[Closed] Winter Roadbike Pics

Mine

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Is your fireplace sold?

I'd have give you £50..

My choice of bike to smash rule 9

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Flip, 80 and it's yours! Haha

I have a roadrat "pub bike" built with flat bars and disks - I find it a bit heavy for proper keeping-up-with-other-roadie rides though.

Big G, what's rule 9?

bigG you are the true hardman of STW. I love that pic. Big ringing, no mud guards, bottle of ice (probably). If it was slammed it would be off the awesome meter completely.

Shibboleth, looks like a nice build. I'll be posting pics of mine soon when it's finished. Trying to get a super cheap selle italia off ebay.

Sweet looking bike Shibboleth! I suspect my winter road bike is somewhere on the opposite end of the weight scale. Still it gets me around when my car is buried...

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-J

I'm not as brave as you guys to ride a road bike in snow (turbo) but just fitted some giant road bike fenders to my winter road bike (pics soon) when it gets wet.

Great pics btw.

[img] ?ver=131627822600014[/img]Roberts Road Classic from 1994, but only the Columbus SL steel of the frame survives from the original build. Mudguards (Salmon). 36 spokes & 25mm tyres for potholes. 22lb. Used all winter, except when icy. Sweet ride!

Another new build involving the spares bin:

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Shibboleth - Member

Big G, what's rule 9?

[u]Rule #9 / If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather – be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot – are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.[/u]

RealMan, I'll take your feedback on board and make sure it's slammed for it's first winter excursion of 2011, probably fairly soon.

Gutted, I can't afford a winter road bike, and the 'summer' road bike is bright white, as are my shoes and about 50% of my kit 😕

Crud roadracer guards, some old SPDs and mountainbike shoes should do the job, suspect the CX bike will be seeing a lot of tarmac this winter though...

@13thfloormonk,

You could try some water proof shoe covers (not just the neoprene type so you keep using your summer shoes to save some cash).

Also some cheap bike insurance for own damage e.g. home contents or independent insurance - still can be £'s but cheaper than paying for a new bike if you come a cropper which I hope nobody does.

my winter bike is my all year bike but then again i'm not a proper roadie and i wouldn't want the sort of salt abuse got last winter on a "real" bike

Xmas day near Langsett

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Sunsetting behind Derwent Edge
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Near Bradfield, I love riding in the Winter!
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Cheers Frankenstein, but I'm unbelievably precious about my lovely white shoes, think it would more sense just to shelve them for the winter, I've got some 'road' SPDs I can use, not like I need the 0.00001% performance benefit of my plastic french pedals during the winter anyway 8)

Best winter ride was Arrochar to Oban when the roads were clear and dry, but the verges and the hills were cloaked in snow. Coming up Hell's Glen from Lochgoilhead and cresting the rise between Inveraray and Dalmally to see a snow covered Cruachan were two highlights. No photos though 🙁

RealMan, I'll take your feedback on board and make sure it's slammed for it's first winter excursion of 2011, probably fairly soon.

If this was FB I would like the **** out of this post. 😉

I've just today received delivery of a brand new hacksaw. Steerer tubes everywhere are gonna get it.

First time i've seen one of those kaffenbacks, looks really good

antigee - that last pic sums up winter riding beautifully 🙂

These pics are almost making me hope for bad weather!

Bring on Rule 9!!! 😀

Shibboleth & Vortex - what mudguards are you using on those?

I'm using these

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SKS Mudguards form Ribble, they are the bigger ones

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Well, with this thread in mind (and that "Rule 9" which I'd never heard of before) we got out today despite looking out the window at 7am at wet roads and one HEFTY downpour before we even got out. Felt great, couldn't believe I had forgotten my new glasses though, two or three descents having to look at the ground or even backwards to stop the rain lashing at my eyes, d'oh!

13thfloormonk,

http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/

Ah, I'm mored used to Eurocyclist rules, although I've broken most of them (I even dumped the 'gorgeous(ish) euro girlfriend') so gave up. Think the velominati rules are a better aspiration, don't like the no headphones one though..

Ditto on the 92' Ultegra kit. Got some on my old road bike. It just works & works & works.

takisawa2 - Member

Ditto on the 92' Ultegra kit. Got some on my old road bike. It just works & works & works.

I'm quite enjoying the more positive clunk of 8-speed. It's a heavy group compared to modern Ultegra, but the quality of the shifter internals etc is brilliant. Built to last!

Mine has survived relatively unscathed too, so apart from the odd tiny scratch from leaning on walls, it's pretty much mint.

Taff, I've got the SKS thermoplastic narrow section mudguards. They're fantastic, nice and solid with no rattles.

Well had a good afternoon 'Alfining' it with a Jtek shifter.

