Thread: Wot's yer ride?

[quote=I_wanna_Shed;893704]Nice Italian bike there Graham. What does it weigh all up?


With or without the powerhouse direct drive?

Graham

[quote=Carry Pine;896555]

Originally Posted by I_wanna_Shed

Nice Italian bike there Graham. What does it weigh all up?


With or without the powerhouse direct drive?

Graham

Without. Does a lighter bike (less mass) affect your downhill speeds?

I don't think it matters re size going downhill. Rode the 4WD (wife's bike) down to the bike shop and was doing almost 60 down a not-so-steep hill. The wide, knobbly tyres would have been slowing me down but the tank-like frame probably made it go faster.
Perhaps someone more experienced could comment.

Graham

[quote=I_wanna_Shed;893704]Nice Italian bike there Graham. What does it weigh all up?

The answer within a few grams is 9.54kg - includes pedals,lights,speedo but not water bottle carrier yet.

gp

Just got myself a Scott Scale 35 MTB.....stuck tubeless tyres on the thing and do a few other mods. Still getting used to the CF frame but getting to like it.

Mine is a custom made English road bike. EW Evans (of London) of I think 1970s vintage, with Reynolds 531 tubing, campagnolo hubs, shimano gears (12-14sp ?) can't remember off hand the tooth sets, weineman brakes (centre pull), Fiam alloy handles, Italia headset, Campagnolo cleats, and a Japanese seat post (can't recall the brand as it replaced the original). The frame is black, the bike is well used but loved. The gears, the brakes and the rims these days are extremely average but its not worth replacing, I think. I would post a pic but I can't seem to shrink my pics to a size suitable for this forum.

The bike took me around the South Island of NZ back in '93 and numerous long distance tours here in Tassie (via Bicycle Victoria). I have also used it for normal road touring around the city and surrounding countryside since I bought it back in '87. I won't sell it (sentimental value now) but a newer bike at times would be nice. Dave

Here's my bike hauling 40kg of scrap from my bike shop to the metal recyclers.

The second set of handle bars are for dinky my partner when we go out on a romantic dinner

Ah a big dummy.......umm.......err the bike that is

Hi all,
Only new to this forum,but i still have my old race bikes.My road bike is a Rapello with 019 chromoly tubing,sugino cranks,cenelli bars,the wheels are superb low flange hubs with ss double butted spokes,and mavic gold single rims.My track bike is a Hoffy made by Eric Hendren,with 017 c/molly tubing,galea crank set.Both of these bikes were made back in 1978,road frame $275 track $185,bit differnt now.

Originally Posted by Carry Pine

I don't think it matters re size going downhill. Rode the 4WD (wife's bike) down to the bike shop and was doing almost 60 down a not-so-steep hill. The wide, knobbly tyres would have been slowing me down but the tank-like frame probably made it go faster.
Perhaps someone more experienced could comment.

Graham

the weight of the bike has a slight influence on descending speed but the main thing if you want to achieve max speed on downhill runs is to minimise your aerodynamic profile so as to provide as little disturbance in the ambient atmosphere as possible.
witch1

mines a giant atx860. bout 10 years old now, but has served well and taken a punishment.
i upgraded from the vee brakes to cables discs and upgraded the front springs cos i like it a little stiffer.
i think it needs a new crankset but other than that it is going great guns

Originally Posted by trikee

mines a giant atx860. bout 10 years old now, but has served well and taken a punishment.
i upgraded from the vee brakes to cables discs and upgraded the front springs cos i like it a little stiffer.
i think it needs a new crankset but other than that it is going great guns

I still have mine out in the shed ive been thinking of putting her all back together

nice one

I bought a Giant CRX 4 last year to commute 5km to work and its going fabulously. Although its developed a strange noise tonight.

Love the ExtraCycle - I want one of those! I've got a trailer for the two big kids though.