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I just bought a 1989 road bike I've always wanted and I have two classic lugged frames on order. So I love classic road bikes.
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Currently--in rotation: 1990s filet brazed Simonetti (prolly Tange)--cf Time fork, quill stem, Campy 10 double 1990s lugged 853 Nobilette steel fork, quill stem, Campy 10 triple 1990s lugged Serotta CSi, F1 carbon fork, quill stem Campy 10 triple 2010(?) Look 585 full carbon Campy 10 double--fits your group of "classic" rides--and I would agree. To me it makes little difference in my ride over the steel choices (One of the first three will likely go--if I can get clear what I like about each... All are shod in 25s now except the Nobilette since the only tubular wheels and tires are the ones that I got from you, and I haven't tried wider ones yet...) Still missed--the Colnago CT-1 (plush!) and the Tecnos--both still 1" forks, but carbon... and they would fit into my version of "classic" as well. And the Peter Mooney--all steel, retro mod and truly a frame that hearkened back to the frames I raced on, but with something else going on as well--completely dialed. And the Nobilette reminds me of it... The others that I shed--the Mercian 531 (skinny tubes), the Concorde EL-OS (Italian) were more like the bikes I grew up racing on--they were nice rides but I definitely had the 'been there, done that' reaction once I rode them a good bit, so they are not missed... Last edited by paredown; 09-19-2020 at 02:17 PM. |
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Nothing beats the exhilaration i feel on a good day on a fast road bike. Cornering at speed, bike balanced and going where i want without any effort, accelerating quick and easy. Maybe because it´s fast, maybe because it´s simple, maybe because it goes the distance but the road bike is the number one. |
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Lots of interesting and intriguing responses here. I think I did a disservice to my question though by saying "classic" - it seems in most peoples' minds here, that means full steel and tubulars and retro/nostalgia. It's almost easier for me to feel the pull to those. I was thinking more modern-classic I guess, from the '00s through the '10s... My newest bikes are '03 and '05, modern to me. If I want to ride like the good old days, I have a pukka '54 Claud Butler New All Rounder. (brake cables have been fixed, since pic) |
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I think this - road conditions and to a lesser extent terrain, have a lot of influence here. Our local roads are mostly chipseal and "lumpy" for lack of a better description - not so much broken pavement with gravel, just a lot of bumps everywhere. The attributes of all road bikes with wider tires tend to help make the ride a bit more relaxed here than for instance the Dgma F10. that I picked up. But if I lived say in the areas of Italy France where I've done a lot of riding, a "classic road bike" whether newfangled carbon or "old fashioned" steel with 25mm tubulars would get 90+ percent of my miles.
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yes. i still think i am 30 y/o, and that i should still ride like that!
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That could explain a lot, but I'm disappointed (in myself).
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Basso Venta, $3795 For comparison, i just spent around $2600 on a new Ciocc steel frame, Dura Ace 7402 8-sp group, and Mavic GEL280 8-sp Campy wheels. Dura Ace group and wheels were purchased used. i ride n 21mm tubulars which is going to freak ppl out! Robin |
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oh, i got to the velodrome in Rock Hill, SC last week for Track 101. At the end, the instructor took some pics and a video. I thought I was doing some “hot laps” but when i saw the video i was prob goung 18mph! hahah! The track bike was a Pinarello, alum frame, carbon fork, clinchers. Bike felt sluggish compared to my Ciocc. Last edited by Tz779; 09-19-2020 at 03:22 PM. |
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Stop posting all this retro stuff! As Dan clarified and seemed obvious (to me) in the OP a classic road bike is a standard road bike. What many would call it a race bike. Doesn’t imply old.
I’m currently on a road trip chilling in my van for the night at a friendly truck stop. I have my MTB and my gravel bike with me. Gravel bike is rocking 40s. I did a 53 mile road ride today and it was great. Averaged 18.9 mph and had a fun time. Now if I brought my road bike I would have taken some KOMs. https://www.strava.com/activities/4084515214/overview For me, I love my road bikes. Sure fat tires are fun but man I could feel the drag, both aero and rolling resistance, on my ride today. I do use my gravel bike on the road a lot because I love riding it but it will never replace my classic road bikes - of which I have another on the way! |
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I'm in the semi-classic camp ('02-'14 era). Integrated shifters, clipless pedals, rim brakes, 25mm tires... that sort of stuff.
I have three Moots, a Merlin, 3 Madones, and a Storck that all sort of fit that description. I've certainly spent a ton of money on disc all-road, gravel, and 'cross bikes, only to discover time and again that I wasn't really interested in that sort of riding day-in and day-out. For a specific event or race they work, and then I just go back to my favorite Moots Compact. Currently I own a Ritchey Breakaway CX that has never been ridden on anything but the trainer. I have a Lynskey Urbano project that has been sitting 90% complete in a corner of my workshop for the last three or so years. No interest. If I finished it, I would probably ride it a couple times and then sell it, as I have so many times before. Some of us are just wired that way.
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Now then, why do you choose handbuilt, steel, and classic lines over the latest/greatest/fastest aero-carbon-disc wunderbike??? I think all of this is answering the question for me anyway. I'm going to need more bikes. I do really enjoy riding something that is unapologetically a road and road only machine -- it's what I loved about the Dogma F8. And I also really enjoy something with a level top-tube and a steel fork and standard gearing -- it's what I loved about the pristine CSI I had a year or more ago, or the Ellis Strada (the one w the surface rust). Plus as Mark pointed out, I'll need a townie bike for sure. And we haven't gotten into talking MTBs yet either. Good thing I'm moving into a home with an oversized two car garage shortly. ------ |
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