The "Show off your bike" thread!

[R1gtr]

Loving that Merlin and the Ribble 872, they are on my radar along with a Dolan Ares, any chance you guys can give an update on how they are- comfort, speed etc

[AyBee]

Harv-surrey said:

My first road bike , Merlin Cordite Di2

Pretty nice first road bike

[jjlynn27]

Cube Attitude SL 29

[WinstonWolf]

Don't think much to your water bottle...

[Magic919]

Don't read what he did with it.

[jjlynn27]

WinstonWolf said:

Don't think much to your water bottle...

LOL. I know. Ah well, first thing tomorrow is to replace brake pads, clean disks and find a suitable front mudguard.

[Silver940]

jjlynn27 said:

WinstonWolf said:

Don't think much to your water bottle...

LOL. I know. Ah well, first thing tomorrow is to replace brake pads, clean disks and find a suitable front mudguard.

https://www.themudhugger.co.uk/shop/

Neatest one I have found

[egor110]

So I went into halfords with my £800 c2w voucher and the buggers have stocked up with the 2017 boardmans and increased the price.

So I ended up with a 13 intuition alpha.

Carbon frame-fork
Tiagra mech.

[Quickmoose]

Never heard of hem...looks VERY smart!
8.6kg?! wow...
Halfords website showing it with an unfeasible seating position....

I sold my 2years ago as I was fed up with the special shoes and lycra, but that is a really good vfm bike

[egor110]

There supposedly not much good if you get up off the seat and power your way around , keep it sat down and spin your way around is the way to ride these to best effect.

I couldn't find much else for £750 plus i thought it looked cool , reminded me of the marco simonchelli moto gp bike.

The pedals are spd one side and ordinary flat the other for commuting / nipping up the shops.

No idea when it's going to get used ( obviously i'll be cycling to work ) as i have a lot of run training thru the winter ready for braces in march-april.

[Barchettaman]

Those double-sides pedals are absolutely brilliant things, and the bearing seals are really good too. Mine are still silky smooth after 3 years of year-round commuting.

[Barchettaman]

As bought:



Mid build:



On the road:




It's not the lightest frameset (2.9kg without headset) but it fits beautifully and is a lovely springy ride. Every mile is a pleasure.

[Ares]

Quickmoose said:

Never heard of hem...looks VERY smart!
8.6kg?! wow...
Halfords website showing it with an unfeasible seating position....

I sold my 2years ago as I was fed up with the special shoes and lycra, but that is a really good vfm bike

Good VFM, but if it full carbon, it must have heavy components if it's 8.6kg? Makes for some easy weight saving ;-)

[egor110]

Ares said:

Quickmoose said:

Never heard of hem...looks VERY smart!
8.6kg?! wow...
Halfords website showing it with an unfeasible seating position....

I sold my 2years ago as I was fed up with the special shoes and lycra, but that is a really good vfm bike

Good VFM, but if it full carbon, it must have heavy components if it's 8.6kg? Makes for some easy weight saving ;-)

Yeah most the components/wheels are halfords own 13 brand.

[Ares]

egor110 said:

Ares said:

Quickmoose said:

Never heard of hem...looks VERY smart!
8.6kg?! wow...
Halfords website showing it with an unfeasible seating position....

I sold my 2years ago as I was fed up with the special shoes and lycra, but that is a really good vfm bike

Good VFM, but if it full carbon, it must have heavy components if it's 8.6kg? Makes for some easy weight saving ;-)

Yeah most the components/wheels are halfords own 13 brand.

AH! Makes sense. Take a quick spin around the online sellers end-of-season sales. You'll easily shave of a kilogram of that weight!

[egor110]

Wheels and carbon seat post?

[Rich_AR]

Bought my first road bike as it's time to get cycle fit! It's a Felt AR3. I fitted Ultegra carbon pedals so far and an X-lab rear/under seat bottle cage carrier (not fitted in this pic).

[04helipilot]

That lovely frame is crying out for an aero wheel set, keep the wheels for winter rides.

Rich_AR said:

Bought my first road bike as it's time to get cycle fit! It's a Felt AR3. I fitted Ultegra carbon pedals so far and an X-lab rear/under seat bottle cage carrier (not fitted in this pic).

[Rich_AR]

04helipilot said:

That lovely frame is crying out for an aero wheel set, keep the wheels for winter rides.

Indeed! I'll get a few 100kms under my belt before I upgrade, and I'll wait for the UK winter sales to start! But they are on the list

[Ares]

Rich_AR said:

04helipilot said:

That lovely frame is crying out for an aero wheel set, keep the wheels for winter rides.

Indeed! I'll get a few 100kms under my belt before I upgrade, and I'll wait for the UK winter sales to start! But they are on the list

Dude, the sales are on and nearly finished!

I picked up some Bora One-50s down from £2k to £1200 after some haggling. Look stunning (see Dogma pictures above) and make a big difference on the road.