a new member from germany is here

[rocky-socks]

hi, my name is thomas and i come from germany.

sorry, english is not my favorit language, but I give my best.
i have three road-bikes, you can see it in my signature.
i´m still looking for a beautiful used legend ti or concours
frameset with 57/57,5cm top tube.
so i hope, i found anyone here.

greeting from germany,
thomas

[Kevin]

Welcome to the forum. It tends to be a little quiet on the weekends. You should post your search for a 57 x 57 in the classifieds portion.

Kevin

[Ahneida Ride]

Welcome Rocky !!!! ;)

[sw3759]

Welcome aboard Thomas!

My name is Scott and I come from Texas.
I root for Jan and people with little yellow musettes.
english is not my favorite language either but its all i know so i'm stuck with it.yours seems fine to me.
you have some really nice looking bikes there,especially those Scapins.
sorry i don't know anyone selling those size of used Serottas but good luck.
enjoy the forum.

Scott

[OldDog]

Welcome!!


Edit - really cool cd rack...nice bikes too. TopLine cranks on your Merlin?

[weisan]

Wow! I like the way your bikes are set up, they looked fast just standing there! You and the Jerk-O should get together sometimes during happy hours. Welcome you here!

[Serpico]

Hello Rocky, nice bikes :)

[Climb01742]

hi, my name is thomas and i come from germany.

sorry, english is not my favorit language, but I give my best.
i have three road-bikes, you can see it in my signature.
i´m still looking for a beautiful used legend ti or concours
frameset with 57/57,5cm top tube.
so i hope, i found anyone here.

greeting from germany,
thomas

welcome, thomas! how do you like your scapins? they're rare here but they look quite unique and interesting.

[CarlosContreros]

Welcome to the site..
I've been to Deutchland twice...spent time in Wilemshaven
and Hamburg(I end up in the "Reperbahn"! :D ).

Always enjoyed the visits!

Great looking Merlin!....
hey?..I've always been a big Michael Schumacher fan..
whats the word over there?
will he be back??

Kimi Raikkonen is starting to look like he might take
the title of "worlds fastest" from the "rocket-man" himself....Shuey!

take care!

[Louis]

RS,

Nice bikes. Is that a TA crank on the Merlin? Which model? I like it.

Louis

[Gothard]

Hallo Thomas,
Herzlich wilkommen.
Sag uns, wenn du ein Rad gefunden hast!
Grüss, George

[inGobwetrust]

Welcome, Thomas! I think you'll find the crowd here very informative and passionate about bikes.

[DfCas]

Don't worry about your English.Its better than most of us on here :beer:

dan (ancestors came from Germany)

[sellsworth]

Welcome to the forum. It tends to be a little quiet on the weekends. You should post your search for a 57 x 57 in the classifieds portion.

Kevin

Slow on the weekends because forumites are out riding or because they tend to use the Internet at work rather than home?

[Serpico]

Slow on the weekends because forumites are out riding or because they tend to use the Internet at work rather than home?

hehe, I work on the weekends--so I do my surfing on the weekends :D

[The Spider]

Welcome to the gang!

Great Scapins, how do they ride?

I like the Tune crank on the S8, what's the stem?

[Jeff N.]

RS,

Nice bikes. Is that a TA crank on the Merlin? Which model? I like it.

LouisTopline.

[Jeff N.]

hi, my name is thomas and i come from germany.

sorry, english is not my favorit language, but I give my best.
i have three road-bikes, you can see it in my signature.
i´m still looking for a beautiful used legend ti or concours
frameset with 57/57,5cm top tube.
so i hope, i found anyone here.

greeting from germany,
thomasWie, bitte? Ich kann Sie nicht verstehen! No! Just kidding. Your English is just fine, mein Herr. Welcome! Love drinkin' your beer! :beer: Jeff N.

[EPOJoe]

Welcome, Thomas! The only english you'll really need for this forum is the phrase "Bro, IMHO, Bro". That pretty much says it all :beer:

[rhmiller]

Hello Thomas,

Welcome to the forum. Sie sind nicht der Einzige, der in Deutschland lebt! The Internet sure makes the world a small place. US Competition (http://www.uscompetition.de) in Darmstadt occassionally has frames for sale. A year or two ago Tour Magazine built the most expensive bike they could using an Ottrot frameset provided by them. I don't see anything for sale now though.

[rocky-socks]

hi

thank you for the first nice words.
i think also that i will receive here much helpful tips and information.

Edit - really cool cd rack...nice bikes too. TopLine cranks on your Merlin?
right, the cranks on the merlin are topline.
very beautiful parts!!

welcome, thomas! how do you like your scapins? they're rare here but they look quite unique and interesting.
the scapin´s are really wonderfull bike´s.
i like to ride with it.

I like the Tune crank on the S8, what's the stem?
the stem is also a tune, great looking.

i have a scapin mtb (scapin nope) too, but that is for the moment
a building site!!
in my attachment i show you a few detail pictures from the bikes.

have a nice day,
thomas

[Kevin]

Slow on the weekends because forumites are out riding or because they tend to use the Internet at work rather than home?

As a cyclist I hope that it is the former, as an employer I am afraid that it is the latter. :D

Kevin

[Litespeeder]

I do not post here often but I will pop in once a month or so to check out the threads. There are better cycling forums out there but this is certainly one of the better ones when it comes to discussing steel frames and vintage cycling. Kind of an older crowd but I still find many of the discussions on the forum to be somewhat interesting, and perhaps that's why I pop in once ever few weeks.

I have been to Germany more than a few times. Beautiful country. I have a lust for Strock frames but they are very rare in the US. Perhaps you can enlighten us on Storck frames and other cycling products from Germany. Look forward to talking with you on the forum and again welcome.

:beer:

[05Fierte TI]

You posted the following:

"There are better cycling forums"

What other forums do you enjoy?

[Serpico]

...

There are better cycling forums out there but this is certainly one of the better ones when it comes to discussing steel frames and vintage cycling. Kind of an older crowd but I still find many of the discussions on the forum to be somewhat interesting, and perhaps that's why I pop in once ever few weeks.

...
:rolleyes:

[The Spider]

I've just removed my 'Serotta: No. 1 cycling forum' shirt and burnt it.

It's me isn't it...i'm bringing down the whole site :crap:

[William]

I do not post here often but I will pop in once a month or so to check out the threads. There are better cycling forums out there but this is certainly one of the better ones when it comes to discussing steel frames and vintage cycling. Kind of an older crowd but I still find many of the discussions on the forum to be somewhat interesting, and perhaps that's why I pop in once ever few weeks.

I have been to Germany more than a few times. Beautiful country. I have a lust for Strock frames but they are very rare in the US. Perhaps you can enlighten us on Storck frames and other cycling products from Germany. Look forward to talking with you on the forum and again welcome.

:beer:
Ehh, whaddya say sonny?? Speak up, I's can't hear ya? Opps! :o My Depends slipped down to my ankles again......... :rolleyes: There's always at least one on every forum. :crap:



Welcome to the forum Rock!

The old family tree has roots in your neck of the woods. Don't mind me, I'm the crazy one that everyone smiles at and then trys to get as far away from as they can. ;)


Villhelm

[ClassiqueTi]

Hi Thomas,

here we meet again ;)

I still love your Merlin, although I like some details of my Serotta better :p . I'm gonna post some pics here and in Tour-Forum when my new stuff is fixed.

btw, I'm pretty impressed by your deraillour clamp. Did you protect it after drilling against oxidation?

cheers
ClassiqueTi / 105

[e-RICHIE]

...the scapin´s are really wonderfull bike´s.
i like to ride with it.



in 1985, i spent 3 weeks in italy and had a wonderful 2 day visit to
scapin and got the soup-nuts industrial espionage tour. i was very
impressed with the orderliness, design, and innovation that the family
brought to the frames, the production facility in the basement, and
the expansive retail space on the ground floor. the bicycles were a
breed apart, even back then.

[saab2000]

Gruezi Hr. Rocky-Socks,

Willkommen bei uns!