Bike porn

Not too much, just the GT track bike really. Like nuknow, two bikes at one time seem to be enough for me otherwise they don't get ridden.
The other matching raleigh is my brother's. I think Kingcutter has pimping shed if I remember rightly. C'mon post that up KC.

Jambon

I know it been a couple of pages since this....and I have not kept up on all the responses.....but.

Please tell me somebody has made a joke referencing the Father Ted episode with the Pat Mustard character, you know the joke about the getting his huge tool in Mrs Doyles box and Father Crilly jumping to an understandable but massive assumption.

Cos the lowest spanner in your shed hits that spot so sweet.

A Finbar Saunders moment if ever there was one.

Ha! No the joke hasn't been made, I love how you get Pat Mustard from looking at the inside of a shed.
considers changing avatar to baby with mutton chops

yeaaah boi

Mnnn. Ropey saddle, seat pin and stand.

The carbon continues

lordy

Nomnomno... That stem? Really? Needs a non ugly black stem

i quite like the stem, not so keen on the lacing pattern on the back wheel though

not so keen on the lacing pattern on the back wheel though

Standard G3 lacing for a Bora, would probably look better with the wheel decals intact, as it stands the wheels look underdressed next to the frame

That stem? Really?

So you'd suggest that he bins the lovely matching stem that comes with the RXR module and buys an inferior stem to replace it? I'd be surprised if there was a stem that is both stiffer and lighter than a Time Monolink Ulteam.

the more i look at it the more i think it needs more time logos

So you'd suggest that he bins the lovely matching stem that comes with the RXR module and buys an inferior stem to replace it? I'd be surprised if there was a stem that is both stiffer and lighter than a Time Monolink Ulteam.

Yes, until Time make a stem that is aesthetically pleasing. Or he could merely strip all the red from it. Of course the only point of this would be aesthetic, of course if all I cared about was performance then it would stay.

Cattleprod Syncros stem and matching seatpost is always awesome...

The carbon continues

Carbon is the new lugged steel.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/jonesy76/dfcc069b.jpg

So epic, well done.

yeap, way better than before, dig that!

Carbon is the new lugged steel.

That's what my bank account is scared of

That's what my bank account is scared of

Unfortunately, likewise! ;)

Carbon is the new lugged steel.

Or a combination of both, with 32c tyres to boots;

I don't really care if it's anti porn to most of you, the fact it's carbon and have room for 32c tyres make it sing for me.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/jonesy76/dfcc069b.jpg

So epic, well done.

Indeed, but aren't the seattube stickers on the wrong way around? (not facing forwards but backwards) Can't find a pic of one from the nondriveside, but it just doesn't look right..

What's the point in that Calfee? Don't they make bikes out of bamboo?!

Anyway it was a joke , Ed.

Indeed, but aren't the seattube stickers on the wrong way around? (not facing forwards but backwards) Can't find a pic of one from the nondriveside, but it just doesn't look right..

Tough one........
I based them on my own road going version which used an original set of decals from the Raleigh factory for the standard road bikes (saves hunting for pics when you have a bike in the garage with original decals).
Now those original seattube decals were a big sticker with the red and blue chevrons in place, as well as the 'Raleigh' name on a black background which wrapped themselves around the entire seattube so there's no way they could be the other way round......
However...........
Checking my photos of one of the actual race bikes used in 1989 I can see that yes the race machines did have the non-drive side 'Raleigh' the other way around i.e. forward facing. Yet a 1988 team bike has the ruddy logo the other way round like in the cheapo factory machines produced for the public!

It's another one of those wonderful Raleigh conundrums that always seems to poke their head up when you're trying to re-pro their bikes.

The two frames I brought were made at exactly the same time, in the same Special Bicycle Developments Unit, for the same team Team Raleigh rider and yet........
They're two different sizes!!!!!!!
They both have 61cm seat tubes, but the bigger one has a 57cm top tube and a 11.5cm head tube, whilst the other one has a 54cm top tube and a 10cm head tube!
Just goes to show the handmade nature of these beasts and how they varied according to whoever was working that day!

The two frames I brought were made at exactly the same time, in the same Special Bicycle Developments Unit, for the same team Team Raleigh rider and yet........
They're two different sizes!!!!!!!
They both have 61cm seat tubes, but the bigger one has a 57cm top tube and a 11.5cm head tube, whilst the other one has a 54cm top tube and a 10cm head tube!
Just goes to show the handmade nature of these beasts and how they varied according to whoever was working that day!

I doubt that it was an accident. If you go into the detailed history of the two bikes, you may find that they were built for different handlebars. There is a big difference in reach and drop between various bullhorns, especially if you also include chopped and flopped road bars in the equation. Another possibility is that the longer/taller bike was built for tri bars and the short/low one was for bullhorns.

Yet another possibility is that they were built for different distances, as some testers use a more aggressive position for the short events. If these bikes were built for RRA record attempts, the 3h+ of the straight out hundred would be a different challenge than the 40 minute 25!

As a matter of curiosity, why the Cinelli Angels?

Muchas better without.

What's the point in that Calfee? .

Well, to be ridden of course.