What bikes do we lust over?

madfiber are just cheapo/generic Lightweights right?

as in rebranded? or knockoffs?

hot
http://www.cyclowired.jp/sites/default/files/images/2011/03/02/_DSC1971.jpg

madfiber look like the same general concept as LWs with flat carbon spokes bonded into the rim, execution a bit different tho - paired spokes, white industries (i think?) hubs. they're a good bit cheaper too.

cav's new toy looks p. hot if you likes the aero road sub-genre: http://venge.specialized.com/

also wilier are showing off some 750g frame w/ yet another new proprietary BB

not really sure how i feel baout that one, looks like it's melting a bit

http://cdn2.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/03/17/1/velodramatic_specialized_mclaren_venge_4893_600.jpg

Not sure how lustworthy anything called a 'Venge' is.

not feeling any of the ubiquitous humpbacked bikes.

I want a tourer.

Which UK-er wants to let me use their address / ship this frame to me:

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/outlet/article.html?o=A1012107

(only sort of kidding...)

Scott's entry into the Aero-Road category: http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/article/scott-foil-aero-road-bike-launched-29884?img=1&pn=scott-foil-aero-road-bike-launched&mlc=news%2Farticle#1

It's based on their Plasma TT bike or something, which was one of the few TT bikes that really caught my eye in shops recently. Wonder if this will put price pressure on Cervelo etc.

the all-black one is classy. very stealth bomber (= appropriate).

I'm thinking to myself "sure aero makes sense, I'm usually riding without the benefit of a draft" but then I could also just lose a headset spacer. Or two.

the true aero advances will be made when we evolve to the same shape as dolphins!

but then I could also just lose a headset spacer. Or two.

...and then you risk losing power, or v02max.

aero is not everything, check out Indurain's set-up when he set the hour record.

http://slamthatstem.com/

yes!!

have been making eyes at the giant defy advanced at the shop lately - worked out from geo charts that i could slam stem on one, yet actually have bars in higher position than i do on caad9 currently w/ spacers, heh heh.

i didn't know "slam that stem" was a thing, but i like that. yknow, w/in reason. aesthetically im not really w/ neg rise flip because of the fugly.

and tall headtubes are just another grim reminder of how old people's bodies betray them, too dire. just quit, ok? i saw

http://s98594.gridserver.com/site/wp-content/uploads/Bike_Vamoots.jpg

;_;

this said, i have a 2mm spacer under my f99 because it is ~delicate~

also, it's possible that my standard headset makes "slamming the stem" definitionally impossible as the headset = a sort of spacer, right?

NO EXCUSES, SLAM THAT SHIT

http://www.gainesvillecycling.com/download/file.php?id=5&mode=view
hahahahahaaha

just noticed nokons, perfect

loool, "PRO" all right

and also:
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li9e95QKLi1qaythmo1_500.jpg

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo77qN8hB1qaythmo1_500.jpg

not sure what's worse here, spacers + uppy stem or GREEN HOODS

http://www.grabthehudz.com/

ok, you're in the business of really bright colorful unusual hoods. so for your splash page... you desaturate the images until you can barely see colors? like why didn't you go b/w lol. design fail.

http://images.gizmag.com/inline/zeroed.jpg

http://www.gizmag.com/zeroed-g1-mountain-bike/18570/

whoah

am holding out for the "less hefty trail bike [...] presently in the prototype stage" obv.

btw what do you guys think of this scheme: http://www.speedhoundbikes.com/

^^seems a good idea if you are good with a spanner, imo. tho i guess a lot of people would be better off with two separate bikes, you wouldn't want to be changing it around all the time.

i'll be taking donations for this: http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/road/elite-road/supersix-evo/2012-supersix-evo-di2-19255

This year's Orbea Orca has to be about the prettiest bike in the the pro peleton:

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/05/IMG_5333-325x201.jpg

at least from the side.

really? i'd take the 2010 over this year's model.

nice but not wild about seat cluster

I've been loving the wilier in black and neon yellow. Am posting from phone so can't link it but is ver ver nice.

right now I'm lusting after the 70's Condor that I'm bidding on on fleabay, have a horrible feeling I'll end up outbid, especially as I'll be riding home when the auction ends.

totally scored this beauty - Condor Chancery - getting it Sunday, am thinking brown leather saddle, same bar tape, do I put a more interesting bar on? Or leave the nice curvy one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=330567764141

that link totally doesn't work, sorry

(how do you link pics from ebay?)

I found the listing. Yeah brown leather saddle and bar tape should make it nice. I like the bar, maybe loose the suiciders, though.

I hadn't noticed those top levers, they'll go quickly for sure. Can't make out what gruppo it is, a bit of research says that OG condors used only campag. Do friction shifters need specific mechs or are they interchangeable?

if England pull out of FIFA, which one of these teams will beat them in the quarter-finals of the VIVA World Cup?

I hadn't noticed those top levers, they'll go quickly for sure. Can't make out what gruppo it is, a bit of research says that OG condors used only campag. Do friction shifters need specific mechs or are they interchangeable?

Interchangeable.

"loose the suiciders"? They're dangerous enough without loosening them :)

(perosonally I'd see how well they work/can be made to work, and keep them unless they're rubbish. I heart brakes on the tops)

Ok managed to undo 1 of 4 wheel nuts (1/2 inch they seem to be so I've had to use adjustable spanner) so far and the top bolt is proving reluctant to move.... May have to find a replacement rear mech too, the cable grip is fused which is pretty annoying. The rust spots are proving eminently curable though, especially using the alu foil trick.

oops, Condor = not actual "condor" but rather a Falcon sub-brand...... On the other hand, don't mind at all taking parts off and replacing with working/cheap stuff now. Did find a cheap-assed but correct sized NOS wheelset at 48 quid last night....

Very impressed with this Felt write-up, but most of all with the sheer number of size options :)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/reviews/felt-f2-review

Chris, tell me more about the wheelset. 27" as well? If not, will it fit?

It is 27" yeah, from some place in Bolton. Probably heavy, but probably bombproof. Weinemann rims etc. Will need a cassette too, will stick with 5 speed. Seeing as I am not reviving an old classic, as discussed elsewhere, I think I might put on a front rack in the porter/randonneur style so I can hipsterise around.

http://sedluk.com/downloads/r5ca_1000.jpg

homina