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need to see what it's like now.

Should sort out those brake cables. Top work on the slam though.

Mudguards,, really?

Electician's tape,, sort out those creases, use a hairdryer when you apply it to smooth it out.

Stop re enacting WWI in your garden. Or do you let elephant's crap on your lawn?

Ditto on the slam, good effort.

Jesus christ if i read the word "slam" one more god damn time i'm going to shoot my own face off.

^ wot he said

Mudguards,, really?

yip it's wet

but here is it without just for you

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Electician's tape,, sort out those creases, use a hairdryer when you apply it to smooth it out

Will do

Stop re enacting WWI in your garden. Or do you let elephant's crap on your lawn?

Lawns buggered after the kids trampoline has been on it all 'summer'. just re-seeded it and hopefully it should get back to normal.

+1, it would be much nicer if we lived in a society where all bikes were slammed, and thus you'd never have to say it. Instead, we could talk about stems that are "balls deep" into the headtube.

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A sneak peak of my current winter build..

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Realman, Is that one of the rutland £150 framesets?

Yep

I've been running one of those for a few months now, seem really good value, ride nicely, please tell me that weight isn't just the frame?

The frame, and one of the headset bearings. But going on my highly scientific method of weighing a bag of flour..

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I think my scales might have been off a bit. I'd say it's an 1800g frame. That's the 54cm btw.

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It's not heavy, it's just "solidly built", and if it rides nicely, wgaf? 😉

For the price i can't complain! Yea i am very impressed with it, feels good and is nice and stiff, i quite like the look of the tubing too

I'm thinking about covering it in stickers.

they do look a little strange just white, i'm thinking about stripping of the paint and polishing it to make it look a bit more bling

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last winter - rode back from work in about a foot of snow. Fun for a while until I binned it and landed on my coxyx (it hurt a lot)

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I'm liking the look of the Kaffenback too.

el_boufador takes hte honours for 'most wintery scene'

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All year bike. Does the job I know it's not a race bike....but any excuse
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the bike that, for me, has confirmed that the phrase 'steel is real' is actually bollocks. Is going to stay my winter commuter but aluminium would probably have been better.

Sure is pretty though.

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Djglover- what are the guards on the condor? They look nice and narrow!!

sks chromoplastic

A true feast for the eyes....
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That Condor looks lovely. Winter bikes are a good opportunity to indulge your retro aspirations without compromising your good bike!

I actually think there's something a bit special about a winter bike. It's like a comfy old girlfriend that looks after you and cooks a great breakfast, but you wouldn't necessarily take her out and show her off in daylight...

realman: your balance will do much better on hard surface.

tsk tsk. these kids. 🙄 😉

realman: your balance will do much better on hard surface.

Do you mean scales?

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Hardly a bouncy castle anyway.

And wouldn't a soft surface be more likely to make them weigh things lighter?

theboatman

Any idea what year your Trek 1200 is?

Is it one on the bonded ally ones?

Got a 1400 from 1996 and whilst it's fast and fun it's the least comfy bike I've ever ridden.

Would be interested to hear what you think of yours.

Do you mean scales?

does it read in newtons?

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Beginnings of Fast (yes, it will be a winter bike):
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What frame is that Damit? A far east job? And why do you need 3 winter bikes??

Its Chinese carbon. A FM028 from carbonzone in matt 3k finish.

I dont see 3 winter bikes :p

I see 1 commuter (alfine 8 hub), 1 tourer (the airborne is now) and 1 winter road bike (for club riding).

The carbon looks very nice... I'd be inclined to put a pair of Easton or Columbus forks on rather than risk a Chinese carbon steerer...

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I finally got the bar tape on last night. It's in cross mode at the moment, but in a few weeks, it will have slicks & guards for a winter of big miles.

It's a bit of a mix, but it's turned out really well in the end... Frame/fork/headset are new, as are the chain (KMC X10) & brakes (Tektro 720). The rest was lying around/off the donor bike replaced with other bits. Rear mech is Deore 9spd, front is XT 9spd, cassette is 10spd 105 12-27, chain rings deore 9spd 36-48, shifters 105 10 spd. Wheels are Shimano RS-10, bars are PX Strada, stem is a Concept off a focus road bike, seatpost is some random Giant carbon inline job, seat is a Selle Italia... bar tape came off the donor road bike.

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Mine now in it's final guise after the triple/Alfine debate.

(less mudguards)

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In touring mode in 2008 (winter touring in Belgium, that is, for you Rule 9ers). In 5 years, we've done so many miles together, it's like an old friend. Called "No.1 Bike" and bought for my 30th birthday by Mrs North. I hope to have this bike when I'm old and grey.

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