That new Pista has had the life and soul kicked out of it. What a hideously dull way to spend £450.

Fuck it, I like 'em all. Even the Cannondale

the giant logo reminds me of the new foxtons mini logo

After hating the Cannondale immensely, I went back to look at it to examine WHY I dislike it so much. Then I realise that the colouring is much more clever than I'd thought.

The lilac grips and chain give the bike a lilac hue - which is nasty. But, the rest of the bike is white with 2 shades of grey - all pretty neutral colours. Therefore, a silver chain and say black grips, will make the bike look more white, or silver-ish. Perfect for changing the look. This has been planned, or Cannondale are lucky.

well spotted that - a quick go in Photoshop made it look sane;

Slack chain anyone?

C'mon, somebody tell me that I ain't just good for lists. :))

Mwuh ha ha ha ha ha!

Good job edscoble; good to meet you the other night by the way.

Or even white tyres, I'd change the very queer looking dropbar thought, it look like a coathanger! (hey that an idea, old drop bar transformed into an handy coathanger..).

nice to meet you as well! I notice where the photo you took of your cannondale came from.

Did they just add a singlespeed option to the Pista? (noticing the rear brake as well).

Now that looks much better

Ha! 2009 is all about modern frame with chopped Brooks. MFCB, you heard it here first ;-)

Raleigh Rush Hour.



I must says that it look great, especially the lugged fork and the frame protection from the drop bar (whatever that is called), shame it's U.S. only, otherwise I'd go for that.

Don't know about the frame protector thing. It looks like a break-away?

Well it had to happen didn't it? Other makers have decided that Bianchi can't have "Celeste" all to itself.

Here is the Felt Breed 2009.

Just a thought, but did somebody here tell Felt that "Breed" is the Brixton word for "coitus"?

C'mon, fess up.


EDIT: Fark! Those tyres are for Cyclo-cross and are way wide at 700x38. They've got to go.

Looks like Surly will be doing their 29" mountain bike, known as Karate Monkey, as a complete bike soon - rigid and single-speed, in red with black bits

http://www.surlybikes.com/surlyblog.html

Just took delivery of my Bowery '84 and while assembling it I have noted the following:

The bars look shit - in the picture they look chrome, but they're just silver (wank)
The stem is nothing like the picture (a blessing in disguise)
The Giant (Cunt) decal is not gold, but yellow
The cranks on the 'Small' are 165mm messengers and chainring is black and not silver as in the picture.
Quite like the seat, but it doesn't suit the bike.

I know most of you will be pissing yourself laughing anyway, but thought I thought I'd post this for those who have a modicum of interest

can you take a photo of your Bowery? we´re not pissing ourselves laughing (at least I am not).

the black chainring also a bit of a blessing in disguise to make it less HHSB-like.

you´re right the saddle doesn´t suit it at all, the handlebar is indeed rather strange.

you would have to buy the wrong sized frame to grab the bull by the horns surely?

The bars probably look ok on a bigger frame, but they look mahoosive on my small one.

Bars, stem, seat, cranks and pedals have to go

fuck me, whoever thought it was a good idea to use those bars and that saddle needs to be sacked.

Check out the Langster 2009 Tokyo edition.

My vote goes to the '09 Genesis Flyer in lime green with white forks. Frickin' beauty!

No Deda tubing thou

Cinelli Vigorelli x Mash SF 2009 with black campy group

that vigorelli caused some trouser activity in my err... trouser region.

So here it is finally, fresh from Interbike 2008 Las Vegas, Cinelli X MASH SF collabo bike. There were rumours a while ago but I must say that the bike looks way better than I expected. Gotta love the classic Cinelli crest logo, the forward sloping top tube, no holes for brakes, H Plus Son Formation Face aero-rims & the all-black Campy gruppo. Bullhorns and Vittoria Randonneurs are apparently also a must. And note the low flange front hub.

$$$

It was on the bike porn thread last week buddha - it is beautiful isn't it?

oh very, I especially like the top tube which resemblance a low-pro frame but without the playoff of an actual low-pro frame, perfect for those who like the look but not the (lack thereof) comfort.

I had a look at one in Edwardes Camberwell. The saddle is a genuine Blooks, even the little leaflet attached to it apes the original. The bars do look odd, I kind of like its oddness but not its disingenuousness.

Having seen your bike's photo, I do like it, but as everyone says, the bars and seat just don't seem to match. I think there would be quite a few takers if you wanted a different saddle, and maybe somebody really tall might want your bars. But its really how you feel on it. The wheels are handsome; yes indeed.

the deep V rims can put H&Son one to shame!

I was hoping to see some limited edition steel classic pista throw-back frames from the 80s from Pinarello, Colnago, DeRosa etc like the Cinelli Supercorsa...

and the condor classico pista.

I've added a 2009 bikes section to http://www.londonfgss.com/thread9085.html

Please update your 2009 finds there, or just give me a heads up if you posted here. I shall enlarge the other list, as all the 2009 bikes become official in December.