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I challenge anyone to be given £200 and put together a bike that is generally accepted as porn worthy by the great people of this forum.

I challenge you to duplicate that carbon bike for £200. I'll buy for £250 if you succeed.

Stuff not being expensive enough to be porn is just pretentious rubbish, a bike doesn't need to be out of reach for me to appreciate it.

Is it not expensive enough to be porn? Datz bollox.

I've already expressed how I feel about the Mash frame, but I actually think the colours on this one are pretty smart. Bit too much black maybe.

I know what you mean, I've lusted after them for a long time and finally got one recently (mtb), now all I need is a Quantum Pro roadbike but can't find one for a decent price (of course it would have to be my size, a nice colour and pre-Trek)

definitely mask off the logo decals/rear end up tot hte tup tube and downtube. maybe some stripes either side of the logo tooto make the box band... and finally the colour... dark foresty green.

this for sure...

http://fotos-alt.rennrad-news.de/fotos/data/500/klein61.JPG

from the free respray thread, this bike is everything I need in my life.

They do exist

http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/uno-handers/15-170

Free Respray Anyone?

Yes please! Oh wait it doesn't work that way.

Thanks Scorch, just trying to have some fun is exactly what I'm trying to do. I'm not going to justify why I may or may not have ruined one of my own rims. I have another one just like it, anyone concerned I might ruin it is welcome to come and pick it up. Seriously. Until then I'll just lace it up, ride it and if you never hear from me again I'll probably be dead.

What's the thing going from the saddle to the seat stays?

A length of chain inside an inner tube that goes round the seatstay and saddle rails so thieves can't nick the saddle.

Do you live at the top of an Alp and work at the base of it?

It's for ramming into other bikes, that's "how far they are willing to go".

there are a few trials rims which are drilled like that.

whether it will work at 100+ psi is another story.

I don't know.. My pump doesn't work at 100+ psi (tend to prefer my tyres a bit soft) so I guess we'll see! :D

Your own body weight is more over the rear wheel than over the front, so bike weight distribution isn't an issue. It's not like you'll constantly be popping wheelies involuntarily if your front end is lighter that the rear. What can cause significant difference in handling is fork rake.

Well it wasn't decent, faded braking surface and rusty eyelets. Too much hassle to stick it on eBay, catch a couple of quid if I'm lucky and spend pretty much all of that money on an other rim to drill holes in.
I think the rim tape will work, the holes are 10mm diameter and I got a 15mm rim tape, which is an exact fit on the rim. Mountainbikers have been drilling their rims since the beginning of time, and MTBs tend to get abused a lot worse than my fixed bikes. But still I'm a bit wary..

This is what I've been doing yesterday, drilling 64 holes in an old Mavic G40 rim, spraypainting it black and countersinking the holes to get that machined look. Shaved 30 grams off the weight of the rim. Question is though, would you still ride it? Not sure if I should.. Thinking of building it with non drive side radial if one of the old wheels I have has the correct spoke length.

whatwhatwhat?

Ah crap.

Malays I shopped some 40mm silver wheels on there because I was curious to see what it would look like. Try to ignore the logos on the rims. I think it will look pretty good with some black tyres and white par tape!
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7198/39091629.jpg

Wow, Srani wheels!

Really? That's why STI was invented, the T-Rex's couldn't reach the downtube shifters. Everybody knows that.

I don't really want low profile rims, this is the bike

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=786&pictureid=8760

not posted as porn - part of discussion - before you start

In process of de-HHSB ing it. Will be getting black randos, probs keep saddle tho as it comfy.

It's a toss up between the weinmann pegasus and dp19 rims provided by varno, on novatec hubs.

Thinking of going with the pegasus (40mm+ braking surface), full silver build, radial front. Thought would look quite classy.

I reckon the Pegasuses (sp?) will look classy if you lose the supreme sticker and put some white bar tape (Fizik Microtex Bar:tape comes to mind, the perforations give it a classy look http://media.rei.com/media/aa/8e35c129-128d-481b-873f-bf6a37a84b0b.jpg

On topic: I'm not too keen on that De Rosa. Looks pretty bland imho.

^ my point exactly, you're missing sarcasm, get something classical like open pro's

Semi classic 40mm all silver can look quite good on a classic bike too, like the old zonda/scirocco and what have you. But I agree low profile rims would probably look better, depending on the rest of the build.

*Crap gear, I'll tell you about crap gear.

*FSA carbon bar tape

Bought some of the fake carbon weave bar tape because I gould get it cheap. Big mistake. It looked horrible, almost like I wrapped my bars in garbage bags. The embossed logos made a tidy job look sloppy and padding was nonexistent. So I decided to replace the tape after a couple of days. The tape came off but the adhesive, along with a strip of foam came loose of the tape and stuck to the handlebar. Had to soak it in agressive paint thinner to get it off. Shit product.