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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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#8912 06-07-2017 9:05pm
f1000

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https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/07/06/bianchi-paints-limited-20th-anniversary-run-specialissima-pantani-road-bikes/

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#8913 10-07-2017 9:57pm
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Image of former beauty

This is my crashed Reynolds 725 frame. Can anyone suggest whether there's anything I can now do with this, other than scrap? I'm going to give it away on Gumtree unless this is somehow salvageable.

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#8914 10-07-2017 10:21pm
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toilet roll holder. i'm working on one at the moment.

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#8915 10-07-2017 10:23pm
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or pay mercian £240 minimum to replace em both: http://www.merciancycles.co.uk/renovations/

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#8916 10-07-2017 10:30pm
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Brendan will do a job on this. He can replace the top and down tube.

http://www.bicycledesigncentre.com/

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#8917 10-07-2017 10:44pm
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beans wrote: »

Image of former beauty

This is my crashed Reynolds 725 frame. Can anyone suggest whether there's anything I can now do with this, other than scrap? I'm going to give it away on Gumtree unless this is somehow salvageable.

Don't give that away without a fight to put it right!! It's surely a thing of rare beauty!!

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#8918 11-07-2017 7:42am
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Kaisr Sose wrote: »

Don't give that away without a fight to put it right!! It's surely a thing of rare beauty!!

As above....., but if you are I'll happily take it off your hands.

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#8919 11-07-2017 7:51am
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2nd in line, if you're giving it away.

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#8920 11-07-2017 8:17am
beans

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Mercian quoted me 700£ for the replacement, interestingly enough.

Maybe I'll see if there's someone local (London) who wants the job. If it comes down to it and I'm looking to offload the frame, I'll pop back here

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#8921 11-07-2017 9:09am
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beans wrote: »

Mercian quoted me 700£ for the replacement, interestingly enough.

replacement or repair?

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#8922 11-07-2017 9:19am
beans

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magicbastarder wrote: »

replacement or repair?

My bad, replacing the tubes, so repair!

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#8923 11-07-2017 10:02am
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beans wrote: »

Mercian quoted me 700£ for the replacement, interestingly enough.

Maybe I'll see if there's someone local (London) who wants the job. If it comes down to it and I'm looking to offload the frame, I'll pop back here

Sorry for your loss!

My recollection from when I wrote off my Mercian Pro is that Mercian's price wasn't far off the cost of a new frame. By the time new tubes, headset, forks, respraying, transfers, labour, shipping etc was included, it just didn't make economic sense. Emotion and nostalgia nearly won out but, after a couple of years of it hanging on the wall of the shed, I gave it to Rothar who may have salvaged some bits.

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#8924 11-07-2017 10:02am
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My Scott Addict in race mode, I think it's beautiful!

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#8925 11-07-2017 10:05am
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I was awarded damages which covered replacement, thankfully.

I remember reading about your dead frame and wincing at the time...

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#8926 11-07-2017 10:50am
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[QUOTE=Miklos;

My Scott Addict in race mode, I think it's beautiful![/QUOTE]

So do I. And in the correct colours, Well done.

but circumcise the steerer tube!

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#8927 11-07-2017 11:01am
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Eamonnator wrote: »

So do I. And in the correct colours, Well done.

but circumcise the steerer tube!

I'm working my way down at the moment, trying to find my lowest possible position ever so gradually so I'm not going to cut it until I've settled on something.

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#8928 11-07-2017 11:07am
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^^^^^^^
quite right.Measure twice, cut once.

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#8929 17-07-2017 7:32pm
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#8930 18-07-2017 12:02am
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Think I found my future sweetheart today. I go weak at the knees for matt carbon. Stunning in the flesh. A frame set would do nicely. Complete bike is stupid money.

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#8931 18-07-2017 11:27am
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This is beautiful. Look after a long time produced a frame that is not littered with unneeded and stupid angles.

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#8932 19-07-2017 9:36am
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=822599201237170&set=a.193278710835892.1073741825.100004612931813&type=3&theater

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#8933 19-07-2017 10:00am
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^^ I wonder whether that front rack is actually usable for anything.

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#8934 19-07-2017 10:09am
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That might be the least ugly disc brake bike I've seen as I barely noticed them

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#8935 19-07-2017 10:32am
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I wonder whether that front rack is actually usable for anything.

Normal front panniers (mounted high for clearance) and shelf to support a large bar bag?

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#8936 21-07-2017 4:44pm
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Weepsie wrote: »

That might be the least ugly disc brake bike I've seen as I barely noticed them

I don't understand how you missed them, you can see those things from the moon.

they/them/theirs

And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek

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#8937 21-07-2017 4:49pm
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Plastik wrote: »

I laughed. Then I realised that rear spoke reflector was a paving slab

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#8938 27-07-2017 9:09am
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Bastion Ti lugged carbon (3d printed lugs)

more https://www.reddit.com/r/Bikeporn/comments/6eco7j/bastion_carbon_fiber_3dprinted_ti_more_in_comments/

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#8939 28-07-2017 8:40am
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When classic and modern meet...

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#8940 28-07-2017 8:47am
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clod71 wrote: »

When classic and modern meet...

similar frame to this:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057767932

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#8941 28-07-2017 10:03am
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yes @Thud, that's why I posted it actually and you'll find a curse to my height in that post too!

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