http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: N+1 Oo er..... en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-107341 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:19:07 +0000 DaveC 107341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bare metal on a 'soot' bike?? Its arrived, Yay, and only 72 hours after it left the factory with ParcelFarce 48... Dhoop... It went from Ormskirk, to Liverpool to Coventry to ... Aberdeen....???? and then on to Edinburgh. Bonkers!!! The note with the Aberdeen notice said 'Delivered to wrong depot'...</p> <p>Anyway, the ParceFarce guy turns up, I sign for it and ask if he wouldn't mind helping me with it to our underground secure cycle room. No he can't 'elf n safety'... He wasn't supposed to take it further than 10 yards from his van and due to Trambles he had to park outside St James centre.... Anyway I tried picking it up and managed with ONE FINGER!!! [laugh!]</p> <p>and now its stopped raining and its drying up!! :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105510 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:38:49 +0000 amir 105510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bare metal is good - scrubs up easily and doesn't chip. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105504 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:40:27 +0000 DaveC 105504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Metallic Yellow!!! Not on your .... ;o)</p> <p>I considered red, or a light blue... I already have my favourite colour on a bike, orange so couldn't really go for that. I wanted something the dirt and eventual scratches wouldn't show up easily on. Getting everthing black, groupset, wheels, bar tape, seat...</p> <p>Looking forward to ~4 weeks time when it arrives at work :o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105489 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:47:52 +0000 crowriver 105489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, carbon is black, I suppose. Maybe you should have gone for 'graphite' instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105470 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:58:09 +0000 Nelly 105470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>DAve - dear god man, you had the opportunity to ask for metallic yellow - and ducked it????? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105467 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:42:09 +0000 DaveC 105467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What?!?! ... Really?? I wonder if its too late to call the sprayshop? I went for black as it shows the dirt up the least, though tbh I did consider brown after seeing WC's Kaff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105465 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:40:43 +0000 Darkerside 105465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also, the red shift as you go faster combined with a naturally red frame presumably results in infinite speed.</p> <p>Or similar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105464 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:34:33 +0000 steveo 105464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Red is proven to be 10% faster across the whole cadence range. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105463 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:19:45 +0000 DaveC 105463@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Black, its the new Black. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105461 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:03:39 +0000 Dave 105461@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or don't, if you need an excuse to buy new kit!</p> <p>As I now have white plus vivid red and blue frames, I basically need a double wardrobe... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105457 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:41:24 +0000 kaputnik 105457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Match it to your kit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105453 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:57:33 +0000 DaveC 105453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Got an email from Dolan, they have my sized frame in blank, and can paint it ANY COLOUR I WANT!! Yay and NOoo!!!!! How do I decide on a colour..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105277 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:40:42 +0000 Uberuce 105277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I shall try to persuade my sister to sell or donate black fruity. Even if she does start to cycle at all, which isn't going to happen unless POP <em>et al</em> works, she's got no interest in retro and would rather splurge on an upmarket hybrid/roadie. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105274 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:11:35 +0000 crowriver 105274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I overdid it last year. </p> <p>In the remainder of 2013 I'm going to concentrate on completing the remaining bike build projects; use various accessories and so on that have been gathering dust in the garage; and perhaps offload one bike to free up some space.</p> <p>Oh, and <em>ride the bikes I have</em>. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105272 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:08:57 +0000 DaveC 105272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nah the Dolan has carbon forks not Rockshocks ;O) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105271 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:02:39 +0000 chdot 105271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a spring thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105269 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:58:53 +0000 Darkerside 105269@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clearly retail therapy time at the moment for a number of CCE-ers! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9748#post-105267 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:29:37 +0000 DaveC 105267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been looking at carbon bikes because... well just because. I read a review of Audaxy types bikes on road.cc and a few came to light. Ribble (good and bad reviews of customer service), Pearson (very expensive), Tifosi (no options really - just Black or white Campag Velosse) and Dolan Dual. I choose these as I want to keep muguards on all the time, not just those flimsy raceguards. They have my size in stock and I think I've convinced myself I want one. No cycle to work for me this year as I don't want to wait until August.</p> <p>I just find myself liking the Genesis Equilibrium 853 but they are apparently only a limited run of ~275 and I can't find any info on them for sale anywhere... which is frustrating. I have a 653 Dawes so don't really want to upgrade to a 7xx Reynolds and think this bike will complete my stock of bikes. I may have to sell the MTB... :o( Depends on what SWMBO says.</p> <p>SHE Says YES!!! :O) </p>