Pictures of your Bike

Finally getting round to finding a pic. Now to gee up mad find an autumn one for the comp.

canyon al9 - mavic cosmic carbone, campagnolo veloce/centaur group - my baby...

Scott CR1 (the original carbon superbike) with 404 tubs. Gets raced regularly and takes the knocks without worrying about fragility. Slid out a few weeks back in a crit and just had some grazed bar tape!

One for all the Halfords haters out there. Carrera Virago TT all spruced and ready to go for IM Texas. It's carried me very capably through five half-IM and one full and taken out plenty of P3's, Speed Concepts etc. in the process.

Boardman TK Comp... Ace bike

Walmart cruiser... China's finest.

Oops! That's Lance's. Forget you ever saw it!

My wife's Litespeed. Explains all the pics; when your wife rides a bike like this the n+1 rule doesn't apply!!

My commuting bike, single speed / fixed, and road bike:

(obviously there is a rack on the commuter now)

WyndyMilla Massive Attack with Di2 Dura Ace, Rotor 3D+ and American classic carbon 58mm or Reynolds Solitudes. Full custom paint job too.

Very recently acquired as part of a team sponsorship - not sure yet if it is Bike #1 or not - but I do like it much more than I ever thought I would, to ride and to look at.

Giant TCR Advanced SL (non ISP version) with Campagnolo Record / Super Record
Selle Italia Flow saddle
Pro Vibe bars with Cinelli bubble tape
Blackburn cages
Enve 3.4 wheels with G3 Powertap
Vittoria Open Corsa CS 25mm tyres
Total Weight 7.1 kg

My Bianchi Infintio.
Infinito 2013
Full Athena Gruppo
Mavic CC SLE with Open Corsas.
or
Fulcrum Racing 3s with Open Pave
Zipp Open Course SL bar and stem.
Bought when they first came out, served me well till this summer when I put a crack just behind the BB, Bianchi UK replaced the frame for me no questions asked, with a 2013 model (I did ask the question about getting a 2014!)
Meant the money I was putting aside to a new frame got spent on some new wheels, and a new gruppo (Record more than likely) to come this winter as the Athena goes across onto a winter frame.

My Cube Attempt

My Kuota Kross with road wheels in (they are Corimas, not Zipp). I have an FSA chainset now. Not the lightest but soooo comfortable and stiff too. Sold my Giant TCR Advanced ISP frame set (the original one) to get this and not regretted it. I'm still running Dura Ace 7800 and it's in perfect working order (8 years old now).

Canyon Ultimate AL 8
SRAM Red
Chinese carbon clinchers
G3 powertap rear hub
6.6kg

New bike: a birthday present - Enigma Equinox, with Athena + Mavic Elites.

PS. Ribbon has been removed now!

Old bike (but frisky enough for a full 2013 sportive season, in spite of being 22 years old): Dawes Stratos EP, with Veloce + Mavic 4CDs

Not going to raise the roof, but here's me Planet X Pro Carbon, with SRAM Rival groupset, except FSA Gossamer chainset. Wheels are Planet X AL30s (fairly budegt) with Vredestein Fortezza Superlites (my favourite tyres).

I've had it a year now and it's great to ride. Not quite as sharp as my old Cannondale R2000Si, but then I can ride it for more than 3 hours without ending the ride crippled!

As a stark contrast, I'm building up a somewhat ratty BSA Javelin. It replaces my 2008 Specialized Langster that was stolen earlier this year. Aluminium Fausto Coppi forks replace the BSA items so that I can actually get some wheels that fit. Wheels are Ambrosio Durex (I know, I had to get them just for that!). As you can see, it's not quite ready for the road. One day.....

I'm sure there's some sort of witty riposte along the lines of "I get more action out of her than my wife!" But, I'm way too chivalrous for that....

My inappropriate little number.

Condor Leggero
Campag Athena Carbon
Mavic Ksyrium SLR

my bike IMG_1367.JPG

New commuter / winter bike

Planet X Kaffenback 2

As with most of my bikes I spent a bit of time making it my own, Gilles Berthoud stainless mudguards, some red vinyl, a ruler and a knife.