do you have a "lust after" bike?

[Randochap]

I want, I need, I must have, a custom-built 650B randonneuse.

 

[Eribiste]

Here's my old bus. It's as slow as I am, and I really like riding it. With that fully enclosed chain, no "style challenges" such as trouser clips, or the really criminal tucking of the trousers into socks. And it comes complete with a proper 'ding-dong' bell.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I saw a Sturmey Archer 3 speed outside my LBS the other day; I spent a little while admiring it, suffice to say it's now on my lust after list.

 

[Sandra6]

No need to spend £2799.99 to get yellow dustcaps - just buy Continental inner tubes.

Or buy some yellow "dusties" with smiley faces on from Halfords for less than a fiver?!

 

[youngoldbloke]

Or buy some yellow "dusties" with smiley faces on from Halfords for less than a fiver?!

Ah yes! - but they are Schrader only - and you don't get inner tubes with them.

 

[screenman]

The wife gave me a £1,000 a few months back totally out of the blue to put towards another bike, trouble is I have not got a clue what I fancy.

 

[NotthatJasonKenny]

If I had £1k to put towards a bike I would save up the rest and get the canyon ultimate AL

 

[Eribiste]

Here's a proper photo of the steel beast wot I took today!

 

[Rob3rt]

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc/teammachine-slr01-ult-2011-road-bike-ec029994 This one at a mere £2799.99 has a certain appeal about it.I think those yellow dust caps are the icing on the cake!

IMO, other than the BMC Timemachine, BMC bikes are generally ugly as sin.

For reference: Timemachine

 

[screenman]

NJK, I am lucky I do not have to save the extra, the motor trade has been good to me. I just have to choose the bike that the legs would do justice too.

 

[NotthatJasonKenny]

Nice one, get it spent then!

 

[cyclist65]

Is there one that you really really really want but you know you could never afford it or it would be totally impractical anyway?
I have several, I change my mind a lot.
My current obsession is with electra bikes -we've just started selling them online with Halfords so I get to look at them a lot when I'm supposed to be working.
They are just so purdy. They tend to be around £500 which is not excessive in itself, but for a bike that I would only use occasionally for very short trips it's just not justifiable. So I continue to look and drool.
There is a little part of me that thinks I might actually be disappointed if I ever got one too.
I also really want a trike, with seats on the back. I could afford a second hand one, but where would I keep it?! As a family we already have 7 bikes in the yard and two in the front room.
So, tell me what you want, what you really really want.

It has taken me many years to find 2 road bikes that actually fit me. At slightly under 5 feet tall, I ride a 45cm frame with 700 wheels; until recently, I was stuck with bikes with 650 wheels. I now have a Scott stem for the Whistle. and a Whistle that fit me, though I did need to get a shorter

 

[insouciant]

Virtually every Pinarello ever made.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Now I want one of these ....

 

[lb81]

These are both seriously stunning looking bikes...