Show us your bikes (Part whatever...)

Huwge-more like the Ferrari of cycling!

I had a very lovely Colnago CT-2 (Ti) before the Parlee in a subtle but beautiful silver/grey/black paint job with carbon stays etc. It was a lovely bike to ride too, although it responded poorly to being stuffed into a wall at 30mph.

Some of Colnago's paint-jobs are a bit full on for me but yours looks great.

Bruce

Bruce,

It was a toss up between this and a garish C50, given that the ride is not substantially harder I opted for the EP. It goes like a rocket.

My LBS wanted to put blue tires on but I thought there was sufficient bling on display without overcooking things

I just wish it would stop raining. It gets a little twitchy on wet tarmac.

Huw

Huw congrats on the new motor. Looks really superb.

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Originally posted by Huwge:
Bruce,

It was a toss up between this and a garish C50, given that the ride is not substantially harder I opted for the EP. It goes like a rocket.

My LBS wanted to put blue tires on but I thought there was sufficient bling on display without overcooking things

I just wish it would stop raining. It gets a little twitchy on wet tarmac.

Huw

Agree re the blue tyres. You can have too much of a good thing. As for the wet, I've used Michelin Pro's as a dry weather tyre for a few years and tried the Pro 3 Grip on my winter bike this year-very impressive for a fast and slick tyre. I never got my full winter tyres out all winter once I had these. Worth a go maybe.

It is hard to capture the quality of the paint and finish of my Parlee and the unusual uni-directional carbon. It has a depth and almost holographic quality that pictures don't convey. My Colnago had a rich and lustrous paint finish too, I bet yours looks great in the 'flesh'.

Bring it up to Yorkshire for a big ride sometime. Had a nice one last weekend; 78miles and 7000ft ascent according to the GPS.

Bruce

Awesome ride Huwge!

What do you think of the Fulcrum wheels?

Paul

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Originally posted by pt109:
Awesome ride Huwge!

What do you think of the Fulcrum wheels?

Paul

Paul,

very good on tarmac but somewhat nerve-wracking over cobbles. I want to try a 25mm tire to see whether that makes a difference, otherwise I might need something with a higher spoke count for the rough stuff. Probably also need to experiment with tire pressure as well. All this tweaking, it could almost be hifi

Am going to give the Racing 1s a spin next weekend, but that will be on nice roads. My training loop round the block, 35km, does not qualify as "nice." There is a 1km stretch with extreme cobbles that make my MTB bounce so you can imagine what that is like on a roadie.

A lighter weight friend swears by his Racing Zeros and uses 5s for training and winter. I trust him, he seems to live on a bike.

Huw

Paris-Roubaix is where you want to test over cobbles...

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Originally posted by Steve Bull:
Paris-Roubaix is where you want to test over cobbles...

Steve, that looks like the easy part of the road here but the Roubaix goes on and on and on, so no comparison, nothing for my back these days

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Originally posted by Christian Alshus:

Nice pic!

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Originally posted by Huwge:

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Originally posted by Steve Bull:
Paris-Roubaix is where you want to test over cobbles...

Steve, that looks like the easy part of the road here but the Roubaix goes on and on and on, so no comparison, nothing for my back these days

I'd love to try the amateur version, maybe a target for the 2012 edition.

Huwge,

Lovely machine. I had a C40 some while ago in Mapei colours. Very smooth even over bumps.
You have a big stack height. Bad back?

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by Christian Alshus:

Nice pic!

Your hair shirt draped over the top tube would have made it complete.

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Originally posted by Reginald Halliday:
Bad back?

Understatement, but pedaling my way into recovery. We spent a lot of time on the fitting, ending up with a slightly more comfortable ride than is probably desirable if I were to be going for real speed.

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Originally posted by Huwge:

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Originally posted by Reginald Halliday:
Bad back?

Understatement, but pedaling my way into recovery. We spent a lot of time on the fitting, ending up with a slightly more comfortable ride than is probably desirable if I were to be going for real speed.

Good luck with the rehab. Great to see that you're out there on the bike anyway. Vancouver is just nuts with bikes this spring. The "Granfondo" to Whistler later in the year as well as the usual slew of anti-cancer fundraising rides has really gotten people out there. It is brilliant. There are so many bikes on Marine Parade on Saturday mornings that cars are starting to deliberately avoid it! As I said, brilliant!

This brings me a lot of joy....

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Originally posted by dsteady:
This brings me a lot of joy....

I rode for a while with a guy on a Moots today on the way to work. My buddy in Colorado has one, too. His remains the best mountain bike I've ridden. I really like them. I'll bet yours is a nice ride.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
I rode for a while with a guy on a Moots today on the way to work. My buddy in Colorado has one, too. His remains the best mountain bike I've ridden. I really like them. I'll bet yours is a nice ride.

Thanks. This is my second road Moots. I have one I keep in Colorado too for use when I'm out there. (My family has a place 20 miles up the road from Moots so they're sort of my 'local' brand) They're incredibly nice riding bikes, I can't really say anything bad about them, and the company is filled with great, dedicated people. Not a bad complement to Naim in fact.

My road bike. Coming up to its third birthday. I like it a lot.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:


My road bike. Coming up to its third birthday. I like it a lot.

Nice! How do you like the Eurus? I've been thinking of getting some Shamals. (or Fulcrum racing ones).

Wow! Nice!
Eurus might be my next wheels.

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Originally posted by pt109:
Wow! Nice!
Eurus might be my next wheels.

Highly recommended wheelset. They've been great.

Lately I received my new ride to my garage, vintage 80's Colnago Master 61cm. I already promised that I do not show it here before have done few things for it, new tubes and cork for example. Perhaps also Campa break handles to replace those too damn new Shimanos But guess I will show it as I can always show another pics when the time will come..

Please, ignore the weird fellow behind the bike



The pic is taken from the first a bit longer 3h bike ride we did yesterday evening with my friend. The bike feels really solid and geometry suits me better than I have ever had to the road use..

One of the nicest shown so far! Well I think it is the nicest!! Brilliant!!!

Please, Dear Mika, could you post a side-view shot? It would give more of an idea of the geometry.

ATB from George

I got back at 6.30 [earlier] after a two hour ramble on my old machine in the nice cool sunshine. Set up for the weekend now!

Thanks for the comments! Here is the side-view shot from the last week when I received the bike before any actions.



I'm thinking whether today go for a spin with Colnago or then visit the local trails with my Ti 29er SS. Life is choices..

Dear Mika!

Very Italian, and unlike the more relaxed style of a similar period English machine such as my old Carlton [see earlier on in this thread, though I have fitted a 1930s handle bar which makes it even more relaxed]!

Love it! Thanks for posting!

Choices, choices!

ATB from George

PS: Five minutes ago I received a new pair of pedals and pair of brake levers in the post, so just off outside to fit them. Must lubricate the pedals first though. Then go out again to run the newners of the pedals! It's a lovely day here.