Late 90s - 2000s bikes

IIRC I remember picking it up for £325 with the Ultra 9-speed as pictured from a nice chap in Margate.

It's no longer unfortunately, got smashed to pieces by a bus in June this year

Sounds like a decent deal, shame about the bus!

Nothing to do with the fact they're doped to the gill bringing a higher average speed?

50km/h up a mountain is plausible I'm sure.

Hah yeah they were all out of their heads, on everything going. It was ridiculous.

Nice bikes though

it's the shimano shifters where the gear cable comes out the side...hideous

That look is lovely

The 8 speed one have the loveliest shift feel, which the external routing may account for.

always wanted a starship but got the cheaper Unica instead

Awesome. Do you know the model?

Cinelli Starship :)

It's got an alter like milled element for a brake bridge/monostay/seatclamp.

Madness.

I had one of those. It was nice.

No 8 spoke Spinergys yet? I am disappoint.

Ha! Timing for this thread is spot on, ive been looking at a used principia rex e pro 2003 that is for sale for a very reasonable price. Now i might have to take it if i still can!

trying to build something like this out of it

ultralite ultrastiff aluminium and non-sloping frame. aahh

also around 2003 helmets became mandatory in big races (?) and made racers look a bit less rad hehheh!

Need to get better pictures.

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Great thread!

Spinergy wheels! Good man.

They were hideous, and dangerous, though.

This is before all-silver groupsets disappeared, right?

My rather middle-range Duell with 9 sp Athena seems all 'cool' now. So glad I put ergo drops, cxp14s and a Rolls Due on it.

This is my 2001 Merckx and it's going to have a full Sram Force facelift when i get back to Taiwan

Here's a new one, does anyone have pictures of new frames with older kit on? I'd love to put campy 8sp on my caad just to see what it looked like!

Haha!
@JamesNQ which frame and which group are we talking about?