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Post images of beauty (quote pics sparingly) - see Mod warnings in OP

uberwolf · 2004-02-02 15:15:06

Seeing as the after hours lads have been drooling over their own concepts of beauty thought occured that the cyclists could post images of their equipment. [/B]And of their dream bikes etc. happy viewing. thats my current babe, in white. She's a few years old now though, so I'd love to have the money to replace her. Till…

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#4142 08-09-2011 12:15pm
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KOIZUMI wrote: »

Shimano 600,full 531,super champion gentleman wheels......i felt like i won the lotto(nerdy i know)........goes like stink too.

Good save Given, I mean Koizumi. That will spruce up brilliantly.

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#4143 14-09-2011 10:55pm
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super restrained

My weather
https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F

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#4144 14-09-2011 11:38pm
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ednwireland wrote: »

super restrained

Wow. Who makes that bike?

[yeah, not so restrained on the branding…]

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#4145 15-09-2011 12:04am
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That just looks like a Planet X Exocet frame is it?

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#4146 15-09-2011 12:04am
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Bunnyhopper wrote: »

Wow. Who makes that bike?

http://www.swiftcarbon.co.za/

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#4147 15-09-2011 9:09am
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Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

That just looks like a Planet X Exocet frame is it?

Its bloody identical as far as i can see. My paint job is much nicer tho!!

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#4148 16-09-2011 10:19am
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New project bike. Peugeot single speed mini-racer from France. Very old. Very cute. 33cm horizontal top tube. Open Pro rim included for scale.

Thanks to Caroline_ie for finding it.

Apologies for crap phone pic.

edit: tyres say Wolber 400x30A, which apparently is nominal 16" ETRTO 28-340.

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#4149 20-09-2011 11:41am
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My brother rescued this from a skip (apparently there was 2 of them:eek:), sorry only image I have at hand at the mo but can post others. Bike looks great, could do with a bit of TLC but works fine. Has shifters on the down tube (indexed). It's a steel framed bike, kitted out in Shimano 600 groupset and Mavic wheels (don't havea s pec on these), from what I can see a pretty good spec for the time so looks like someone with a serious interest owned this beauty.
The lugs are very distinctive heart shapes - these occur in several places on the frame. Looks like it has chrome forks and chroming where the back of the frame is connected to the udnerside of the seatpost. My initial research indicates a DeRosa, but need a keener eye to assist

Mystery bike.jpg

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#4150 20-09-2011 5:06pm
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Lumen wrote: »

Can you please post a pic of you riding this?

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#4151 20-09-2011 5:11pm
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petethedrummer wrote: »

Can you please post a pic of you riding this?

Yes and in your pink gear!

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#4152 20-09-2011 5:12pm
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ednwireland wrote: »

super restrained

That is seriously sexy. I think I just wet myself :eek:

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#4153 20-09-2011 5:25pm
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Surveyor11 wrote: »

My brother rescued this from a skip (apparently there was 2 of them:eek:), sorry only image I have at hand at the mo but can post others. Bike looks great, could do with a bit of TLC but works fine. Has shifters on the down tube (indexed). It's a steel framed bike, kitted out in Shimano 600 groupset and Mavic wheels (don't havea s pec on these), from what I can see a pretty good spec for the time so looks like someone with a serious interest owned this beauty.
The lugs are very distinctive heart shapes - these occur in several places on the frame. Looks like it has chrome forks and chroming where the back of the frame is connected to the udnerside of the seatpost. My initial research indicates a DeRosa, but need a keener eye to assist

Mystery bike.jpg

Need more pics to go on than just a close up of a lug, please.

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#4154 20-09-2011 5:49pm
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Surveyor11 wrote: »

My brother rescued this from a skip (apparently there was 2 of them:eek:), sorry only image I have at hand at the mo but can post others. Bike looks great, could do with a bit of TLC but works fine. Has shifters on the down tube (indexed). It's a steel framed bike, kitted out in Shimano 600 groupset and Mavic wheels (don't havea s pec on these), from what I can see a pretty good spec for the time so looks like someone with a serious interest owned this beauty.
The lugs are very distinctive heart shapes - these occur in several places on the frame. Looks like it has chrome forks and chroming where the back of the frame is connected to the udnerside of the seatpost. My initial research indicates a DeRosa, but need a keener eye to assist

Mystery bike.jpg

A wild guess. Benotto.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41284201@N05/4842741203/in/set-72157624614643866

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#4155 20-09-2011 8:07pm
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I'd guess Benotto also, is there one on the bottom bracket? (underside)

Chrome seat stays, very cool...

Show us a picture of the underside and the where the seat post fits in...

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#4156 20-09-2011 11:45pm
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Thanks for all the feedback, here's a link to all the photos I have. Took them over the weekend, the bike is in Galway!

https://picasaweb.google.com/103345829457486180894/DropBox?authuser=0&feat=directlink

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#4157 21-09-2011 9:04am
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Surveyor11 wrote: »

Thanks for all the feedback, here's a link to all the photos I have. Took them over the weekend, the bike is in Galway!

https://picasaweb.google.com/103345829457486180894/DropBox?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Nice!
What happened to the other bike in the skip?

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#4158 21-09-2011 9:23am
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mo_bhicycle wrote: »

Surveyor11 wrote: »

Thanks for all the feedback, here's a link to all the photos I have. Took them over the weekend, the bike is in Galway!

https://picasaweb.google.com/103345829457486180894/DropBox?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Nice!
What happened to the other bike in the skip?

