do you have a "lust after" bike?

[ColinJ]

A Windcheeta recumbent. Rode one a few years ago and was utterly smitten

I always fancied doing some fast Yorkshire downhills on one of them!

And a Lotus bike as used by C Boardman. I would sell a kidney to get my hands on one.

Whereas, I never liked the Lotus bike one little bit!

I don't lust after any particular bike at the moment. What I do lust after is the slim, fit cyclist's physique that I had a few years ago so I could once again enjoy riding the bikes I already own!

 

[TheDoctor]

I've seen that bike in a few incarnations, from the original one hanging up in Mike's workshop in Rackheath, to one ot the ones from Barcelona.
It's utterly, utterly lovely - the most smooth, streamlined and elegant bike I have ever seen.
And since the UCI rule changes, possibly the most beautiful bike that will ever exist.
IMHO, obviously.
Oh lord, I've come over all gushy

 

[Night Train]

Wow, how fast were those trikes going do ya reckon?

I don't know but it is faster then I would manage.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Toss up between

and

 

[Friz]

Out of my league and totally impractical for a dirty moutainbiker such as myself.

But my god does this give me the horn. I hope to have enough saved to get it next spring.

 

[derrick]

This is still the one i want.

 

[Boris Bajic]

Showing my age.... but this would be mine.

To me, all beautiful pedal bicycles are equally beautiful, but I like the idea of a very light steel Colnago from some years ago.

I love to see enthusiasm for these whizzbang-fantastico things, but I cannot get excited about a new, top-of-the-pile carbon road bike. I also feel a little odd about the recent-ish fashion for writing POSH WHEEL in very big letters on a rim and POSH FRAME in very big letters on a frame and then making sure that the bottles and tyres and tape all match and remain spotless until replaced the next month.

It's uncomfortably like the emergence in the 80s of the budget end of the Turbo car market, where Renault Fuego turbos seemed to have TURBO writ large on every possible panel. It looked tarty then and (on a bicycle) these things still do to me.

Sorry.

I'm wrong anyway, so there's no need to tell me I am.

 

[marzjennings]

Another vote for a Vortex, I am going to seriously review the penny jar this winter to see if I can get one.

 

[ColinJ]

Another vote for a Vortex, I am going to seriously review the penny jar this winter to see if I can get one.

'd get a seriously sweaty back riding that! Doesn't anybody make a recumbent with a well-ventilated mesh seat?

 

[smokeysmoo]

This

 

[smokeysmoo]

'd get a seriously sweaty back riding that! Doesn't anybody make a recumbent with a well-ventilated mesh seat?

That's why it has sweat channels in the seat. They run down to drainage holes in the seat base

 

[Moodyman]

This

Beat me to it

 

[subaqua]

It seems that every time I lust after a bike I end up buying it.
Not good for the wallet, oh no.

my wif caught me giving this bike http://www.decathlon.co.uk/btwin-facet-5-id_8203212.html the look i gave my tourer just before i bought that . i didn't realise I had a look like that. she looked at the price tag and said if i bought it it wouldn't crush my nuts as she would have removed them while i was aslepp one night.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

This one for me!!!




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[ianrauk]

This one for me!!!

Very nice indeed....