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My main mountain bike - bit heavier than the rest of the bikes on here at about 32lbs.....

XL Avanti Blade 8. Wet bike and shopping trolley.
Hub gearing. Really easy cleaning. Needs 5 bolts to finish front guard and rack with.
I really like the handlebars. Horns have flatspots that feet her upside down nicely.
28s. Going wider when they wear down.

Fixed 50t 16t with old dual pivot brakes front and rear (edited, tired when first written)
Fixed fixed hub 16/14. Dry weather commuter unless too difficult to ride. Been riding, love it, +7kmph immediate increase in average speed on flats compared to my other skinny wheel road bike. I like derailaurs but this is so addictive lying motionless with rest after ride with spinning legs feeling similar to a living still heart using caterpillar like muscle movement to retain blood flow while body recovers.
My mate lives up a hill, having to wait to gain strength.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/think180/albums/72157600206274323

You'll have to have a root around there, it's a little out of dat at the moment as the Ribble frame has become a singlespeed and a Kuota has been added, similar to this one

but dressed with a pair of Zondas and full Campag groupset

No bike to show for me at the moment. Packed up cycling 20 years ago when i had my kids but now deperately looking to get back on. All i can add to this thread is a comment...

Some seriously fantastic bikes on here. I'm amazed to see, in my hunt for a new ride, that retro bikes from the 80's and 90's (my era) are very much loved now and shown for what they were...the peak of bike building and style (imo)

No doubt the modern bikes will leave a steel frame dinosaur standing...but it will be the beautiful slender bikes of the previous era that will one day grace the museums of design in greater number...plus one or two carbons.

Well done to those that have restored them and shown their steeds on here...brought a tear to my eye...

My ‘winter’ bike - Duell Solo Columbus frameset with Campag Chorus group + Ambrosio Excellight wheels. Love the clean lines of retro steel bikes. 

Here's my latest edition,

2006 Specialized Transition Comp frameset (for TT) built up with Ultegra 6800, a HED Trispoke and a custom Mavic Kysrium rear disc. It's stupendously fast!

Changed a few bits on my Avanti Blade Comp.
Chain needs shortening but apart from that she's ready to roll.
Shimano 105 53/39
Microshifter 9 speed Tiagra 13-23
Microshift shifters on Felt bars.
MiniV cantilever brakes.
38mm Maxxis Overdrive tyres.
Everything else is factory spec besides the tape. At 0.75 cents (40p) a roll I figured some kid might learn something while I fine tune the bike and learn something myself. Is thick and comfy tape.

Spare 105 hub 9 speed rims with a variety of 23-28mm tyres and a set of clip ons ready to use. Best I could do and thinking of electric front hub or rear electric 9 speed hub in near future to use bike as a Sunday church rocket. Has triple water bottle placement bolts. Not sure if shifter cables will allow a hung battery?
Tuffy tyre liners too.

Latest incarnation of my neo-retro show pony

Carbonda CFR-505

One of my steel bikes.  An Aussie made Reynolds 653 'Paconi' (Melbourne frame builder) from 1988.

My 'new' old 1987 Rayleigh Equipe. All original except for the reflectors, the tyres and the mudguards. 

II've ridden her twice. Rode her yesterday and got two punctures and blew the side wall of the rear wall!!!  I managed to limp home and now have retro looking pink walled SCHWALBE tyres fitted. 

Raleigh Supercourse. Shimano Dura-Ace, 53-39 w 11-28 rear cassette. Ksyrium Elite bladed spoke wheels and maxxis dentonators tires.

Something a little different...

Planet X Giovannissimi 24"

520 wheels from an Airnimal Joey on Deore hubs

Group, saddle, and bars from an Islabikes Beinn 24

105 brakes from the parts bin (OK, ok, overkill for a kid's bike I know, but he can do awesome endos with them)

Ritchey Comp headset

Very light for a kids bike, goes like stink. 1x chainset, 8-speed cassette

A complete and utter PITA to build due to poor quality control and difficult to find parts. 1" external headset, 520 wheels are very rare, as are clinchers to fit them, hanger didn't fit well, fork had an odd crown race (turns out that Italian differs to JIS). Ultimately worth it due to massive grin on son's face. Just need to work out final bar/saddle position before cutting the steerer.

