall cotton with my $140 Raleigh Grand Prix.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Loving the Masi Gran Criterium. It'd be fun to do that!

My current project.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

It's having a tough time downshifting to the little cogs. Feels like it's gummed up, I thought I had it working after a WD40 bath, but not good enough yet. I'll go in for a second round, but I want it off the bike before I give it a deep dive..

mine wouldn't go into the small ring. I bet it is the fine Shimano grease. If WD 40 wouldn't do, try tranny fluid. The problem is to re-grease in some of the area that's impossible to get at. I hear taking that apart is almost impossible to get it back together. At least for the 9 spd shifters anyway

[look 171]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

That must be a newer one with a 1 1/8" head set?

[sc_rufctr]

Yes it's a "new" frame. Note the modern drop outs for the rear wheels.

- The fork is carbon.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Yes it's a "new" frame. Note the modern drop outs for the rear wheels.

- The fork is carbon.

How does it ride compared to a new carbon frame? That I mean responsiveness not just the way steel feels.

Reason I ask is that I have been riding my old Colnago C 40 cruising around with my boy for the past month. Its a dream to ride, smooth, feel pretty good off the saddle. Got on my Time yesterday in over a month, and it just went without much effort. Stiff and smooth for sure, but I felt every bump on the road unlike the collage or the Merlin.

[CurtEgerer]

Wasn't looking for another bike but I stumbled upon this 2002 LeMond Buenos Aires. It was my size, steel (Reynolds 853), carbon fork, Shimano Ultegra and at a price I couldn't resist. I owner. Haven't picked it up yet. The add-on bars will be torn off immediately. I think the rest is original.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by look 171

How does it ride compared to a new carbon frame? That I mean responsiveness not just the way steel feels.

Reason I ask is that I have been riding my old Colnago C 40 cruising around with my boy for the past month. Its a dream to ride, smooth, feel pretty good off the saddle. Got on my Time yesterday in over a month, and it just went without much effort. Stiff and smooth for sure, but I felt every bump on the road unlike the collage or the Merlin.

That's not an easy question to answer. The short version is "It depends".

(All of this is assuming the rider isn't heavy and they have a seat that suits their sit bones)

Generally a traditional lugged steel framed bike on alloy rimed wheels rides like a Cadillac but the steering is razor sharp!

Carbon has become dominant for a bunch of good reasons, the main one being weight and I've owned a few over the years.
I've also managed to wreck 3 frames without even trying.

The Masi 3V Volumetrico frame I posted above rides like an early carbon frame. (Over sized tubes and unique internal lugs)
- It's really stiff compared to a traditional lugged steel bikes and IMO it's the best steel frame ever made.
It feels planted and secure regardless of what surface you're on.

BTW: Your Colnago C40 is only going one way in value. A modern classic and they're in demand.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

That's not an easy question to answer. The short version is "It depends".

(All of this is assuming the rider isn't heavy and they have a seat that suits their sit bones)

Generally a traditional lugged steel framed bike on alloy rimed wheels rides like a Cadillac but the steering is razor sharp!

Carbon has become dominant for a bunch of good reasons, the main one being weight and I've owned a few over the years.
I've also managed to wreck 3 frames without even trying.

The Masi 3V Volumetrico frame I posted above rides like an early carbon frame. (Over sized tubes and unique internal lugs)
- It's really stiff compared to a traditional lugged steel bikes and IMO it's the best steel frame ever made.
It feels planted and secure regardless of what surface you're on.

BTW: Your Colnago C40 is only going one way in value. A modern classic and they're in demand.

I have had my share of steel frames over the years. Cracked one, but crashed a bunch mainly in training rides and a couple of them during races. I come to really like carbon frames since the late 90s with my Look KG 171. But didn't like the typical OCLV frames of the late 90s or monocoque frames in general until the newer frames made in the past reason 5-8 years. They really put the livery feel back into them. I can flex the BB on my Time just a bit which I like because it springs back at me off the saddle.

I have never ridden the V3 but found the typical older steel frames to be a bit slower in the steering dept. But one thing I will say is, when leaning into a corner at speed, those old steel frame do feel super stable where a carbon frame do feel a bit jumpy due to its rigid structure compare to the slightly give of the old steel frames. Most carbon frames I found to have great ride quality has been lugged carbon. My Time as well as my old Look and the Colnago are lugged.

Those oversize steel frames, EL OS, of the past are the greatest riding bikes IMO. The flex has been removed due to larger tubing size and has just enough flex dialed into the BB to flick the bike back coming out of a turn.

Still, nothing rides like Ti. Smooth.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Wasn't looking for another bike but I stumbled upon this 2002 LeMond Buenos Aires. It was my size, steel (Reynolds 853), carbon fork, Shimano Ultegra and at a price I couldn't resist. I owner. Haven't picked it up yet. The add-on bars will be torn off immediately. I think the rest is original.

What cha gonna do with this thing? How would you build it up? I had a Zurich, basically the same thing.

[CurtEgerer]

I'm down to 3 bikes excluding my beater Raleigh utility bike (84 Alpineer, 99 Bianchi, and now the 02 LeMond). So the LeMond is cutting edge technology for me and no need to change a thing! All my bikes are used for easy 20/20 rides these days (no more than 20MPH and 20 miles).

btw, I love the technology of the latest carbon frame bikes and components (still hard to believe how light some of these things are ) but have no interest in owning one.

[Racerbvd]

1984 Hutch Pro Racer, the next build.

[NutmegCarrera]

Here are a couple.

Good friend of mine has wanted to sell this for a while now.
I finally ‘gave in’.
Needed a full rebuild on both the fork and the shock - so I had to send them off to Risse in Oregon.

This is a crazy light bike as it sits. Comes in at 23#
Of course, it is obsolete - it has those silly 26” wheels.....
And - it’s over 10 years old, so cant be any good.


Here’s the bike I’ve been riding since 2012 - also completely obsolete.
Probably going to put it back into circulation - after I get the carbon one all set up.
Overall, it’s been a great bike - and I think still very relevant.




And then, there’s this:
The kid just got it this weekend - going from a lower spec hard tail.
(He’s 15). Really impressive piece of equipment.
....but the thing I don’t get is the fact that it’s really heavy. I guess the big wheels make up for the weight? We’ll see. He wants to do the local MTB series here in Wisconsin.
Did his first race as a citizen yesterday on the old bike.

[herr_oberst]

The Spesh trifecta! Impressive. If I was ever gonna get a Mtn bike I'd definitely give a 10 year old Epic a good look.

[Racerbvd]

I like this, one day I will rebuild my 49.