Bicycle Lust

**GLC1968** · 10-03-2006, 06:56 AM

After finding my Terry Classic (as my commuter) and falling in love with the fit, I'm now lusting after this bike to replace my road bike:

Though I'm restraining myself for 2 reasons...1) no diposable money right now and 2) let's see what 2007 brings!!

(this is the 2006 Isis)

**mimitabby** · 10-03-2006, 07:06 AM

You guys all have excellent taste. these are all beautiful, lovely bikes.
I want an italian steel bike with campy components that fits a smaller woman.
And it has to have enough room for FENDERS...!!
Realizing that what I want is unattainable, I can't even start dreaming about colors. I like the creamsicle.. I even like that silver and white Terry!
grrr grrr grrr

**xeney** · 10-03-2006, 07:43 AM

Oh, those aren't bikes I am seriously considering. I am thinking that at this point I need to buy something very low-end, if I can find something that fits me, and see if I ride more with a bike that fits. Then I can think about upgrading later.

Or I might go mid-range and buy the Orbea Dama Mitis, which is just as pretty in the orange, and the bike shop offered me a great deal and said that if I hated the 105 they could swap my Veloce group over. I'm just trying to decide if I can afford a new bike at all. This is the fantasy thread, not the things I am really considering! (Or I would have test ridden that Ruby yesterday.)

**mimitabby** · 10-03-2006, 08:25 AM

oh, that's a beautiful bike too!

Yeah, they told me i could swap my campy stuff too. but then what do you do with your other, componentless bike?? er, frame?

**KnottedYet** · 10-03-2006, 08:29 AM

Take the Shimano from the new bike, put it on the old frame, that makes a complete bike. Can you sell it?

Or would it be cheaper just to order a bare frame and move your components over, then sell the old frame (bare)?

When I was considering a Soma build-up, one of the shop guys told me it would be cheaper to buy an entire bike and then swap all the components to the Soma frame rather than buying the components seperately. That was an eye-opener! I checked prices, and for what I wanted to do he was right!

**xeney** · 10-03-2006, 08:36 AM

A Bianchi Veloce without Veloce components is probably kind of silly, but I could sell the frame.

It's all moot, though, because my husband wants the Veloce. It fits him fine since we swapped out the seatpost for me -- it's so far back now (too far for me to reach the handlebars) that he didn't even need a longer stem. He already has a road bike that he doesn't want to get rid of, so I don't know what he plans to do with the Bianchi, but he wants to keep it. He may ride a century on it in two weeks.

What is a fair price to charge one's husband for a three-year-old bike that he has maintained for free for the whole time you've owned it? I'm thinking four or five grand?

**mimitabby** · 10-03-2006, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by xeney

A Bianchi Veloce without Veloce components is probably kind of silly, but I could sell the frame.

It's all moot, though, because my husband wants the Veloce. It fits him fine since we swapped out the seatpost for me -- it's so far back now (too far for me to reach the handlebars) that he didn't even need a longer stem. He already has a road bike that he doesn't want to get rid of, so I don't know what he plans to do with the Bianchi, but he wants to keep it. He may ride a century on it in two weeks.

What is a fair price to charge one's husband for a three-year-old bike that he has maintained for free for the whole time you've owned it? I'm thinking four or five grand?

that sounds like a fair price, with his labor thrown in, of course!

**KnottedYet** · 10-03-2006, 08:39 AM

Oh, no, six grand at least!

Hey, it's been expertly maintained! That alone raises its value! He should realize what a deal he's getting!

**Mimosa** · 10-03-2006, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by KnottedYet

one of the shop guys told me it would be cheaper to buy an entire bike and then swap all the components to the Soma frame rather than buying the components seperately. That was an eye-opener! I checked prices, and for what I wanted to do he was right!

That's what I am doing also, it really is cheaper. It was one of the reasons I started looking for manufactures which had a custom build program. You still get (some)what you want for cheap price and then afterwards to get around the table with the bike shop guy and start upgrading or changing the bike. He keeps the new (unused) stuff from the bike (the parts which you didn't like) and puts on the stuff that you do want want for a small (or even none) extra price.

In my example I don't like the 'standard program' Mavic Ksyrium Elite wheels, they have to much failures. But I could try to get the bike shop so far to swap them for Easton Circuits which are priced almost the same but are much more reliable.

**spokewench** · 10-03-2006, 01:31 PM

Just got back from Interbike so I'm on bike looking, parts looking overload, etc
BUT I always keep my eye out for lady friendly bicycle companies, women specific bikes, etc.

I fell in love with this powder blue wonder A 595 Elle Look carbon fiber frame. What a beut!

If I already didn't have a pink Giant TCR from last year that I absolutely love, boy would I be drueling big time.

see the bike at www.lookcycle.com

**Mimosa** · 10-03-2006, 01:43 PM

Very nice ... but I don't think I should even try to see what is written on the price tag.

**indysteel** · 10-05-2006, 09:49 AM

I dream of getting a custom steel frame from one of several builders. My current fave is Kirk Frameworks. Here's a link to one of Dave's builds: http://kirkframeworks.com/photogallery7.htm. And to another: http://kirkframeworks.com/photogallery8.htm

I'd probably build it up with Campy Chorus and would seriously consider getting hand-built wheels. But for now, my Bianchi ED makes for excellent company!

**RoadRaven** · 10-05-2006, 12:28 PM

Well, although I have been infatuated with de Rosa last year and this year... hear is what I lust after now...

I have a Giant TCR Aero 2 which I race both road races and TTs on. I would love to make her my TT specific bike... and this, therefore is what I lust after now... she would be a perfect for road racing...

This "pretty-in-blue" is on my wall paper at work...

*drools*

Specs here...
http://www.emc2bikes.com/index.php/p...l/bikemodel/18

**SouthernBelle** · 10-05-2006, 05:56 PM

Like Knotted, having recently satisfied my bikelust, I'm working on accessories and apparel.

But like Trekhawk, I would like to head to Chattanooga and have Lynskey build me a custom bike. There only a couple of hundered miles away!

**Trekhawk** · 10-05-2006, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

Like Knotted, having recently satisfied my bikelust, I'm working on accessories and apparel.

But like Trekhawk, I would like to head to Chattanooga and have Lynskey build me a custom bike. There only a couple of hundered miles away!

Hey being that close you just have to get one.

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