Not much longer for my own beauty to roll on the streets, all i can say for now is no velocitys

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Shortarse.

56/58 best looking bikes for me i don't mind 54s

I am going to say two conflicting things, firstly this bike is not my kind of thing, the whole Jules Verne Messenger thing never really sparked it for me, but on the other hand regardless of my personal indifference it is undoubtedly a stunning looking bike (apologies for the cognitive dissonance!) - I can appreciate this in the same way I would a classic car, I have no love of them, but when you see a good one you know it.

Great photography too.

I would have gone for Champagne corks in the bar ends ! ;P

the gold bell is a nice touch easily one of the best looking bikes i have seen but whats it like to ride?

Big bikes work asthetically as a steel road frame IMHO but not much else, I have a 23" specialized Rockhopper mountainbike and it just looks odd, wheels look too small, frame looks too tall and tubes too skinny, just out of proportion, I'm building a 21" Voodoo Dambala now (29er steel mtb) will be interesting to see if that is any more balanced looking.

i think it's awesome, i think the deep v's blend in nicely. only gripe is the nitto seat post, something a little more vintage is required ie classic campag.

http://s7v1.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/230446354?$product$

All I want for xmas

(and to learn how to insert pictures into the forum)

like this

right click over picture then under propertiesit will give you a link to the pic
then paste that into [img] [/img] ;)

although the john lewis site had some weird shit so i got the pic from somewhere else!

That thing is pathetic. What a waste of space.

that is what I did. You use "copy image location" right?

and it's awesome! screw rollers I'm gonna get two of these and have races at home every night.

Jos, you're just scared 'cause you know it's one of the few bikes that I could probably beat you on!

yup

hejj,
a gift to my friend, orange miche primato pista hubs:

Nice Bilenky. Out of interest did you get the frame custom made or did you buy it from someone. I was wondering how old the frame was and it seems to have quite a long seatpost.

read the blog...i say's were it was made.

The magic of the internet....

CyclingWMD - not trying to criticise but just wondering why the top tube wasn't made a little higher - the amount of seatpost and stem showing make it look like it could have been done with the same saddle and bar position. Must have been a fun project to get that frame and bike built up.

maybe, but i go to properties and it gives you a URL then put, square bracket (img), then at end do the same but with a /img

Thanks man! It rides like a fucking dream!

Thanks man! Yeah, I REALLY wish I could've found a more appropriate post. I have some vintage campy's but they're road posts and way short...

I hear ya man, a few others have asked about it as well. I lined it up along another one of my bikes and the saddle is at nearly the same exact height. I think it has a lot to do with the vintage lugs and the crazy geometry of the rear triangle. Not to mention the seat lug ends pretty low and the saddle is super narrow which means it needs to sit a little higher. That def adds to it's length visually. In any case, it was an awesome project to build and fits me perfectly. Rides better than I could've hoped for!

true, the aero ones are tiny. i'll buy the frame and you can get a bigger one so you can use a campag post :p

That all makes sense - now you just have to bring to london and ride it in its spirtual home!

I would LOVE to man! I've got a buddy over there who's also into fixed (Rides a blue and purple w/ black tape KHS aero frame) and I've been wanting to stop in for a visit for a while now. Just have to get my ass on a plane...

what bar tape is that?

tandem folding bike, weird!

Saw a couple on one like that on the towpath in Richmond last weekend!

refreshing

Good Lord, that picture gives me the same feeling as when you look up too quickly while drunk....

i couldn't resist, nearly there by the way...as you can see

geeeeeeeeez, lookin' mighty fine man..

very nice