Happy Birthday

[atmas]

Ernesto Colnago. I'm glad you sucked as a racer, because as a framebuilder you are simply unsurpassed.
If my new bike were a car it would be an as-yet unreleased Ferrari.

And cost rather more than $9000.

 

[thør]

Ernesto Colnago. I'm glad you sucked as a racer, because as a framebuilder you are simply unsurpassed.
If my new bike were a car it would be an as-yet unreleased Ferrari.

And cost rather more than $9000.

Are you sleeping with her, yet?

 

[eyer]

Ernesto Colnago. I'm glad you sucked as a racer, because as a framebuilder you are simply unsurpassed.
If my new bike were a car it would be an as-yet unreleased Ferrari.

And cost rather more than $9000.

Confucius Armstrong says:

He who pays $9000 for a bicycle...

...has a spoke or three loose.

 

[CHNOPS]

I say this as a cyclist who has spent a lot of his lifetime earnings on bikes: no one on this board really needs a $9K bike.

 

[Peregrinator]

She's beautiful, dude, she really is. I can't wait to meet her. Am I allowed to touch this one? You wouldn't let me touch the old one, many years ago.

 

[Peregrinator]

I say this as a cyclist who has spent a lot of his lifetime earnings on bikes: no one on this board really needs a $9K bike.

He doesn't "need" it as such, but he wanted it and has worked hard to earn the money to get it.

 

[thør]

I say this as a cyclist who has spent a lot of his lifetime earnings on bikes: no one on this board really needs a $9K bike.

There are needs and wants......

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*looks online* Lust, sweet lust....

 

[CHNOPS]

He doesn't "need" it as such, but he wanted it and has worked hard to earn the money to get it.

There are needs and wants......

This kinder, gentler GB is nice, but in the old days three people would have (correctly) called me jealous by now.

 

[Peregrinator]

This kinder, gentler GB is nice, but in the old days three people would have (correctly) called me jealous by now.

He wouldn't let me touch the last one. Maybe if you're really super nice he'll let you take this one for a


Nah, I doubt it, honestly.

 

[thør]

This kinder, gentler GB is nice, but in the old days three people would have (correctly) called me jealous by now.

Oh, I'm fucking jealous......but the roads here would trash the bike.....

 

[Peregrinator]

Oh, I'm fucking jealous......but the roads here would trash the bike.....

I'm jealous of the miles he's put in that allow him to really appreciate the bike. I doubt I'd really be able to take advantage of her charms.

 

[thør]

I'm jealous of the miles he's put in that allow him to really appreciate the bike. I doubt I'd really be able to take advantage of her charms.

I'm thinking of a decent commuter for summer

 

[islandman]

$9K....sheesh. What's beyond full carbon?

 

[atmas]

This kinder, gentler GB is nice, but in the old days three people would have (correctly) called me jealous by now.

I was about to lay into you, call out your palmares bona fides (mine were impressive 30 years ago). This post caught me up.

This is my second Colnago. The first was good for thousands of miles a year...some years more than I put on any car, for decades.
But this one? Took it on its first real ride last weekend and only realized I was in the big ring after 45 minutes of up and down New England terrain. In the winter. This is a stupid fast bike in a way that is inconceivable.

Thank you Ernesto.

 

[CHNOPS]

$9K....sheesh. What's beyond full carbon?

Ti, says the guy who rides Ti.

 

[islandman]

Ti, says the guy who rides Ti.

Ah.

Damn, son. That's pricey.

 

[Peregrinator]

I'm thinking of a decent commuter for summer

Riding around here sucks. Too much traffic on the pavement. But there's some really nice dirt roads. I want to get a cheap MTB to play on.

 

[CHNOPS]

I was about to lay into you, call out your palmares bona fides (mine were impressive 30 years ago). This post caught me up.

This is my second Colnago. The first was good for thousands of miles a year...some years more than I put on any car, for decades.
But this one? Took it on its first real ride last weekend and only realized I was in the big ring after 45 minutes of up and down New England terrain. In the winter. This is a stupid fast bike in a way that is inconceivable.

Thank you Ernesto.

They're sweet frames. You probably also notice the switch from old carbon to new--plus the grupos, unless you swapped your old ones.

I got tired of carbon. To smooth for me. I switched to Ti. Slanted top tube, very fast, more of that rat-a-tat under the hands that I like.

But still.

Congrats. Very sweet ride.

 

[thør]

Riding around here sucks. Too much traffic on the pavement. But there's some really nice dirt roads. I want to get a cheap MTB to play on.

I've begun the search for a 29-er.

 

[islandman]

I'm nowhere near $9K, but I love my Specialized just the same. We celebrated our 7-month anniversary just last week.

Can't wait till it warms up a bit.

 

[atmas]

They're sweet frames. You probably also notice the switch from old carbon to new--plus the grupos, unless you swapped your old ones.

I got tired of carbon. To smooth for me. I switched to Ti. Slanted top tube, very fast, more of that rat-a-tat under the hands that I like.

But still.

Congrats. Very sweet ride.

Actually, my old bike is Ti. Dates from when Ti was just starting to find its way into the bicycle market. It has twin, parallel downtubes in an attempt to stiffen the bottom bracket. It has been a wonderful bike, but I now have 11 Campagnolo cogs instead of eight, and only aluminum in the bars and stem. I'm well and truly in the 2010's.

 

[Peregrinator]

I've begun the search for a 29-er.

I've seen you mention that. I don't know what it is.

 

[atmas]

I'm nowhere near $9K, but I love my Specialized just the same. We celebrated our 7-month anniversary just last week.

Can't wait till it warms up a bit.

Specialized are very nice; a friend and riding mate loves his.
Not bragging since I have no basis for saying this never having ridden an S-Works or the like, but Colnago's tube and lug design is supposed to provide for lightness and efficiency but without the tiring hum of being too stiff.

 

[atmas]

I've seen you mention that. I don't know what it is.

Mountain bike with a 29 inch wheel diameter. A subtle revolution in bicycle design based mostly on leverage and stability.