do you have a "lust after" bike?

[NotthatJasonKenny]

At the moment it's one of these but only because I discovered them last night whilst buying stickers...it will be something else next week...

 

[Fab Foodie]

This ....

 

[Boris Bajic]

The above is quite lovely. Just the right side of ostentatious. It should come wrapped in foil, like a choccy bar.

I bought my first bike with a front derailleur at Holdsworths (then on Lwr. Richmond Rd.) as it was only a short walk from my rowing club.

It was a Peugeot Premier and I paid about £100 for it in the early Eighties. It was about the cheapest thing they had, but to me it was beyond rubies.

The ability to have TWO spreads of five gears made me feel like a god. Before Ergoshifters, nobody moaned about the difficulty of changing gear while out of the saddle. Aaaah... nostalgia,

Elsewhere in the shop there were machines costing several times that.... It was like being in the British Library or some sort of temple.

I will go and wallow now in whimsical nostalgia over a strong coffee. Thanks for the picture.

I might even replace my longing for a steel Colnago and a Bimota DB1 with one like the above (and obviously a DB1 too). But with Italian cycleparts, obviously.

Aaaaah...... Whimsy.

 

[Peowpeowpeowlasers]

Hmmm the picture appears broken so I'll just post this link:

http://www.renovobikes.com/r3-road/

I don't care how they handle, I just want one.

 

[classic33]

Hmmm the picture appears broken so I'll just post this link:

http://www.renovobikes.com/r3-road/

I don't care how they handle, I just want one.

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[Jon Baines]

I really like this bike...

That would be my choice aswel, love the integrated brakes. Can see alot of manufacturers going that way in the future.

 

[vickster]

As I am an utter sucker for yellow and for anything that isn't from a US superbrand http://www.condorcycles.com/2011-Range/9468-Condor-Squadra-2012-Frameset/flypage.tpl.html

I rather like this too! http://www.globalbike.co.uk/products/Ghost-Race-5000-2012-size-56-SPECIAL-OFFER!!!.html

 

[86TDFWinner]

LOOK 695 25th anniversary Lemond bike, size 64(or, a.special edition exact replica of Gregs 86 tdf bike).

 

[postman]

Koga signature from Cycle Sense of Tadcaster.

 

[Octet]

I don't know too much about bicycles (learning though ) but I just go to online stores, flick the filter to 'From High to Low' and look at the £10000 ones and think... dream on

 

[IanT]

Just collected mine - a Trek Domane 4.5 with American Classic 420 Aero 3 wheels.

It's an absolute honey - and really flys along.

Never ever imagined I would own a bike this good.

 

[Accy cyclist]

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc/teammachine-slr01-ult-2011-road-bike-ec029994 This one at a mere £2799.99 has a certain appeal about it.I think those yellow dust caps are the icing on the cake!

 

[youngoldbloke]

No need to spend £2799.99 to get yellow dustcaps - just buy Continental inner tubes.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Koga signature from Cycle Sense of Tadcaster. View attachment 11487

i think it may need a new saddle

 

[zigzag]

racing bikes are too common and nothing special, so i'd go for something different (and more practical):