Really nice bike!
What other components? Gears i.e?

Or did you have full Tiagra?

( DOn't remember if it was you who told me... )

Full Ultegra, soon to replace the crankset with Dura-Ace, but my deraileurs and paddles have worked flawlessly so I see no point in upgrading.

She really needs to be taken to the shop and be fully stripped and cleaned, I'll treat her to it on payday, 100 pounds for a cleaning adds up.

thats one exotic bike ya got there, no wonde rya keep her in yer bedroom

The Dura-Ace is quite nice!

I got a full Tiagra on the road bike.
ANd the mtb has deore/SLX (rapidfire)

That's my baby, I have a Trek 1.2 (Tiagra deraileurs/FSA crankset/shitty sora paddles) that I use to dick around and commute places where i'll need to lock my bike up. I never leave the Bianchi out on its own.

Unless I'm training or racing it doesn't leave the house

can't remeber what i bought. lol was ages ago some kind of mountain bike..was really light ya can lift it with yer pinky...

best one i been on was my now deceased grandads, built it up from parts when he won £3k on pools, think it cost him about £1k aroubd 8-10 years ago, was a mountain bike..... alloy frame etc, before that was my bro's Marin pine martin i think it was called, was green, and had manatou orange front suspension, that was NICE to ride, really smooth !

i was never really into mountain bikes but i used to do time trials and the odd road race. usually 10, 25, 50 and a couple of 100 mile TT's

I was at my local Raleigh dealer at the weekend looking for a bike for my boy, got him this bad boy:



I'm now jealous and want something to replace my crappy Giant MTB that I bought a few years ago.

Anyway, the bloke who runs the shop had a couple of Team Raleigh road bikes in there - £4,000 each!
Couldn't believe how light they were. I think the rear gear set weighs more than the frame and wheels.
Nice looking bike though

here it is

Big Bike vs Little Bike


heres a couple more shots: