Form over function?

[warpedboy2]

Hello again,

When you build bikes have you ever fitted parts that you knew were unsuitable ( stems too long, flimsy bars etc), just because you like the parts? Or even the wrong colour?

I used to use a 150mm xlite L168 stem, just because it looked cool :?

Anybody else?

 

[gibbleking]

mavic y shifters ....hated them ...threads stripped too easily.bolt heads rounded off and they never could be set up right and 47 quid ......ggggrrrrrr

 

[Boothy]

Yep, my Pace is still sporting a huge Tioga downhill saddle, very uncomfortable, far too big, not retro, and not in keeping with the rest of the bike, but I liked the stripe down it! What a tool.... Hence I need to find a red flite pronto!

Boothy.

 

[Huntso]

X-Lite Q/R Seatclamp (it didn't) with the unscrewable lever

Thirty quids worth of dung

 

[neilll]

If you are going to ride it then no way.....it's gotta be reliable and work properly, if you're gonna hang it on the wall and look at it lovingly then who cares.....deck it out with flimsy bling

 

[Pickle]

If you are going to ride it then no way.....it's gotta be reliable and work properly, if you're gonna hang it on the wall and look at it lovingly then who cares.....deck it out with flimsy bling

Well said.

No way would I put myself at risk/in pain/long walk home just because a part looked cool!

 

[Anthony]

If you are going to ride it then no way.....it's gotta be reliable and work properly, if you're gonna hang it on the wall and look at it lovingly then who cares.....deck it out with flimsy bling

I agree with all that, but surely when you're choosing a suspension fork for a particular frame, the first consideration is the colour, right? I agree it has to work, but you can't have a clashing colour!

 

[Elev12k]

No

This is how my ride looked mid 90s

Short alu fork for sharp steering, cromo Giant stem, beefy Sunn trial bar, Concor seat (best seat ever imo). This all because it functioned well, not because it matched aestheticly well. Nowadays my bikes look better, partially due to more funds and more xc orientated riding.

 

[neilll]

but surely when you're choosing a suspension fork for a particular frame, the first consideration is the colour, right? I agree it has to work, but you can't have a clashing colour!

I'm assuming you are joking, right?

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

USE posts (fing useless)

Porcs (fing useless)

Grafton levers (fing useless)

Grafton cantis (fing useless)

Carbon flites (fing useless)