Ten best bikes

Raam

scottreynolds wrote: »

Why does no one mention Campag.... am i wrong or should that not be the choice on a Cervelo

I thought about Campag, but then I would have had to buy new wheels.
Tiny, what's your excuse? Anyway, Shimano is better.

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

I thought about Campag, but then I would have had to buy new wheels.
Tiny, what's your excuse? Anyway, Shimano is better.

I've used Campag wheels with Shimano for ages and it works fine. Currently have Mrs Tonto's bike set up that way now.

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

I've used Campag wheels with Shimano for ages and it works fine. Currently have Mrs Tonto's bike set up that way now.

No probs with the rear hub?

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

No probs with the rear hub?

Not a sausage. The spacing is so similar that you don't notice a thing.

Chips Lovell

I'm presuming it will work the other way around. I don't mind being the guinea pig if one of you guys wants to swap wheels with me on some spin for a spell.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

I thought about Campag, but then I would have had to buy new wheels.
Tiny, what's your excuse? Anyway, Shimano is better.

Well, I'm getting Fulcrum wheels, which are made my Campag

Basically, I'm used to Shimano, and original plan was to use the Ultegra of my current bike. SRAM came to mind cos it's a bit new and left field, as well as (in my mind) having the techy side that Cervelo also has... I can understand an Italian Groupset on an Italian bike, but a North American groupset on a Canadian bike works fine too

Also, as RAAM says, Shimano is better, along with Marmite, not wearing a helmet, and Lance is clean as a whistle!

penexpers

Surprised they didn't put any cargo bikes on the list.

blorg

penexpers wrote: »

Surprised they didn't put any cargo bikes on the list.

Are you? Bit of a niche you have to admit! I'd be more surprised about the lack of a recumbent.

Raam

blorg wrote: »

I'd be more surprised about the lack of a recumbent.

I think you need to be a little odd to ride one of those.
Not this odd, but odd none the less.

rflynnr

penexpers wrote: »

Surprised they didn't put any cargo bikes on the list.

On that subject - I got to try out a Bakfiets (http://www.bakfiets.nl/eng/models_cargo_bike_long.php) for a day a couple of weekends ago. If you ever get a chance give it a blast: it's like cycling the Titanic. (I'll leave that hanging there while you all ponder what I could possibly mean.)

penexpers

blorg wrote: »

Are you? Bit of a niche you have to admit! I'd be more surprised about the lack of a recumbent.

A bit of a niche perhaps, but one to watch for the future.

blorg

No tandem either.

Itsfixed

rflynnr wrote: »

On that subject - I got to try out a Bakfiets (http://www.bakfiets.nl/eng/models_cargo_bike_long.php) for a day a couple of weekends ago. If you ever get a chance give it a blast: it's like cycling the Titanic. (I'll leave that hanging there while you all ponder what I could possibly mean.)

The brakes are rubbish and the steering is so slow you can hardly avoid icebergs in the road?

(Sorry. I'm no good at clever quips)

jefferson73

I'm considering one of these for the shopping run and collections from the creche. Traffic free citiy would be the push i need to commit.

littleknown

that list is a load of @hit. bar the first bike there are hundreds if not thousands of better bikes. most of them are bog standard,over priced run of the mill bikes - hardly worth putting in the paper.

Lumen

jefferson73 wrote: »

I'm considering one of these for the shopping run and collections from the creche. Traffic free citiy would be the push i need to commit.

That's great, however in an age where we're used to harnessing kids into safety-tested car seats with three point belts, it's a bit of a stretch to stick 'em on a bench seat in a wooden box.

Would be great for journeys with decent cycle lanes, since presumably you can't filter in something this wide. Not sure how the bus drivers would take to hitting behind one of these in "their lane" going up a long hill.

I wonder whether you have to drill holes in the bottom to drain the water out, or use a bilge pump.

rflynnr

Itsfixed wrote: »

The brakes are rubbish and the steering is so slow you can hardly avoid icebergs in the road?

(Sorry. I'm no good at clever quips)

Not bad under the circumstances though. No, I meant the sense of majesty in the manner of its progress. It's the limousine of bikes. Mind you there is some truth to your quip: the front wheel is so far away from your sitting position that you have to start turning the wheel before you personally reach the turn. The rest of the bike then gradually "joins" the turn. Thing is, since I couldn't ever imagine breaking 20kph (even downhill) on one, there's always plenty of time for anticipation.

jefferson73

Lumen wrote: »

That's great, however in an age where we're used to harnessing kids into safety-tested car seats with three point belts, it's a bit of a stretch to stick 'em on a bench seat in a wooden box.



Would be great for journeys with decent cycle lanes, since presumably you can't filter in something this wide. Not sure how the bus drivers would take to hitting behind one of these in "their lane" going up a long hill.

As per my post "Traffic Free City", means no cars on the road no need for bus lanes

I wonder whether you have to drill holes in the bottom to drain the water out, or use a bilge pump.

Lumen

Ah OK, the harnesses didn't show in the pictures I looked at.

hatful

Why wasn't specialised included in the list I'm none the wiser on what the best commuting bikes are?

Raam

hatful wrote: »

Why wasn't specialised included in the list I'm none the wiser on what the best commuting bikes are?

The best commuting bike is the one that works for you.