… but none of the above are the sort of gorgeous, droolworthy Ti bike pron that I would have expected.
I can only speak for myself, but I’m more concerned over how my bike rides than whether it gives you wet knickers or not. Show us your very own droolworthy slice of Ti bike pron (sic.) why don’t ya.
Looks like a pistol from the wild west. Taste is subjective I suppose, but those intricately engraved Merlins are not my cup of tea. Its a tool not an ornament imo. ❗
… but none of the above are the sort of gorgeous, droolworthy Ti bike pron that I would have expected.
IMO a road bike should look fast even standing still – clean lines, simple, eye pleasing beauty etc??
The qoroz comes close – perhaps if it was a polished frame…
Yeah… I kind of agree, although that blue one up there ^ has redressed the balance a little.
I put a Moots post on my Cannondale CAAD9 the other day, and although I’ll be leaving it on, the sort of organic swoopiness and matt lustre of the Moots doesn’t really go with the big butch aluminium tubing and team graphics.
Last year’s Cubes were quite nice, can’t find a picture of the £7000 one though…
Here’s a side on shot my Seven Alaris as it was back in 2006. A bit old fashioned by today’s standards, with its skinny tubes and skinwall tyres but it still rides like a dream.
Show us your very own droolworthy slice of Ti bike pron (sic.) why don’t ya.
Sadly, I don’t have any online hosted photos, and a “quick” trawl of Joolze’s site wasn’t going to turn up any of me riding it without having any old race numbers close at hand. Today, it hangs in the garage as a stripped, craked frame, whilst I contemplate the feasibility / economics of repair 🙁
Suffice to say, it looked wonderful, rode even better, but being relatively skinny tubed (by today’s standards) didn’t photograph too well.
Perhaps it is part of the appeal of “big” bikes to the marketeers – photograph well and plenty of room for corporate logos etc?
The blue big above ^ is what I call a road bike – that looks fast – would be fab with a raw metal polished frame
Van Nic Yukon, very comfy to ride and has a lifetime warranty 🙂
But if buying again Id go for Druidhs bike, an Amazon?, as I like idea of discs and wider tyres to cope with appalling state of country lanes, BUT unless someone knows of a disc specific CAMPAG 🙂 hub I`m not changing, as all my road equipment is Campy 🙂
The blue big above ^ is what I call a road bike – that looks fast – would be fab with a raw metal polished frame
Oh come on, you’re just getting carried away with the spangly paint job, the low camera angle and the dry ice in the background 😉 It just looks like a bog standard road bike with some designery graphics. It’s simple on here – 1. Garish paint-job 2. Camera angle that makes the bike look poised and dynamic, lower front end, strong diagonal line. 3. Brand no-one’s heard of… – and suddenly, ‘oooh, that’s what I call a road bike etc.
The nice thing about ti is that it’s simple and restrained and subtle, not like some tart’s boudoir of a carbon fibre rainbow bike… And it’s about the ride, not the looks anyway. I’m not saying bikes aren’t or can’t be beautiful, but come on 🙂 😉 😕
Hope don`t from my correspondence with them do a campag disc hub, as above I thought I could just swop shimano / campy freehubs; but thanks also for other info 🙂