Whats the sexiest road racing bike then?

[simon l& and a half]

For me, only one choice in the world:

http://www.vanillabicycles.com/

Just look at them...

aaaaaggghhhhhh nasty. Those lugs!!!!

 

[Abitrary]

Speaking as a self-confirmed aesthete, I confess this one as the best one

 

[stevenb]

Have to say I find the very simple and clean lines of the Enigma Eclipse very elegant.

http://www.enigmabikes.com/eclipse.htm

Colnago wise, some are beautiful and some are plain ugly, I prefer the old classic Italian design...if I had a grand spare right now I definately have this frame on my list...
http://www.windwave.co.uk/colnago_frame_masterxlite.html

Agreed...the Enigmas look very tasty indeed!

 

[Fab Foodie]

I had that very colour scheme. I think it was 1974 or 1975. My first trip to John O'Groats, sleeping in fields was on that bike!

Lucky Basket...

Funnily enough, my old one was orange when I rescued it, IIRC with white lettering though and horrible steel cotter pinned cranks. All very rusty, from its final resting place in a damp garage in Morden...the ignomony.
I had it resprayed plain blue to stop it getting nicked from South Bank Poly.

Just posted some pics of the beautiful lugwork on the lug thread...but what the hell...

 

[Abitrary]

For me, only one choice in the world:

http://www.vanillabicycles.com/

Just look at them...

I have employed the capability known as vision as instructed and it makes no difference.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

For me, only one choice in the world:

http://www.vanillabicycles.com/

Just look at them...

Now that's more like it. Lovely.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Mind you, they're not cheap are they?

 

[kyuss]

Mind you, they're not cheap are they?

And a waiting list of over 5 years.

From the Vanilla site:
"As of December 1st, 2007 the wait for a custom Vanilla is over five years.
It is impossible to predict how the cost of things like steel, silver, paint, even the utilities in our shop will fluctuate in the coming months and years. For this reason the final price of our bicycles will be subject to change as the markets change."

 

[ufkacbln]

VeloKraft NoCom

VeloKraft VK2

 

[Keith Oates]

All bikes are nice but a true sexy bike has Colnago written on the frame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

aaaaaggghhhhhh nasty. Those lugs!!!!

You're a CTC officer and you have something against lugs?

How times have changed, and not for the better...

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

This is beautiful on a multitude of levels:

Whilst this is ugly, mainly because I don't like Mike Burrows:

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Graham Obree's bikes were beautiful because he cobbled them together from whatever he had knocking around the shed. It's a different sort of beauty.

 

[Fnaar]

Is the first picture Obree going down the shops?

 

[TheDoctor]

This is beautiful on a multitude of levels:

Totally agree. Great looking bike

Whilst this is ugly, mainly because I don't like Mike Burrows:

Totally disagree, I'm afraid. That is composed of pure gorgeousness.