Thinking of getting a new ride .... carbon edition

I really like the Orbea from an aesthetic stand point. I ride an horribly heavy bike from Canadian Tire that I bought used for $80. I think I don’t even need to use my lock, it’s so ugly.

That’s a good-looking frame. I have dropouts like that on my cross bike (also ti). Who’s your buddy?

Further up the price ladder is the Ridley Helium. Integrated seat tube, super light ‘dentist’ bike. I think this is last year’s paint scheme - black/carbon/naked:

Wow. I know almost nothing about bicycles, but there are some seriously sexy craftsmanship in this thread. I think the only thing i’ve not been drooling over so far is the de rosa graphics.

A friend recently worked on this one. Dont know if Nishiki stands up to anything posted here yet, but I like the colorscheme.




And heres the partyspoiler. Im sure there is some Carbon fiber in this thing somewhere…

Sean Chaney of Vertigo Cycles. He does a fair amount of craftsmanship heavy details (both functional and cosmetic)–but that image was a pretty straight forward design.

bngi – where did that “party spoiler” come from? reminds me of a Honda DH bike that was much discussed a few years back when they had a team a few years back.

it was amazing to see an internal gearbox on bike…

Some of my favorites.


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Got to back up NURB with the shout-out to IF. You can’t got wrong with them. Custom built and painted. Depending on how labor intensive the paint design is it’s covered in the price. Or you can go way custom like I did and pay some more.

They build a variety of bikes including one off concept bikes. On top of that they are great guys and girls, very down to earth. And like many small builders, they are doing what they love, got to have respect for that.

-Peter

I’m loving that Scott. I’ll need to search their site a bit deeper.

I also took a look at some Wiliers, I have always liked watching Cunego ride. This one is particularly nice with the curved chain stays integrated into the seat stays. Reminds me of a old-school Mongoose BMX.




Nurb, why the hate for SR? I ride Centaur now and I find it nearly as good as the 9-speed DA I had. I am also thinking about buying a friend’s '09 SR group for this new frame. He is giving me a great deal at about 1/3 of retail. The weight weenie in me just can’t say no.

Talk to mechanics. 11 speed SR is garbage no matter how much you paid for it.

I’d take SRAM Red in a heartbeat over both DA and SR.

I’m in the stix. The only thing out here is Shimano, Campy is foreign to any mechanic. What will they say? Hard to tune? Comes out of tune easily? How does it differ from Centaur? I have about 8K miles on my Centaur in the last 2 years and I have no complaints.

Ahhh… Shifts like garbage, basically.

How about wheels? Please, no Zipps. Too much of a bellybutton wheel.

ITM Pathom (a bit chunky at 1500 grams)

Miche (also at 1500)

Ambrosio XUL (1250)

Mavic R-SYS. The response and stiffness are not like anything else, and they weigh something like 1300gms a pair. The issues with explosions in the past have been resolved. I’m in my second season of racing cross on these wheels - arguably more stressful on a wheel than nearly anything else - including several gravity drops from 24" and they are straight and solid. The Mavic hubs are kind of susceptible to dirt though.

There are a few guys rolling on Mad Fiber wheels at the local cross races…seems nuts to race on a $2500 wheelset when you are Cat 3, but whatever.

how about something that combines the old with the new (visually at least):

Holtag - that’s a great bike link! Thanks! Off-topic, but the BAUM Coretto Di2 (seen on that site) is making me NUTS at the moment…

That thing is hot.
The paint reminds me of a former co-worker’s Peacock Groove “PG-40”

Modeled after the classic Ford GT40 LeMans machine.

…I like the connotations of the Gulf GT40 cars…

Bike content: I think there is much too much red, black, and white in bikes these days…at least mix up the proportions a little more…zzzzz

I’m still haven’t decided anything at this point, but there is no doubt this is the fugliest frame I have ever seen. I love Cipo, and I give a lot a leeway for “Italian” styling, but that headset makes me wretch.

You’d have to spring for some NOS Briko’s for sure!

What kills me is that his logo is actually tasteful (at least compared to your typical bike/billboard look).

Wow. When CAD attacks.