2015 Bikes

Love my Shimano shoes; northern European foot width accommodated without having to go mega as I do in Sidi.

I like them

the new fizik shoes on the other hand look great

Anyone wanna go bowling?

Maybe skip the light fandango in the West End?

or just chill with a pipe?

A pair of right foot shoes is a bold move, niche market. Perhaps a big thing in 2016.

Actually they could work on the English Riviera. Bognor? Eastbourne?

Bikes only plz motherfarclars

haha, actually hadn't noticed

#buyerblindness

It's clearly not a racing bike so who cares if it's ~500g heavier than an equivalent carbon or alu thing?

Yep, I can piss more than 500grams in a single visit to the WC.

KTM? Srsly?

Paging Guy Martin?

Why all the thru-axles on cross bikes?

So you have to buy more wheels?

Yes!

Would make life very difficult for people who take spare wheels to races (rather than pit bikes)?

A lot of hubs convert to thru-axle though.

thru axle + disc + 622mm rim = 29er wheels.

You'll actually need fewer pairs of wheels, assuming you also have a 29er.

The Threshold bikes are nice, but who the fuck are Norco?

#foreveringnorant

Sounds like some "Free Willy" shit....

This is who Norco are

Bouncy Bouncy

Norco - makers of full suspension bikes so heavy that they have their own gravitational pull.

I think I saw one parked outside Tesco the other day was locked with spaghetti cable lock and had plastic bag seat cover....

Rad.

No. No they do not.

Owlz said:

Why all the thru-axles on cross bikes?

Because it helps with marketing. Just another feature list item. Benefit is quite tenuous, especially at the rear where it's pretty nonexistent.

Only slightly cringey.

http://youtu.be/NPqDE_azjdo

All items of mass have their own gravitational pull. HTH.

I quite like that actually, especially the beer pick-up.