Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Hmm

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Bars cut in half to make them wider?

and use one bolt either side to secure them?

That would be my guess. No way to route those bars through that stem obviously, and I don't even think Easton make that wide of bars.

I guess that’s functional if your aim is to enrich dentists

It's a conspiracy by Pinarello. More rich dentists = more Pinarellos sold.

Wake up functional sheeple!

Hunter has been making bars like that for years, and I don't think he was the first to experiment with it. I guess if you don't trust two-bolt stems for drop bars there's maybe something there to worry about but otherwise seems fine to me

@mankkis could probably tell us more.

Good morning. I'm currently graveltouring some 900+ km's in Estonia on my new Rick Hunter inspired hammerhead stem and 46cm Easton EA50AX bars chopped in half. I'll get back to you when I'm done.

Humble brag^

https://theradavist.com/2020/08/readers-rides-andrews-n1-sport-touring-fw-evans/

Did you find much? I've been trying to find inspiration pictures of dropped tube 26er functionals but seem pretty scarce but the Indonesians seem to know what's up:

https://www.instagram.com/federalcycle.id/

(Dunno how people embed Instagram pictures here)

Hah, I have the same FW Evans frame in beater mode.

Not really no.

I have been working on other projects so not been thinking about it too much tbh.

Only thing not making it 100% functional is the lack of mudguards. I will try and sort that out soon.

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I love it. What the fuck is going on with that fork?

wow do want

Doing parenting right.

It’s a Crust Clydesdale fork.

Ha. Thanks!

What the fuck is going on with that fork?

It's the new "dislocated" (or pre-crashed) style of forks.
Basically the advantage it gives is that, in a head-on crash, the bike does already look fucked before the crash - so you don't need to worry after you have driven into a brick wall.

ew!

:(

Yikes to that image salad. 🤢

I think you're confusing the Clydsdale fork with all modern Pinerello bikes.