Pictures of your Bike

Yea I was last year

I was in the youth bit but now i'm a junior so i'm too old. It said in the contract to give it beack or pay half price for it but i didn't have to for some reason.

My ride

** Insert picture of standard 2012 Specialized Allez Compact in Black and Grey here **

I know it's slightly boring, but I like it whilst i'm learning. Maybe there should be a "my next bike will be a....." thread?

Nowt wrong with an Allez Lob... Cracking bike, had mine for donkeys and still difficult to better.
You may have a newer, 'better' bike later but you will always look back and sometimes think 'why the hell did I get rid of my Allez' I'm sure there's a song title in the making there.

Regards

Trikeman.

isnt it tarmac geometry but in aluminium? agreed allez are good just not flashy.

not a bad thing

My lovely Raleigh SP Race before 2000miles of riding and the 'custom' bar taping at the end of the ride!

Nice bike Martin. Raleigh have some good looking bikes out at the moment imho.

I nearly went for a Raleigh myself, but the Allez felt the most comfortable of the ones I tried in the shop.

I'm very happy with it, like the feel, seems responsive and a good all round road bike at my level. I can see why some people may find Specialized a little "boring" but can also see why they are such a popular bike. I will post a pic of mine when I get round to it, but would already consider getting another Spesh when it comes time to get another bike

Will be keeping the Allez as long as I can though

My beloved Ernie Clements Falcon. As owned by my dad. It fell out of favour years ago and I rescued it. In slow process of restoration....

And yes, she does indeed need a bath. :o

My Via Nirone 7 with a couple of Deda upgrades , Selle San Marco and Conti Ultra Sport.

The bike at the very top of this thread has now had some more carbon fibre added. Sorry about the poor quality pic.

Cheers,

Rob

Hi All,
this is my S-Works 'nighthawk' Tarmac SL, bit dirty as she is piling in the miles of late. Just treated her to new GP4000s, 7900 mechs (kept the brakes Ultegra of course) a chain, new cables and some new Fizik bar tape.
Oh' she is a sweetie.
Regards

Trikeman.

is that the one you resprayed yourself? if so hats off etc

Singular osprey. had a few tweaks since this picture. Getting a few more in the very near future.

My recently acquired Ribble Stealth

Campag Athena, Scirocco wheels, ITM Triango bars, stem & seat post and (soon) Selle Max Flite saddle (the CSN in the pic is simply ruinous)

I know it's already appeared a few posts up but the TT bike has had a few tweaks -

flat, with no wind I hope!

I shall join in.

531 commuter. It's an 80s Neil Orrell, resprayed beautifully by the previous owner in metallic burgundy. It's got a modern(ish) group - Campag Daytona, which became Centaur rather swiftly after some racetrack objected. Lovely, pretty bike. Heavy.

Planet-X of joy. Bought her with 7800 all over, but swapped the cranks over for 7900 compacts. Then had to buy a new deraillieur because the old one was a bit wonked.. so it's got a 6700 ultegra on it. Actually it might be 6600, thinking about it. Oh well. I also put new wheels on her (Shimano RS80s), new carbon seatpost and bars, a new stem and I've now double wrapped the bars, which is nice. Oh, and there's wanky ti/carbon skewers in there too. For extra wankiness. She's very light and stiff, and is ace and lovely. Next project over winter - gently rub the frame down and lose the decals, get a matt black finish on. Hopefully won't break the entire bike when i put it back together.

Condor Baracchi. It's blue! And yellow! And may not be to everyone's taste. Kinda heavy, rather soggy for a carbon bike. Campag centaur group, pro-lite Bracchiano wheels. Possibly now my winter bike. Possibly might sell her. Probably won't.

My Dad's 1979 Peugeot. 531. Mostly original kit. I rescued it from rusting in his garage and have been riding it throughout the summer. Trying to keep it running until the autumn time then it will go in to get stripped down, repainted, and restored to as near to good as new as possible.

Here you go. Shiny white bar tape won't last long.

So I'm brand new to this road cycling biz. My mountain bike got stolen a few weeks back, and seeing as it's had slick tyres on the last couple of years, I thought it was time to try something different, and bought this:

Let's see how it goes?