MacRetro chat and rides thread

[Dr S]

Fat tires are cool thin are not.

Gazz your a racerist


Si that looks cool, but I have been bitten by the retro road bug lately. How much is it going for? At the end of the day having a road bike handy is always good for a change.

the bike wont be expensive but all that lovely Rapha kit to match will be

 

[kaiser]

get yourself to prendas ciclismo for retro gear

 

[Dr S]

I need to determine the year of the bike so I can decide on what upgrades to fit. It has Campy cranks so would like to fit some period Campy mechs and shifters to match. Think it would look nice with a honey coloured Brooks saddle with matching bar tape.

Crikey, I'm getting excited about a bloody old road bike!

Its the end, I tell thee!!

Si

 

[clockworkgazz]

Fat tires are cool thin are not.

Gazz your a racerist

thats a scurrilous slur........ some of my best friends have aero bars



I was being disputatious with my comments, all bikes are cool just some are more cool than others- think the cool wall on top gear

 

[velomaniac]

For MTB to fair well on a cycling cool wall we'd need a Clarkson type person from the mtb world in charge. Road and track are way more popular worldwide than mountain biking.

So Gaz, can you fill the Clarkson role

 

[clockworkgazz]

And on that bombshell....

Remember cool is not the most popular, fishing is the largest participation "sport" in the uk!

 

[velomaniac]

Well done Gaz, I knew you could step into the I'm right everyone else is wrong role of the 'Cool Wall' judge

Now just get the rods and head down the canal to catch a rusty old road bike, what bait do I need I wonder..............

 

[clockworkgazz]

Ha ha

Enjoy your

mountain biking on Sunday

 

[zigzag]

Gazz - any chance you could pick up pair of those panaracer xc's for me, local Halfords devoid of anything approaching a decent deal. Let me know - I can paypal over the money and perhaps rustle up a virtual Star bar

Good run up the Pentlands the day, well covered in mud and sheep shit by the end of it. Paced myself reasonably well, and managed almost 4 hours although nowhere near a race pace and I didn't have much left in the tank by the end. Weird, my arms were hurting more than my legs when I got back to the car. Apart from the wind, weather was brilliant. Burns and runoffs in full spate after all the rain, and it's really muddy in places, took me a while to get into the groove, was really a bit too tentative at first, but was digging it at the end. A good use of 1 days annual leave I reckon.

So what's the verdict on those waterproof socks? Anyone use them? Feet were soaking pretty early on, and those waterproof bootee things wouldn't have helped much either, since the water just comes battering in through the holes in the soles for the SPDs.

Looking forward to Sunday, legs and arms should be halfway normal feeling by then... Shall be taking it easy tomorrow with an Edinburgh festival day out with the offspring.

 

[Dr S]

For MTB to fair well on a cycling cool wall we'd need a Clarkson type person from the mtb world in charge. Road and track are way more popular worldwide than mountain biking.

So Gaz, can you fill the Clarkson role

Surely for a Clarkson you need an overweight, overbearing, opinionated Yorkshireman? Someone with taste?

Ahem!

I will be Clarkson, Gazz can be the pretty one.

Si