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fancy a new (push) bike
Bush Tucker Man:
Once more, my 'Gast is Flabbered'
When Joanne & Amelia got back from the 'Posh Porta-Cabin' yesterday, she asked me if I wanted to go look for a new bike :shock:
So, I took her at her word and jiggered off in the XKR to Evans over at 'Xscape' to look at some carbon fibre exotica :drool: :drool:
They had the following.......
1. 2008 model Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL dr0ol1 This was in the sale, with a whole £1,000 knocked off the price :shock:
2. 2008 Specialized Roubaix Expert (not quite as nice)
3. 2009 model Trek Madone 6.9 Pro :drool: :drool:
4. 2008 model Trek Madone 4.5
This is the one I think I'd be sensible to try & push for. I can't be exhorbitant, or she might say no (again!)
But, given a free rein, I'd still be choosing the 2008 Madone 5.5 Pro
Drove to work this afternoon, as I needed to take clean uniforms (& food) after 4 days off, then ran home at 22:00
It was a nice reasonable 30:07, which seemed fairly easy, if dertainly not too easy
Bush Tucker Man:
I got a new bike today :D :D
I've spent longer buying new shorts before now :lol:
Okay, to be totally honest, it isn't actually in my physical possession yet.
It's at the shop awaiting its 'PDI' & tweaking - it is paid for though.
I was very surprised to get it, as Joanne had previously set a limit of circa £700 - £750, and this particular velocipede certainly exceeds that mark :shock:
I went into the shop (Gary, the owner, sponsors our Club, as well as being involved in running the Club)
I explained my choices of what I wanted to do;
1. Buy a new 'best-bike', & downgrade my present best-bike (the Dyna-Tech) to a replacement for the 'yellow bike'
2. Buy a (circa £500) replacement for the 'yellow-bike' & keep the Dyna-Tech as 'best-bike'
With this in mind, I looked at a 2008 Bianchi 1885, which is part Aluminium/part carbon-fibre.
Then Joanne asked about the bike next to it...................................
Gary told her the list price....................................
She still asked him to get it off the rack...........................
I looked at her, looked at it, looked back at her (I'd looked at this model in another dealer)
A 2008 Ridley Orion, which comes in this colour;
The frame, forks, stem, handlebars & seat-pin are all carbon-fibre, so it's rather lightweight s_clap
We talked briefly, or my 'Accountant' did :-k
The list price is £1599, we struck a deal with Gary and shook his hand at £1350.
Yes, I know (having browsed since getting home) I could get it off the internet cheaper, but I'd sooner give Gary the business.
Plus, there's the comfort of knowing he's only a few miles away if I have a problem, not the other end of the country with a warehouse full of bikes in boxes
Wait till you see my photos of the rather unusual tubing profiles :shocked:
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on October 30, 2008, 16:28:40 ---Wait till you see my photos of the rather unusual tubing profiles :shocked:
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Having looked around for photos, I found some on a site that I post on a fair bit, plus there's a test of it
Orion 2008 test
Look at the 5th image, it shows an almost square Down-Tube and rectangular Chain-Stays
The 6th image shows the underside of the 'tri-lobed' Top-Tube, the top surface is almost flat (image 4 shows it to a certain degree too)
See the accompanying image for the positions of these frame 'tubes'
baron von ledwidge:
I have a few bikes too, what type of bike are you after
i havea rocky mountain RM7
a Pashley 24MHZ
and a GT jamie bestwick BMX
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: baron von ledwidge on October 30, 2008, 22:25:44 ---I have a few bikes too, what type of bike are you after
i havea rocky mountain RM7
a Pashley 24MHZ
and a GT jamie bestwick BMX
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No, I bought it (as seen in the posting with the attachment of the Ridley)
Although............... I have seen cyclo-cross frames by LiteSpeed & Yeti. They're both worth drooling over
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