Dream Bikes

[Dave 123]

That's really nice - congratulations

What, Mrs Dave or the bike?

 

[Goggs]

This would do me nicely

Me too.

I also used to have a thing for curly-stayed Hetchins tourers. One of the old guys in my club when I was young had one & it was truly beautiful. Mind you, in those days I was riding a '68 Flying Scot with the Feather forks so I couldn't complain.

 

[Paulus]

Classically lovely

I do have a thing for bikes with the crossbar horizontal to the ground.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

@CanucksTraveller, @CarlP, @Dave 123, @Goggs, @raleighnut and @User14044, and anyone else who likes my original message, I knew I had written a thread somewhere before about these '36s'.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/what-are-the-thoughts-on-these-monsters.157642/#post-3112441

Not necessarily my dream, but I love the ridiculous looking proportions of these...... Although the one I'd really want, I cannot find a picture of currently.

Anyway, Clifford The Big Red Bike!:

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And one from another make looking rather cooler:

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36 Inch wheels, innit!

 

[Paulus]

almost certainly the same frame

They are very similar frames, but the Kings frame is 853 steel and the Condor frame is Dedacciai.
The angels and sizes are ever so slightly different to.
Both frames look classically classy though.

49cm 53cm 56cm 59cm 62cm
Seat Tube (ST) 490 530 560 590 620
Horizontal Top Tube (ETT) 530 549 568 572 585
Actual Top Tube C2C (TT) 524 544 564 575 585
Chainstay (CS) 413 413 413 413 413
Bottom Bracket Height/Drop (BBH) -70 -70 -70 -70 -70
Seat angle (SA) 74.5° 74° 73.5° 73.5° 73.5°
Headtube (HT) 105 130 150 175 200
Headtube Angle (HA) 71.5° 72° 72.5° 73° 72.5°
Fork Offset (FO) 50 50 45 45 45
Wheelbase (WB) 996 1001 1010 1013 1029
Max Tyre (without mudguards) 28c 28c 28c 28c 28c

Classico™ 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 Seat tube (centre to centre) [A] - 47 50 53 56 59 - Seat tube (centre to top) - 49 52 55 58 61 - Top tube (horizontal) [C] - 51.5 52 53.5 55.5 57.5 - Seat tube angle [D] - 75 75 74 73.5 73 - Head tube angle [E] - 71.5 72 73 73 73 - Head tube length [F] - 8.5 11 13.5 15.5 18.5 - Chainstay length [G] - 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.8 41 - Bottom bracket height [H] - 26.5 26.5 26.5 26.5 26.5 - Bottom bracket drop - 65 65 65 65 65 - Stack - 48.5 51 54 57 59.5 - Reach - 38 38.4 38 38.1 39 -

 

[EltonFrog]

This would do me nicely

I didn't have a dream bike until I saw this...oh...my...gosh.

 

[iandg]

A nice vintage Colnago - raced track on one in the early 1980's and it would just be nice to own one again

Even the wife appreciates class when she sees it

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

This is really my dream bike.....it rides like a dream

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Can't go a full thread without a BJ.

Oh hold on...............

Really nice in all seriousness

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

The Light Blue ain't too shabby either

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Or if you're more into road bikes, the Light Blue Kings is a thing of beauty, too.

Purty

 

[fossyant]

On the shortlist

 

[Mrs M]

This would do me nicely

Lovely looking bike
Methinks I've seen that tiny wee saddle bag somewhere else
This looks like the £80 Brooks version, I have the £8 Planet X job.

 

[Mrs M]

Motorised fat bike

 

[Andrew_P]

It is ok, I am here to post the first sensible dream bike..

 

[raleighnut]

Lovely looking bike
Methinks I've seen that tiny wee saddle bag somewhere else
This looks like the £80 Brooks version, I have the £8 Planet X job.

I'd revise that price upward rather a bit for the Brooks Swallow 'titanium' (the saddle it's mounted on) mind you the bag is a bit special too.

http://www.googleadservices.com/pag...ahUKEwi04ur2gLrOAhWMCsAKHSsmC5QQwg8IRg&adurl=

And that is actually a good price for one.