Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Glittery Straggler is looking great.

Anyone know the name of this bottle cage gizmo?

It's a King Cages.

Thanks. I see it's the Kargo Cage, in case anyone is interested.

http://www.kingcage.com/products-waterbottle-cages.html

How on earth is that functional

Why are the HTs so short on surlys?

On most Surlys...

Not sure if the geo chart for the Straggler 650b is accurate, but the 56 has a whopping 160mm headtube... a while 39mm longer than the 700c model or Cross Check!

It's a 5.1kg hillclimb bike belonging to the current national HC champion, to be ridden in the national HC this weekend.

Certain bikes just don't fit in either the Porn or Anti threads but deserve appreciation for their function rather than their form.

Fits that description perfectly. Bikes don't need mudguards to be functional.

It's bizarre isn't it. I really want a crosscheck, but the geometry is so weird. That straggler has like 5cm of spacers and still 1 scoblebrick drop... odd

Why are the HTs so short on surlys?

Because they racist.

To fit people of all sizes rather than flatter mamils that they're stem is 'slammed'.

It's the most functionally effective HC bike in the country, built and paid for by it's rider.

It also look like it can easily be converted back to normal, which is handy.

Yeah I think it wears double chainrings and different wheels when not setup for competition.

I like the ideas, either spend a lots of money creating an ultralight hill climber like this Cannondale;

Or simply buy a new wheelset and chainring, then remove every single unnecessary part.

Says on his website that he's actually only borrowing the Emonda for the national, which is why more bits haven't been chopped off.

Anyone know the name of some cheap but half decent waterproof pannier bags? Is it one of those aldi/lidl special type things?

edit - pedalpro mean anything to anyone?

Hmm...

Marco's Stoater by shandcycles, on Flickr

Got a cyclescheme voucher burning a hole in my pocket. Seriously considering one of these.

Can you live with the inevitable spacer stack though...

Go for it.

I caved in a bought the frameset a few weeks back; I should have it built in the next couple of weeks.

How is it different to your Pomp (apart from obvious diff of gears) in terms of functionality? Thick tyres, disc, rack etc. Why not get a road bike like Pinnacle dolomite for an extensive portfolio? Take 'guards off in summer buy and some rapha

I have seen a pomp project somewhere where the guy converted it to 1x6 (or 10) set up if you want to go that way ..

How is it different to your Pomp (apart from obvious diff of gears) in terms of functionality? Thick tyres, disc, rack etc.

I would essentially be using it like I'm using my Pomp now but with gears, at which point I will turn the pomp in to a proper SSCX, no rack/muguards.

The pomp is functional as it is now but not very fun to ride and I'd like to have a bike I can do longer rides on through winter, cycling back to see my mum (45 miles, no fun on the pompino and too wet and grim for my brakeless fixie skidder)

Can you live with the inevitable spacer stack though...

I think so, it will be a functional commuter. I'm gonng go in to Keep Pedalling tomorrow and have a ride on one. I'm hoping they do an OTP one with decent spec groupset.