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So, I figured that no bicycle forum would be complete without pictures of bikes! Post your photos here, no bike will be refused: Road TT Triathlon Cyclocross MTB BMX Shixie Fixie And anything else! Lovely bikes lovely, but everyday bikes interesting too. I won't post first, but I'm taking pictures right now. 🙂 I wanna see what bikes you're all riding!
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Current best bike. NOS
Current best bike with a few updates. NOS Colnago EPS frame 2009 model in colour scheme AKOO. This was the model before the C59 and it’s very similar. The first Colnago with a tapered steerer, the last with a threaded BB. Monstrously stiff through the bottom bracket.
Super Record off a previous bike and Bora One 50s. Deda Superleggero finishing kit. Tubolito inner tubes. Now 6.85kg with pedals.
So my lockdown project is
This was my lockdown project, completed in 2020.
It’s a 2015 Genesis Volare 953 stainless, ex-team frame, with DA 9000 Di2 throughout. Zipp SL80 trad bend bars, Deda superleggero stem and seatpost. Campag wheels which I had already. It’s amazingly smooth like all steel frames, but also light at 7.65kg as pictured. Seems quite a stiff platform too, if not as immediately reactive as a top level carbon frame. I aways said I would never get into electronic shifting, but then the frame came with a complete Di2 wiring harness, so I’ve dived in. So far so good.
2024 update: 3 years later, and it’s my best bike for big faster miles, here on a 100 miler round North Norfolk and down to Ely last summer.
New build over this last 12
New bike, built in 2018. Brian Rourke 653 custom made frame from 2000, resprayed by Rourke for the last owner, who never built it up. It’s a beautiful colour, incredibly smooth on the road, sharp steering. I love it!
It’s sort of evolved over the last 3 years.1st iteration: all Campag Super Record, with Shamals, a USE titanium seatpost, Deda Piega bars, 3t stem, San Marco saddle. The matching anodised bottle cages were a lucky chance find on Ebay. Weight all up with pedals was 7.25kg.
2nd iteration: Campag Chorus, 9.7kg with mudguards, Canyon seatpost, Syntace bars, and SON dynamo lights as an all weather bike. I’m still loving the lively ride and it really responds to a bit of welly. Finding it was the bike I reach for first every time.
3rd iteration: As a credit card tourer, here all loaded up for the Dunwich Dynamo 2024 and a week’s touring, with dynamo lighting and a 52/36 crankset. Just so smooth on the road.
Seen today.
Seen today.
£50 second hand and £90 for the trailer
And by no means least, the
And by no means least, the whole bike.
The cranks are Stronglight
The cranks are Stronglight Impact double 48-36t. Double shifting is ok, I’ve pushed it down to 46t triple on another bike, which feels like it’s the limit. Shimano M520 pedals, so not a bike for casual use.
Seatpost is a middling black alu thing – might ask Santa for a CF one (e.g. Condor or RSP) at some point.
The fashion choice of saddlebag (Brooks Cambium saddle) is an old school Carradice Zipped Roll in burgundy.
The wheels, yes I was getting
The wheels, yes I was getting to those. Currently Hunt 4 Seasons, with Conti 4 season tyres in 25c. Work well on my local country roads.
It doesn’t show here, but I had to switch out the Hunt QR lever at the back because it’s the unenclosed type that don’t exert enough clamping force to run with horizontal drop-outs. I got a pretty patronising reply from them when I asked about this issue so this will be the only pair of Hunt wheels for me.
I’m quite into the Miche cassettes that start at 13t – I still hardly ever reach top gear. It’s just a question of whether it will fit with the dropouts – one to try when the time comes.
CLICK! What ever is that
CLICK! What ever is that sound they ask two counties away, not to worry it’s just David changing gear. These wretched 10s indexed Dura Ace levers were cheaper than Dia Compe or 2nd hand Campag friction levers. You can’t even switch out the indexing.
Everything I’ve had from
Everything I’ve had from Ritchey has been a good product – e.g. headset, bar tape, stems (though not here). It’s a 1″ headset and I’ve gone the adaptor route and we’re running Brand X CF bars got in the sale, which are slightly lighter and I think there’s a tiny bit of flex that wouldn’t be there with basic alu. The bar tape is easy to work with, the best supplied finishing strip I’ve seen and is durable, good looking and comfortable.
The head badge is a decal – I’ve never figured out the little rivets used to attach Raleigh badges (older ones of which are little more than cheapy tin foil to handle). The little holes in the head tube were infilled as part of the spray job.
I’m going to take you all on
I’m going to take you all on a close-up tour of what I think is getting pretty close to perfect for me. That’s taking into account cost, reliability, type of riding.
The frame
An EBay mystery – probably early 1990s. Well worth a professional spray job. It’s the exact right blend of speed and comfort. It would mount mudguards, but you’d not get above 25s. It runs 105 calipers. The decals are those of a Raleigh Competition – seemed near enough.
I first put this on here a
I first put this on here a couple of months ago. It’s now got its own hand built wheels.
I’m struggling with the triple at the front, I sometimes drop the chain when going to the smallest sprocket – blasted Brifters make the cable release so sharp and uncontrolled. I may change out the chainset, mech and l/h lever for a double. On this frame with no lever bosses, I’m pretty much committed to brifters (or maybe bar-ends).
This is a build from the
This is a build from the first frame I refurbished back in 2017, a John Atkins. – I made a mess of it and the livery you see is powder coat. Not sure yet if I’ll keep the red bar tape. A fairly fast ride.
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