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The Ultimate Winter Bike

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  • 04-11-2016 4:54pm
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    Donie75
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    Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?
    Preferably I would go Titanium, Steel or high end Aluminium, hydraulic disc brakes, Ultegra, hand built wheels like H+Son Archytype on nice cartridge bearing hubs. Mudguard mounts and rack mounts also required and sportive/endurance geometry with 25-28mm tyres.

    This would be high on my list... https://masoncycles.cc/shop/categories/resolution-bikes

    I like the Ti bikes too. Dolan do a nice Ti frame but it only takes 23mm tyres.


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    irishrover99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭irishrover99


    Lovely bike, but if money wasn't an issue i wouldn't be calling them winter bikes. It would be Monday bike, Tuesday bike ........


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    route66
    Registered Users Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭route66


    Donie75 wrote: »
    Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?
    Preferably I would go Titanium, Steel or high end Aluminium, hydraulic disc brakes, Ultegra, hand built wheels like H+Son Archytype on nice cartridge bearing hubs. Mudguard mounts and rack mounts also required and sportive/endurance geometry with 25-28mm tyres.

    This would be high on my list... https://masoncycles.cc/shop/categories/resolution-bikes

    I like the Ti bikes too. Dolan do a nice Ti frame but it only takes 23mm tyres.

    Dolan do a "Dual" as well which is a carbon bike that is suited to winter use - have a look at the 105 model here


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    boardbeer
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭boardbeer


    Donie75 wrote: »
    Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?
    This is where that daydream led me:
    P1030514.jpg


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    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


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    There is enough room to switch out the wheels for Knobbly ones or Ice/Snow tyres

    It's wubbly.

    I don't have kids/sprogs or take "holidays"


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    benneca1
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭benneca1


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    My winter dream bike after many years dreaming


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    OleRodrigo
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    Since fitted with mudguards:

    _DSC1528edited_zpscar2td0i.jpg


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    Carawaystick
    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    boardbeer wrote: »
    This is where that daydream led me:
    P1030514.jpg

    Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

    If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
    I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
    a Rohloff back hub
    V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.


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    boardbeer
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭boardbeer


    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

    If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
    I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
    a Rohloff back hub
    V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.
    Weight budget: 8.5kg, Rohloff, disks, etc., would blow that, and anyway, those cantis out perform any disk I've ever used.
    Yeah, I'll spec the next frame a bit differently, more internal routing, rear braze-ons for a rack.


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    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

    If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
    I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
    a Rohloff back hub
    V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.

    The wear on the rim from a front brake on a fixie isn't as much as you might think. I've H Plus SON archetypes with about 15000 km and still plenty of rim left. No need for a disc at all.


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