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Raam

Sep Vanmarcke's bike.

Darkglasses

My new bike, and the current fleet, such as it is

Zyzz

lennymc

sep vm's bike is awful looking imho.

Nekarsulm

Now boys, no laughing, here are a few pictures to admire

My wife bought this on Sunday, from a car boot sale.

€40, and just needed a patch on a rear tube.

Nekarsulm

Now boys, no laughing, here are a few pictures to admire

My wife bought this on Sunday, from a car boot sale.

€40, and just needed a patch on a rear tube.

Classic French cycling for the summer

Eamonnator

A little more air in the wheel....... of the wheelbarrow

dceire

My baby Canyon

Darkglasses

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Now boys, no laughing, here are a few pictures to admire

My wife bought this on Sunday, from a car boot sale.

€40, and just needed a patch on a rear tube.

Classic French cycling for the summer

Very nice! It looks in great nick, do you know what age it is roughly?

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Nekarsulm

Thanks, its almost totally original, and rides beautifully. Very little use from new, I would imagine.
Missing tail light and the pump.
Looking at some online forums with old brochures scanned in, it seems to date from about 1988.
Small for me though, you can hit that Simplex gear lever with your knee and accidently shift up!

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Darkglasses wrote: »

Very nice! It looks in great nick, do you know what age it is roughly?

Also - Paging Gadetra to the Images of Beauty thread

You called?

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Now boys, no laughing, here are a few pictures to admire

My wife bought this on Sunday, from a car boot sale.

€40, and just needed a patch on a rear tube.

Classic French cycling for the summer

She's a beauty! Looks in perfect nick. Old french bikes are the business Well wear Nek

I never put Henri in here but I suppose I should.

My old man, just after I got him:

GeneralC

dceire wrote: »

My baby Canyon

Model? Full carbon?

iwillhtfu

GeneralC wrote: »

Model? Full carbon?

Looks like the endurance aluminium. (Carbon firk/aluminium frame) Some of those alluminium canyon bikes are lighter than low end carbon ones though.

CramCycle

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Thanks, its almost totally original, and rides beautifully. Very little use from new, I would imagine.
Missing tail light and the pump.
Looking at some online forums with old brochures scanned in, it seems to date from about 1988.
Small for me though, you can hit that Simplex gear lever with your knee and accidently shift up!

My wife has one as well, very comfortable to ride, far to small for me but have used it a few times, if I higher the seat to the max, and get into the drops, it makes me look like some weird Graeme Obree TTer copycat.

Must throw up a pic, I think hers is from the 70s, mint condition but had to replace the wheels and tires, will get ones with a tan wall the next time as they would suit better.

Lumen

Anne Haug's Canyon.

Love the paint. Not so keen on the wheel decals or references to pedestrian sports.

oconnpad

Reminds me of something, i just can't think what....

....oh wait, now i remember

furiousox

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

Anne Haug's Canyon.

Love the paint. Not so keen on the wheel decals or references to pedestrian sports.

Are they trying to make "canyon" a verb?

fat bloke

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Are they trying to make "canyon" a verb?

Could be three nouns too...

cjt156

The phrase Swim, Bike, Run always niggles my grammar OCD.

Surely it should be Swim, Ride, Run.

As opposed to the Irish Triathlon; Drink, Ride, Sleep.

Or even better the full Quad; Drink, Ride, Sleep, Ride.

Though its more likely the Friday night special; Drink, Puke, Sleep (no Ride).

I'll get me coat...

mossym

cjt156 wrote: »

The phrase Swim, Bike, Run always niggles my grammar OCD.

Surely it should be Swim, Ride, Run.

As opposed to the Irish Triathlon; Drink, Ride, Sleep.

Or even better the full Quad; Drink, Ride, Sleep, Ride.

Though its more likely the Friday night special; Drink, Puke, Sleep (no Ride).

I'll get me coat...

surely you mean jacket?

Brian?

cjt156 wrote: »

The phrase Swim, Bike, Run always niggles my grammar OCD.

Surely it should be Swim, Ride, Run.
.

If we're going to be pedantic, which we are, it should actually be "swim, cycle, run". Riding is something done to an adversaries mother.

But the yanks and Canucks like to use "bike" as a verb. They bike here and there, discuss the toughness of their bike and talk about what a great bike they just had, when they mean cycle.

Daroxtar

Brian? wrote: »

If we're going to be pedantic, which we are, it should actually be "swim, cycle, run". Riding is something done to an adversaries mother.

But the yanks and Canucks like to use "bike" as a verb. They bike here and there, discuss the toughness of their bike and talk about what a great bike they just had, when they mean cycle.

Mountain cycling..... Doesn't quite have the same ring to it

Brian?

Daroxtar wrote: »

Mountain cycling..... Doesn't quite have the same ring to it

One cycles a mountain bike though.

mossym

Brian? wrote: »

If we're going to be pedantic, which we are, it should actually be "swim, cycle, run". Riding is something done to an adversaries mother.

But the yanks and Canucks like to use "bike" as a verb. They bike here and there, discuss the toughness of their bike and talk about what a great bike they just had, when they mean cycle.

hardly fair to blames the yanks. look a lot closer to home.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056382170

i assume you will all be closing your boards accounts at this unbearable outrage.

Lumen

mossym wrote: »

hardly fair to blames the yanks. look a lot closer to home.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056382170

i assume you will all be closing your boards accounts at this unbearable outrage.

Ah, but that might be short for "(Cycle a) Bike To Work scheme".

Anyway, beauty...



(is that a Paris-Roubaix-specific crank angle?)

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

Ah, but that might be short for "(Cycle a) Bike To Work scheme".

Anyway, beauty...

[IMG]http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleria_900_nocrop/images/Scott Thwaites’ Argon 18 Gallium Classics Edition for Paris-Roubaix/BOA_Roubaix_Bike00001.jpg (is that a Paris-Roubaix-specific crank angle?)[/img]

Was thinking the same myself the other day and I even had a fleeting thought that their kit would be one I would buy...if I did that sort of thing.

Lumen

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Was thinking the same myself the other day and I even had a fleeting thought that their kit would be one I would buy...if I did that sort of thing.

Yeah, problem is then you'd be that guy who wears pro kit matching his bike.

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

Yeah, problem is then you'd be that guy who wears pro kit matching his bike.

Precisely why I wouldn't. Now if I got some Astana or Livestrong gear I could just about pull it off.

Beasty

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Now if I got some Astana or Livestrong gear I could just about pull it off.

I think I speak for many around here when I say I would prefer you to keep it on ....