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#1262 27-12-2015 12:16am
Alek

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I like it a lot actually.

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#1263 27-12-2015 12:19am
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Alek wrote: »

I like it a lot actually.

You're wrong....

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#1264 27-12-2015 12:47am
Beasty

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I think it looks better than this one:

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#1265 27-12-2015 12:55am
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I really hope thats just a kids toy!

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#1266 27-12-2015 1:01am
RobFowl

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haskellgeek wrote: »

I really hope thats just a kids toy!

Sinclair C5, Beasty lusted after one as a childer

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#1267 27-12-2015 1:24am
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Alek wrote: »

I like it a lot actually.

You're either wrong or...being held hostage and signalling to us by saying things that you'd never normally say.

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#1268 27-12-2015 2:48am
Alek

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No, seriously.

(help!)

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#1269 27-12-2015 5:38pm
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RobFowl wrote: »

Sinclair C5, Beasty lusted after one as a childer

i had a go in a C5 a few times. great fun.

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#1270 27-12-2015 6:19pm
Beasty

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RobFowl wrote: »

Sinclair C5, Beasty lusted after one as a childer

More your era than mine Rob ... they came out in 1985

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#1271 27-12-2015 6:40pm
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Jurassic was more beasty's era

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#1272 27-12-2015 7:03pm
Beasty

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Was going to say welcome back lenny - now thinking more about something different - very different.....

Anyway, where've you been? Over here?

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#1273 27-12-2015 8:34pm
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lennymc wrote: »

Jurassic was more beasty's era

At this stage I am starting to wonder if the queen is younger than him..

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#1274 27-12-2015 10:19pm
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AstraMonti wrote: »

At this stage I am starting to wonder if the queen is younger than him..

No - lenny's definitely younger than her ....

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#1275 29-12-2015 12:45am
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Lumen wrote: »

That saddle position is UCI illegal though, under current rules.

Thats my bike, a Wilier K2 De Luxe Pantani, the only known de luxe version in exsistance

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#1276 29-12-2015 8:56am
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sarm34 wrote: »

Lumen, about 8 months ago wrote: »

That saddle position is UCI illegal though, under current rules.

Thats my bike, a Wilier K2 De Luxe Pantani, the only known de luxe version in exsistance

So it cannot reproduce? :pac:

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#1277 29-12-2015 11:21am
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sarm34 wrote: »

Thats my bike, a Wilier K2 De Luxe Pantani, the only known de luxe version in exsistance

There's a good reason yours is the only one in existence :eek:

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#1278 31-12-2015 1:44am
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Raam wrote: »

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/12/bikes-and-tech/reviews/first-ride-cervelo-c5-endurance-bike_391034

That hurts my eyes

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#1279 31-12-2015 2:28pm
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I know its just the ground in the picture but it make it look like the back wheel is a tiny bit bigger than the front and is really off putting as well as lots of other things

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#1280 03-01-2016 12:37am
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what happened with good old parallel to ground top tube geometry? it looks way better.

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#1281 03-01-2016 9:16am
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Dave_White wrote: »

what happened with good old parallel to ground top tube geometry? it looks way better.

Carbon fibre.

I don't think it's better looking

they/them/theirs

And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek

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#1282 03-01-2016 3:01pm
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Brian? wrote: »

I don't think it's better looking

You are wrong

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#1283 03-01-2016 5:28pm
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Retrogrouches don't need to hate compact geometry any more. There is a new generation of new things to hate. Disc brakes, press fit bottom brackets, Di2.

The old new things are cool now.

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#1284 03-01-2016 6:11pm
The tax man

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Ryder Hesjedal's Trek Madone 9

If I were in his shoes I'd be frantically looking through my new contract for an exit clause.

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#1285 03-01-2016 6:16pm
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The tax man wrote: »

Ryder Hesjedal's Trek Madone 9

If I were in his shoes I'd be frantically looking through my new contract for an exit clause.

Looks like an attempt at a Venge Replica someone made in their shed.

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#1286 03-01-2016 10:23pm
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Brian? wrote: »

Carbon fibre.

how do you explain cadex then?

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#1287 04-01-2016 12:17am
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#1288 04-01-2016 8:37am
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Raam wrote: »

kestrel with spinergies

I had a set of spinergies back in the 90's but was never gone on the kestrel

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#1289 04-01-2016 8:41am
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Whilst the details are troublesome, there is something generally pleasing about the overall form.

<gets coat>

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#1290 04-01-2016 12:24pm
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I don't even know where to begin. :eek:

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/planet-x-pro-carbon/11205271

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#1291 04-01-2016 1:09pm
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^^^ AstraMonti's first attempt of his "Princess" build.:D

Those crank arms look dangerously close to the ground.

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