Ugly Modern bikes
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Chopper the ex Copper
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Obviously a Black Sabbath fan and keeps a pet ravenNeilM":7ntjbpaf said:
Chopper1192":d9eahpa0 said:Obviously a Black Sabbath fan and keeps a pet ravenNeilM":d9eahpa0 said:
I always liked Disraeli Gears anecdote about the mania for painting stuff black: apparently it stems from the Vietnam War when photographers would paint their gear black to avoid spotted by the Viet Cong. This expanded to the idea that 'serious' photographers should have black gear, then outwards to other electronics and eventually bike parts too.
No idea if this is true or not, but a nice story if it is.
Kerplunk":x4ma5lei said:
Pretty much nailed the whole debate with this excellt post.
A question, why do bike makers insist upon A Head system for higher end stuff?
Performance or looks?
It's inferior to threaded quill in my opinion.
ibbz":1rtcx1nc said:
It does allow the use of carbon steerer tubes to shave some weight off, likewise if using a steel or alloy steerer the problem of a threaded portion constituting a stress riser (Alan and Vitus threaded alloy fork columns are known to bulge if the quill is over-tightened, and I have had a Holdsworth steel fork fracture across the headset thread in the past) is overcome.
6 of one & half a dozen of another though, I guess, as clamping the stem to the steerer plus the use of star-fangled nuts in threadless systems raises another set of structural stress issues.
David
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vivelesalpes
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I think there are some potential carbon design classics o ut there such as the Pinarello Dogma and Cervelo S5,
I can't be doing with some of the cheaper olastic bikes that have obviously come out of the same mould in China and have been rebranded - they are just so boring to look at.
There is some interesting new steel bikes out there. I think this is maybe a result of folks who are new to bikes have got bored of their carbon ' first road bike' and fancy something different,
I can't be doing with some of the cheaper olastic bikes that have obviously come out of the same mould in China and have been rebranded - they are just so boring to look at.
There is some interesting new steel bikes out there. I think this is maybe a result of folks who are new to bikes have got bored of their carbon ' first road bike' and fancy something different,
vivelesalpes":1shnwsb9 said:
Don't know if anyone watched the Durham round of the Tour Series crit races on ITV4 last night, but Rapha-Condor-JLT have taken a leaf out of the Madison-Genesis book and adopted steel Condors (albeit with carbon rear triangle) for city-centre racing. Dunno what tubeset they are built with but I suspect Dedacciai or Reynolds.
David
