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TOPIC: Time For a New Bike Porn Thread
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posted 31-10-2008 13:20

 
I want one, mommy. Please, please, please iwantoneiwantoneiwantoneiwantone...
 
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posted 31-10-2008 14:05

 
I won't bother with the obvious ones if you've already gone through this once. Sorry if you've seen any of these already

Pretty pictures
bricklanebikes.co.uk/gallery

This probably comes closest to bike porn in the literal sense. Nice art direction
altabikes.no/

Not porn but a funny old blog
bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

Mad Skillz
www.mashsf.com/
www.cogmag.com/video/

Interesting but I'd never wear one
www.speedvest.com/
 
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posted 31-10-2008 15:23

 
That Cinelli is beautiful. Almost certainly unsteerable, but beautiful nonetheless.
 
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posted 31-10-2008 18:58

 
Which Cinelli? Which link?
 
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posted 01-11-2008 00:12

 
here's another
www.slamjam.com/blk/?p=509

is this any good TPC?
 
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posted 03-11-2008 13:42

 
Looks really nice.

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Here is a late model (1994, I think) road version of the Cinelli Laser
 
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posted 03-11-2008 17:40

 
Lovely. The year's probably correct, I don't think Campag made the aero centre-pull brakes after that.
 
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posted 06-11-2008 18:25

 
I thought you guys were going to find a bike for me?

remember, my budget is £500
 
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posted 06-11-2008 19:03

 
This is the wrong thread.

Unless you're happy with a front wheel.
 
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posted 06-11-2008 19:52

 
God those wheels are fugly.

£500 isn't going to buy a decent front wheel now is it Toro? Maybe a good set of bars but never a whole wheel. Actually, barring wheels and power meters what's the most expensive accessory you know of? There's a single front light I've seen recently at £700+ which has to be up there.
 
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posted 07-11-2008 19:02

 
Here's a blue one.
 
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posted 07-11-2008 19:04

 
...and here's Keith Haring's old Laser, which is now in the MOMA.
 
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posted 07-11-2008 20:27

 
Now that my friends is a fucking drop to the bars! Jesus wept. Well he would have done if he'd ridden that bike. Is it actually possible to ride that?

What is the Cinelli frame made from? Is it yours? It's beautiful but I haven't the legs to do that justice. It's a very unusual (early integrated?) headset.
 
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posted 08-11-2008 09:54

 
NO I don't own a Laser, a road version came up on Ebay a couple of years back and sold for $3800, but the days when I had that sort of cash to splash are long gone. But it still remains a long-term goal of mine to own one. I think I would get a road bike, though I think the Track version (the 'Pista') is more aesthetically beautiful.

You certainly can ride them, Francesco Moser broke the world hour record on a Laser, and that was a record that stood for many years. The disc wheels are useless outside of a Velodrome though, I would have thought.

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On a related note: here's proof that inline skating is an older sprt than you thought.
 
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posted 12-11-2008 22:26

 
The most expensive accessory I know of are Lew Racing boron wheels. Although, in fact, maybe wheels don't count as accessories.

What kind of bike are you after, TG? Road, off-road, hybrid, fixie... ? What do you want to do with it?
 
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posted 15-12-2008 12:25

 
My company are seriously considering doing this Ride2Work scheme.
Basically, you buy the bike gross rather than net out of your wages and your company claim the VAT back for you.
You pay it off over the course of a year, so for me a £500 bike would cost £300, paid interest free over a year. That's £25\month for a new bike.

Annoyingly you can only do it through Evans Cycles at the moment and they don't sell either brand of bike that I wanted. I was going to go for a top end Marin (I have a Muirwoods now) or a nice Boardman.
However, it's not all bad news. On perusing the Evans site, I found I could get me one of these babies for £556 or £46.50 a month.

Forget your silly drop handlebars, that is the way to travel.
 
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posted 15-12-2008 15:20

 
Nice, tho' shame it doesn't come in celeste colours.
 
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posted 03-02-2009 18:48

 
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
This is filth.
 
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posted 03-02-2009 19:16

 
Yay! Welcome back!
 
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posted 03-02-2009 19:43

 
Thanks
How's it going?
What have I missed?
 
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