If I won the lotto....

stuf

Just musing over the bike I would buy if I won the lotto...

Custom Bob Jackson track frame built into the best fixie in Dublin. Phil hubs and bottom bracket - roll on next week when I win the lotto

Caroline_ie

I'd buy Mallorca

stuf

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I'd buy Mallorca

dream bike - stay with the bikes....

uberwolf

I've wanted a Pinarello for years. The Prince was the bike of choice 5 years ago when I was still cycling.

DirkVoodoo

I'd buy a ferrari, some cuban cigars and convert some of my money into 100 dollar bills to light the cigars with.

Then I'd blow the rest of my money on Anglo Irish and other troubled banks' shares.

CheGuedara

Guess it would have to be either a Cervelo Soloist SL or an Isaac Sonic with the best of Campag, FSA and Zipp kit, drool....

DirkVoodoo

De Rosa Idol

Review



In red, to match my ferrari!

Chips Lovell

Why buy one bike when you can get five?

Pinarello Prince as the main road bike:


De Rosa King 3 for the mountains:


Look 596 for the oul time trials:


Koga Kimera for the track:


Cinelli XCR for winter bike/commuter:

penexpers

I'd buy this

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world

72hundred

penexpers wrote: »

I'd buy this

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world

WTF is the purpose of that bike?!?

penexpers

72hundred wrote: »

WTF is the purpose of that bike?!?

Who knows?

ba

good thread! i'd try recreate some of the machines from the tour, starting with Andy Shlecks ride, except with Dura-Ace 7900, but i'd leave the cranks as they are in the image below. swap the pedals over to Look KEo Carbons.



always wanted a G4... except with 7900 as before.

blorg

72hundred wrote: »

WTF is the purpose of that bike?!?

Clearly it is a commuter, duh. Must be in a dry area as he doesn't have any mudguards.

For me, just got my dream road bike (Litespeed Archon) so I'd say I'd probably have to lean towards some sort of ultra-light road-going titanium fixie. Or maybe carbon- something like the Pearson Cartouche which is now reduced to "only" £1,500



...I'm sure I'd find something better still on WeightWeenies mind.

DirkVoodoo

Better start sharing some of that lotto money around!

Paparazzo

I'd get this:


This for the track


This


And this for commuting

Home:Ballyhoura

penexpers wrote: »

I'd buy this

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/SWugw1G1saI/AAAAAAAAFkg/FqC2s2uPQac/s1600-h/world

Quite simply the funniest bike picture i've ever seen! Now that is one confused bike, really messed up! Anyway, I'd buy a few:

uberwolf

this thread is gunning to be merged with the images of beauty one!

good work

zzzzzzzz

That madone in the astana colours is savage looking. I'm with you on that - and the Pinarello as well...

Signal_ rabbit

I'd be fairly modest and go for the Madone 6.9, I might even get two or three just because I could!

DirkVoodoo

I'm still not sure about those wavy forks, it feels like I'm looking at it through the bottom of a pint glass.

Damn that Orbea looks nice though!

Chips Lovell

uberwolf wrote: »

this thread is gunning to be merged with the images of beauty one!

Maybe we should keep images of beauty for people's own bikes.

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

That madone in the astana colours is savage looking.

Meh, I much preferred their previous team bike, BMC Pro Machine with Eastons:

zzzzzzzz

el tonto wrote: »

Maybe we should keep images of beauty for people's own bikes.



Meh, I much preferred their previous team bike, BMC Pro Machine with Eastons:

It's alright - but nowhere near as nice as the madone... PLUS if you're riding an astana bike it's a perfect excuse for wearing a man-kini!

Lumen

Cervélo R3 SL, with Record Super 11 (obviously).

Actually, maybe just the R3. It's prettier with the red:

Chips Lovell

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

It's alright - but nowhere near as nice as the madone...

