worst designed bike ever?

[syncrosfan]

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There's more! there's always more from the department of home-made atrocities...
The fabrication skills on this one look pretty decent (interesting front hub), the question is why? probably as heavy as a boat anchor.

 

[tufty]

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Not necessarily that heavy. That's a hub centre steered setup; so the upper frame is no longer load bearing and doesn't have to be at all heavy.

It would be interesting to see how it handles - in theory it should be stable and easy to steer even under extreme braking.

Other hub centre steered atrocities...

I think you have to look extremely "smug hipster" to ride the latter. The bloke in the photo is borderline, IMO.

 

[stuckinthenineties]

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Agree with the poster that said URT was/is not pointless. I used to think it was and missed their golden period as I was drinking beer and chasing girls rather than riding bikes but having read an article in a 1998 MBUK the whole point of them was to be a full suss that didn't scare off those who were used to rigid or hard tails. They were meant as a halfway house so did their job.

ive never seen one or ever heard of anyone who even bought one. So it couldnt of done its job that well

Apart from the abominations above its still one of the worst ones yet

 

[al]

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There's more! there's always more from the department of home-made atrocities...
The fabrication skills on this one look pretty decent (interesting front hub), the question is why? probably as heavy as a boat anchor.

You'd look less of a plum riding that than one of those big wheel Jones abominations.

In fact the more I look at it...


al.

 

[velomaniac]

brocklanders023 wrote:
Agree with the poster that said URT was/is not pointless. I used to think it was and missed their golden period as I was drinking beer and chasing girls rather than riding bikes but having read an article in a 1998 MBUK the whole point of them was to be a full suss that didn't scare off those who were used to rigid or hard tails. They were meant as a halfway house so did their job.

Stuchinthenineties wrote of the above:

ive never seen one or ever heard of anyone who even bought one. So it couldnt of done its job that well

If you've never seen a URT then you must be blind, are you perchance typing with a braille keyboard :shock:

Admittedly you mainly see them as BSO's today but that makes them the single most common suspension bike design there is !

 

[Kell]

I'm not talking about all URTs btw, some were more efficient than others and some, by using the BB as the pivot point can actually work quite well, but most, if not all, had their short comings.

It's not just me that thinks it either.

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... er.html/16

 

[velomaniac]

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I dont disagree that they are not upto much compared to what came after. I dont get air on mine and have no intention of doing so. I like the simplicity, I like the seated comfort and I apreciate the stiffening of the rear for out of the seat climbing. I can live with the brake jacking. There are many haters but there are a few likers such as me.

 

[brocklanders023]

I'm not talking about all URTs btw, some were more efficient than others and some, by using the BB as the pivot point can actually work quite well, but most, if not all, had their short comings.

It's not just me that thinks it either.

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... er.html/16

To be fair though that Dirt article is obviously written by someone that was not around bitd and is utter bobbins for the most part.

 

[brocklanders023]

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For example.......

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... er.html/13

Or......

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... er.html/12

And.....

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... er.html/11

Classic......

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... ver.html/4

Oh, wait...... We have a winner!!

http://dirtmountainbike.com/features/th ... ver.html/8

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

 

[Thias]

I like my URT's! I have a Ibis Szasbo and a Mantra and they really are brilliant for the kind of use they were made for. And that is oldschool CC.
If one uses a modern platform dampener on those frames they get even better.

And yes! I have tried more modern 4link sus frames. They do handle better going down in anger and standing on the pedals. But the URTs with modern dampeners are not too far away for my kind of riding.