My new Genesis Equilibrium 20 - what a beauty!

I bought some new 25mm Tannus tyres for my old Triban 520. They quite suit it. 

I’ve resisted posting here until now and am hoping this completes the fleet (yeah right), as my new Canyon Inflite really is the mutt’s nuts. Have been caning it on and off road with equal pleasure. Really do love this all (ish) terrain attack dog.

Just returning to cycling and busy building up a few nice rides of various kinds. I think this one is my favourite so far.  A fairly standard entry level Carrera Epic that i've done up from way back then but smacks of it's day..

https://imgur.com/4ICMK8q

Shiny new build. 

Here's my current favourite bike...

Just realised that of the 8 bikes I have, 6 are singlespeed :-P 
https://www.pedalroom.com/members/Richard1982

Hi everybody !

I'm new to road.cc so let me introduce myself.

I am a forty-year-old guy passionate about bikes since my childhood.

I divide my time between La Rochelle in France where I live and the south of England where I go every month.

Currently I have 2 bikes: a horrible old mountain bike to go to work (Decathlon Rock Rider 300) and a singlespeed that I mounted myself that I mainly use for long walks on small roads.

some characteristics of the "beast":

Columbus frame

chrome fork

Sturmey Archer crankset

Saddle Charge

Modolfo Corsa brakes

700x25 wheelset with Continental  UltraSport tires

 weight 22,5 pounds

here's a picture of it 
 

My 2015 Cube Peloton SL. Still plodding along after much abuse off road.

Hi guys, thought I would share my build with you guy. The different setups. Feel free to leave your opinion.

Frame: Unknown Singularity | Size 58 - Aluminum 6066 T6
Fork: Unknown | Carbon (12K) with 1 1/8” - 30mm rake.
Wheels: American Classic 420 Aero Track | Clincher - 43mm deep - AC Bladed Spokes Black - AC Aluminum Nipples Silver - 18h Radial Front - 24h 2-Cross Rear
Saddle: NET Selle Italia | Custom Keirinstreets
Headset: LOOK | ALU-CARBON bonded
Handlebars: LOOK Pista | Carbon - 42mm width
Crankset: Sram Omnium Pista
Chainring: Kappstein ProLine III
Cog: Kappstein
Chain: the cheapest one

The build started with the main setup though to ride on the streets. The Singularity is a very sharp and compact frame, usually, I would ride a size 56 but with the Singularity, due to its geometry, I am riding a size bigger, 58.

The main components of the street setup are clearly the handlebars and the gear ration. The handlebars are a 72mm wide risers from Velocidad Components in aluminum. Considering that I live and ride in a city with very light traffic getting stuck in traffic between cars is not a problem I have to consider, so I can follow the wide bars fab!

The other aspect that changes on this streets setup is the gear ration I choose to ride with. Considering that my city is pretty flat and I am a lazy commuter I ride on a 49x16 ratio. Allows me to cruise around town without major issues… A few sprints every now and then and I get home with a smile in my race.

The other side of the setup is the racing one, and full disclosure, I only go to races to have a beer and have a great time. The mains change is the handlebars that I will ride with a Look track carbon handlebars that I got from a local legend racing for the local and national track team but as cool as they look, unless I am at the velodrome they are not the most comfortable, so for cries and other races like the Fixed42 I am really looking to upgrade it to something with more hand positions.

The gear ration as you can imagine will vary according to the race I am racing but the biggest chainring I have is a 51t and the smallest cog a 15t which is usually the ratio I ride in the local velodrome.

What do you guys think? Besides the super wide bars fab I really like the look and feel of my ride.

nice indeed,

They say your first Ferrari should be red besides I’m over the murdered blacked out look. Campagnolo record groupset. HED Stinger4 wheelset. 

Hi all, new to forum and just got this Bianchi.

The other race machine. One Red, One White.

ICAN Cycling Wheelset

Here is my Franken-bike Ingle speed