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I next to never venture into these strange parts as I've always been into knobbly tyres..
however times are changing, and since Jan I've been out and about on the road with my local road club
riding an MTB shod with one inch slicks and I have to say I love the speed and also taking on all and sundry when a good climb crops up....
The Scotts a bit of a road bike slayer when I can find a hill
I think its now time to admit/ come to terms with the fact its time to embrace change... and here lays the problem
I want a decent bike, but hate all the boxy matt black carbon shite in Evans etc, and those forks on the top end kit that are bent in more directions that a spoon after a meeting with Yuri Geller are gopping, is it me but have good looking road bikes been fazed out :shock:
TBH I would like to go retro but nothing before mid 90's as they don't float my boat and look (to me) like an expensive version of a Raleigh Winner that I did a paper round on, (Although the Raleigh in the pic below is an exception to that rule)
The later Orange D2 / Dynamo call it what you will, look really nice as do replica team bikes from the late 90's early 2000's even
I guess I want a bike with an elegant frame and a bright / busy paint job
the other thing is you geezers use metric for frame sizes, I'm 6 foot with an inside trouser leg of 33 inches, by my reckoning I should be on a 54 - 56cm frame ? is that right
Looking to spend around £750 - £1,000
at the moment I'm riding this .... and whilst I love the thing dearly and the gearing comes in handy for the hills it only has (generally) about three useable gears and even then it runs out on me at the slightest down hill (still good for up to 24mph* on the flat but north of that and in a bunch I have to coast otherwise I just bounce up and down in the saddle chasing the pedals round)
*as measured by Strava
Before I buy a pile of POOH or kill myself using hydraulic rim brakes with inch slicks on a damp road .........whats my options ?
I next to never venture into these strange parts as I've always been into knobbly tyres..
however times are changing, and since Jan I've been out and about on the road with my local road club
riding an MTB shod with one inch slicks and I have to say I love the speed and also taking on all and sundry when a good climb crops up....
The Scotts a bit of a road bike slayer when I can find a hill
I think its now time to admit/ come to terms with the fact its time to embrace change... and here lays the problem
I want a decent bike, but hate all the boxy matt black carbon shite in Evans etc, and those forks on the top end kit that are bent in more directions that a spoon after a meeting with Yuri Geller are gopping, is it me but have good looking road bikes been fazed out :shock:
TBH I would like to go retro but nothing before mid 90's as they don't float my boat and look (to me) like an expensive version of a Raleigh Winner that I did a paper round on, (Although the Raleigh in the pic below is an exception to that rule)
The later Orange D2 / Dynamo call it what you will, look really nice as do replica team bikes from the late 90's early 2000's even
I guess I want a bike with an elegant frame and a bright / busy paint job
the other thing is you geezers use metric for frame sizes, I'm 6 foot with an inside trouser leg of 33 inches, by my reckoning I should be on a 54 - 56cm frame ? is that right
Looking to spend around £750 - £1,000
at the moment I'm riding this .... and whilst I love the thing dearly and the gearing comes in handy for the hills it only has (generally) about three useable gears and even then it runs out on me at the slightest down hill (still good for up to 24mph* on the flat but north of that and in a bunch I have to coast otherwise I just bounce up and down in the saddle chasing the pedals round)
*as measured by Strava
Before I buy a pile of POOH or kill myself using hydraulic rim brakes with inch slicks on a damp road .........whats my options ?