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<stamps foot> but I dont wanna look a douche on some 700c clown bike! I dont wanna!!
Ugly modern bikes
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Yog Sothoth
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ibbz":nxpbzanh said:
OK I concede on that. The Norco looks impressively industrial, like a piece of earth-moving machinery. I like diggers, so that's just fine. It's crap on the road, like it's asleep or something, but brilliant on really rocky trails.
My Saracen, which I built on a shoestring budget, was put together with as much attention to colour as to function. Result: a lightweight, rigid, purple and yellow bike that's great to ride on the road or on hardpack, and which has kids jumping up and down yelling "I want one Mummy! I want a bike like that old man is riding!"
So yes, I agree. Aesthetically, it's like old cars vs new. There will never be another E-type.
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<gets soap box at the ready>
The magazines say 'you need suspension!' very very loudly, all of the time. Manufacturers pump out suspension models because the people that buy the magazines see that suspension is all the rage and thats what I must have and hassle the shops/ internet to buy said suspension models.
The image of off-road cycling is now motocross without the motor - as I mentioned before, this gives out the wrong impression and doesnt really promote cycling in a positive way - full face helmets, pads etc - thats what is 'ugly'. It is damaging the image long term.
For the timid it can feel like you're being bullied off the trails. For me that is the ugly side of 'modern'
The magazines say 'you need suspension!' very very loudly, all of the time. Manufacturers pump out suspension models because the people that buy the magazines see that suspension is all the rage and thats what I must have and hassle the shops/ internet to buy said suspension models.
The image of off-road cycling is now motocross without the motor - as I mentioned before, this gives out the wrong impression and doesnt really promote cycling in a positive way - full face helmets, pads etc - thats what is 'ugly'. It is damaging the image long term.
For the timid it can feel like you're being bullied off the trails. For me that is the ugly side of 'modern'
gradeAfailure
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Boardman Urban Team - just change the tyres.
Inbred Steel 26er - just swap the fork for the OnOne steel rigid fork.
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The boardman reminds me of:
And personally my relationship with my On-One Inbred was not good....
And personally my relationship with my On-One Inbred was not good....
MikeD
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They're not what LGF and ibbz are after, though -- they're modern-geometry frames. The Boardman has a long fork, the On-One rigid fork is also long. A few years ago I had a long chat with the Genesis designer (not the current one) about this, suggesting that there might be a (small) market for a rigid-specific 26in frame designed around a ~400mm fork. He wasn't totally convinced, I reckon that Fortitude is as close as you'll get.
legrandefromage":1yree0t9 said:
Either the UK is 10 years behind the rest of the world or you're out of touch, LGF.
By far the biggest segment in mountain bikes here, aside from the MTBSOs, is enduro XC and multisport, closely followed by XC trail riding. Things like XC lycra, deep coverage 'All Mountain' helmets and all manner of drab semi-baggy trail attire are the image here. The image of a mountain biker at this end of the world is someone more likely to be sipping from one of those anodised water bottle than a Monster Energy can. What you're saying was true enough in maybe 1999-2005. I think 45 year olds with H.R. Gieger inspired skinsuits and 29ers on their SUV are probably doing greater damage because once the event promoters flake and the mid-lifers move on the sport will tank, sprint XC is dead and junior ranks are thinning. To an extent I agree that kids getting into DH, dirtjumping, BMX park etc then bugging out when they discover chicks and party drugs is a contributor too but I think the sport chasing yuppie bucks is the worst influence.
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