The Ultimate Winter Bike

Donie75 · 04-11-2016 04:54PM #1

Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?
Preferably I would go Titanium, Steel or high end Aluminium, hydraulic disc brakes, Ultegra, hand built wheels like H+Son Archytype on nice cartridge bearing hubs. Mudguard mounts and rack mounts also required and sportive/endurance geometry with 25-28mm tyres.

This would be high on my list... https://masoncycles.cc/shop/categories/resolution-bikes

I like the Ti bikes too. Dolan do a nice Ti frame but it only takes 23mm tyres.

irishrover99 · 04-11-2016 05:00PM

Lovely bike, but if money wasn't an issue i wouldn't be calling them winter bikes. It would be Monday bike, Tuesday bike ........

route66 · 07-11-2016 02:27PM

Donie75 wrote: »

Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?
Preferably I would go Titanium, Steel or high end Aluminium, hydraulic disc brakes, Ultegra, hand built wheels like H+Son Archytype on nice cartridge bearing hubs. Mudguard mounts and rack mounts also required and sportive/endurance geometry with 25-28mm tyres.

This would be high on my list... https://masoncycles.cc/shop/categories/resolution-bikes

I like the Ti bikes too. Dolan do a nice Ti frame but it only takes 23mm tyres.

Dolan do a "Dual" as well which is a carbon bike that is suited to winter use - have a look at the 105 model here

boardbeer · 07-11-2016 09:25PM

Donie75 wrote: »

Right, it's Friday afternoon and I'm daydreaming... If money wasn't an issue and you wanted the ultimate do-it-all strong winter bike what would you buy or build?

This is where that daydream led me:

Unknown Soldier · 07-11-2016 11:00PM

There is enough room to switch out the wheels for Knobbly ones or Ice/Snow tyres

It's wubbly.

I don't have kids/sprogs or take "holidays"

benneca1 · 07-11-2016 11:10PM

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My winter dream bike after many years dreaming

OleRodrigo · 08-11-2016 12:02AM

Since fitted with mudguards:

Carawaystick · 08-11-2016 12:42AM

boardbeer wrote: »

This is where that daydream led me:

Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
a Rohloff back hub
V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.

boardbeer · 08-11-2016 08:54AM

Carawaystick wrote: »

Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
a Rohloff back hub
V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.

Weight budget: 8.5kg, Rohloff, disks, etc., would blow that, and anyway, those cantis out perform any disk I've ever used.
Yeah, I'll spec the next frame a bit differently, more internal routing, rear braze-ons for a rack.

OleRodrigo · 08-11-2016 11:01AM

Carawaystick wrote: »

Cantilever brake? external dynamo wiring?

If you're settled on a fixie, I'd have a disk front to avoid replacing the rim when its worn down, given the dyno hub.
I'd have gone for internal/fork power routing from the dyno, as its tidier
a Rohloff back hub
V brakes and drop bars, or at least bar ends to get down from the wind.

The wear on the rim from a front brake on a fixie isn't as much as you might think. I've H Plus SON archetypes with about 15000 km and still plenty of rim left. No need for a disc at all.

The Ultimate Winter Bike

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