nice, haitch
― am0n, Monday, 15 February 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://retrovelo.de/system/html/paul_modern-856ee5d9.jpg
Just paid for it, longer stem is on order, then I ride it home.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
fricken sweet
― shite new answers (cutty), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
nice. only improvement i can think of is a 100% chain guard.
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's the specs:
http://retrovelo.de/paulalfine.html
It is a far sportier ride than I thought it was going to be. I am in love.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, take good care of that beauty, it looks like it could last a few lifetimes.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i like their framebag! its so cool that no one seems to sell it?
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
expectedly pretty pricey.
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
went for a ride w/some friends this weekend. girlfriend was riding something really similar to this. found out it was a refurbed ww2 bike or something like that
http://retrovelo.de/system/html/klara_klassik-2988fd84.jpg
― jaxon, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm in Yurp, the price of the bike didn't kill me, but it is expensive if what you want is a pseudo-Dutch city banger -- this is much more than that. US dealers are all Dutch bike specialist types, which fits a lot of the Retrovelo models but not all of them.
The frame bag is silly money, however. Doesn't necessarily mean I won't break down and buy one, though...
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 18 March 2010 07:22 (fourteen years ago) link
how much is the bike
― shite new answers (cutty), Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
~€1500 in Germany
― caek, Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Clever Cycles in Portland has it for around $2500 -- that's a good price, but I paid less over here.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2010/startracks/100419/kate-winslet-2660.jpg
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Looking good Steve.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 8 April 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
my felt, looking slightly dorky straight outta evans, fettling it today to get rid of the reflectors etc, adding some black diamond tape for some night-time visibility.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4493212082_77dfe746b2.jpg
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/4522217064_1d4c08c0ff_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4522218028_4577d82875_b.jpg
Back slightly earlier than I had hoped because:
a) its freaking cold out and I wasn't even in a long sleeved topb) have eaten precisely 4 squares of ritter sport since midday
However lovely to ride once I got the seat position right, although I need to check the bolt tension with the torque wrench at work as it definitely slipped a little.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
better photos to come when it gets light again.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
fantastic
― fat mantis (Hunt3r), Thursday, 15 April 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
*gazes longily*
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 April 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
*and longingly*
ed that is hottt
a bike shop in the next suburb is a BMC dealer, has a 2010 team machine on the floor - almost too thin and spindly for my liking tbh, would still accept grudgingly if given one
― Bike Snrub ILX (haitch), Thursday, 15 April 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I live in a cramped first-floor flat. One bike is on a rack at the bottom of the stairs by the front door, balanced above a push chair and assorted bits and pieces, the other was on a rack hanging above the really steep stairs leading down from our kitchen to our half-a-garden, dangling above various buckets and things. This set up was started when I bought my winter bike last October: the heavy winter bike was on the sturdy rack by the front door (for easy access for winter rides) and the lightweight racer was on the difficult-to-access back stairs, sitting out the winter.
Earlier this month, with spring finally here and the racing season well under way, I swapped the bikes over. Within a few days the rack on the back stairs revealed it couldn't handle the weight of the winter bike. There was a loud crashing sound and I discovered this:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/4561020762_281233a5a8.jpgThe wall is too crumbly to support a rack that will take the bike. I tried this as a temporary storage solution:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/4560392521_449095bd5c.jpgbut unsurprsingly that wasn't very convenient.
― Home Taping Is Killing Muzak (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i40.tinypic.com/w4uib.jpg
yet to ride a thing tbh
http://i43.tinypic.com/1z4juhu.jpg
― wilter, Thursday, 6 May 2010 08:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i didnt realise the cateye wireless computer would be so chunky and ridiculous looking. why oh why didnt I just get a gps thingy...
― wilter, Thursday, 6 May 2010 08:32 (fourteen years ago) link
sweet
white shoes = A++
― the Henry Tarkus Review (haitch), Thursday, 6 May 2010 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
ha yeah they old. Should not have just ridden hills though. Legs felt not too horrible buy I spewed up in my a little bit ~srsly unfit :/
― wilter, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
*mouth
dope. i have yet to see a Kona I didn't like. also most dudes who ride them are stealth punishers ime.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 7 May 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda want to build up one of these if i can find anyone stocking the frame:
http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=kapu
― erotic geometry (haitch), Friday, 7 May 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
epic lugwork
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 7 May 2010 04:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yep v v pretty frame.
I'm finding this bike of mine to be hellof nice to ride, don't think I'll bother w/carbon seatpost imo
― wilter, Friday, 7 May 2010 07:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It is the first picture of Me and My Bike!!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs311.ash1/27707_10100110001008979_8829370_53866025_1625488_n.jpg
197something Ross Eurosport complete with FFS (Front Freewheel System; the pedals freewheel while the chain/back gear stay completely still--so weird!) and a license sticker expiring in August 1975. Also it weighs like 40 thousand pounds.
― limp bizkotti (Stevie D), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
You've got something stuck in your spokes there, Steve. Cute bike though!
― Mark C, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
nice
was sure I'd posted my road bike itthttp://img.skitch.com/20100526-tg32pj4ia1jhfnrkibi6khsrxf.jpg
― cozen, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
clean those back rims! for shame....
;-P
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/4728934994_4534bc445c_b.jpg
― flapjackin (gbx), Monday, 28 June 2010 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
saddle pointed skywards
― cutty, Monday, 28 June 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
cam angle + leather saddle = nose up
deal with it
― flapjackin (gbx), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4227/dealv.gif
― jaxon, Monday, 28 June 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
XD
― flapjackin (gbx), Monday, 28 June 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Some overexposed shots of the new bike:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/005_20A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/003_22A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/002_23A.jpg
― naus, Monday, 5 July 2010 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
And one of the old bike:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/011_14A.jpg
(BTW does anybody here know how to braze a steel frame?)
― naus, Monday, 5 July 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
sweet man!
― cutty, Monday, 5 July 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
niiiiice
tho why do ppl have such tipped up cockpits like that
― fresno's wet (gbx), Monday, 5 July 2010 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
flip flop stem imo
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 5 July 2010 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
just picked up one of these for the gfhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2911553541_c67806475e_z.jpgit rides pretty nicely actually. being a noob I googled the bike and found this thread. would an upgrade from the stock wheels improve the ride a lot?
― cozen, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That's great. David!
― Mark C, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5079267076_6bf7f59ca8_b.jpg
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
it has so many....parts
― the only truffuluther on ilx (gbx), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link