Post your bike porn 2.0

['Dale]

[Stretched@Birth]

 

Promises, promises

 

:-/

Strue, it's coming, just gotta finish it. 4 x 4mm nuts, 2 x top caps, embroidery on the saddle cover, some spoeg and polish and it's done.

[Cippo]

Worthy repost

 

 

If I wasn't so hooked on getting a Nago I would buy a Sarto.

['Dale]

 

Strue, it's coming, just gotta finish it. 4 x 4mm nuts, 2 x top caps, embroidery on the saddle cover, some spoeg and polish and it's done.

 

Oraait, don't leave this thread hangin too long...

:-)

['Dale]

[FootballingCyclist]

Editorial Review

Like many superbikes, the S-Works Roubaix is made for racing. Specialized designed the bike to propel its pro riders to victory over the flinty roads of Europe's spring Classics. But the Roubaix line has a more forgiving quality than many ultrapremium models, making the bikes enjoyable to ride whether you're attacking the peloton or cruising with a group ride.

 

Like previous iterations, this redesigned Roubaix features the model's trademark Zertz inserts in its seatstays and fork, which Specialized says increase rider comfort by absorbing road vibrations. To make this new model even faster, engineers gave it slightly more aggressive frame angles and used the same high grades of carbon as the speed-at-any-cost SL4 Tarmac series. The power transfer and downhill handling feel more precise, but the bike still rolls almost silently over rough roads. It can rocket out of a hairpin turn, power over the next summit, then hold a steady line across cracked pavement and dirt.

 

In many ways, the SL4 Roubaix feels surprisingly similar to the Tarmac, but it has a taller head tube and a ride that seems more forgiving, making it better suited for longer rides that don't end at a finish line.

 

Our test bike's premium build includes Roval Rapide CLX 40 Disc wheels, 220-tpi S-Works Turbo tires, and SRAM's Red 22 drivetrain. The brakes in that group have since been recalled, and until SRAM resolves the issues, look to models with Shimano's Dura-Ace ($8,500) and Dura-Ace Di2 ($10,500), which use cable-actuated rim brakes.

 

For riders with a smaller budget, Specialized offers several Roubaix models starting at $1,800. But the top-of-the-line S-Works SL4 has no weakness beyond a lofty price tag.

 

GOBBLE THE COBBLES

Specialized's carbon-fiber CG-R seatpost uses a carbon leaf spring under the seat to provide as much as 17mm of travel--enough to take the sting out of cobbles, chipped pavement, and gravel roads without detracting from the bike's performance.—Matt Allyn

Edited March 14, 2014 by FootballingCyclist

[FootballingCyclist]

Editorial Review

"Actually, it's called that because it flows like water," I said to the third or fourth smartass who, on the Saturday ride, had pointed out that the "Hydro" part of my bike's name was inaccurate. Then the Dogma and I dropped him on the mile-or-so-long gravelly, rutted, wet-sand ascent of Hollyberry.

 

The Italian company engineered this version of its bad-road bike to work with hydraulic disc brakes by tweaking the fork and chainstay to accommodate the mounts and the new forces that will affect those spots. When SRAM recalled the Red 22 Hydro in December 2013, our test bike temporarily lost a name that made sense (replacement hydraulic brakes will be supplied eventually), and we found ourselves, like other early adopters, restringing our bike with a cable-actuated system.

 

To me, the brakes are the least of this bike, anyway. I don't mind disc brakes, and, like others on staff, I found some advantages (less so with the mechanical replacement, but still discernible): I could scrub speed later and harder approaching corners, which made me faster overall. Once accustomed to the sensitivity, I thought modulation and control were unquestionably better. And, of course, in rain the discs grabbed without the lag that occurs while traditional cantilevers squeegee the braking track.

 

But, after 30 years of riding, I go about as fast as I ever want to downhill or into corners anyway. More pressing to me is my collection of beloved wheels I don't want to toss just to switch brakes. On our staff, the mountain bikers and the Google Glass guy are most excited about the disc revolution. I'll switch when so many others have them that I keep plowing into riders on rainy group rides.

 

I think you ought to check out the Hydro simply because, among the many bicycles built for rotten roads, this one yields a striking ride. This Dogma carries the Pinarello DNA that produces stiff, ultra-efficient, crisp bikes that require attention but, with it, can be piloted in a manner as razor sharp as that of any bike I've tested. Make no mistake: Thanks primarily to minute adjustments in angles and a slightly longer wheelbase, this frame is more forgiving than a pure Dogma. Yet Pinarello sticks with its asymmetric design (more strength where drivetrain and other forces are highest), and its top-level carbon, so the Dogma K rides with its teeth gritted a little more than some of its rivals.

 

One of the most important changes is easy to overlook because it doesn't sound exciting: The frame and fork were altered to accept wider tires. When ridden at 80 to 90 psi, the 700×28c Contis on our Hydro (there's room for even wider options) have to be worth a million CAD iterations of fiber orientation when it comes to cushion and traction. Kudos to Pinarello for pushing the edges of its frame technology while not forgetting the fundamentals--and for making a bike that flows even when its brake lines can't. —Bill Strickland

Edited March 14, 2014 by FootballingCyclist

[BogusOne]

5796gr as she stands..... Pretty impressive for a home built beauty....

 

Berk Composites from Slovenia

 

 

[Cippo]

5796gr as she stands..... Pretty impressive for a home built beauty....

 

Berk Composites from Slovenia

 

 

 

Donner dis blerrie mooi!

[Cippo]

 

Tiny K must not see this.

[BogusOne]

Donner dis blerrie mooi!

 

 

Is ja.... Die laaiti is blerrie goed.... nou eers 20 jaar oud maar het n bright future voor hom.

 

Check him out ..... https://www.google.com/search?q=www.berkcomposites.com&rls=com.microsoft:en-ZA:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7MOOI_enZA434

[Cippo]

Found more pics of this beauty.

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/03/bikes-of-the-bunch-ciocc-supremo/

['Dale]

 

 

Tiny K must not see this.

 

I send him a link via e-mail

He's been drooling in his office since

[Cippo]

This has to be one of the most gorgeous bikes I have seen.

 

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2012/08/carrera-erakle-ts-review/

[Cippo]

This has to be one of the most gorgeous bikes I have seen.

 

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2012/08/carrera-erakle-ts-review/

[Cippo]

Pelizolli frames from Italy.

http://www.maestro-uk.com/colnago-frames.aspx