Just ridden the dream bike. Anybody got £7000 to spare?

[Globalti]

Last Sunday GtiJunior and I went to the Olympic road track and test-rode a handful of top bikes courtesy of Cyclist magazine. We spent a chilly but happy morning riding various models from Specialized, Cannondale, Scott, Pinarello and several others. Then we took out a Bianchi Specialissima and..... Oh My Gawd! After you leave the pits area there's a short climb so you need to put in an affort and in the Bianchi there was an instant flash of instinctive realisation that this is something special. Where the Dogma felt a bit bouncy and skittish even on smooth tarmac, the Bianchi felt superb. The reviews say they use a special additive to the carbon to make it smooth-riding and I can tell you that it works, it is a stunning bike and ridiculously light and it rides like a dream. If only we had been able to test under real-world conditions with some potholes and worn-out top dressing.

I've always fancied a proper hooligan bike and the Specialissima is that bike. So now the question is: how to raise the £7000 or so to buy one?

 

[srw]

Sell Gtijunior to people traffickers.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Full Campag, internal cabling, internal everything, TA fork (?), 'lectric shifting (?), what's there not to like?

 

[srw]

Full Campag, internal cabling, internal everything, TA fork (?), 'lectric shifting (?), what's there not to like?

It's made of plastic.

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

Nice bike, but it's about six and a half grand too expensive for me...

 

[winjim]

It glows in the dark!

 

[steve50]

Only in my dreams, nice looking bike though.

 

[nathanliu]

The bicycles you ride are all good.

 

[Elybazza61]

You only need one kidney

 

[helston90]

Doesn't even come with pedals.

 

[ianrauk]

Nice.. and at least it's not that horrid 'celeste' colour.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Chain's slack too.

 

[winjim]

Nice.. and at least it's not that horrid 'celeste' colour.

Yes it is, it's the CK16 fluoro version. If you see it "in the flesh" rather than in the publicity shots against that black background, it looks more like the celeste that we all know and, er, love.

 

[ianrauk]

Yes it is, it's the CK16 fluoro version. If you see it "in the flesh" rather than in the publicity shots against that black background, it looks more like the celeste that we all know and, er, love.

Oh well... shame

 

[Bollo]

Full Campag, internal cabling, internal everything, TA fork (?), 'lectric shifting (?), what's there not to like?

Full Campag. What's not to like? Answered your own question.