You'd take a Trek instead of a BMC? [Wanders off shaking head and looking mystified]

Itsfixed

There is only of these in existence and currently sits in Lance Armstrong's bike shop. He bought it for $15,000 i think, so if i won the lotto i'd make him an offer...

niceonetom

custom Ti fixie for sure. Ti everything. with ceramic bearings. **** hot.

i'd be tempted by the prince too - i used to think it was offensively ugly and i just didn't get the wibbliness of it all. but having seen them in real life at start of the TOI i changed my mind entirely. so a prince in spanish colours would be the hack bike.



i also like the felt AR



but to be honest i'd love a bike so good it's illegal



2kg below the UCI limit. nice.

i'd also buy a ferrari (the most vulgar red one i could find), and crash it on o'connell bridge. then i'd get out and set it on fire.

Chips Lovell

niceonetom wrote: »

i'd also buy a ferrari (the most vulgar red one i could find), and crash it on o'connell bridge. then i'd get out and set it on fire.

You forgot about posting your intention to do so on the motors forum beforehand.

ROK ON

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I'd buy a ferrari, some cuban cigars and convert some of my money into 100 dollar bills to light the cigars with.

Then I'd blow the rest of my money on Anglo Irish and other troubled banks' shares.

You'll have to sell the Ferrari to buy any bikes after buying those Anglo shares:)

Hungrycol

For me:
Super Six Sram 2009.jpg

and an Orca, previously mentioned.

TinyExplosions

I'd get a Cervelo RS with full SRAM Red, and a couple of mercians... tourers and fixies.... and a Ti Track bike.

And a security guard to watch over them when locked up in town!

scottreynolds

Me -- I'd ring Colnago, Cervelo, and get them to make me one offs -- never to be repeated. I buy a trek so I could drive over it.

If I won the euro millions (100 million like) I'd start my own team.

Unlike many other people here I wouldn't buy a commuter -- why when I don't work.

I'd also start a publicity campaign to make drivers aware of riders.

Oh and I find out who make the complaint about biking around portmarnock and cycle over his car.

studiorat

I wouldn't bother with the commuter either. I'd invest in a platinum carriage upolstered in Panda fur, drawn by a team of six barely clad beauties.

Lumen

studiorat wrote: »

I wouldn't bother with the commuter either. I'd invest in a platinum carriage upolstered in Panda fur, drawn by a team of six barely clad beauties.

That's distasteful. Perhaps you mean a platinum carriage upholstered in supermodel skin, drawn by a team of pandas?

stuf

Lumen wrote: »

That's distasteful. Perhaps you mean a platinum carriage upholstered in supermodel skin, drawn by a team of pandas?

cushions stuffed with golden eagle feathers?

Bunnyhopper

Or maybe cushions stuffed with the ashy remnants of niceonetom's incinerated Ferrari upholstery?

Re the BMC v Trek point, the Trek does look nicer, to my taste.

I'd have a Cervélo R3 SL, Specialized Epic Carbon Disc, and Pinarello Prince, just for starters...

I'd use them to cycle around thinking about what else to buy.

A Trek District - not pricey, but I just like the look of it?

A custom Serotta MeiVici, perhaps...?

Raam

Here we go


When that gets dirty, I'd unpack one of these


If the brake pads wore down on that one, I'd order one of these


My work here is done.

Home:Ballyhoura

Raam wrote: »

Here we go


When that gets dirty, I'd unpack one of these


If the brake pads wore down on that one, I'd order one of these


My work here is done.

Is that one lucky person or is it a shop? Whatever it is, you chose the best bikes so far! Well done...we should do a poll on this...the most sought after bike!

jefferson73

stuf wrote: »

Just musing over the bike I would buy if I won the lotto...

Custom Bob Jackson track frame built into the best fixie in Dublin. Phil hubs and bottom bracket - roll on next week when I win the lotto

Have this, Bob Jackson with all the Phils, but definately not the best in Dublin.:( El Tonto's still my fav i've seen.

Should have this next week though .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baumcycles/2690967803/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Lumen

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

A custom Serotta MeiVici, perhaps...?

The wheels are wrong. You can't have "lightweight" decals on your wheels. Firstly, because it should read "superleggera". Secondly, because the decals make the wheels heavier. Thirdly, because it's like having "great lover" embroidered on your mankini.

Chips Lovell

A Serotta is the ultimate dentist's bike.

