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Another 26er. 2015 supreme V3 park edition with the Expresso Marzo :wacko: (its pink not red)

That pink looks lekker!
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Are we allowed to post 26ers? My prettiest bike is a 26er.

If it is a Turner DHR please do!

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You are a man of impeccable taste. But no.....

Whatever it is, take some larney photos and post it already!

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This morning's bikewash beauties are the 2 most significant bikes in my memories

 

I didn't own a chopper as a kid, not in the family budget.  But it was the first bicycle I fell in love with.  This is the rarer MK1 - the later ones had a narrower handlebar and a shorter seat for safety.  They were still unsafe but boy did they look cool.  Maybe later I will finally get around to polishing the chrome,  would be the first time in 49 years is my guess.  I restored this a few years back with genuine parts.  I will post more later if I shine it up.  The bell is beautiful and says SH Francis and co, Pine Street 

 

Bike 2 is the 99 trek  - I think it was the first full carbon bike to finish at the front of the TDF and it was the first time a customer could go out and buy the same bike off the shelf that the pros were riding.  It's a really significant bike marred by the controversial rider.  None of Lance's antics  can detract from the fact that he got me  (and thousands of others) back on a bike.  I don't know anyone who quit because he was bust

Mine is resplendent in period incorrect Super Record 11 and I did the 2018 Argus on it - it lives on old school mag trainer these days and gets ridden when I watch cycling

 

 

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Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Etap - My Baby... ;)

 

Been cleaned for after lock down lifts...

 

Spec Sheet:

 

  • Full Sram Etap AXS Disk group-set.
  • Selle Italia SLR Carbon Flow Saddle
  • DT Swiss Aero 1400 Wheelset
  • Size XXS
  • Garmin Vector 3 Power Pedals

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Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Etap - My Baby... ;)

 

Been cleaned for after lock down lifts...

 

Spec Sheet:

 

  • Full Sram Etap AXS Disk group-set.
  • Selle Italia SLR Carbon Flow Saddle
  • DT Swiss Aero 1400 Wheelset
  • Size XXS
  • Garmin Vector 3 Power Pedals

 

nice, and stealth too

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First up: My 2019 Stumpy Expert.

 

Fairly stock, but pimped with the following touches:

  • Upgraded Guide R brakeset to Code RSC. Ridiculous power.
  • Replaced stock 50mm stem and 31.8 bar with a 45mm Lyne AMP 35 with a 780mm AMP 35 Carbon bar.
  • Ditched the front Butcher, running Eliminator Grid 2.6 front, Ground Control Grid 2.6 rear. Rolls faster, corners more predictably.
  • Rebuilt the rear rim onto a Roval Traverse SL (DT Swiss 350 internals) hub with its amazing star ratchet. Zzzzzzzzz.
  • Most of the high-impact areas have been carefully wrapped.
  • I hate clatter, so my cable management is OCD. Note the foam wraps at strategic points to eliminate noise.

 

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Next up: My 2020 Diverge E5 Comp.

 

Status: Practically unridden. I picked it up the afternoon of the lockdown and only managed to ride 100m down the road and back after getting pedals onto it, so the only action it's seen has been trackstands and wheelies in the driveway (it wheelies pretty easily, turns out...)

 

Completely stock, mainly Shimano 105 R7000, with a Praxis Alba crankset and Specialized finishing kit.

 

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Sadly my Italian mistress is stuck. All by herself in Sydney.

 

These are being cleaned and tuned and cleaned and tuned and cleaned and tuned... at least we do get to go for road rides in the mornings, but only no bunches and so. Bit like IRONMAN rules really...

 

My daughters very custom Ibis

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My guilty pleasure Yeti SB55 with Di2

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My new toy Rona the gravel-grinder

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This thing is insane fun, difference between being on the mountain and being on the couch some days!

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My wife’s e-bike Spez something or other. My smartest purchase ever! Now she comes out with me and chases me around on my morning rides, both road and gravel (sans the basket). Means I can get a proper workout AND she comes along, winning!

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The family missing their skinny carbon buddy

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Who is going to show his e-bike first ??  :whistling:  :whistling:

 

As Nick said: "Things dont always go according to plan ...."

 

2019 I increased my ride distances, even did a couple of longer events ..... longer by my standards ... mid distance in reality.  Even managed to cycle up Swartberg pass.  2020 was going to be year to take it to the "next level".  :thumbup:

 

Entered my first 2-day stage race, Stanford Classic.  

 

16 January I was doing the Red route of Hermanus trails when my knee packed up on the return run .... torn meniscus sidelining me.

 

Now I might add that over the last 21 years I have had my fair share of meds and injections into arthritic joints .... so the torn meniscus was just the last straw, and even my Dr told me it is time to consider a "help-my-trap" ...

 

 

17 February I got this lovely Blue Beast.

 

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I was still doing rehab for the knee, and not allowed to ride her .... and then we went into lock down.  Talk about things not going as planned ....

 

O-well, gave me time to spend some time on this beauty ....  :clap:

 

- Chunky ESI grips

- Sahmurai sword

- Tidied up the cables, got some nice colour matching blue cable ties

- that water bottle kept me BUSY .... needed a Woolf rail extender to lower the cage in the frame.

- basic multi tool at the ready below the water bottle

- yes, old school .... hand pump next to the water bottle (removed for the pics)

- some super nice Giant pedals

- Left the Giant saddle on for now, but have a very nice Fabric saddle that my bums love ....

- saddle bag ...  :ph34r:

- LOTS and lots of polish ... stopped when I realised I gone through more than half of a brand new bottle ...  :whistling:   :ph34r:

- off the bike this gave me the opportunity to make a charging rack for batteries for the: ebike, drill, RC car, cameras, phones, bike computers, bike lights, etc ....

 

All of this ... and I have yet to do my first ride on her ....  :whistling:

 

 

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