Bicycles

[Denimhead 0]

@ddtrash said in Bicycles:

@Denimhead-0 that is a nice collection of bikes. I have to agree there is something nice about hand made steel frames, lugged or fillet brazed.

I have a new incoming frame, hopefully has cleared customs this week and ready to be built when I get home from work in a weeks time. I am a sucker for Nicolai bikes, have had quite a few of them over the years including the Rohloff speedhub based Nucleon frames. When Nicolai announced the new Nucleon 16 I knew I was in trouble. I have owned every Nucleon frame to date.

The new Nucleon 16 is the first production bike to use the Lal Supre Drive system. Looking forward to seeing how this works. I needed to buy two chains due to the longer chain length required for the system.

The rear triangle is black anodized and front triangle is "Arctic Green" which is a colour shifting green / purple powdercoat finish.

That bike is going to be sick. Can’t wait to see the finished build. Here is a pick of my custom Retrotec Single speed, really fun on the single track.


[ddtrash]

@Denimhead-0 Is the Retrotec a tribute to the old Corratec design?

Did you see that Merlin Metalworks are releasing a modern Newsboy bike?

https://www.merlinbikes.com/limited-edition-newsboy

Classic / retro bikes especially mountain bikes is another rabbit hole. I always wanted a Manitou, Trimble or Funk frame. I do have an original Clockwork Orange mountain bike complete with quill stem and aluminum rigid forks.

[ddtrash]

Also very lucky to have picked up a Jones welded Jones before the manufacture went to Asia.

[dinobarnesberlin]

They can't all be new--- some oldies out there in the wild

[Dmart]

New bike day. Set up in the pain cave 🥰

[JunkPants]

@Dmart Don't know a thing about bikes, but that looks awesome.

[Dmart]

@JunkPants Thanks! It’s a Triathlon / Time Trial bike. Quite a limited use case, but fast as hell.

[JunkPants]

@Dmart Very cool. Even just sitting there it does look fast as hell!

[XPender]

@Dmart I'm so happy for my Speedmax, hope you will feel the same. When going hard on the flats I don't feel the speed - I am speed!

[Dmart]

@XPender yeah. Currently sitting on the turbo, race pace 🥵

[Nik]

Whoa well done @Dmart bike is going to be so much fun. How does it feel so far? Looking forward to feedback.

[Dmart]

@Nik I have only been on the turbo for now. It’s certainly different than a road bike with extensions. You sit closer to the bottom bracket. I really love the in bike storage for gels, maintenance and hydration. It’s very well thought through.

[Spencer35]

@Dmart Fellow Triathlete?

[Dmart]

@Spencer35 I try to be one my swim doesn’t look like it yet…

[Spencer35]

@Dmart nice, well you certainly have the bike for it. I started very slow as a swimmer too. Now it is certainly my best discipline of the three (granted still not fast), it comes with repetition and lots of practice

[Dmart]

@Spencer35 it’s a very technical sport compared to cycling and running. I’m daily in the water and it gets better, slowly but steady.

[Dmart]

Only recently started with triathlon. Only been running before. Have my first sprint in April and a 70.3 in June.

[Spencer35]

@Dmart 100% true on the technicality of swim. Though swim is VERY different from Golf, they have similarities in that they seem relatively simple and straight forward, yet are very technical and technique driven sports.

Congrats on your upcoming races! What 70.3 are you doing? If you ever have any triathlon or training related questions, please feel free to reach out. I've been in the sport for over 10yrs, with 8 Full Ironman finishes (God willing 9 after this summer), 20+ 70.3 finishes and multiple shorter distances as well.

[Dmart]

@Spencer35 wow that’s an accomplishment!
Really appreciate the help!
I’m doing 70.3 Switzerland, hilly bike and rolling run.

[Spencer35]

@Dmart Should be gorgeous, enjoy and good luck!