The "Show off your bike" thread! (Vol 2)

[joshcowin]

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

OyAke said:

Thanks! Nice to know. I also have a few others.....although all the others are Italian.

You can't just post that picture without an explanation. That's N+1 taken to extreme levels!

What is happening here!! Looks amazing, more information and pics please!!

[OyAke]

joshcowin said:

What is happening here!! Looks amazing, more information and pics please!!

Well kind of an impulse purchase. Some guy was selling his entire collection of bikes on EBay. Myself and a friend.....bought them and brought them all back to the UK. That pic is them at his place in Italy.

There’s around 135, Bianchis, Colnagos, Pinarellos, Coppi, Frejus, Legnano, about 30 frames, 60 pairs of wheels, spare Campag groupsets.

Because it was an impulse purchase about 5 years ago now, we never had a plan what to do with them!
Thus if someone wanted to buy them all from us, that’d be fine!

To see more of them, my Instagram account is “bikevaults”.

Here’s another favourite of mine. Voted Supernice on one GCN episode :-)

[Tim O]

Would you consider selling any individually? Size small, 52 or 54, please!

PS I’m in Devon, too.

[cml24]

Finally found something reasonably priced to replace my ancient bike.

It's really nothing special, but anything is better than nothing with stock like it is these days.

It was cheap, but it's quite tired. Needs all the consumable parts replacing basically.

[RC1807]

OyAke said:

Thanks! Nice to know. I also have a few others.....although all the others are Italian.

Oh. My. Word.

I've seen bike shops with far less stock!
What an amazing (impulse!!) purchase!

[stepaway]

Tyre clearance limit reached! Definite improvement in long distance comfort with the ability to drop the pressure a touch for a bit more cushioning

[snobetter]

OyAke said:

Tim O said:

Lovely. C-Record, too.

That’s Motorola, Panasonic were blue/white.

Thanks! Nice to know. I also have a few others.....although all the others are Italian.

Wowzers, looked through your IG page, amazing stuff.

[ED209]

Couldn’t get on with the tt bike I bought on eBay at Christmas, scared of the position. Went a bit mental and bought this yesterday second hand. 2019 giant propel advanced pro 2 with dura ace di2 upgrade. Sold the tt bike today and basically got what I paid back for it so not too bad.

It’s a crap photo but not had a chance to have a spin yet due to work.

[joshcowin]

Lovely bike! Whats going on with the spacers though! Makes the whole area look chunky and odd compared to the rest of the bike!?

[DailyHack]

Calibre Gauntlet 650b SS

[ED209]

joshcowin said:

Lovely bike! Whats going on with the spacers though! Makes the whole area look chunky and odd compared to the rest of the bike!?

It is a bit of an odd design. I suppose it’s meant to be aero ha ha

[joshcowin]

ED209 said:

It is a bit of an odd design. I suppose it’s meant to be aero ha ha

Can you remove them and cut the stem?

[RC1807]

ED209 said:

Couldn’t get on with the tt bike I bought on eBay at Christmas, scared of the position. Went a bit mental and bought this yesterday second hand. 2019 giant propel advanced pro 2 with dura ace di2 upgrade. Sold the tt bike today and basically got what I paid back for it so not too bad.

It’s a crap photo but not had a chance to have a spin yet due to work.

Very nice bike.
Amazed it still has the dork disc fitted on the rear.
I know bikes can't be sold in 'Murrica without them, but you're not there?

[ED209]

joshcowin said:

Can you remove them and cut the stem?

I can’t see any reason why not. I won’t be though as I am not very flexible.

[MDMA .]

I've got a carbon Rondelli that's been wrapped in bubble wrap since 2009. Think I'm going to make a cyclocross/gravel ride out of it.

[MiloD]

After around 6 months of waiting (I'm not complianing I know others have/will wait longer given the bike and parts shortage) this turned up on the weekend. Have done about 70k on it so far, my second ever road bike, repalcing a base level Boardman carbon - the difference is night and day. Despite not having been in the saddle for 6 months I've been knocking PBs out all over the place. It's not a superbike, and doesn't compare to some of the metal (carbon) that comes before it on this thread but it feels like a superbike to me! Really chuffed, and it's great to be back out again.

[nosuchuser]

DailyHack said:

Calibre Gauntlet 650b SS

Looks like fun

[Robster]

joshcowin said:

Robster said:

Collection day!

Such a great looking bike!

Bet your happy with it!?

Definitely, although I've just ordered an Eagle X01 rear derailleur and shifter , and so it begins ...

[Scoobyshue]

Robster said:

joshcowin said:

Robster said:

Collection day!

Such a great looking bike!

Bet your happy with it!?

Definitely, although I've just ordered an Eagle X01 rear derailleur and shifter , and so it begins ...

I was going to say "why bother on a brand new bike".....then I remembered that's what I did

I've just built a bike from the frame up and had set myself a budget of a couple of hundred quid for a set of cranks....then a set of Cane Creek eeWings came up. Blew my budget out of the water. Didn't need them...but I did want them. They are bloody lush.

[RC1807]

MiloD said:

After around 6 months of waiting (I'm not complianing I know others have/will wait longer given the bike and parts shortage) this turned up on the weekend. Have done about 70k on it so far, my second ever road bike, repalcing a base level Boardman carbon - the difference is night and day. Despite not having been in the saddle for 6 months I've been knocking PBs out all over the place. It's not a superbike, and doesn't compare to some of the metal (carbon) that comes before it on this thread but it feels like a superbike to me! Really chuffed, and it's great to be back out again.

Very nice.

Great feeling, isn't it ... banging out PBs on a new bike? I've been fortunate enough to manage that quite a lot int he last few weeks on mine, too.