Ultimate Bike Thread....

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

OK- more pics from this weekend. I bought a sexy Velo Orange rack, levers, and bars for the Nishiki, but realized a pizza rack fit it better( I do need a pizza bike btw- the Nishiki will do fine ), dropped on the VO bars, levers, kept pizza rack, and here the final glamour shot:



-Leaving me needing another bike to put the VO rack on. Hmmmmm....The only thing laying around was my 2003 fondreist, unused, mounted in a basement trainer.

Several hours later...Total heresy. F*** all the bike genres. This eff'r hauls ass faster than the SR71 Blackbird, even with the upright conversion.

This is Fricking Coolistic.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

This is Fricking Coolistic.

What's the white frame in the middle? My mind wanna say GT, but it feels more like a JMC. JMC- Final answer! What is it?

edit- a bike group just dubbed my Fondriest the "reverse mullet" - party in the front, roadie in the back. THIS, the "Reverse Mullet" is the bike I will take to Hilton Head in 2024 (assuming there is a 2024 )

[greglepore]

With a square taper srm nonetheless. You're a baller.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by greglepore

With a square taper srm nonetheless. You're a baller.

(And the batteries still work!) WIN!

The smoothing on the SRM is also night and day above my Garmin power readouts.
If my eyesight wasn't going south for the small SRM screen readout, I'd take the SRM all day long.

[CurtEgerer]

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

I'd wear the **** out of the jersey, but my toothpick arms would need some work to make it look this good.

["A"]

Hairnets.. good times.

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ I've actually been thinking about getting one. I occasionally ride without a helmet Yeah, I know: "are you out of your freekin idiot mind!". These are generally on short 'zone 2' training rides on nearly deserted roads when the humidity and temps are in the 90s. It's much cooler, I enjoy it and that's that.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

^^^ I've actually been thinking about getting one. I occasionally ride without a helmet Yeah, I know: "are you out of your freekin idiot mind!". These are generally on short 'zone 2' training rides on nearly deserted roads when the humidity and temps are in the 90s. It's much cooler, I enjoy it and that's that.

Yes! If I had vintage stuff like yours, I'd definitely wear the 'harnut'.

["A"]

Shimano to recall 680,000 Ultegra and Dura-Ace cranksets due to crash risk

The specific models affected are the 11-speed compatible Ultegra FC-6800,
Dura-Ace FC-9000,
Ultegra FC-R8000 and
Dura-Ace FC-R9100 chainsets,
as well as the FC-R9100P power meter variant.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/shimano-to-recall-680000-ultegra-and-dura-ace-cranksets-due-to-crash-risk/

Important message to customer about inspection program

https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/information/customer-services/corrective-actions/important-safety-notice-11-speed-hollowtech-road-cranksets-inspection-program.html

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Yes! If I had vintage stuff like yours, I'd definitely wear the 'harnut'.

I still have one bike with rat trap pedals (soon to be 2: working on a vintage 'strada' track bike), so it would go good with my vintage Sidi shoes, cleats, toe clips and leather straps

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

What's the white frame in the middle? My mind wanna say GT, but it feels more like a JMC. JMC- Final answer! What is it?

edit- a bike group just dubbed my Fondriest the "reverse mullet" - party in the front, roadie in the back. THIS, the "Reverse Mullet" is the bike I will take to Hilton Head in 2024 (assuming there is a 2024 )

Yes, a JMC, my Retro JMCs, Azusa, these were built with Jim Melton's blessing and very limited number (20, 25 and 15 of each size)

[look 171]

I like to do one L'Eroica ride some day. I don't have shoes with cleats anymore. Throw 'em all out. Modern shoe are too thick (with 10 speed drive cleats) and find it very difficult to just kick the quit and flip the pedal and enter the cage. Being strapped in is a must for me on any ride.

[Racerbvd]

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[CurtEgerer]

[Racerbvd]

Not mine..

[CurtEgerer]

I was going thru some photos and came across my 1987 Alpineer when I first got it. It's been TEN years! Doesn't seem possible. There's some discussion way back in this thread and that was very helpful in determining exactly what I had. I rode the bike fairly regularly the first couple of years, but it's become a wall hanger (wall art?). But for the 10th anniversary, I got it down today, detailed it, tuned it and took it out for a ride. What a fantastic bike. 7-speed downtube shifter corncob freewheel hollow pin chain awesomeness. That early 7400 Dura Ace derailleur with SIS shifters is crisp and flawless.

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

Modern steel-frame bike: