what bike would you ride in roubaix?

[Climb01742]

if you could ride anything (fantacy price is no limit rule is in effect :D ) in roubaix, what would you choose?

based on the bikes i've ridden, i'd go with a mx leader.

you?

[saab2000]

Something steel, with a steel fork.

Maybe my CSI when it is all built up.

Cinelli criterium bend handlebars.

Neutron wheels with appropriately wide tires. 23s I guess.

[dbrk]

Any 650B with Mitsuboshi Trimline 38c tires. Gee, that was easy...

dbrk

[pale scotsman]

If I was competing, yeah right, then this (http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/apr06/roubaix06/index.php?id=boonen_time/IMG_9908) baby.

For ****s and giggles, then I'd ride my Kirk just the way it is.

[Ti Designs]

My bike with Pave tubulars...

Roubaix isn't so much about the bike, it's about how you ride it. There's an old saying, riding on cobbles hurts, riding slowly on cobbls hurts more. There's a speed at which you ride the top of the stones and you never feel the cracks between. Any bike at that speed is better than the softest riding bike going too slow.

Over the winter I've taken to riding my fixed gear with cross tires on the non-technical mountain bike trails I know of. I found out two things: First, the fixed gear isn't the right bike for big drops. Second (and this is the real point here), the fixed gear at speed is smoother, faster and less abusive than the mountain bike with it's suspension fork and tires that are twice as wide. Even on sections that were 100% tree roots, I found that faster was better.

Hey, are there any cobbles in or around Saratoga Springs?

[dauwhe]

Any 650B with Mitsuboshi Trimline 38c tires. Gee, that was easy...

dbrk

I saw the title of the thread, and was going to post the very same comment!

Dave

[Bittersweet]

Merckx Team SC with the 32h 3x Ambrosias that Boonen is riding this year (see cyclingnews.com)

[J.Greene]

This (http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=24430&highlight=red) is what I'd ride, but with 24mm tubs.

JG

[AgilisMerlin]

ti cross frame and steel fork. USE Shockpost. shytmano 10 gruppo. mavic gp4's, heavy as hell tubulars. bar end shifters. :D

[stevep]

a yamaha 175 should be right.
possibly a 250 if it was dry.

[ergott]

see my bike in signature. Wheels are coming although I do have a set of Reflex/Chorus that are tied and soldered already that would do the job real nice.

[saab2000]

a yamaha 175 should be right.
possibly a 250 if it was dry.

I think you're onto something here! You could prolly go with a bigger motor though.

Something like what the motorcycle riders ride in Paris-Dakar would be about right I think!

[csm]

I was thinking one of those Cagiva Elefants.

[CPP]

I would ride Cancellara's bike
CPP

[BoulderGeek]

My old bike.

[Big Dan]

Possibly my Merckx Corsa 01 with Continental Comp 25's.

:)

[Grant McLean]

I think I'd choose my '82 Raleigh Team Pro, with mavic SSC's

Since Jan Raas won P-R on the same bike that year,
I'd go for the full Raleigh Ti kit in tribute...

g

http://members.tripod.com/~CyclingArchive/frhtml/pr82.htm

[kbwheels]

I'd would ride a Sachs. So I guess I will have to wait another 4 plus years before I will get to ride P-R. :)

[djg]

a yamaha 175 should be right.
possibly a 250 if it was dry.

I was thinkin' I could do just fine on mebbe a BMW F 650 GS, or one of the old Paris-Dakaar jobs.

[obtuse]

a colnago c50 with a steel steerer tubed fork and 1cm longer chainstays.

obtuse

[A.L.Breguet]

My old bike.
Late to the thread.
+1

[MarinRider]

a colnago c50 with a steel steerer tubed fork and 1cm longer chainstays.

obtuse

Core. With '07 Netron wheels which have old proton rims and competition 25s.

[shinomaster]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.adventureaccessories.com/acc.pics.h2/bike/yellow.bike.700.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.adventureaccessories.com/Adventure/h2accessories/main.html&h=451&w=700&sz=69&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=vUpNPu_p35bDCM:&tbnh

[regularguy412]

I'd still lose control and wreck, but nothing on the bike would be broken.

Heck, I could even shift up 3 cogs sprinting outta the saddle and not have to touch the shift levers.

:D

Mike in AR

[RPS]

Dual suspension -- 1 to 2 CM of travel at the wheels.

[SponsorsWanted]

knew what he was doing...

[Dekonick]

This

http://www.chariotcarriers.com/html_english/sidecarrier.htm :D

Wild eh?

[BoulderGeek]

My travel bike is the same Easton 7000 Scandium as the Merckx Team SC.

It's a great, smooth frame. Hard to believe it's aluminum at all.

Just did a 35 miler on the Boulder Morgul Bismarck course.

I'm feeling very conflicted about my manhood, however.
If you look closely, you'll see a 12-32 mountain cluster in the back.

[Serotta_Andrew]

An Ottrott ST!!!! Ride one you will see why!!!!

[Elefantino]

American ingenuity...

[manet]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/easterncaster/IMG_1897-1.jpg

[SoCalSteve]

An Ottrott ST!!!! Ride one you will see why!!!!

Ok, in about 6 weeks!

Thats too late for P-R, but not for a summer of fun riding at the beach and the mountains in and around Los Angeles.

Hopefully sooner, hint hint.

Steve

[coylifut]

my ti Spectrum with a set of someone else's tubulars.

Tafi and Backstedt were on to something.

[Jack Brunk]

My new Meivici with my new Lew Pro- VT1 wheels. It would be a grand time.

[obtuse]

my ti Spectrum with a set of someone else's tubulars.

Tafi and Backstedt were on to something.


well tafi was on a c40 and backstedt couldn't get bianchi to make beer can bike that wouldn't break and as far as i know they were on their own tubulars!

i'm with jack on this- if i can't have my c50 with 1cm longer chainstays and a steel steerer tubed fork i'm going for a meivici and his lew wheels!

obtuse

[cadence90]

Franco Ballerini's Mapei Colnago.

[ergott]

An Ottrott ST!!!! Ride one you will see why!!!!

That's right!

http://websites4ever.com/ergott//my_serotta/p2170774.jpg

[learlove]

Merckx MX Leader w/ Dura ace and 36 hole wheels w/ box tubular rims with 700/25 to 28c size tires.

[coylifut]

well tafi was on a c40 and backstedt couldn't get bianchi to make beer can bike that wouldn't break and as far as i know they were on their own tubulars!

i'm with jack on this- if i can't have my c50 with 1cm longer chainstays and a steel steerer tubed fork i'm going for a meivici and his lew wheels!

obtuse

Tafi didn't win on his Ti Bianchi, but he liked it so much he kept riding it after Roubaix. Oh, and I'm sure they were playing with the house's money.

[max_powers]

for race, straight pull spokes
less prone to failure

[Marcusaurelius]

I'd like to try Trek Madone but with Alpha Q GS 10 carbon fork (it has a steel steer tube). Of course I'd want campagnolo bits and 36 hole hubs.

[dancinkozmo]

i'd watch "A Sunday in Hell" , put on my wool Brooklyn jersey and ride my Gios super record !! :banana: