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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    Question for you all.. just curious..

    what would be your ultimate

    1) mountain bike
    2) road bike

    a great excuse for some bike porn.
     
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    Sir Galahad Harmonia Mundi

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    Not at all, in fact the French commonly use the phrase "la Rolls de/du ... " to describe something as the cream of the cream. :)

    Edited : Mind you they refer to the good old days when Rolls Royces had English-made engines ;)
     
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    ditton happy old soul

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    adding

    3) touring bike

    I'll offer up the Dawes Galaxy as a starter ...
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    Sir Galahad Harmonia Mundi

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    ditton happy old soul

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    OK, lack of imagination on my part ...

    ... just that all my spare money has been going into hifi not bikefi ...

    Like my hifi, I bought my galaxy s/h.
    Like my ditton 15s, I bought the Lejeune new in the mid-1970s. I think I have become more prudent - brought on by family responsibilities/expenditure I guess.

    So, what's your nomination, and how near are you to realising that dream?
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    oh, I'd never buy a dreambike. I dont think the money they cost is worthwhile - even if I had it to spend.

    Well, Id get them both custom made, cut to size, form and function.

    The roadbike would be a custom made Merlin Extralight
    Campag Record would be luverly.

    http://www.merlinbikes.com/bikes/2005/extralight.aspx

    The mountain bike would be a matching custom made XLM.
    XTR groupset with pace forks please.

    http://www.merlinbikes.com/bikes/2005/xlm.aspx

    A few pics:

    The Extralight:

    [​IMG]

    The XLM

    [​IMG]


    Check out the Merlin customisation form. Its quite incredible..

    http://www.merlinbikes.com/bikes/pdf/MMTMb.pdf
     
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    Sir Galahad Harmonia Mundi

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    ditton happy old soul

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    it seems so light that it would be all too easy to forget that one was cycling!
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    Thats a beautiful bike sir galahad. totally gorgeous.

    not sure about the family-allowance-cancelling ''speedneedle'' saddle!


    yowch
     
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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    Mine would have to be....

    Litespeed Tanasi Frame
    Magura Marta SL discs
    Pace RC39 Hollowform fork
    Goldtec XC disc front and SAM rear hubs
    Mavic XC717 disc rims
    Panaracer Mach SS tyres
    SRAM X.9 shifters, X.0 rear mech and XTR front mech
    Raceface Deus XC chainset
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    nice !

    [​IMG]
     
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    leonard smalls GufmeisterGeneral

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    Road wise, I'd be happy with a Scott CR1:
    [​IMG]
    Or for that matter, a Cannondale 6thirteen team, or Colnago Presidente Ldv...
    And for a decent MTB, I'd quite like to give one of these a go:
    [​IMG]
    And as we're going for it, I'd also be well happy to own one of these:
    [​IMG]
    Certainly not a plastic fantastic power ranger crotch rocket..
     
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    penance Arrogant Cock

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    mmmmm vincent:)
     
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    Sir Galahad Harmonia Mundi

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    IMHO, the best-looking bike Colnago made lately was the Anniversary,

    http://www.hi-techbikes.com/cgi/display.cgi?COL_2004_Anniv

    unfortunately a limited edition not available anymore.

    The Presidente LdV looks great too, but I'm not sure the design would "age" well, fashion-wise I mean.
     
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    joel Shaman of Signals

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    That would be before WWII, then. After WWII, RR, like many others, used a Buick V8 block.
     
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    tones compulsive cantater

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    I'm no expert, Joel, but are you not getting that confused with the Rover V8, which definitely was a Buick V8? I always thought that the Rolls V8 was its own (unlike the automatic transmission, which was a modified GM transmission).
     
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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    You are correct tones... the 6.75 V8 that was used up until the Silver Seraph (which had the BMW V12) was Rolls' own engine. It was revived in the Bentley Arnage by VW because they did not have a suitable engine and BMW would no longer supply the 4.4 V8 which had been used in that originally.
     
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    leonard smalls GufmeisterGeneral

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    Even better, Egli Vincent... Mmmmmm.
     
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