shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
was going to be pretty much my answer too.
What's the main difference between your #1 bike and #2?
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Kiwiavenger
im a little tea pot
- Location
- Carclaze, St Austell
#1 is my allez commuter, it gets ridden naked of everything except bottle holders at present
#2 is my giant boulder MTB for muddy fun and horrible or wet commutes
weght differnce is a couple of kilos i think
#2 is my giant boulder MTB for muddy fun and horrible or wet commutes
weght differnce is a couple of kilos i think
jayonabike
Powered by caffeine & whisky
- Location
- Hertfordshire
1 is a carbon bike with Dura Ace/Rotor3d+
2(a)is a carbon bike with Ultegra/Rotor3d
2(b) is a Ti bike with Ultegra
4 is a 520 CroMoly with Tiagra which is my work/pottering around town in jeans bike
5 is just a plan on paper at the moment but will be 853proteam steel with Ultegra by the summer
6 is a 2010 specialized Langster steel single speed I'm going to try selling on her when I get round to it as I no longer us it
2(a)is a carbon bike with Ultegra/Rotor3d
2(b) is a Ti bike with Ultegra
4 is a 520 CroMoly with Tiagra which is my work/pottering around town in jeans bike
5 is just a plan on paper at the moment but will be 853proteam steel with Ultegra by the summer
6 is a 2010 specialized Langster steel single speed I'm going to try selling on her when I get round to it as I no longer us it
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
No. Both bikes have two wheels not one.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Ooops!then you may need to edit the post to read 54cm not 54mm...
anothersam
SMIDSMe
- Location
- Far East Sussex
#1 was custom built, the titanium extracted from the finest titanium mines, only the choicest tubes permitted to be formed into the sublime shape of a bicycle.
It has a chip inserted which will cause it to explode if anybody else rides it. This is the bike I have instructed the executor of my will to bury with me.
#2 is also titanium, which I am stockpiling.
Into the vault with you.
It doesn't ride to the standard set by #1 (this is either due to the geometry or the fact that it isn't as pretty), and so for punishment has mudguards installed. It's had most of the winter to itself.
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#3 is the first of the rest of my bikes which isn't titanium. It folds. It has laughably small wheels. It gets taken to London because the train companies can, at times, get very cross with adult-sized bikes. It is very fast despite the fact that I'm the one pedalling, and squeezes into impossible places. It's magic.
#4 is a hybrid. It started life as a model, appearing in one of those beautifully illustrated Dorling Kindersley books that explains everything.
Everything.
This bike has taken me places I never thought I'd go, including the M1. After a long and storied career, it now sits between two bookcases, contemplating a life well lived.
#5 is a Langster. It offers a perfectly decent ride but doesn't get out much these days, which is a sadness. This is my break-glass-in-case-of-emergency bike.
#6 is a Bike Friday. It also folds. It once threw me on a road and left me to die, but I didn't, so all is forgiven. It's now old and in a bad way. I haven't done the humane thing because there's still room in the stable.
#7 spends most of its time hanging upside down like a bat at my sister's place near Toledo, Ohio. (Not the bat cave; that's Gotham City.) It only touches the ground when I visit once a year or so. It was cheap as chips. It exists to keep me from driving everywhere.
#8 was something I put together to satisfy my urge to put something together. As I didn't know what I was doing at the time, it's cheerfully awful.
#9 was stolen back in the day. It was a hybrid, and my first bike after I moved to the UK. It helped teach me all about city cycling, then took me on an end-to-end for the hell of it. I've included it on the list because it still lives on in my heart.
Here it is in happier times.
It has a chip inserted which will cause it to explode if anybody else rides it. This is the bike I have instructed the executor of my will to bury with me.
#2 is also titanium, which I am stockpiling.
Into the vault with you.
It doesn't ride to the standard set by #1 (this is either due to the geometry or the fact that it isn't as pretty), and so for punishment has mudguards installed. It's had most of the winter to itself.
---
#3 is the first of the rest of my bikes which isn't titanium. It folds. It has laughably small wheels. It gets taken to London because the train companies can, at times, get very cross with adult-sized bikes. It is very fast despite the fact that I'm the one pedalling, and squeezes into impossible places. It's magic.
#4 is a hybrid. It started life as a model, appearing in one of those beautifully illustrated Dorling Kindersley books that explains everything.
Everything.
This bike has taken me places I never thought I'd go, including the M1. After a long and storied career, it now sits between two bookcases, contemplating a life well lived.
