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[jopamora]

That is a pretty sweet deal. Oh look, there is a Revolution on my way home! I wish the one in CC hadn’t closed a few months ago. vvill you are either an angel or a devil.

Kel – the ’13 has mostly SRAM Apex components

[KelOnWheels]

@jopamora 45167 wrote:

Kel – the ’13 has mostly SRAM Apex components

Oh, argh, I totally missed that that link went to the ’12! When I Google Raleigh it always goes to the archived Raleigh pages for some weird reason.

Well that IS an awesome deal then!

And looks like if you buy one before March 31 you can get $100 back from Raleigh too? http://www.raleighusa.com/2013-carbon-rebate-program/

[vvill]

@Subby 45154 wrote:

Okay – well that’s all pretty important. Definitely having second thoughts now. Thanks vvill.

No problem. Not trying to make it difficult, but since you are riding a lot now – you will need maintenance, and if you buy a nicer bike you will want to keep it in nice shape (and replacing worn nice parts usually costs more than replacing worn cheap parts). With more miles, LBS support counts, unless you are a good mechanic with tools and comfortable doing everything yourself (which some people are, and they’re often comfortable buying on BD).

That said, your shiny new road bike will be your shiny new road bike. Don’t overthink it either. Once you’ve been riding one for awhile you’ll get a better of idea for your preferences and your exacting ELITE geometry requirements, and you can really zero in on what you covet. I really had no idea how I wanted/expected a road bike to ride when I test rode mine. I was just trying to stay upright and figger out dem brifter things. I had my saddle too low for many months.

FWIW I spent about $1350 on my first/only road bike which now has ~6200 miles. Full Ultegra except for brakes, Ritchey crabon seatpost, Mavic Aksium wheels, hydroformed aluminum frame with crabon seatstays, crabon legged fork/Al steerer. Ritchey stem/handlebars. I had to warranty the fork (through Performance) in the 12 months, and I’ve also since bought lighter wheels, although the stock ones are still a great spare set. On my third chain, 2nd cassette, and I’ve replaced the front brake pads once, and I’ve had the LBS replace the RD cable once too. (I grew up mostly riding *-mart bikes that were tossed once they broke, and the only thing I ever did was inflate the tires occasionally or fix a flat.)

[bobco85]

I want one of my bikes to have its rims decorated like these:

I saw a video of the artist who made the 2nd one on Vimeo. The link to the art series’ site with more images is here: http://art.witindustries.nl

[KelOnWheels]

@bobco85 45240 wrote:

I want one of my bikes to have its rims decorated like these:

LOVE those.

Oo, if I got a bike with disc brakes I could do vinyl or paint on the rims….

[krazygl00]

@KelOnWheels 45249 wrote:

LOVE those.

Oo, if I got a bike with disc brakes I could do vinyl or paint on the rims….

That really would be the ultimate fixie, no? My fixed gear has a non-machined rim in the rear and a machined rim in front because I actually do rock a front brake. And I say “rock” a front brake because it really does ROCK being able to stop n’ stuff. SOLID FOOD IS YUMMY! I’m just not fool– err, young and athletic enough to go around relying solely only my rear wheel for stopping.

Anyway, I would love to get a disc front fork (but try to find one of those with A. a one-inch steerer and 2. 650C in sizeway) so my rims would match. Not to mention the awesome stopping power of disc. My belief is that a fixed gear with a front brake is one of the best-stopping bikes in the world, because your leg power is kind of like a huge organic ABS system. Try skidding without locking out your legs…pretty difficult.

[Bilsko]

Fatbike. *le sigh*
[video=vimeo;60830018]http://vimeo.com/60830018[/video]

[birddog]

http://bakfiets.nl/eng/

Two kids. One bike. You can actually interact with them on one of these. I use a trailer now, but I feel like I’m so far away from them…

[dasgeh]

@birddog 46235 wrote:

http://bakfiets.nl/eng/

Two kids. One bike. You can actually interact with them on one of these. I use a trailer now, but I feel like I’m so far away from them…

Ah, yes… The bakfiets. There are two (that I know of) in Arlington. There’s hope that there will be a bakfiets on display at the Pheonix Fundraiser on March 21…

Oh, and I think you can get 3 kids in.

