Confess about your geared ride

the colour look great but it doesn't look properly painted up close, especially the fading part.

especially the rear end which look pretty cheap (colour that is).

then its authentic.

Best photo of my bike

Ah it worked this time

My recently restored early Aende. Mostly used for pottering around country lanes at the weekends.

Thats a beaut, Pongos frames always rode so well too

Ed, sort out the stem. Please!

I found my main multigear bike from one backyard,they were collecting all sorts of junk to be thrown to junkyard,paid a package of coffee to the lady who told me that it was his dads and the man raced it quite alot till he got sick and later on died.

Its 1987,unfortunately not older,as i really would love something from 1950-1970 's.

Crescent 318,competition /ttraining cycle with my first factory installed campy parts in it.

In the pics its just as i found it,with all the dirt and such.

http://www.cykelhobby.com/92318.htm

'91 Pinarello Montello with '03 Veloce. swift saddle and brooks bar tape and everyday beater wheel set. the original wheelset is saved for sunday rides. It looks better with the Concor saddle and white tape but this is way more comfortable. Bike is too small for me but I can't really part with it.

Moulton. APB 21. with 3 hub gears and 7 speed cassette. the bike is quiet heavy because it's the all terrain model but it doesn't have V brakes which is strange.

hey, how does the Planet x ride? is it a nice quality frame? they have a great deal on right now with SRAM red for a grand.

Meh, for that price you may as well buy it for the gruppo alone. I bought it because it was cheaper than buying the component parts at trade price (i work in a bikecycle shop).

Saying that though, it is very nice. You can build it up quite light without too much effort and it is responsive enough to make you push yourself to go faster than you otherwise would on your electro-fixie-folding-bike.

I have no illusions over the quality of the frame, but frankly a lot of the anti-planet x snobbery seems to be borne out of assumptions rather than fact and hands-on experience of the brand. Mine has survived poor weather and rather more central london riding than i'd like (which sadly isnt as much riding as the bike deserves).

In short, buy it, its a fucking bargain! I paid a grand for mine, and then they immediately increased their prices by about 15%! that bike with sram red for 1000 quid is daylight fugging robbery.

Just checking the planet x website, their Nanolight look fucking awesome.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXNARIV/nanolight-sram-rival

it does, actually, yes. considering one of those now...

Oooff.

I know this is tantamount to heresy on here, but modern bikes are far superior in terms of ride quality, stiffness, weight and so on. I love the De Rosa, but it doesn't compare to the Paduano.

Correct, but I was just talking about taste, not quality.

Oooff.

I know this is tantamount to heresy on here, but modern bikes are far superior in terms of ride quality, stiffness, weight and so on. I love the De Rosa, but it doesn't compare to the Paduano.

I think to some extent it depends on the kind of riding you do. Modern road bikes generally get their stiffness and lightness by being made of aluminium. In fact, alu bikes have to be built very stiff, because if they're built with much flex in them, they fall apart due to metal fatigue. So the ride is hard and unyielding. Steep fame angles add to the stiffness but give tense, twitchy handling. Very good if you're totally going for it on reasonably smooth roads, but a bit punishing if you like big rides on small, potholed lanes.
For the kind of riding I prefer - long day rides through very rural areas, or trips around town with shopping or whilst drunk - a super-stiff, featherlight aluminium road bike with amazingly responsive handling would be no good. On the long rides it would batter my coccyx into jelly and dump me in the ditch if I lost concentration while trying to open a fruit bar, and it wouldn't look after me on the way home from the pub.
So I like steel bikes with a more relaxed geometry. In that category, modern groupsets are definitely better, but the old ones still work well enough; modern frames are maybe a bit lighter than older ones, but not by much.
Given that you can buy or put together a very nice older bike with a great deal of period charm for the price of a new bottom-end Halfords' special, you can see why 'classic' steel bikes still have plenty of fans.

^ I find most of that post to be complete tosh

My mercian is due to arrive TOMORROW, with nice c-record/monoplaner bits on it & rebuilt wheels.... cant wait

As for the above, Alu is nice - I love my 'nago Dream Lux, but I love steel frames just as much, they are just different - like comparing an old car with a new one - that said the difference in weight between my Dream Lux and '80's Master is substantial

Just checking the planet x website, their Nanolight look fucking awesome.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXNARIV/nanolight-sram-rival

I can hear next years C2W scheme calling already!

what is misterbaxter saying

has he not heard of carbon or titanium?

old bikes can look nice, but so can modern bikes

i know which one i would chose to ride (something to do with brakes that fucking work for a start)

lord forgive me for I have sinned... http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1470&pictureid=8691

what is misterbaxter saying

has he not heard of carbon or titanium?

old bikes can look nice, but so can modern bikes

i know which one i would chose to ride (something to do with brakes that fucking work for a start)

Re: brakes, I used to think that until I used some c-rec levers used on v old 105 callipers, they are 20yrs old and work better than my DA 7800 (both using open pro's)?

Or scandium.

commie

are you using 7800 sti's?

i had 7800 calipers and 7900 sti's and they did not work v well as the pull ratio was different

7900 calipers and sti's are pretty magic

i also have the 7800 caliper and a cane creek on the fixed bike

all are using open pro ceramics (with correct brake blocks)

i'd not be keen to step back in time

another important thing of course is how well set up the brakes are

Why do all the geared road bike threads decend into frame material arguments?

Personally I think there are advantages in all the materials, and that we are spoilt for chioce.

Shimano is shite though. Campag is much better......[/TROLL]

i like my bikes made of unobtanium.

Or scandium.

or magnesium...........fizz.

yep 7800 sti's (v nice too)and set up by someone who knows what they are doing (not me), used with correct blocks..... 7900's do look nice, just waiting for the inevitable end of year evans groupset sale - few yrs back picked up 7800 group for just over £500

Will post pics once the Mercian arrives to get this thread back on topic..... strontium?

Why do all the geared road bike threads decend into frame material arguments?

Personally I think there are advantages in all the materials, and that we are spoilt for chioce.

Shimano is the shite though. Campag is much belter......[/TROLL]

Because some people continue to perpetrate bullshit about frame materials?