The "Show off your bike" thread! (Vol 2)
Discussion
I'd also suggest a Thudbuster (or whatever they're called these days) for the stoker.
It won't match the aesthetic but your stoker will be more forgiving of you forgetting to call out a pot hole.
Best thing I ever put on our Tandem.
Re hoods... Mine is an mtb, but I put bar ends on it which give the same hand position.
It won't match the aesthetic but your stoker will be more forgiving of you forgetting to call out a pot hole.
Best thing I ever put on our Tandem.
Re hoods... Mine is an mtb, but I put bar ends on it which give the same hand position.
Decided against purchasing a very low priced 2021 Bianchi Aria that was on FB Marketplace in Luxembourg recently.
It had only been ridden about 500km, and was absolutely spotless.
I like my nads attached to my body.
(I already have an Aria in Summertime Dream, but this one was in Celeste, but, you know, N+1 and all that...)
It had only been ridden about 500km, and was absolutely spotless.
I like my nads attached to my body.
(I already have an Aria in Summertime Dream, but this one was in Celeste, but, you know, N+1 and all that...)
RC1807 said:
Decided against purchasing a very low priced 2021 Bianchi Aria that was on FB Marketplace in Luxembourg recently.
It had only been ridden about 500km, and was absolutely spotless.
I like my nads attached to my body.
(I already have an Aria in Summertime Dream, but this one was in Celeste, but, you know, N+1 and all that...)
There's a special place in Hell for the **** who stole my Celeste blue Bianchi circa 1988. Bottom of the range steel frame. Not objectively good... But oh that colour. What a thing. It had only been ridden about 500km, and was absolutely spotless.
I like my nads attached to my body.
(I already have an Aria in Summertime Dream, but this one was in Celeste, but, you know, N+1 and all that...)
TGCOTF-dewey said:
There's a special place in Hell for the **** who stole my Celeste blue Bianchi circa 1988. Bottom of the range steel frame. Not objectively good... But oh that colour. What a thing.
Ouch. That's a painful loss! I got to ride this glorious bike up the Koppenberg in 2022, a loaner from a friend. 10kg and 23mm tyres but lovely - took me back awhile!
M1K3 said:
Allow me to be a picture w
e for a moment, my raffle won frame and Velofique painted forks is now built. I won't say complete as still missing the BEAST blue carbon seat post.
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I watched a video of the girl from Fat Creations bike painters doing a bike like those forks, loved it then. That looks awesome.e for a moment, my raffle won frame and Velofique painted forks is now built. I won't say complete as still missing the BEAST blue carbon seat post.]
M1K3 said:
Thanks for the kind comments, I'm also a massive fan of the painted forks, I think they could be my favourite part.
Need to get my head around the 2 x 12 gearing as never had this type of setup before. Is there a best practice for use?
Bike looks amazing!Need to get my head around the 2 x 12 gearing as never had this type of setup before. Is there a best practice for use?
Unfortunately Lucia has shut the doors at Velofique. Apparently her landlord wanted to massively increase the rent and it wasn’t financially viable for her to continue.
She’s gone back to being an architect and is currently designing my sister’s pool house.
M1K3 said:
Allow me to be a picture we for a moment, my raffle won frame and Velofique painted forks is now built. I won't say complete as still missing the BEAST blue carbon seat post.
Oh sweet babby Jesus that's hot...e for a moment, my raffle won frame and Velofique painted forks is now built. I won't say complete as still missing the BEAST blue carbon seat post.Hope you love the ride. Mine is significantly more boring (1x GRX mechanical, vanilla finishing kit) - but it's a beautiful thing to go out on.
trails said:
Allegedly 'Teal' not Green, and the 'white' was a 'Merlin Silver'. Nice, but not in stock ready to roll - so therefore non existent to my childish impatience.I wrote more about it here in the Ebike thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It is 'different' for sure and curio as to the cut off.
Anywho 7 of us off on the Annual Groundhog Day bike and beers route of 50+mi in 30 mins time, so will have more to report tomorrow.
AXS is absolutely fantastic. It just works faultlessly. I recently moved from Shimano manual drivetrains (mainly Ultegra) to Sram AXS (on a new Colnago) and I can't believe it took me so long to do it. Okay so it might not be weight-weenie, but having a silent drivetrain with no rubbing and no dropping chains takes my vote. The battery life is also astonishing. I haven't charged my mech batteries for 2 months and they are still going strong.
Before the music stops said:
AXS is absolutely fantastic. It just works faultlessly. I recently moved from Shimano manual drivetrains (mainly Ultegra) to Sram AXS (on a new Colnago) and I can't believe it took me so long to do it. Okay so it might not be weight-weenie, but having a silent drivetrain with no rubbing and no dropping chains takes my vote. The battery life is also astonishing. I haven't charged my mech batteries for 2 months and they are still going strong.
Thats good hear thanks. I've not even charged the batteries yet. Does the system need any initial calibration etc?Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff