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They're summer bikes and should only ever be used on dry, clean roads when the sun is shining. There are other bikes for when conditions aren't up to scratch
Nah. Summer's often rubbish, and clean roads are dull.
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Mine isn't as clean as the picture now. Covered in mud from the last ride last year and a good amount of dust.
But on a better day, the week before
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I've two summer bikes 😀
I'm poor but sold a few I don't use so I'm only at 4 bikes at the moment(yes amateur I know)
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Got round my local chaingang(fast one) on this today(just)
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20 year old glued alloy frame and fork - what could possibly go wrong?
Rides like a pig, but it's a pretty frame.
Fun for an hour or so's agony.
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Winter, spring, summer and fall... Used for what it was built for.
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Best bike. With Dura Ace and hand built wheels.
Summer bike's the same as the winter one!
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If I get up Ventoux this September I'll reward myself with something more 'exotic' or a CaadX for the mud..
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My Bianchi. Apparently the wrong size according to the "experts"... 😉
Nicest handling road bike I've ridden and that covers a lot of them.
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Still rolling along nicely...
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Top of Hardknott today, last big ride before the Fred Whitton next week
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Old photo, now sporting a different saddle and a 52/36 chainset but otherwise the same...
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Had it 2 years now though, feeling the time for a change... Which brings me to...
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Borrowed the one on the right for a couple of weeks earlier this year, and loved it! The one on the left belongs to a good customer of mine. Just had some boxes containing a full SRAM Red eTap groupset arrive yesterday too, and the itch for a new bike to put it on needs scratching!
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My chinese special:
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For high days and holidays:
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Alain Michel by Plus one2010,
THat's awesome, love the slammed back end. And the best chainset Shimano ever made. Could do with about another 20mm on the stem for aesthetic balance, but apart from that.....
Keep 'em coming; I'd forgotten I'd started this.
my previous good bike (before the TCR)
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this one belongs to mrs esher shore
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Liking these. Bit early for mine!
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Last summer...
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This year...
too good a bike for me!
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it's more a dry weather bike than a "summer" bike, not that I don't want it getting wet but the locals like to increase their "drive like a cock" factor to 1000+ when it rains.
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2011 Lapierre Xelius (if it wasn't obvious from the logos on every surface....). And the angle of pic hasn't done it any favours (though I do have my valves and logos aligned, the logos set at the bottom and the chain on the Big Dog for the pic 😉 ). Unfashionable 6700 with even more unfashionable standard chainset. I bought a compact 2 years ago and still haven't used it, will probably fit it before the Dolomites trip this summer.
Now has a black saddle (San Marco Spid which I prefer to the Fizik).
Shown with sub 1300grm LB wheels, often sports some USE 4.5 carbons too. Toyed with getting something more 'special' but it is a competitive weight (bikeradar weighed the bare frame from the next size up as ~950grm) and more importantly I love the handling. Which is why I keep treating it to pimpy carbon wheels...
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This didn't start off as a summer bike, and has done 8 years of year-round training, racing and communting (it's done more kms than my car which is a couple of years older...), but after having a rusted seat stay replaced I've bought a lousy weather bike. There might be an Orca on the way too, so the old dear might finally be relegated to those balmy summer days which I perhaps envisioned when I first saw it...
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Not ridden it since October! Sorry for the grubby bar tape, only ride it when I'm feeling like I can push it hard, if not I ride this
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2016 Defy Advanced Pro 2, have fiddled a little with setup since this pic a few weeks ago. Mighty fun and comfy bike 🙂
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Winter summer Road mud I just dont care 😉
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I only let myself ride it if I'm reasonably fit...haven't ridden it for a while!
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Chinese-tastic!
My expectations were low, but it's bloody good:
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Njee you could save a few grams trimming that rear brake outer 🙂
Joint winners are the c40 and the one with the corimas on the second page.
And OP don't listen to anybody who tells you your bike doesn't fit or you've got too much post out, you obviously just like your road bike to fit like a road bike and not a Jones mountain bike like those chaps.
What frame is that Njee ?
Sunday Best
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Njee you could save a few grams trimming that rear brake outer
Yeah I need to actually - it rubs the seat clamp 😳
What frame is that Njee
It's a Deng Fu FM208, it's great. 920g actual weight.
On top of the KapelMuur
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Current summer bike but going transfer the bits to something a bit more comfortable and sell the frame.
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Davidtaylforth
Cheers I did have longer stem on but with curved seat tube and me all legs with short upper it was a stretch !! Fits and rides perfect now 🙂
Crashtestmonkey
I'm looking at set of 24mm carbon clinchers how do they ride ? I'm 11 stone so no heavyweight ..
I want light 🙂
I'm aware of the length of the head tube, the number of spacers and the compact with 11-28 cassette. And I don't care.
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I'm looking at set of 24mm carbon clinchers how do they ride ? I'm 11 stone so no heavyweight
Go deeper! Unless you only ever ride in the hills. 38s are a good all rounder IMO. Mine are appreciably faster than 'normal' wheels.
Palmers Wilier is the best.
Are summer road bikes allowed seat packs / saddle bags?
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I run Shimano RS81 C24 (carbon /aluminium laminate) on my bike as my normal wheels (and reserve my deep section wheels for less windy days on flatter terrain).
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picked up a new pair on-line for £300, its the non-series "ultegra" version of the expensive Dura Ace C24. I have a set of Vittoria Corsa G+ mounted to each wheelset so just a quick cassette change and brake reset to swap out the wheels.
excellent wheels for very little money. light (1500g), stiff, fast rolling and aluminium brake track so good in the wet!
I can't get an image to lad.
Got the url from drop box, anyone give any suggestions?
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Needs new bars and the steerer is now shorter. Great bike and cheap too.
Here's mine in its natural habitat. The bottom one:
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One of those bikes that's continually wanting you to change up a gear.
(steerer has been trimmed since this pic too)