[vvill]

I still like the Bullitt the best.

Carrying pizzas? No problem!

[Bilsko]

OK to covet a living room? – Also, for some reason, this is more or less how I imagine Dirt’s living room must look like – dunno, maybe its the cat.

[Subby]

Advice needed, again. As some folks know I have been trying to find a road bike for a few months. I finally found one on Craigslist that I liked, but I emailed the lister and they responded about a week later saying they had taken down the ad and listed the bike on eBay. The lister owns a bike shop in Leesburg called Transition Triathlon. If the bike doesn’t sell on eBay, then I can come out to their shop and look at it. The woman said the bike is in great shape and that she just wants to transition to one her shop sells. The listing is below. It is an Orbea Onix with full Ultegra. It is a 2006 model. Should I worry about the bike being that old? The price seems pretty reasonable.

Also, because I’m an idiot, I guess I don’t know if it matters that is was a woman’s bike? Is there a difference in women’s and men’s road bikes?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orbea-Onix-size-54-Full-Ultegra-/251249098175?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item3a7f9cfdbf

Thanks!

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Subby 47593 wrote:

Advice needed, again. As some folks know I have been trying to find a road bike for a few months. I finally found one on Craigslist that I liked, but I emailed the lister and they responded about a week later saying they had taken down the ad and listed the bike on eBay. The lister owns a bike shop in Leesburg called Transition Triathlon. If the bike doesn’t sell on eBay, then I can come out to their shop and look at it. The woman said the bike is in great shape and that she just wants to transition to one her shop sells. The listing is below. It is an Orbea Onix with full Ultegra. It is a 2006 model. Should I worry about the bike being that old? The price seems pretty reasonable.

Also, because I’m an idiot, I guess I don’t know if it matters that is was a woman’s bike? Is there a difference in women’s and men’s road bikes?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orbea-Onix-size-54-Full-Ultegra-/251249098175?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item3a7f9cfdbf

Thanks!

Just make sure those “cosmetic blemishes” aren’t cracks and there aren’t any dings that go all the way through the clear coat and paint into the carbon weave. But if the bike was well taken care of, the age shouldn’t be an issue, even for carbon. I will say that it certainly doesn’t look like a women’s-specific bike, even if it was ridden by a woman, as those tend to have shorter and more slanted top tubes. For the most part though, the biggest difference I can see between Orbea’s mens and women’s bikes is that the women’s bikes have “girlier” (for lack of a better word) color schemes. I’ll keep my comments to myself on the whole “women’s specific design” issue, but color schemes aside, there is otherwise very little to distinguish their men’s line from the women’s line.

[vvill]

Maybe you could arrange for a test ride since it’s in Leesburg? If you like the bike enough the seller wouldn’t have to pay to ship it, and also wouldn’t have to pay the ebay commission so it might end up better on both ends.

Note it’s older Ultegra (6600?) as opposed to 6700 which is what you’d get on a new bike with Ultegra today. Cranks are FSA although they’re pretty high-end I think, being carbon. (I only bought my first road bike in 2011 so I don’t know anything about comparing older groupsets, sorry! Don’t know much about men’s vs women’s bike either – my only impression is that they’re the same but come in different sizes.)

Also you won’t get LBS fitting, support, manufacturer warranty, etc, etc. It does seem to be in good condition, but *personally*, I would rather spend that much money on a new 105 alloy bike from a LBS. Or just spend more $ on something you are sure you want. If you end up riding as many miles on it as you are now anyway, it’ll be worth it.

[dasgeh]

@TwoWheelsDC 47606 wrote:

I’ll keep my comments to myself on the whole “women’s specific design” issue, but color schemes aside, there is otherwise very little to distinguish their men’s line from the women’s line.

I thought the same, until I went shopping for a bike that actually fit me. Good WSD bikes have geometry that is more geared towards women. That’s not to say a man can’t be comfortable on a WSD bike or that a woman can’t be comfortable on a designed-for-a-man bike. Like any high end bike, you need to make sure the geometry fits you.

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