Originally posted 17th February 2011 by Nick Hussey

 

I, like most people, have slightly naughty thoughts about various things. Most of my thoughts involve ladies, but amongst these desires there is a liberal smattering of bike related paraphernalia. Thankfully for my long suffering wife I’ve not tried to combine the two. Yet.

Shimano XTR 2011…AINT NUTHIN WRONG WITH A LITTLE BUMP N GRIND.

I, like most people, have slightly naughty thoughts about various things. Most of my thoughts involve ladies, but amongst these desires there is a liberal smattering of bike related paraphernalia. Thankfully for my long suffering wife I’ve not tried to combine the two. Yet.

Chainsets have natural impure thought appeal. They are round. They are shiny. They are smooth, strong, but languidly curvaceous.
I’m a design freak, sorry. I get off on this.

Campagnolo Croce D'Aune cranks
Campagnolo Record Croce D’Aune….DIRRRRTY

Inevitably I am a Campagnolo cranks fan. Nobody (not wanting to start a groupset preference WWIII here, but sorry, nobody…) but Campag do cranks quite so beautiful.

But not just any old Campag. No paint or funny finishes (what is going on with Black Record??). Shiny alloy or untainted carbon only. I have a bit of a thing for late Eighties/early Nineties stuff. This may be because it was a period of sexual awakening for a teenage me. Or it is more likely that that was when I was racing properly, and that’s what I saw the pros rode and I couldn’t afford it.


Race Face Deus XC…OOOoooOO MATRON!

I am in danger of starting a chainset collection. I don’t really do collecting, but they’re so damn purdy. Am I alone in thinking this?

November 23, 2022