Ultimate Bike Thread....
 

Lot's of discussion on bikes, both Roadie and Mountain.....post your pics, questions and comments.


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New race bike due in hopefully soon...

2013 Trek Superfly 100 Elite SL

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Small world. I have the exact bike in silver. Old by any measure but it's fun to pass guys on much newer/nicer rigs.

i had a silver 855. it was actually a very good bike..fit me well. perfectly actually.

i cracked the frame at a pivot point and the divorce was finalized between me and Proflex.

Nota..how did you mount a kid seat back there? i dont remember lugs for luggage.

Too cool with the rack.

I cracked an early Trek full suspension bike. Heavy thing but it was fun going downhill.

Every spring I get the itch for a new bike, then I see the prices. It's hard for me to pay more for a mtb than I did for my Ducati. :( I like to look though.

I have five bikes, these are two of them. The pink one is a full-suspension Giant that I've done (if I recall correctly) EIGHT twenty-four hour solo races on with zero mechanicals. All on the same wheel set and I've never needed to have the wheels trued. Expensive wheels (spinergy), but worth every penny. You're diggin' the pink -right? ;)

The other bike is the road bike. Probably my least favorite bike, but it is a fast little stinker. Speciallized Allez Pro with mostly Dura-Ace, and yet another Spinergy wheelset. Picture is riding it in Denali park dirt road early in the spring before the park is open.

angela

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World's lightest bike...
http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/09/29/6lb-road-bike-worlds-new-lightest-bicycle-from-fairwheel-bikes/

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My buddy's company

Bike Frames, Hubs, Merch, West Michigan, Six 1 Six Bicycle Fabrication

Would love to have a fat bike :)

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MSRP....$13K USD and change....


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Sycip custom frame

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i want an Atlantis bad!!! (by Rivendell). any of you remember "BOB"?

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Pic of me on the Trek at the Houston to Austin MS150 this year.

After watching the video I feel like my Dura-Ace 7900 group is obsolete :)

Actually I'm so amazed by the shifting with current brifters compared to the old downtube mounted shifters that I can't imagine electric shifting being worth it.

From Rennsport last year:

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$3800 and change...

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I've found the best prices at Excel Sports:

Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 10 Speed Group - Excel Sports

Campy, carbon....$2500
Non electronic:confused:

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Pffft...ten speed, SOOooooo last week. ;)

Mmmmmmmm, bike porn....

I wonder when the new stuff is going to be available? Next year maybe? Not that I'm ready to upgrade quite yet.

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Here's one of my bikes. '92 Cannondale R1000, originally was a full Mavic groupe, but this one got some weight weenie substitutions - Campy Record tubular rims, Hi-E hubs, American Classic seatpost, Avocet Ti saddle, Tioga stem, Scott bar. Weighs 17.8 lb. I plan to get it sub-17 lb, via a White Industries Ti bottom bracket, all-carbon fork, threadless headset and stem. I don't actually want to go threadless but losing the alloy steerer will save significant weight. The crank is a real pig too, I think the later starfish version (Mavic 631/2) is 50 g lighter.

Now that is SWEET!!

Two of my Pride & Joys, the last 20" I raced the National circuit on:cool:





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The last cruiser I raced the ciruit...
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My current nice weather bike (Focus carbon with Sram Force):

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and my current rain bike I just built (Merlin titanium with Shimano Dura Ace 7800):

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My Campy equipped 8 and 10 speeds....

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Hey what's with the pimpy wheels on that classy LeMond. You didn't tell me I was sending my levers to a den of sin.

The wheels were oem.

Bontrager and LeMond are owned by Trek as far as I know.....your levers went on the Italian Pimp Somec.

Check out the bike!

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1980 Motobecane Grand Record I fixed up for a friend. Shimano 600 Arabesque throughout. This bike was a huge pain, fork had to be straightened and bottom bracket was frozen. But it turned out nice enough for the $215 he paid.

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There is a company making utterly cool bikes from WOOD. They are stunning.

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Copper plated bike. Gorgeous. Totally impractical.

05 Aerotec S-Works
 

Here is my old reliable roadie.

Aerotec S-Works on Ultegras and Cosmic Carbons

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Raleigh Gran Sport (1974 ish) I hooked a friend up with. I've been looking for the opposite - white with lagoon blue accents, 1974-1976 - that was my college bike. This one was close but no cigar. I think it was $350?

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Daughter's 1975? Peugeot UO-8. Mavic MA40 rims on the original Normandy hubs. VeloOrange fenders, porteur rack. Nameless aero levers and interrupter levers. Rides nice, as long as you're not trying to climb a hill.

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Project bike. 1997 Vitus "997" (a 992 with ovoid carbon fiber tubes) frame and fork. Been slowly collecting the bits. Going to be 100% Campagnolo, mostly 9-speed era Record Titanium gruppo.

Here are two BOB-ish bikes.

XO-1 1992 I think.

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MB-Zip. Going undercover.

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I worked for Pro Flex in '95.

The record number of cracks on one persons frame was 13.

The number of days of life a 856 would live in Santa Barbara if the rider road the trail "tunnels" was 47.5

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Any other recumbent riders here?