The "Show off your bike" thread!

[tuffer]

AyBee said:

964Cup said:

The current lot:

Some very nice bikes there - how do you decide which one to ride?

[pitboard]

My son's bikes: A . Just sold this Cannondale and got this Orbea Mongoose winter bike. Cyclocross, hence the disc brakes. Finally: trials bike.

[Banana Boy]

Got a bit of a hankering for a classic weekend hack for family rides, found this little beast on Gumtree for £35.

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

Stripped it back, cleaned it up...

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

... had some fun with an old pair of jeans...

80's Denim Seat Cover and Bar Tape! by Ben Magee, on Flickr

...and finished it off last night with a new set of tyres and cables!

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

She rides lovely and stands me at under £85 including the initial purchase!

[ALawson]

Finally got this back this week, new tyres and bottle cages fitted.

S-Works Tarmac SL4, Di2 Ultegra, FSA Integrated Stem/bars 6.98kg. Wheels are my old Racing 3's, which will be upgraded later this year for some thing a little carbon based.



Raceware G1000 and Di2 mount.

[yellowjack]

ALawson said:

Finally got this back this week, new tyres and bottle cages fitted.

S-Works Tarmac SL4, Di2 Ultegra, FSA Integrated Stem/bars 6.98kg. Wheels are my old Racing 3's, which will be upgraded later this year for some thing a little carbon based.



Raceware G1000 and Di2 mount.

Lovely!

[JustinF]

Banana Boy said:

Got a bit of a hankering for a classic weekend hack for family rides, found this little beast on Gumtree for £35.

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

Stripped it back, cleaned it up...

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

... had some fun with an old pair of jeans...

80's Denim Seat Cover and Bar Tape! by Ben Magee, on Flickr

...and finished it off last night with a new set of tyres and cables!

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

She rides lovely and stands me at under £85 including the initial purchase!

Top work fella!

[stepaway]

Bit of an eclectic mix from me.....

My Pk Ripper



My daughters Lil Ripper



My Klein



My Nishiki (pub bike/baby carrier)



My Principia RSL (too small so being sold)



My Specialized E5 Aerotec S-Works



Sanko tubed Fort roadie commuter




Few others tucked away in the garage/loft etc

Edited by stepaway on Sunday 24th May 21:27

[yellowjack]

My Emonda, with some giant concrete Lego!

[E38]

964Cup said:

The current lot:

Is that a steel commuter with a 1x11 Di2 setup with TT Di2 brake levers?

[arcticnick]

My new race-day steed:

Felt AR3, RS81 C50 wheels, and the last addition being a pair of Vittoria Open Corsa SC tyres for effect...

[neilbauer]

^^^ That looks rather nice

[richardxjr]

Just finished nailing together my winter road & summer crosser

105, BB7 Roads, XT Hubs (135mm MTB drop outs on these), Spesh 700x38c for offroad duties. Reckon I could get 2" tyres in there!

Just under £600 and 10kg as photo. Already had mechs, chainset & saddle, everything else new or very nearly new.

[lukeyman]

Nice, that London Rd. I'm tempted by one... I don't need one... But the frame is half price! Can't resist a saving.

[Cagey]

Picked this up last night, ready for a week in The Pyrenees in mid-June.



Not sure about the 2-tone tape, but wont change it yet. Wheels will be swapped out pre-Pyrenees.

[Ponk]

Quite like the tape, goes nicely with the frame.

[SixPotBelly]

richardxjr said:

Just finished nailing together my winter road & summer crosser

105, BB7 Roads, XT Hubs (135mm MTB drop outs on these), Spesh 700x38c for offroad duties. Reckon I could get 2" tyres in there!

Just under £600 and 10kg as photo. Already had mechs, chainset & saddle, everything else new or very nearly new.

The temptation to copy you is still high. If I had somewhere to keep another bike I'd be (having a go at) building one up already...

[richardxjr]

Perfect Only bike. You've got space for a 2nd pair of tyres right

(These tyres and touring tubes = about 1.4kg, will be much lighter on 25c road tyres too)

Edited by richardxjr on Friday 29th May 10:42

[SixPotBelly]

richardxjr said:

Perfect Only bike. You've got space for a 2nd pair of tyres right

(These tyres and touring tubes = about 1.4kg, will be much lighter on 25c road tyres too)

Stop it! Must not spend more money. Must not spend...

"Only bike" idea won't work as I get irrationally attached to my mechanical things and don't want to part with either of my current bikes. But I'd would prefer my roadie to have an 11-speed compact instead of its Sora triple.

Ignoring the no space for three bikes restriction, it's also occurred to me that getting the £800 fully built Rival 22 version and then doing a groupset swap would be another option...

[Patch888]

Banana Boy said:

Got a bit of a hankering for a classic weekend hack for family rides, found this little beast on Gumtree for £35.

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

Stripped it back, cleaned it up...

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

... had some fun with an old pair of jeans...

80's Denim Seat Cover and Bar Tape! by Ben Magee, on Flickr

...and finished it off last night with a new set of tyres and cables!

Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr

She rides lovely and stands me at under £85 including the initial purchase!

Fantastic!!

Got me looking now.

[Banana Boy]

JustinF said:

Banana Boy said:

... Raleigh Milk Race Special by Ben Magee, on Flickr...

Top work fella!

Patch888 said:

Banana Boy said:

......

Fantastic!!

Got me looking now.

Thanks, I'm quite proud of how she scrubbed up with a little time and effort! I've had a proper ride into work this week and she rode lovely. I took it steady as she's a bit of an unknown entity at the moment and if I wanted to ride her properly I think ideally I'd invest in some new rims, freewheel gears and a chain. For pootling around with the family it's perfect@