The R3V Bicycle Thread

[LateFan]

First African team at the Tour de France

http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com

This man, Daniel Teklehaimanot from Eritrea, was in a 3-man breakaway most of the day yesterday and lead part of the stage. Pretty cool. He lead over some small mountains and in todays stage he wears the King of the Mountain jersey.

They're backed in part by a foundation that provides bikes in poor areas.

Tyler Farrar, one of three Americans in this years Tour, rides for this team.

[LateFan]

Thank you. I love that bike. Yes, Selle Italia.

[NoM54me]

Beautiful Colnago, Ernesto would be proud. That looks like the Selle Italia saddle I have on my Cervelo.

[LateFan]

My son is riding his bike across Montana. That's a bike at the far left end of this wind turbine blade at Judith Gap.

[LateFan]

Checking up on a work project..

[M-technik-3]

Snobs may look down on them, but bikesdirect bikes have a reputation for being solid bikes and a great value. If all you care about is the ride and not the brand recognition, then you could do worse than buying a bike from there.

http://bikesdirect.com/

I have bought two bikes from them just for the price point on Shimano Ultegra that I promptly put on another frame.

[leegf]

Looking for opinions on what you guys think are the best road bikes in the $400-$500 price range. I'm more familiar with more expensive bikes but am looking to pick something up that's closer to entry level for my parents as they want to get into road biking again. They haven't had a road bike since the steel frame days.

I'm checking cl for any used options but am unfamiliar what are good models in the lower price range anymore.

Snobs may look down on them, but bikesdirect bikes have a reputation for being solid bikes and a great value. If all you care about is the ride and not the brand recognition, then you could do worse than buying a bike from there.

http://bikesdirect.com/

[LateFan]

^^^ That sounds Japanese-Italian!

[shameson]

Shameson - that's a tough range to look in, unless you can find some good used deals. Ebay with some homework and reading before you buy.

You might check the generic models sold by Nashbar under their name - the assumption is they're built by the same manufacturers in Asia as name bikes but without the marketing.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_535083_-1___204687

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_568270_-1___204687

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_574097_-1___204687

There's 20% off that and free shipping right now. But check your local bike shops - they might have something as well.

Ya I know it's a hard range to find anything quality. I've found Craigslist to be more successful so far, some great deals on cannondale, specialized and even some bianchi. A new bike is always nice but I had assumed in that range I'm better off looking for a eBay/cl deal.

There's a awesome bike shop literally 3 minutes down the street so I'll probably talk to them. If anything I might pick up something for myself haha and have them use my vintage Mizutani I just went through for now. The roads around here are flat for the most part so a 10 speed will do just fine.

[E30stan]

Heres my old campy I've been riding for about a year now. Lots of patina on her.

[E30stan]

Heres my old campy I've been riding for about a year now. Lots of patina on her.

[LateFan]

Shameson - that's a tough range to look in, unless you can find some good used deals. Ebay with some homework and reading before you buy.

You might check the generic models sold by Nashbar under their name - the assumption is they're built by the same manufacturers in Asia as name bikes but without the marketing.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_535083_-1___204687

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_568270_-1___204687

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_574097_-1___204687

There's 20% off that and free shipping right now. But check your local bike shops - they might have something as well.

[LateFan]

University of Montana Cycling team after the Wolf Creek road race Sunday. Near the Missouri River between Helena and Great Falls.

[kid325e]

While the e30 was on jackstands briefly today, i went out on a parts run on this fly girl.

That's a cool looking bike. I like the downtubes coming off the back of it!

I just started riding my Fuji again. Going to try to use the least amount of gas as I can this month.

[shameson]

Looking for opinions on what you guys think are the best road bikes in the $400-$500 price range. I'm more familiar with more expensive bikes but am looking to pick something up that's closer to entry level for my parents as they want to get into road biking again. They haven't had a road bike since the steel frame days.

I'm checking cl for any used options but am unfamiliar what are good models in the lower price range anymore.