Dat Ass

readers wife though

...readers wife though
Although RW are welcome here, it always hurts when someone looks the other way instead of having a second look...

^ That's yours right? Awesome bike!

Silly tyres though.

That's mine, yeah. Cheers :) It's a mere frameset now though, parted out and retired from duty so my Pompino could be born.

Ed, choosing those tyres came from 10+ years of commuting and shredding around London. They are the perfect 26x1.0 city folding slick. I've tried (literally) every other tyre in that class from Continental, Hutchinson and co, and the All Conditions Pro (like their Turbo Pro predecessor) offer the best combo of light weight, grip and puncture protection. It's no coincidence that half the London cycle couriers I used to see riding lightweight 26" rigid MTBs (Konas, Voodoos etc) ran these tyres.

Conventional wisdom innit?

Conventional wisdom innit?

What is?
The belief that narrow slicks on an MTB are somehow 'wrong'?
or
The belief (honed by direct experience of riding thousands of miles on the same bike in a variety of weather conditions over the course an entire decade whilst trying out almost every slick tyre on the market) that there is a 'best tyre' for a certain discipline?

what plans for that cannondale frame ?
although i think i may have seen you state that it is a keeper even if it has to go on the wall ...and you mentioned you wouldn't sell it ?

hopefully that was another person / cannondale

That was me. It's having a well-earned rest.
I'm hooked on riding 700c for the foreseeable, but never say never - I might build it back up into something special someday.
No plans to sell it, but never say never. Again.

it looks to small anyway !

Martyn Ashton trials frame, innit. 13" BB clearance, so it looks (and rides) a bit like an overgrown BMX. You might be surprised at how long it is.
Never really intended as a street commuter, but it took Cannondale another year after I built this to come up with the very first Bad Boy.
Besides, the late '90s MTB was all about the sloping TT and a shitload of seatpost.

4th monostay arriving here today

Just picked up one of these, hmmm :)

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ekmps/shops/theoldbicycle/images/22.5-1990-s-raleigh-dyna-tech-pro-titanium-325-tubing-frame-set.-3722-p.jpg

Build thread!

^i second that

Haha guys, I will start one!
Planning to go full C-rec on this one. Laurent Fignon's machine will be the inspiration ;)

If you ever sell that Shame I have the cash. Dyna Tech Pro right?

ooooofffff. well played chaim. i third the build thread

If you ever sell that Shame I have the cash. Dyna Tech Pro right?

Yes, Dyna Tech Pro Reynolds 2325 Ti. Dibs noted ;)

@Rodolfo: Thnx! Will I see you eat Stalenros this year?

Tonic Fabrication
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Field Cycles
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English Cycles
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GT
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VISP
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