Had bike bought brand new fromPilkingtons cycles Bury still cannot believe ride comfort speed worth at least 2.5 mph per hour over other bike lightspeed campag record carbon gears every time go out get positive comments from other cyclists always have big smile on my face every time I go out wish I had aged as well as this bike has

To expensive to go out on wet days deserves bei g pampered

Every cyclists should have opportunity to ride such a quality machine

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Lightspeed sportive

Smooth, stiff, beautiful

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This is a 2001 model in silver with black trim. I bought it used from the classifieds on this site. The previous owner was meticulous in his care of this bike. Sweet Ride! Comfortable, stiff, quick. It really does glide over road imperfections yet is completely stable. It's absolutely exhilirating! Plus, I get compliments on the bike every time I go on a group ride. I now understand why great frames are really expensive!

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None -- went from a mid 80s Panasonic touring bike to this ...

Light and comfortable yet stiff. Handles well. Nice paint job, that doesn't chip easily.

Tig welds could be neater. Long wait for bike. Price, this was a year end special, the frame lists for 2100.

Comfortable over rough roads. Descends well with stability. Great combination of stiffness and comfort. I can climb 2 gears higher than older steel bike. Neck and back feel better than on previous steel bike.

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Bianche Veloche

The feeling of flying on a thin layer of air above rough pavement, and still have total control over the bike. The beatiful paint job. The many avalible sizes and paint colours.

The thin walls of the tubes are sensitive during transportation. The price. The waiting time for getting the colour and the size you want.

Comfortable, but responsive. All the small vibration peaks from roads with rough surface are damped. At the same time the feeling of steering the bike is very precise and confident. The bike is excellent for spending many hours in the saddle even on bad roads. After a hole day you still want to drive.

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15 years with Columbus SLX steel frame equipped with Dura Ace

Light weight, beautiful paint work and rigidity. And it is steel! Steel is real and is also romantic.

Hard to get. You may need to wait for a couple of months. But the wait is well worth it.

I have put sevral hundred kilos on the bike and did micro-adjustments and am ready to write my first impression on this bike. The ride of this bike is in one word very ?responsive?. It transforms my leg power into forward motion instantaneously without any hesitation. And it does it so happily. I believe this ?happy? part of transformation is a steel quality. I'm sure that there are other bikes that handle this transformation of power equally well, but the quality of it is a steel magic. I enjoy this great feeling of being one with the bike each time I ride it. It's great, and I love it.

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Cannondale R-600

Beauty, craftmenship... ride...

zippo... very hard to get... almost impossible...

I have an Opera Canova, which is the same as the Pinarello Opera... wanted something nobody else has... Beautiful... fast, stiff when needed... comfortable all the time... light for steel, almost as light as my Merlin Extralight...

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Merlin Extralight, Kestrel 200 Sci

looks great on a wall

won''t accept a front derailuer

I got the frame from an east coast dealer. Promised a 2.8 pound steel,carbon frame. Frame was actually 3.8 pounds. Oh well, it''s spectacular in appearance and the tubeset is beautiful. Problem is... the derailuer braze on is crooked. So crooked that the frame is useless.

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Klein, Ritchey, Mercian, Land Shark

Soft ride with carbon rear triangle, but stiff in downtube.

I got the threaded fork and wish I hadn''t.

I am bottom end road and crit racer. Used to race tris, as well. Had this ride for 1.5 years. Really amazing. I forget how effortless it is until I climb on something else. Best thing is that steel lasts, doesn''t degrade like aluminum or carbon.

Stiff, and light in the hills.

Are you kidding?

What a "fly ride", the combination of carbon fiber fork, seat stay and some of the lightest steel makes for a truly unique ride. This bike makes you want haul-ass "Zabel style" The "Opera" or the "Prince" will make all you Colnago riders really think twice about what your riding. Totally worth every cent. Thanks to Matt Hamlin, I''m in Bicycle Heaven.com

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Bottechia, Rossin, Colnago Dura Ace and Campagnolo

Everything, and I say everything ! No weakness for the product, really.

Availability (6 month waiting for special colors !)

One word : UNBELIEVABLE ! That's the greatest bike I ever owned, although I'm 20 years old. The bicycle is light, stiff as hell and really comfortable for a 100 % race frame. The finition is so great ; extremely beautiful to look at. It's also so good sprinting with this thing, eh Erik Zabel wins every sprint on his pinarello, think about it ! The fork is great too, beautiful finition, great stifness, very stable.
To sum up, I'm sure that's one of the best bike on the market actually. No doubt.

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