Bike porn

Don't tell tester.

that Ritte is niiice!

man, Peter Dinklage sure has some nice bikes

best ever fork bend on all the Masis

Lol

And the adjustable trail is plain stupid, straight to anti just for that.

strictly, one adjusts the rake, not the trail. the trail is dependent on two variables.

you know this.

strictly, one adjusts the rake

Depends on what you mean by rake - motorcyclists and cyclists have different views. Since the head angle (rake to a motorcyclist) is fixed, adjusting the fork offset (sometimes called rake by cyclists) changes the trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_geometry

the trail is dependent on two variables

Actually, three variables: Head angle, fork offset and wheel radius.

Er... rake angle or steering axis remains the same?

https://vimeo.com/112649551

true. i admit was ignoring wheel and thinking 700 c. but yes completely true.

didn;t know the conventions changed with motorbikes either.

Cinelli Laser Pista at https://shop.cicli-berlinetta.de/product/cinelli-laser-pista-bicycle/

Yours for 12,000 £. Unless you are that lucky guy who finds the 12k diamond launched into space and believed to have landed in Lincolnshire, forget about it. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/diamond-launched-into-space-has-landed-in-lincolnshire-in-finders-keepers-treasure-hunt-9655228.html

12,000 is not excessive for that model

I have to say, I like bikes and all but in this age of five-figure bikes both new and old, once it gets past five grand sterling I just think 'fuck that shit, I'd rather buy a Ducati instead.'

You'd need to regularly top that up for insurance, fuel and maintenance.

#worthit imo.
The Laser on the other hand is fast becoming the bicycle equivalent of this.

Nothing actually seems to be for sale in that shop...very much a vibe of "if you have to ask..."

someone i know went there and told the owner they worked as a wrench and he was fine with them

This is true. I went there once and took me 20 minutes to get a price for an expanding stronglight seatpost (that at the end I didn't buy, because measuring the diameter turned out it was different from the listed size).
The Laser was an Italian national team bike (with stripped Italia decals), pretty used and chipped, but I guess that's the right price for a "high-street" shop.

if you were the only customer, then thats poor service,
but he gets a heck of a lot of tire kickers,
a contemporary laser sold at auction for approx $40,000 a while back, which raised the bar for laser prices, some bikes now are overpriced, a colnago super with profil tubes and nos 50th gruppo was listed at 9,000 euros recently, a ridiculous price , which i doubt sold, no more than 3,000 max imho