Nice Bike Photos - the sequel

Mat,
Looks great, have you managed to keep Campag front rings on her? Perhaps it's just the picture but I think you may have managed to sneak one past the Old Lady
regards
Charlie

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Originally posted by Howlinhounddog:
Mat,
Looks great, have you managed to keep Campag front rings on her? Perhaps it's just the picture but I think you may have managed to sneak one past the Old Lady
regards
Charlie

Thanks Charlie but no...all Shimano. The Campag is an old Athena groupset all safely under wraps

Nice bike!

Yes, lovely bike. It makes me want to go out and ride but it's -10 C or so around here today. How warm will it have to be before you take her out?

Mark

I know we live in a world of special mains cable speaker leads etc. But how does a different set of cogs and wangly bits prevent some one riding a bike?

Not sure what you mean BH47 - but I guess it's just a daft thing with some. I like nice bikes, but I'd ride Shimano, Campag, SRAM - whatever. The wife (as wonderful as she is) has been spoiled with kit provided for her, and has developed a preference for Shimano - It's now a silly thing for her to wind me up with I think.

I prefer Campag, but I've ridden Shimano and SRAM and liked them.

mbenus - it's minus 1 here and we were out today...I'll ride in most conditions but ice genuinely worries me.

I'll ride in most conditions but ice genuinely worries me.

Totally agree with this! If there is ice about then I get off and push!

I am going to get a nice paint job done on the old Carlton, but not for a couple of months!

ATB from George

Chaps

I think Mrs Mick and I are showing our age.

I order her one of these just before Christmas, a Sonnet Bliss.

http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/sonnet-bliss.html

It should be ready mid February.

Regards

Mick

Photos of my early 70’s Flandria. Fitted with the earliest Dura ace groupset, although at the moment it is fitted with a modern dura ace rear mech instead of the original Shimano Crane.

A few scratches and rusty nuts and bolts, but a joy to ride.

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I've got Shimano on one road bike and Campag on the other. Both are nice to ride but I prefer the Campag. It just feels that bit crisper on the gear change.

Not that there's much chance of me getting out at the moment. Six inches of snow on top of a two inch layer of ice in the street.

Calum.

I moved from Dura-ace to Record on my good bike when I got the new BMC. I'm going back to Shimano for my next bike, though. The Campag is sort-of "crisp" but I prefer the term "agricultural" or perhaps even "clunky". A hard thing to put your finger on, but I just prefer the "snick-snick" feel of the Shimano. The Dura-ace is now on my commuter, so I get the chance to compare the group-sets very regularly. Funny thing, although a SRAM MTB set-up was the best I've ever tried (on a mate's bike) I have no desire to try it on a road bike.

Group-sets are a very personal thing.

Mat

Lovely. I especially like the frame colour and the deep blue bar tape. To complete the look you need a vintage frameset of course (and to peel the stickers off the wheels). I can see one of those nice long chrome pumps slung under the top tube too.

Without wishing to start any sort of Shimano v Campag thread (flat earth v round earth?) I run Campag (Record/Veloce) on my 2 bikes and Shimano Ultegra on my wife's. They do seem to have a distinctive feel, the Shimano feels sort of oily and slick where the Campags are more 'clicky', especially when new. I just bought a nice Veloce 10speed double for my winter bike and I'm quite impressed with that though, I imagined it would be a devil to set up but not the case. Biggest difference for me is the hood shape though, I much prefer the Campag. I had bad experiences with SRAM MTB kit and refuse to even contemplate it on a road bike.

Writing about bikes at the moment is frustrating, our roads and tracks have been completely frozen and or snowy for several weeks, rendering on or off-road cycling completely impossible. We have hardly had a day above freezing in nearly 4 weeks and no sign of change (minus 12 outside the house this morning). I hate my Turbo trainer!

Bruce

Member's expressed caution of ice was proven justified by my experience commuting to work this morning.

I used to be a commuting cyclist, but have been a car commuter for a few years--my commute is a 100 mile round trip per day.

Edinburgh, being by the coast, has escaped the worst extremes of snow and temperature that this winter has subjected some other parts of the country to (including my home in Perthshire). But conditions are at their most dangerous when the temperature oscillates either side of zero--the roads into Edinburgh this morning were treacherous after a big dump at the weekend, mixed with a slight thaw before an overnight freeze.

The road conditions of the final few hundred metres to work were particularly bad--compressed snow on an untreated city street that had iced over and been 'polished' by traffic. Very slippy, but manageable at a snail's pace.

Up ahead was a chap on his bike--I almost admired his courage, but mentally derided him as a nutter.

I tailed him from about 15-20m behind, enough of a distance beyond what I thought was requisite for safety to make a sanctimonious statement of my disapproval.

Sure enough, his bike slid out sideways from underneath him.

I braked; I pumped the brake; I quietly panicked as my car slid gracefully towards the prostrate cyclist. He had time to watch me coming, and I hoped he would get up in a sprightly fashion to save himself.

He didn't, but luckily he didn't need to. I slipped to a rest (with a little help from the curb) about 4m from him. Doesn't sound close, but it sure felt it from my driving seat, and probably even closer from his vantage point! I was so glad I was having a self-righteous morning.

I donned my new assos thermal bib tights and cycled to work and back today. London streets were okay but the air temperature felt interesting! Seriously impressed by the thermal properties of the assos tights - highly recommended for a short cycle - haven't been any distance in them yet but suspect perfect for this weather.

I was careful having learnt that a colleague from work was flipped off over the festive period and suffered a fractured collar bone.

Any sign of ice or snow on the road and I revert to walking - not worth the risk as highlighted by Nathaniel.

Regarding the age old Campag vs Shimano debate, I have dura-ace which has worked perfectly for the last couple of years - but in my heart of hearts I would change to Campag were I to change bikes - much prefer the click shift logic and feel.

Peter

The old Campag v Shimano debate will rumble on for ever I guess.

I always marvel at Shimano's light and quick shifting, but never find it satisfying (Lexus like). I always marvel at Campag's beauty and tactile feel (Ducati like). Both work brilliantly in effect. I must admit, the old Dura Ace looked ok...but the new one really is a bit ugly.

I can't see me riding into work tomorrow.

That Flandria is lovely by the way...a real beauty.

Good grief, this place is turning into VR - well perhaps not quite!

Assos vs Rapha anyone?

Good grief, this place is turning into VR

What is "VR," please?

ATB from George

Thanks for that!

I don't hunt the net much!

ATB from George

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Originally posted by Svetty:
Good grief, this place is turning into VR - well perhaps not quite!
Assos vs Rapha anyone?

dhb

Here's me on my folks' bike, forty years ago. I'm the fat one at the left.



I know that triplet has a lot of history, but sadly I don't really know what it is. It's still in their garage, and open to a restoration project. I could attempt to find out more, but my dad is rather old and not especially lucid these days...

A four seater bike - superb!

Rod, how could you not restore that magnificant machine?

Peter

Knolly Delirium-T

Here's my fave bike, my Gary Fisher HI-FI Deluxe in Naim black going for spin in the Garigal National Park, St Ives, Sydney.

"ChunkiMunki", earlier today.