WDYBLL

nice. only improvement i can think of is a 100% chain guard.

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.

wow, take good care of that beauty, it looks like it could last a few lifetimes.

i like their framebag! its so cool that no one seems to sell it?

expectedly pretty pricey.

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

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...

how much is the bike

~€1500 in Germany

Clever Cycles in Portland has it for around $2500 -- that's a good price, but I paid less over here.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2010/startracks/100419/kate-winslet-2660.jpg

Looking good Steve.

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

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 top
b) 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.

better photos to come when it gets light again.

fantastic

*gazes longily*

*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

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.jpg
The 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.jpg
but unsurprsingly that wasn't very convenient.

http://i40.tinypic.com/w4uib.jpg

yet to ride a thing tbh

http://i43.tinypic.com/1z4juhu.jpg

i didnt realise the cateye wireless computer would be so chunky and ridiculous looking. why oh why didnt I just get a gps thingy...

sweet

white shoes = A++

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 :/

*mouth

dope. i have yet to see a Kona I didn't like. also most dudes who ride them are stealth punishers ime.

kinda want to build up one of these if i can find anyone stocking the frame:

http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=kapu

epic lugwork

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

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.

You've got something stuck in your spokes there, Steve. Cute bike though!

nice

was sure I'd posted my road bike itt
http://img.skitch.com/20100526-tg32pj4ia1jhfnrkibi6khsrxf.jpg

clean those back rims! for shame....

;-P

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/4728934994_4534bc445c_b.jpg

saddle pointed skywards

cam angle + leather saddle = nose up

deal with it

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4227/dealv.gif

XD

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

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?)

sweet man!

niiiiice

tho why do ppl have such tipped up cockpits like that

flip flop stem imo

just picked up one of these for the gf
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2911553541_c67806475e_z.jpg
it 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?

That's great. David!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5079267076_6bf7f59ca8_b.jpg

it has so many....parts

EXCELLENT. what was the last word on the lost bike, just sol?

SOL indeed. Didn't turn up on CL or eBay, pittsburgh's finest didn't find it.

Most of those parts need to go back on E's bike.

wait wasn't it stolen in chicago? i m confused