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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => two wheel spiel => Topic started by: Peanuts on January 06, 2010, 12:30:51 pm
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http://www.factor001.com/ (http://www.factor001.com/) :-\
http://www.gizmag.com/cannondale-simon-electronic-fork-lefty/13711/ (http://www.gizmag.com/cannondale-simon-electronic-fork-lefty/13711/) :o
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http://www.factor001.com/ (http://www.factor001.com/) :-\
The Factor001 on sale at Harrods for $36,000. There was me thinking that it would make a great commuter!
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http://www.gizmag.com/cannondale-simon-electronic-fork-lefty/13711/ (http://www.gizmag.com/cannondale-simon-electronic-fork-lefty/13711/) :o
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hahahhahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahaha.
"Once Simon is available for purchase, it will be interesting to see how the mountain biking community reacts to it. While it promises unprecedented performance, some riders might question whether menus, submenus and electric motors belong in the realm of mud, sweat and gears."
Asked for his comments Mr Sharley of Sheffield was heard to mutter under his breath "If it's owt like the rest of the Lefty's it'll be fucking shit".
So since Snappendale failed to make the Lefty work using direct conventional damping technology they have attempted to utilise a secondary electronic system that is heavier than the original, will be more prone to failure and might only last 2 hours on a bumpy trail. That would probably equate to about the first 100m descending Snowdon or Walna Scar, for example, what are we supposed to do for the rest of the trail?
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Snappendale
I thought it was Crackenfail.
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Snappencrackenfailendalen - German version of Cannondale?
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not just lefty's that are shite - as i know to my cost, so are the headshock's.
W-A-N-K
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not just lefty's that are shite - as i know to my cost, so are the headshock's.
W-A-N-K
Seconded. F500, brilliant bike spoilt by shit suspension. I swapped my Headshock for Rockshox Recon and we all lived happily ever after...........
Now, how about some proper bike pr0n..........
http://www.turnerbikes.com/010/010rfx.html (http://www.turnerbikes.com/010/010rfx.html)
http://scottusa.com/gb_en/category/7934/genius (http://scottusa.com/gb_en/category/7934/genius)
http://www.foesracing.com/#/fxr (http://www.foesracing.com/#/fxr)
http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/2010/alpine-160/ (http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/2010/alpine-160/)
That's more like it!
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See the light: http://www.ibiscycles.com/mountain/mojohd/ (http://www.ibiscycles.com/mountain/mojohd/)
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I think you're right - they look awesome...
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In white as well. No brainer if you're rolling in coin.
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Yeah, yeah. I'll see your Mojo and raise you a Spicy 916.......
http://www.lapierre-bikes.co.uk/lapierre/big-mountain-bike/2010/spicy-916-2010 (http://www.lapierre-bikes.co.uk/lapierre/big-mountain-bike/2010/spicy-916-2010)
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stick or twist, stick or twist, stick or twist......?
(http://www.ibiscycles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/ibismojohd02-650x500.jpg)
stick. that is one bike i'd like to ride.
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Beauty is only skin deep Cofe. I'd still love to get Spicy................
Or maybe if you insist on girly white......
http://www.yeticycles.com/#/bikes/575/3/ (http://www.yeticycles.com/#/bikes/575/3/)
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I got to ride a 575 over the summer and it ace. The rear wheel tracking was very smooth, it has a nice short wheelbase and is very light for the size of bike. There are some pics knocking around somewhere ;).
I wouldn't complain if someone handed me either of the Spicy or Ibis mind. These things are starting to make my old welded girder contraption look a bit out of date. Cue FatDoc ....
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Reality check - they're all beautiful but I can't afford any of them. Back to my 'old welded girder contraption'......
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If I were to loose all my bikes...
that turner with 2 wheel sets would be contender
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:goodidea: Like your thinking............
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In the Sheffield J E James at the moment (I only popped in for some Chamois cream, honest!) they have a top of the range 2010 Trek Madone complete with electronic Dura Ace - yours for £7700..... looks quite nice though. I notice it is well bolted down to its stand too!
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not new but.... for commuting/touring?
(http://salsacycles.com/images/sized/files/bikes/bikes_vaya1-500pxx372.jpg)
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The geometry of that one looks all wrong somehow.
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not new but.... for commuting/touring?
(http://salsacycles.com/images/sized/files/bikes/bikes_vaya1-500pxx372.jpg)
looks horrible!