#5 is a Langster. It offers a perfectly decent ride but doesn't get out much these days, which is a sadness. This is my break-glass-in-case-of-emergency bike.
#6 is a Bike Friday. It also folds. It once threw me on a road and left me to die, but I didn't, so all is forgiven. It's now old and in a bad way. I haven't done the humane thing because there's still room in the stable.
#7 spends most of its time hanging upside down like a bat at my sister's place near Toledo, Ohio. (Not the bat cave; that's Gotham City.) It only touches the ground when I visit once a year or so. It was cheap as chips. It exists to keep me from driving everywhere.
#8 was something I put together to satisfy my urge to put something together. As I didn't know what I was doing at the time, it's cheerfully awful.
#9 was stolen back in the day. It was a hybrid, and my first bike after I moved to the UK. It helped teach me all about city cycling, then took me on an end-to-end for the hell of it. I've included it on the list because it still lives on in my heart.
Here it is in happier times.
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Shut Up Legs
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#1 is a 15kg Vivente tourer I use for 300km a week commuting.
#2 is a 8kg Specialized road bike I use for weekend rides, and for when the Vivente is temporarily out of service (not very often).
They're both equally fun: the Vivente is far better for commuting and wet weather, and can go places the Specialized can't, e.g. unsealed paths and roads, but the Specialized is better for climbing mountains.
#2 is a 8kg Specialized road bike I use for weekend rides, and for when the Vivente is temporarily out of service (not very often).
They're both equally fun: the Vivente is far better for commuting and wet weather, and can go places the Specialized can't, e.g. unsealed paths and roads, but the Specialized is better for climbing mountains.
#1 is a Defy 1 - weighs 8.6kg and great fun on long rides, summer training and endless upgrades :-)
#2 is a specialized hybrid - heavier, but so versatile. has been used for commuting (with panniers and mudguards) , offroad hoots & park rides with the children
#3 Dahon Mu P8 - yes i'm lucky to have 3 very different bikes. Still learning about that one
#2 is a specialized hybrid - heavier, but so versatile. has been used for commuting (with panniers and mudguards) , offroad hoots & park rides with the children
#3 Dahon Mu P8 - yes i'm lucky to have 3 very different bikes. Still learning about that one
mark c
Über Member
- Location
- Bridgwater Somerset
Bike 1 is a hybird used for touring and commuting.
Bike 2 is the every other occasion rd bike, which youngest has her eyes on.
Bike 2 is the every other occasion rd bike, which youngest has her eyes on.
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My runabout has one gear and no freewheel, my best bike has 20 gears and a freewheel.
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mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
The carbon road racing bike with 23mm tires pumped to 120psi is as comfortable to ride as my CX bike with 35mm tires and 70psi.
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
Summer bike is a pure speed machine built for racing, very stiff, light and direct
Winter bike is an alu CX, built like a tank and setup for Paris-Roubaix Pave right now
Play bike is a TT home build and is just wicked fun and sooooo fast.
Winter bike is an alu CX, built like a tank and setup for Paris-Roubaix Pave right now
Play bike is a TT home build and is just wicked fun and sooooo fast.
Matthames
Über Member
- Location
- East Sussex
Bike #1 is a hard tail Marin converted for touring. Bike #2 is a Brompton.
The biggest differences I have noticed is that the Marin is far easier to spin an as I have more gears on the Marin I have more to choose from to keep at my optimal cadence. The Marin is also better able to keep its momentum.
The Brompton on the other hand is a better bike I find for travelling with due to the small size it can fold to. I also find that because the Brompton has small wheels there is less inertia to overcome which makes it really good at climbing hills using a gear ratio I would never dream of using on the Marin. Due to the spread of gears on the Brompton it can be a bit awkward trying to keep at an optimal cadence when you have massive jumps in ratios.
The biggest differences I have noticed is that the Marin is far easier to spin an as I have more gears on the Marin I have more to choose from to keep at my optimal cadence. The Marin is also better able to keep its momentum.
The Brompton on the other hand is a better bike I find for travelling with due to the small size it can fold to. I also find that because the Brompton has small wheels there is less inertia to overcome which makes it really good at climbing hills using a gear ratio I would never dream of using on the Marin. Due to the spread of gears on the Brompton it can be a bit awkward trying to keep at an optimal cadence when you have massive jumps in ratios.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
First one built in 1981
Second one built in 2010.
Second one built in 2010.