My thoughts exactly, and where is this skip?

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#4159 21-09-2011 10:59am
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He rescued this a few months back, the other bike was unfortunately left behind - he said it looked like a house was being gutted for a refurbishment, so everything was going out in the skip. I would have personally cycled from Dublin to Galway, strapped the other to my back, and cycled back with it!!:D

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#4160 24-09-2011 3:04pm
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How to ride in Ireland :cool:

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#4161 25-09-2011 4:30pm
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Time to return to the commute!

I really wanted that colour, but On one have stopped selling that colour frame, so I ended up buying a shop soiled fully built bike. I'll stick with the flat bar for a while, but will probably change to drops and cable disc brakes at some point. Will change to a Charge Spoon saddle too Otherwise, it's actually great fun. Hub gears are deadly, really smooth.

I had to discard the disgusting dark blue "Fixie pop pop" tyres that came with it. Jesus, they were despicable.

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#4162 25-09-2011 5:59pm
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Gavin wrote: »

Time to return to the commute!

I really wanted that colour, but On one have stopped selling that colour frame, so I ended up buying a shop soiled fully built bike. I'll stick with the flat bar for a while, but will probably change to drops and cable disc brakes at some point. Will change to a Charge Spoon saddle too Otherwise, it's actually great fun. Hub gears are deadly, really smooth.

I had to discard the disgusting dark blue "Fixie pop pop" tyres that came with it. Jesus, they were despicable.

Is that an Alfine 11? I have an 8 and love it, but 11 would be even better...

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#4163 25-09-2011 7:41pm
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my 1st ever road bike! will post real pics in the next few days! Love it, I have just done over 100kms on it

Very happy with Bike so far.

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#4164 25-09-2011 8:54pm
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Bluefoam wrote: »

Is that an Alfine 11? I have an 8 and love it, but 11 would be even better...

Its an 8 speed. I was going to go for single speed, but the 8 speed was cheap enough, so figured why not.

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#4165 26-09-2011 11:40pm
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Gavin wrote: »

Time to return to the commute!

Was that you beating down Roebuck/Clonskeagh road? I was the guy who shouted your chain looked like it was sagging a bit, just worried it would bounce off, fair cadence coming down that road I'll tell you.

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#4166 26-09-2011 11:44pm
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Gavin wrote: »

Time to return to the commute!

I really wanted that colour, but On one have stopped selling that colour frame, so I ended up buying a shop soiled fully built bike. I'll stick with the flat bar for a while, but will probably change to drops and cable disc brakes at some point. Will change to a Charge Spoon saddle too Otherwise, it's actually great fun. Hub gears are deadly, really smooth.

I had to discard the disgusting dark blue "Fixie pop pop" tyres that came with it. Jesus, they were despicable.

Awesome bike! Great colour, i've the blue Pompino single speed;). Hmmmm...now i want a new fork and a disc on the front!

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#4167 27-09-2011 11:13am
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Gavin wrote: »

Time to return to the commute!

Offer 300 ... subject to inspection!

Damn nice bike, its defo on my list now.

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#4168 29-09-2011 6:34pm
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Gavin wrote: »

Time to return to the commute!

Can I ask you what size that is? Thinking of doing a frame swap with a new Pompino frame, was looking at the bight green colour, only available in small which is indeed quite small but might be ok, but have read that the geometry on them results in very bad toe/front wheel overlap problems? Do you have anything like that on yours? Sweet bike by the way!

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#4169 01-10-2011 12:26pm
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Hi there.

this the end of this thread.
My plan was to buy cheap bike. I got very generous offer from Idleter for bike on dura ace 7700 without wheels and started to bring it back to proper order in hope to fit into 300 euro budget. But as usual when I'm buying fishing or cycling equipment things went out of hand. Some parts turned up to be worn or broken (I'm quite fussy) so I ended up with 75% new bike which currently looks as on picture below. Total budget was around 400 (closer to 500 if to take to account parts i had already from mountain bikes) euro and bike weights less than 10 kg in 58cm.
Not planning any upgrades soon apart maybe from from light and some mud guards (but i guess they will be super hard to find as i went for 28mm tires which barely fits frame and fork)

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#4170 01-10-2011 12:32pm
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CramCycle wrote: »

Was that you beating down Roebuck/Clonskeagh road? I was the guy who shouted your chain looked like it was sagging a bit, just worried it would bounce off, fair cadence coming down that road I'll tell you.

Not me I'm afraid! Haven't been up that way on me bike.

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Can I ask you what size that is? Thinking of doing a frame swap with a new Pompino frame, was looking at the bight green colour, only available in small which is indeed quite small but might be ok, but have read that the geometry on them results in very bad toe/front wheel overlap problems? Do you have anything like that on yours? Sweet bike by the way!

Massive toe overlap. You need to be quite aware of it when pedalling around a bend, or even starting off at the lights occasionally. It's a medium frame. Definitely avoid a frame which might be too small for you

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#4171 02-10-2011 12:55am
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Gavin wrote: »

Not me I'm afraid! Haven't been up that way on me bike.

Alas someone else has the same bike as you, bad times, but glad to hear it wasn't you as I didn't want to start slinging mud about incorrect chain tension, amateur mistake (I know I've done it).

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