Everytime I get a new bike I tell my wife it's my dream bike until I start pleading with her for the next one.

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Mines been made, not sure I'll ever afford one- the cat cheetah -mmmm

But Looks and Cervelos are sweet too!

hmmm. i'm going to wish for a few things that don't exist yet in the following list(in no particular order):

- flat top tube like the scott plasma
- hidden front brake like the jamis
- pocket for the rear brake like the kween-k
- super deep seat tube(80mm?)
- a good rear wheel fairing(Felt D/A? see next)
- no gap between the rear wheel, seat stays and seat tube(felt DA?)
- elastomers under the seat like the 596
- elastomers under/on-top of the headset to take a little more of the edge off rough roads
- integrated, adjustable stem like 596
- electric D/A shifters on the base and extensions
- look 596 crank without look pedals(while i prefer shimanos now, can you say, Aerolite?)
- infinitely adjustable fore/aft seatpost head
- easton deltaforce base with BW wrist relief ext(try to keep the cockpit under 500gms, more carbon?)
- third brake lever(maybe, unless they make a carbon lever that's less than 25gms)
- HED C2 100mm powertap rear, HED C2 60 front
- carbon brake levers that are mostly straight and weigh less than 75g/pr
- a cut-out seat like the SMP Evo/Composit but without the bird-hook drop at the nose.
- bontrager/arundel bottle/cage on the down tube
- hydrotail w/two bottle/cages?(for those long rides)

ok, now that you got me thinkin', i'm going to go completely out of the box:

- belt drive
- ultra-light-weight hammerschmidt road crank(forget what i said about the 596 crank)
- shimano nexus 10spd internal rear hub.

oh yeah, it can be any color as long as it's a fast color, like say, Black ;-)

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"...I try not to ever ride as slow as 20mph. ;) ... And even more than that, I don't race with a speedometer. My computer is set up to show Power // Cadence // Time. I don't actually ever know how fast I'm going. I only know that if I'm in 53/11, and it takes more than 100rpm to hit my target watts, it's time to coast." - Jordan Rapp on '09 IMC

Sorry whats the cat cheetah?

http://www.catbikes.ch/

The bike Natascha Badmann had- very sweet bike.

Probably a bastard son of the Look 596 and the Cat Cheetah.

Considering the efficiency and ease of use of a chain drive, why would you want a belt drive?
The nexus, while having the "more aerodynamic" chainline and hub brake, would come with a considerable weight penalty.

The Cat Cheetah I don't like, due to it's reliance on 650c wheels. I'd like someone to reissue the Hotta, with slight updates incorporating what we now know about bike design.

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"Here's how you run a marathon. Step 1: You start running. Step 2: There is no step 2." - Barney (How I Met Your Mother)

My dream bike has already been made. It's my Elite T-class. The only improvement I would ever make on that it needs a bigger engine. I'm working on that.

Has your dream bike been made yet?

I would say either the Cervelo R3 or the RS are about as close to perfect, a road bike as I have ever ridden. For me they do it all.

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Yes, it's been made.

I never thought I'd covet a road bike, especially after purchasing my dream TT Litespeed Saber. But there was Litespeed demo workshop after a local race and, just for laughs, I had them fit me and build up an Archon. I thought it looked funny, kinda geeky, with that top tube and head tube junction and the PAINT (!!!) over the titanium. Still, I took it out for a 30 minute ride--the sweetest ride ever. For whatever reason it just had that FEEL.

Of course I can't afford a Litespeed Archon and may never be able. But 14 months later I still remember with goosebumps that ride. And with time I've come to like the way it looks, especially with the subtle red accents.

Yeah, the Cervelo P4

Its the clear winner aerodynamically, pretty sweet looking, pretty light, and has the sweetest way to deal with hydration/spare storage of anything out there.

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the p4 is pretty good... but i think if cervelo went non-uci legal, and they could use a bb that was thinner than 68mm (e.g., how walsers use a 50mm bb), they could make something even better.

i don't think the UCI governs BB width. otherwise Gerolsteiner would not have been able to race in their Walsers all these years.

If that helps you feel better about not owning one ;)

Hi there macka86, while you're at it, you may also want to include Power Cordz on your dream bike. They work great with Zero Gravity brakes, will shed a few unnecessary grams and provide a higher level of durability, i.e. they won't corrode or fray. Just wanted to throw that out there to ya all.

Take a look.

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http://www.PowerCordz.com
support@powercordz.com

the belt is quieter and lighter and is as efficient as the metal chain
and lasts three times longer.

using a nexus-type hub - some of the weight would be offset by
the belt, and not having a rr-der or front-der.

yeah, the hammerschmidt crank/bb would be heavy too.

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"...I try not to ever ride as slow as 20mph. ;) ... And even more than that, I don't race with a speedometer. My computer is set up to show Power // Cadence // Time. I don't actually ever know how fast I'm going. I only know that if I'm in 53/11, and it takes more than 100rpm to hit my target watts, it's time to coast." - Jordan Rapp on '09 IMC

I could purchase a Cervelo P4 and while the design i'm sure is good i just don't like the look of it at all

Nope...my dream bike still does not exist.

Maybe if I took the seat tubeless comfort of a Kestrel Airfoil Pro (or KM 40/500 SCI), Softride, Zipp, or Titanflex...
...then added the aerodynamics and structural strength of Cervelo...
...incorporated both the nutrition/water bottle aspect as well as the "parts" aspect (need to hide this out of view/wind as well)...
...sent it to Colnago for a paint job...
...allowed me to ride as forward as I need/like to (81 degrees or so?)...
...and yes, hiding all the components yet making them still fairly easy to change (brakes, cables, etc.)...
...having electronic "button" shifters on both the aerobar extensions and the base bar (aka Mavic Mektronics of about 10 years ago)...

that should just about do it. Of course, it also must be made at a pricepoint that allows me to realize my dream :-)

~ Craigster