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lots of people (elsewhere) seem to agree with you, but i can't really fathom why?
it looks like a very practical bike to me - what's up with it?
tempted to make it my first ever drop bike for commuting/touring
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Looks like a Kona mountain bike that someone mistakenly put drop bars onto. Not good.
It might be practical, but it ain't pretty.
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is it wrong to lust after function rather than form? :oops:
i don't fancy a carbon fibre mountain bike that will splinter the first time it meets a stone flying up from the front wheel!
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Is it an optical illusion or is that a 26/29 wheel set? Agree with all, looks weird/nasty, probably performs excellently at it's intended purpose.
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i think it's an optical illusion due to the less than familiar angles....
on the looks - fairy snuff!
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If you lust after function over instead of form then a Halfords £50 job should be fine for the commute. Either way, that brown hacking lump has no place on a bike pron thread.
Let me try and get this back on track.
Behold the super record Bianchi SL in all it's glory.
(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/265/52b/604/45667/large/bianchi-sl-iasp-super-record-2010-road-bike.jpg)
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If you lust after function over instead of form then a Halfords £50 job should be fine for the commute.
I beg to differ, It wouldn't last more than 3 months on these roads or the conditions i ride in
what about one of these?
(http://www.practicalcycles.com/USERIMAGES/BIGDUMMYFENCEFULL(1).JPG)
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No.
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Iesu - that looks great, but somehow it just doesn't seem to fit the bill, when the bill is "bike p0rn"
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any better?
(http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2916/pbpic2916166.jpg)
always fancied a yeti - didn't missy giove ride for them in the days long before the drugs bust?
;)
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BOOM!
I think He's got it! ;D
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(http://www.evanscycles.com/product_image/image/265/52b/604/45667/large/bianchi-sl-iasp-super-record-2010-road-bike.jpg)
Nice bike, shame about the paint job.
I'd like to ride it, not read it.
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nice one houdini, i was just about to write "who makes that bike?", got enough logos on it?? bet it goes like stink though!
and as for the brown salsa, please don't, it just looks confused, what is it trying to be?
that surly big dummy on the other hand, it is a lifetime goal of mine to own one of them! i love my surly long haul trucker, i aim to get a steamroller next when i sell my steel track frame, tell my girlfriend "im only going to have 4 bikes for a bit" sneak it into the garage and secretly build it, boom fleet of 5 bikes back up to full strength!
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nice one houdini, i was just about to write "who makes that bike?", got enough logos on it?? bet it goes like stink though!
and as for the brown salsa, please don't, it just looks confused, what is it trying to be?
that surly big dummy on the other hand, it is a lifetime goal of mine to own one of them! i love my surly long haul trucker, i aim to get a steamroller next when i sell my steel track frame, tell my girlfriend "im only going to have 4 bikes for a bit" sneak it into the garage and secretly build it, boom fleet of 5 bikes back up to full strength!
how's the trucker for riding? I've been tempted by that one on the cycle scheme, but i was tending towards the salsa (or similar) for the disc brake safety blanket - spent too much of my life fiddling with canti set-ups, at least fiddling with disc set-ups is new!
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(http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/images/bikes/pegoretti/love3_zoom_2.jpg)
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I've been building a singlespeed bike over the last six months as a bit of a project and for something to thrash around the local trails and roads. Being completely clueless about bike construction it's been a process of trial and much error but it got finished this evening. Not exactly top of the range bike pron but I couldn't find another suitable thread and I am pretty pleased with my baby.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/4554888165_7e8e42ccc6.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/4554888165_7e8e42ccc6.jpg)
The frame is a DMR Trailstar 2 that I got really cheap from Mark Anthony's in Buxton along with some heavy duty Insane jump rims that had been gathering dust and corrosion that soon scrubbed up nicely with some wire wool. The bottom bracket, cranks and sprocket are Insane BMX components with DMR pedals, tires, seatpost and seat.
For the conversion I used a Gusset double-six singlespeed converter and picked up a 16 tooth cog from eBay. The Marzocchi Bomber Forks, bars and brakes were all cannibalised off the Specialised P All-Mountain that I got from eBay a couple of years ago.
Took it out for a spin earlier and it rides great. Like a big BMX. Needs a bit of tweaking to get the geometry right and there's a rattling washer on the bottom bracket but aside from that it's schweet. :)
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my too small kona has similar geometry. Big bmx feel is fun. Shit up hills mind but i reckon its worth it.