Used to hate the Lightweight logo, but it has grown on me a bit. Probably still wouldn't buy a pair, but that's more down to fact that if you break a spoke, your wheel is ruined. Then again, if I won the lotto, that shouldn't be an issue...

short circuit

jefferson73 wrote: »

Have this, Bob Jackson with all the Phils, but definately not the best in Dublin.:( El Tonto's still my fav i've seen.

Should have this next week though .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baumcycles/2690967803/sizes/l/in/photostream/

That is the cleanest looking bike I've seen so far ... clean as in ... limited decals ... no flashy colours ... even the chrome bits from the wheels & bottle cages are colour co-ordinated ....

Am I the only one here who hates bold and brash decals on bikes ...

My project ... when I get around to it .. will be to repaint my bike in metallic black / grey ... and with just a custom decal calling out my name ... Need to think of a way to take off the decals on the wheels as well ... any ideas .. no branding what so ever ...

stuf

jefferson73 wrote: »

Have this, Bob Jackson with all the Phils, but definately not the best in Dublin.:( El Tonto's still my fav i've seen.

Should have this next week though .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baumcycles/2690967803/sizes/l/in/photostream/

best in Dublin will be in the eye of the beholder which will be me

BH2008

Hi all, Money no object I'd be going for a custom built Passoni Mito with lightweight wheels and Campag SR throughout....and some flash carbon finishing kit!!

BH

Raam

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Is that one lucky person or is it a shop? Whatever it is, you chose the best bikes so far! Well done...we should do a poll on this...the most sought after bike!

They are from a shop
http://www.s-tec-sports.de

kev_rower

scottreynolds wrote: »

I buy a trek so I could drive over it.

hahaha you read my mind!!!

Bunnyhopper

Lumen wrote: »

The wheels are wrong. You can't have "lightweight" decals on your wheels. Firstly, because it should read "superleggera". Secondly, because the decals make the wheels heavier. Thirdly, because it's like having "great lover" embroidered on your mankini.

So, you've seen my mankini??

I just like the stealthy look of the thing, but I take your point about those particular wheels.

What about vintage bikes? Is there anything that anyone would go and seek out?

scottreynolds

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

What about vintage bikes? Is there anything that anyone would go and seek out?

Maybe one classic bike from each of the last 5 decades.. Something with history attached to it..... Eddy Mercx bike used to win the TDF... I would use these just to line the walls of my den or computer room .... nothing too ostentatious

uberwolf

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

What about vintage bikes? Is there anything that anyone would go and seek out?

I'd have to say no. One of the things I love about bikes is the modern technology, the carbon fibre, the shiny bits.

When I started mountain biking in 96, there were lads in races cutting down their brake levers to save weight. As against now with the machines available.

I can see the merit in having the bike that Roche rode La Plagne, or similar - for historical reasons, but the machine itself wouldn't hold any appeal

Lumen

uberwolf wrote: »

I'd have to say no. One of the things I love about bikes is the modern technology, the carbon fibre, the shiny bits...I can see the merit in having the bike that Roche rode La Plagne, or similar - for historical reasons, but the machine itself wouldn't hold any appeal

TdF speeds have only increased 10% in 50 years. The bikes can't have been bad, given the advances in training/pharmaceuticals since then.

monument

stuf wrote: »

dream bike - stay with the bikes....

Sure we'd all get cars if we won the lotto. Everybody knows it's only poor people who cycle ... > Ducks..

Really, I'd get the following...
http://www.sogreni.dk/Old.php
http://www.sogreni.dk/Classic.php
http://velorbis.com/gb/velorbis-classic-bicycles/classic-bicycles/churchill-classic/360d-feature
http://velorbis.com/gb/velorbis-classic-bicycles/classic-bicycles/scrap-deluxe-gent/360d-feature

And sure I'd need one of these for bring other stuff home...
http://velorbis.com/gb/velorbis-classic-bicycles/work-a-delivery-bicycles/velorbis-long-john-delivery-bicycle/360d-feature

And I'd order two of them all because you know it's only a matter of time before they are got nicked around Dublin.

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

TdF speeds have only increased 10% in 50 years. The bikes can't have been bad, given the advances in training/pharmaceuticals since then.

I'd say a good chunk of that would be down to rider conditioning and possibly clipless pedals.

As I learn again and again every week, it's more about the rider than the bike.