"Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

[calikev]

Nice one matt I would recommend some elbow & knee pads though :laugh2

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

 

[choplee]

new build is under way ....I'll have to sort out some photo's when over at the shop next .....

 

[MKRW]

http://hurtwoodtrails.co.uk/

Anyone visiting the area....have fun!

 

[choplee]

Re: "Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

http://hurtwoodtrails.co.uk/

Anyone visiting the area....have fun!

It would be nice ,but at work :-(

 

[choplee]

We'll the new road build has some funding now ,but has some way to go to complete .
Least i could afford the frame Litespeed archon T1 ......... Bike porn in the making :smile ...( i hope )

 

[Silverfox]

We'll the new road build has some funding now ,but has some way to go to complete .
Least i could afford the frame Litespeed archon T1 ......... Bike porn in the making :smile ...( i hope )

Now that's bike porn "naked titanium" love it

 

[smgcowfoldparts]

Looks good! Be good if it was ready for the Biggin Hill Sportive!

cheers

 

[choplee]

Looks good! Be good if it was ready for the Biggin Hill Sportive!

cheers

not a chance alex ........but i've got the green light to enter the Biggin hill sportive now ,so closer the time i'll bell you up if thats ok to tag along with you and your pro cycling team ... :smile

 

[smgcowfoldparts]

More than welcome Lee. Think only two of us doing it at the moment so should be fun. My new wheels may just be ready and fitted by then as well!

cheers

 

[choplee]

More than welcome Lee. Think only two of us doing it at the moment so should be fun. My new wheels may just be ready and fitted by then as well!

cheers

not a problem alex ..it will be nice to get a ride out and not having to travel to far .....
i may try and drag 1 or 2 others along .. Don't worry we aren't pro cycling ( hope your not) :?

 

[smgcowfoldparts]

No, none of us are Pro Cycling either :laugh2

 

[choplee]

Re: "Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

No, none of us are Pro Cycling either :laugh2

Perfect ... Just guys loving our bikes and liking a good ride lol

 

[KernowLad]

Conclusion?

Cali owners are generally into cycling!!

 

[Californiaman]

Not into cycles that much myself (other than to ride around at a gentlemanly pace between pubs) but I did get to work on Jason Queally's land speed bicycle a few years ago. It was quite a scary thing - the steering being back to front for a start! I don't think it was very successful and eventually, most of the parts for building it ended up in a skip!

 

[owen_h]

Looks good! Be good if it was ready for the Biggin Hill Sportive!

cheers

not a chance alex ........but i've got the green light to enter the Biggin hill sportive now ,so closer the time i'll bell you up if thats ok to tag along with you and your pro cycling team ... :smile

Keeping fingers crossed for decent weather forecast on this one. Hopefully mudguards won’t be needed and I will be on the R3 rather than the winter bike. At the moment I’m the only one of my regular riding group entered but hoping to persuade a couple of others. Will keep an eye out for Cali’s in the carpark. (mine is a Night Blue Beach if you spot it).

 

[yanathem]

My current bikes

Klein Q pro (summer bike) mixture of 10s campag record, ultegra brakes & crank and unfortunately a seat tube repair which i hate.


Cotic 'X' (home built into a flat bar winter bike) xtr, hope, thomson, mudguards of course
+ bits from old mtb's.


Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC70 xtr, hope, fox, thomson, mavic tubeless rims.

 

[choplee]

You got a nice trio of beauty's there yanathem .....

what year is your Klein ..???
I love my Klein ,as they did great colours back then and now they look retro :cool

 

[yanathem]

+ Choplee
The klein is a 2005 year model so for the purists probably not a true klein because it was made in the trek factory. I always wanted a klein so i'm not to fussed about that and i still like it, a very rare bike as all kleins are and still gets a lot of comments. Surprisingly a lot of people have never heard off or seen klein bikes when it was gary klein who pioneered the manufacturing of bike frames using oversize aluminium tubing. This Q pro looks a bit more modern than the older quantum's, maybe less of a harsher ride with the carbon forks and rear stays.
I bought it new as a frame and fork and built it up to now what it is today.
I still use it and have no plans off getting rid of it, just need someone to sort out a respray on the seat tube.
And yeah the colours and the designs they done over the years are stunning, they make most modern bikes look dull. Mine is called electric lime and changes from green to gold in the light, how cool is that.
Looking at your quantum it looks like its a two colour paint as well? Very nice
Is yours a true klein then made in chehalis, washington?

 

[Californiaman]

If anyone is looking for a new cycle, my friend (and fellow California owner!) Mark has extended their range - http://worxbikes.com/

 

[choplee]

Re: "Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

+ Choplee
The klein is a 2005 year model so for the purists probably not a true klein because it was made in the trek factory. I always wanted a klein so i'm not to fussed about that and i still like it, a very rare bike as all kleins are and still gets a lot of comments. Surprisingly a lot of people have never heard off or seen klein bikes when it was gary klein who pioneered the manufacturing of bike frames using oversize aluminium tubing. This Q pro looks a bit more modern than the older quantum's, maybe less of a harsher ride with the carbon forks and rear stays.
I bought it new as a frame and fork and built it up to now what it is today.
I still use it and have no plans off getting rid of it, just need someone to sort out a respray on the seat tube.
And yeah the colours and the designs they done over the years are stunning, they make most modern bikes look dull. Mine is called electric lime and changes from green to gold in the light, how cool is that.
Looking at your quantum it looks like its a two colour paint as well? Very nice
Is yours a true klein then made in chehalis, washington?

Mine does have the green going into purple and looking a blue as well in the different lights .. I'll try and get some more photos up to look at of her ....
You Klein colour is sweet as well I also loved the colours that adventurous Klein used back then and still look great if not better today .....
I'm the same as you I get loads of people look at my bike at sportives over bikes next to mine worth 5 times as much ,so it still gives me smile.. The ride is quite harsh I've been told ,but don't know any better inly having Ali frames and this main road bike for 16 yrs ....
Klein was brought by trek your right and I think mine was just on the switchover ,so not sure if its a pedigree or not ,but as you said I'm not worried ...

Ps... I do like your other rides ...
I'm looking at sks blades for my Klein for winter are they any good ???? Also needing tyres that will fit :-(

 

[barry]

Two 3BRs (Brompton folders) ridden everywhere.
None of that tailgate bike rack nonsense.
:cool

 

[choplee]

Re: "Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

Two 3BRs (Brompton folders) ridden everywhere.
None of that tailgate bike rack nonsense.
:cool

I do love a good folder and brompton's are very versatile being strangely in the porn section as a cool ride lol
Sweet rides

 

[RodCouncil]

Love my Brommy, here's a pic of me at the BWC2013 this year on the right

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

 

[KernowLad]

My current bikes

Klein Q pro (summer bike) mixture of 10s campag record, ultegra brakes & crank and unfortunately a seat tube repair which i hate.


Cotic 'X' (home built into a flat bar winter bike) xtr, hope, thomson, mudguards of course
+ bits from old mtb's.


Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC70 xtr, hope, fox, thomson, mavic tubeless rims.

Lovely "stable" you have there!