Ps. I think the cofidis red and white liveried look is the shit. I want one. :shag:
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nice one houdini, i was just about to write "who makes that bike?", got enough logos on it?? bet it goes like stink though!
and as for the brown salsa, please don't, it just looks confused, what is it trying to be?
that surly big dummy on the other hand, it is a lifetime goal of mine to own one of them! i love my surly long haul trucker, i aim to get a steamroller next when i sell my steel track frame, tell my girlfriend "im only going to have 4 bikes for a bit" sneak it into the garage and secretly build it, boom fleet of 5 bikes back up to full strength!
how's the trucker for riding? I've been tempted by that one on the cycle scheme, but i was tending towards the salsa (or similar) for the disc brake safety blanket - spent too much of my life fiddling with canti set-ups, at least fiddling with disc set-ups is new!
sorry, i didnt see this, its great, love it, will soon be riding it every day to work. but it is heavy as shit and takes time to get up to a good rolling speed!
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not quite bike pr0n but a i got a rapha merino wool jersey this morning for my birthday. 8)
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I bought myself some pron!
http://www.yeticycles.com/#/bikes/575/1/ (http://www.yeticycles.com/#/bikes/575/1/)
Bought the frame from The Bike Tree and loads of SLX and XT kit to go on it. Luckily, I've salvaged forks and wheels from my deceased Scott so that's saved me a mint! Course, I'm now fuckin' potless...............
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tell me you got it in white john...
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ooooooooooohhhhh.
Very nice. I love the way the 575 rides, one of the best trail bikes I've ever ridden.
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tell me you got it in white john...
Good god man, what kind of a big girls blouse do you take me for!? It's white and turquoise for me - mucho manly.......
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ooooooooooohhhhh.
Very nice. I love the way the 575 rides, one of the best trail bikes I've ever ridden.
Top marks to the boys at Bike Tree for getting me to test it.......it was inevitable I'd put my hand in my pocket after that!
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Went down there at lunch today. Top bloke(s). Even had tiny replacement Hope bits which is ace. Also passed the Norton Sharley industry standard bike shop test of having some gear cable outer in stock (unlike EBC and that bunch of :wank: down the road).
The way I heard it John is that you've been in the shop every day for the last week drooling over the 575. By the time you rode it wasn't it already a done deal? ;)
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not in white? BACK AROUND JOHN!
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The way I heard it John is that you've been in the shop every day for the last week drooling over the 575. By the time you rode it wasn't it already a done deal? ;)
Don't know where you heard that! It was nothing like that, not at all, no, ok, a bit, well, quite a lot I suppose!!
Any road up I didn't drool ON it, only next to it..............
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not in white? BACK AROUND JOHN!
Fair cop. I'll break out that old tin of white emulsion I've got somewhere...................
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Went down there at lunch today. Top bloke(s). Even had tiny replacement Hope bits which is ace. Also passed the Norton Sharley industry standard bike shop test of having some gear cable outer in stock (unlike EBC and that bunch of :wank: down the road).
The way I heard it John is that you've been in the shop every day for the last week drooling over the 575. By the time you rode it wasn't it already a done deal? ;)
if Norton rates it.. it's good.
I have a few bike project possibilities in the pipeline.. I'll need someone to face a frame if it comes off.. if so I'll give them a call
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Yeah, check 'em out doc, these boys know their onions.......
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... and are quite clearly capable of flogging stuff to folk who don't really need it. They'll make a fortune out of fatdoc :kiss2:
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....still reeling from you not getting the 575 in white John....
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Come off it Cofe, all bikes have a natural colour that they look best in, for 575's it's the blue and white combo sharley? And what MTB looks good in white except a Whyte?
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:agree: What he says!! It has to be team Yeti colours for me............. :bounce:
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if Norton rates it.. it's good.
I have a few bike project possibilities in the pipeline.. I'll need someone to face a frame if it comes off.. if so I'll give them a call
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So that'll help with the initial business start up costs!
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Come off it Cofe, all bikes have a natural colour that they look best in, for 575's it's the blue and white combo sharley? And what MTB looks good in white except a Whyte?
One I'm trying to get one off the Freeride section off Pinkbike... It's verryy nice.. and will prevent me from ordering a Knolly off those delightful chaps in Dore.. it's not a whyte.
C'mon guess!!
2 nd hand, in white, will be at least 170mm each end, one ring...
very purrdy.
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