What racing bike would you buy

[Dogtrousers]

i have a few old bikes from way back a nice Raleigh Router, an old Elswick , a Raleigh Rapide, also a Philips
and a BSA Tour Of Britain, all of course had the down tube shifters i enjoy riding these
bikes just as much as my Trek.

I still reach for the down tube sometimes. I got my new fancy 21st century bike last year with SRAM indexed shifters. Has it drastically improved my riding experience when compared with friction shifters on the down tube? Not a bit. The new shifters are nice, and the new bike rides beautifully, but to be honest I see clicky brifters as a bit of flim-flam.

But to go back to my post - the mech I was thinking of was an early Campag mech which had no jockey wheels/chain tensioner. Instead the wheel slid backwards and forwards in the dropouts when you changed gear. The rider reached down and pulled a lever that disengaged the quick release on the rear hub before changing gear, then tightened the hub again after changing. Crazy, but (from the pics I've seen) beautiful.

 

[Cuchilo]

Hmm it seems to have gone from "if money was no object " to " affordable "

 

[I like Skol]

Hmm it seems to have gone from "if money was no object " to " affordable "

No, these are the bikes I would like to buy even though I could probably spend 4 or 5 times more and it have no impact on my financial status.

I'm not bragging or claiming to be super rich or anything, I just know what I need to bring me happiness and satisfaction

 

[Rob3rt]

No, these are the bikes I would like to buy even though I could probably spend 4 or 5 times more and it have no impact on my financial status.

I'm not bragging or claiming to be super rich or anything, I just know what I need to bring me happiness and satisfaction

Are you hiring?

 

[Cuchilo]

No, these are the bikes I would like to buy even though I could probably spend 4 or 5 times more and it have no impact on my financial status.

I'm not bragging or claiming to be super rich or anything, I just know what I need to bring me happiness and satisfaction

But that's more down to you being careful with your money , nothing wrong with that .

 

[rebelpeter]

Look at it from a different angle, what is it about your Trek that is disappointing you or compromising your riding? Why do you feel the need to change apart from the fact that there are so many nice looking shiny bikes available?

There was some guy on here just last week swearing and cursing because he had bought a new road bike and paid an extra £150 to get the 105 equipped model but he was ticked off 'because it's no better than my 5yr old Tiagra equipped bike and I can hardly afford to waste £150 for nothing!'. This is perhaps the point I am trying to make, once you get past a certain level, nearly all bikes are 'good' and the different spec's just mean minor variations in the levels of goodness.

Hi ya wewell i perfectly happy with my Trek i guess i just wondered about better bikes cant afford to get a new one anyway, i just wondered how much better others are seems not that much different and theres the age thing i mean at my age the best bike in the world would not make me any faster or fitter, im perfectly happy with the Trek as said wondered just how much better another one would be really, i was lucky with the Trek someone brought it to me as their neighbour bought if for her hubby but he wanted a mountain bike not a racer anyway i got it for 200 it was new in the box so i bought it, im use to older bikes really but fell for this one especialy for the price.

I would not buy another one as what could i do with the Trek and i already have 5 other vintage racers plus a nice 28" wheel trike i got given to me. I guess really seeing these expensive bikes just how better sre they than my Trek at my age cant see me riding any better or faster with a better bike, the Treks got the three crank set so gear wise is more than more than enough for me. . . .

 

[rebelpeter]

Personally I would save my money and get the aluminium frame with carbon forks and full 105 groupset HERE for only £730.
If I were in the market for a new bike, that would probably be high on the list.

I think my Treks alloy with carbon forks not sure though its the Trek 1.2

 

[Cuchilo]

Im perfectly happy with my Defy 5 but I prefer to ride my TCR1 Advanced

 

[rebelpeter]

Im perfectly happy with my Defy 5 but I prefer to ride my TCR1 Advanced

You have a good choice there i dont know either bike but
guess they are both good bikes, and really as long as you
cab get out for a ride i dont think it matters too much what
bike you ride, just make the most of getting out on the open
road on a bike, i enjoy my older bikes as much as the Trek,
and oddly enough i like the down shifters on the old classic
bikes always seems easier for me .

Happy biking .. . .

 

[Andy_G]

Im pretty sure my nexy bike will be a Giant Propel, even more so now i get 10% discount through my club.

 

[Cyclopathic]

See my avatar for my answer. Raleigh Team Pannasonic replica. For purely sentimental reasons. It had a little decal of the space shuttle on it you know? It was that good.

 

[rebelpeter]

Im pretty sure my nexy bike will be a Giant Propel, even more so now i get 10% discount through my club.

Wow sounds great and hope that you get this new bike . . .

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

It had a little decal of the space shuttle on it you know? It was that good.

Hope it's not a decal of the space shuttles Challenger or Columbia. They were neither that successful or that good.

 

[YahudaMoon]

If money was no object......

Id love a Japanese Kirin bike

Probably something like a Nagasawa

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[Cyclopathic]

Hope it's not a decal of the space shuttles Challenger or Columbia. They were neither that successful or that good.

Niether was my full sachs/hurret 18/20 tubed team replica but it was my first proper racer (that'a what we called "road bikes" in the olden days)