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03-15-2012, 09:20 PM
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What's the best riding frame
You have had or have now. This will mean a lot of different things to a lot of people and that's great.
I'm interested in steell race bikes of yesteryear or last year. Stage race comfort, stable and mans best friend. No need to limit that to my idea of the best riding frame however. Whatever floats your boat might float another. Last edited by stephenmarklay; 03-16-2012 at 05:23 AM. Reason: fixing iPhone "Correction" 
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03-15-2012, 09:24 PM
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My DeSalvo 10th Anniversary or my Ottrott, I think, though I have very fond memories of my Speedvagen and my Kirk, neither of which fit well enough to keep, or I'd still have them.
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03-15-2012, 09:27 PM
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My Indy Fab Planet X.
Very different and hard to compare, but I like it better than my MX Leader.
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03-15-2012, 09:46 PM
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my GT Lotto and Saeco Cannondale were my best all around riding frames... aluminum, stiff, stable, and lightweight. i like carbon now, but keep these old guys around as backups & rainbikes, oops
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03-15-2012, 09:53 PM
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sorta weird to say it after all the bikes
i don't race, i just ride medium fast club rides usually with quite a bit o climbing:
2009 S-Works Roubaix. i am fickle, but the Roubaix has had my nearly undivided attention longer than any. have not owned the elite, but my Rex is close enough. oops. that's a lie. early in the progression, i owned a completely gorgeous harlequin CSI with an F1 threaded fork. a little small and did not have much to compare it to so early in the game. oh yeah and the Waterford 2200.
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Crust Malocchio, Turbo Creo Last edited by eddief; 03-15-2012 at 10:16 PM.
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03-15-2012, 09:59 PM
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Hampsten Strada Bianca ti by MOOTS with YBB rear end. Just as good as my Legend ti on smooth roads but with rough and off road capability due in part but not entirely to clearance for 35mm tires.
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03-15-2012, 10:09 PM
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I have ridden a Merckx Corsa 01, Corsa Extra, Merlin Extralight, Gunnar Crosshairs and an assortment of other newer rides that belonged to friends. The one I have kept is my Serotta CRL that is a shade too big (62L) but too nice to let go of yet. I even had it refinished. It is my favorite ride to date although I would love to try an IF Crown Jewel or Moots. Those two are probably tops of my list today. This is her although she now sports a red King hs, Red King BB, and a newer set of wheels with... you guessed it Red King hubs.
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03-15-2012, 10:10 PM
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a mid / late 1980's gray Schwinn Prologue Prestige tubing - with cinelli and campy athena index.
loved that bicycle. Never remember building a bicycle so exotic.  prologue and paramount 1988 catalog http://bikecatalogs.org/SCHWINN/MODELS/Prologue.html
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03-15-2012, 10:21 PM
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I hope that the OP gets the information he wants from the responses to his post, but so far there have been nine answers, each mentioning a different bike. Unless you start tallying frame material, I have to wonder if such a broad range of answers will allow him to draw any conclusions at all.
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#12
03-15-2012, 10:24 PM
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it's not about conclusions
it's about sharing. do you have something to share
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03-15-2012, 10:30 PM
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I'm probably in the minority for saying this but my favorite ride ever has to be my CAAD10. I prefer it to my ti bikes (vamoots, merlin cielo) and my carbon bike (tarmac).
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03-15-2012, 10:34 PM
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I was checking those out, at the shop, this winter. Liked the look. I used to work for Cannondale in the 80's, while attending high school  I like the look of the matte dark gray/black frameset. stealth
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