RE: bike brands
Bruce Ingle
> What brand of bike frame do you folks use, and on a scale
> of 1 - 10, (10 is highest), how do you like it?
My last brevet was on an old 531 100th anniversary Puch
frame. I'd give it a 7 or so. I like the longer wheelbase
and horizontal dropouts (so I can use whatever drivetrain
I please) but there aren't any cable stops (or bottle
bosses either, but I don't use them anyway.)
It's not the lightest thing out there, but as I recall,
the built bike with fenders and leather saddle is still
about 20 lb.
- Bruce
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Lloyd Lemons
What brand of bike frame do you folks use, and on a scale of 1 - 10, (10 is
highest), how do you like it?
Lloyd Lemons
David Buzzee
Rivendell Romulus, chromoly steel, lugged construction. Nearly perfect for randonneuring, I give it a 9 +. Stable at speed and climbing, descends well, plenty of braze-ons, good seating position. I like it a lot, the best at brevet riding among my five road frames.
Lloyd Lemons <ldle...@comcast.net> wrote: What brand of bike frame do you folks use, and on a scale of 1 – 10, (10 is highest), how do you like it?
Lloyd Lemons
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Russell Seaton
Lloyd Lemons wrote:
> What brand of bike frame do you folks use, and on a scale of 1 - 10, (10
> is
> highest), how do you like it?
I take some pride in maybe having the cheapest frame/fork on any brevet
I attend. Nashbar aluminum frame. $104. Performance all carbon fork.
$100. Used it on two 200k s, 300k, 400k, 600k, 1200k in 2006 brevet
riding. It fits me perfectly. Rides just fine. I bolted a rack onto
it using P-clamps and did not care if I scratched the paint. Its sort
of my beater bike, bad weather bike, RAGBRAI bike, etc. I could almost
care less if I destroy it. But it is a very good bike. Its equipped
with Centaur components. Triple crank.
But for 2007 I am going to use my Litespeed Tuscany for brevets and PBP.
I decided the Nashbar was not stylish enough for me. I would see all
of these fancy dandy bikes at brevets and decided I should use one of my
fancy dandy bikes on brevets too. I suspect the Tuscany will also serve
very well for brevet riding. And since its titanium, I can bolt a rack
to it and not worry about scratching anything. I've used it on a 200k
this year and it was fine. About the only thing I need to do to get it
ready for brevet riding is mount the Schmidts and Minoura Besso fork
mounts to the carbon fork blades and stick reflective tape all over the
frame. Titanium is nice for sticking tape all over it and not worrying.
If you want the tape off, just use whatever chemicals you want to get
the tape off. No paint to scratch or finish to damage.
Emily O'Brien
Sorry for the late reply; I've been getting behind on my email!
Russell, I think I've got you beat for how much I paid for the frame on my brevet bike! I got it for an $85 donation to the Pan Mass Challenge. At the time I was buying a frame to build up as a fixed gear for commuting on; I didn't know what I was getting! It's a 1974 Raleigh Professional, it fits really well, and even if riding fixed makes me slow down the hills, it's a very comfortable and fun bike for brevets. It's not the lightest bike ever (even with no gears) and it's older than me, but it's served me very well.
I think part of what makes a good rando or ultra (or anything, really) bike is what your goals are. Regardless, fit is the most important thing. After that, if your goal is to be as fast as possible, any high-end racing type bike will do the trick. From brand to brand among the big names, the geometry varies a little and the actual component mix varies, but they're pretty much all equivalent at a given price point. Trek, Cannondale, Specialized, whatever. Doesn't really matter.
Get fitted and go on test rides to figure out what geometry you want; combine that with what features you want (mounts for racks? fenders? light weight? beefiness? pretty lugs? paint job? cantilever bosses? internally routed cables? light mounts on the fork? carbon? titanium? French-threaded bottom bracket? (yeah, right...)) and you'll probably find your options are whittled down quite a bit. Just don't figure that you can get a 2.5 lb titanium and frame with a lugged steel fork with canti bosses, rack mounts, French threaded bottom bracket for the sentimental value of it, a fancy paint job, horizontal dropouts, track geometry, and clearance for 35mm tires without spending some big $$ on a custom job!
Emily O'Brien
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Albert
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Adrian Hands
> From brand to brand among the big names, the geometry varies a
> little and the actual component mix varies, but they're pretty much
> all equivalent at a given price point. Trek, Cannondale,
> Specialized, whatever. Doesn't really matter.
become friends with, trust, and ideally even ride with--A shop that
understands the kind of riding you do. Buy what they are selling. When
you think beyond the initial purchase, having a good relationship with
the shop is more important than the bike brand.
-Adrian Hands http://cycling.ahands.org/
Raleigh NC USA
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