Mine when first built up a few years ago, a few bits have been changed now but it’s essentially the same..

Now with Red hoods!

jumping11 by simoncarter.es, on Flickr

Bought the frame in August, finished the build early Sept after a headset cock up. 🙄 And ridden it every weekend since. If you’re thinking of buying, you could do a lot worse than Ribble. It’s where my next bike is coming from.

Wet by simondbarnes, on Flickr

Seafront Ride by simondbarnes, on Flickr

Commuter by simondbarnes, on Flickr

Santa Cruz Roadster.

that hampsten is rather nice – what’s it like to ride?

Thank you. It rides really really nicely. It’s got 25mm Vitoria tubs on it coupled with a light-ish wheelset. It weighs a little more than my Cannondale but it feels lighter when you are on the move. I surprise myself when I go to change up a gear and I’m already in the 12. It’s a similar position to the cannondale but different geometry, easier to ride fast, easier to ride no hands, decends like it’s on rails and each time I ride it makes me think what a bargain it was.

Modern steel produces a light, stiff comfortable bike.

Aero Mode

Back Road Mode

Ticks all the boxes for me

I think this thread needs steering away from the expensive carbon blinginess…

1946 vintage:


Now has top tube cable guides, but alas still no bar tape.

Commuter hack, now fixed:

Mowgli – I’d like to see a close up of your back end (if you get my drift 🙂 ) Those stays are amazing!

DezB:

Utilitarian commuter.

Nice Mowgli.

Blimey that Cannondale is a tasty looking machine.

(runs off to perform self flagellation)

Cannondale is nice…..but the Hetchins is sooooo nice

…..pointing to the stars stems are just not right on a road bike!

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When I check my height against the charts on line I come in between a 56 and a 58, I know there is no substitute for trying a bike but would the stw collective go up the way or down when sizing on a road bike? Cheers PJ 5ft 11inches and a wee bit! It’s the wee bit that’s the most important!

Depends on the geometry – my last frame was a 56, the RM was only available in a 58, so measured the goemetry spec against the old bike and it was almost identical. I’m just under 5’11” and the 58 is fine.

On a road bike the TT lenght is probably the more important measurement…

The TT is longer than a mountainbike. And listed sizes vary loads among manafacturers.

Also road bikes come in standard, semi compact and compact as frame variations so worth checking what your buying!

Sounds a mine field, will need to do my homework, planning a road for next year funds allowing

The smaller size is almost always the right one.

Started life as a £50 ex BCF frame off ebay

Stripped it and found out it was made of Easton Elite tubing

And now looks like this after a bit of work

Mixture of new and old parts with quite a few bargains on there,whole bike probably stands me about £400 which Include Dura-ace shifters and both derailleurs with a bit of carbon and anodised alloy pimping.

Summer.

Winter.

DSCF4083 by ten_sim, on Flickr

This is my money pit

Summer- 2011 Kuota Kharma

Winter- 2009 Kinesis Racelight Tk

kinesis4 by Team Shortbread, on Flickr

Longer stem now fitted with fewer spacers. Needs an inline seatpost. Shallow drop bars waiting to be fitted.

Rainbow and Force 010 by hopster007, on Flickr

Rainbow and Force 009 by hopster007, on Flickr

and

This is my winter commuter 😆

It weighs 16.1 lbs in its current guise of full dura ace with Fulcrum Racing 3 wheels 8)

My early inheritance as my Dad doesn’t ride it any more. It was free, Ive stripped a lot of the touring stuff off it and spent money on a new saddle. I love riding it, its ace!
Hoping to get out more on it next year so if anyone can recommend beginner/intermediate events around the South Pennines let me know please

£50 for the Concorde! Like it alot. My below Pesenti (as rode by Pantani) is Aluminium with a bit of Beryllium

Now a bit dirtier and with suede San Marco regal saddle.

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The TT is longer than a mountainbike. And listed sizes vary loads among manafacturers.

EPIC FAIL

I ride a 56cm road bike and an 18″ mountainbike, and 18″ mountaibike will have arround 59.5cm of top tube. The reach of a road bike is longer though as you have a ~110mm stem and then theres he reach to the hoods and drops on top of that.

Not everyone`s cup of tea…..

Also after a Trek Madone project 1 in lime green ❗

This is a bit more upto date
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