What was Your teen bike dream? Is the reality as good?

kingroon · Aug 6, 2007

Geoff":15ivxq8o said:
...and secondly living in Australia is a pain in the arse in regards to getting items like this. Looking at ebay.com.au and then ebay.co.uk upsets me. Lots. :cry:

I feel your pain.. But I also envy your Avatar, fantastic drop..

Geoff · Aug 6, 2007

Oh yeah it is! Will go get some more next time I'm headed past Danny Murphy's...

kingroon · Aug 6, 2007

Ever so slightly OT.. Had this Pint Glass since '04 when I **borrowed** it from the Chelsea Surprise SW3

Been washed a few times so the gold a bit worn..

Back on track.. Pace frames are becoming a rarity I rekkon.. Esp the RC1, and although Alu. have never been my bag, I wouldn't mind one just to try for a summer.. In pewter or black

messiah · Aug 6, 2007

I was warned off Pace frames years ago when I had a wee shot and quite fancied one

I've also seen quite a few break :?

Good looking and nice to ride but perhaps a little delicate for the likes of me :roll:

tintin40 · Aug 6, 2007

Marin team ti then a Trimble then Klein Attitude
Thanks to Marin's importer being crap never bought one. Which was lucky as then saw a picture of a Trimble And wanted one ASAP and it was/is as could as i could want. Then when that got nicked i wanted a Klein and they where xcellent. But always wanted a Trimble again

cce · Aug 6, 2007

my teen dream was a P7, in nickel with XT. i still haven't ridden one and am waiting to buy a good clean example and work out a way to hide it from the mrs.

magicmistertea · Aug 7, 2007

teenage dream machine!!

mine has to be the klein adroit, still havent owned one, there should be a law stating that if you own more than two kleins you shouldnt be allowed to buy any more !! the super rich collectors are out bidding everyone else.

deore 2 · Aug 7, 2007

amen to that!
same with my dream bike,a yeti arc or fro,from early 90's when they had the grey/turquoise paint.ohh,the dreams!!!

alpinestar222 · Aug 7, 2007

Back in 89 I dreamed of anything U.S. made with big fat tubes. They looked so radical compared to the stuff I had grown up riding (ie. racers with cowhorn handlebars)

Klein had it all for me as an unattainable dream bike. Then when I first saw the Clockwork I had to have one but the shop only had a Prestige in my size 17.5" so I built that frame up. I think that was a dream of a ride, when I get my Klein I'll decide which was best.

SSBonty · Aug 7, 2007

Growing up in Pickering, Yorkshire close to the Pace factory, a Pace has always been high up the list. Had a chance to buy a second hand RC100 team with additional milling over shop versions to save, ooh maybe 10 grams total, with mavic headset, integrate stem/steerer, bullseyes, Pace screw on hubs etc but it was just too small.. Not got yet.

Merlin XLM - I have a 1997 which I got second hand a couple of years ago but it's kinda on the edge of retro/not retro - lovely bike though.

Proflex - now have 4, oops!

Guilty secret - Cannondale Killer V/ Delta V, in polished ally. Not sure why, prefer the extra triangle to normal Cannondale hardtails, still debating whether to get onr and build with US exotica or not!

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