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That Bloomfield is great

Mmm this... But with metal mudguards and rando style bars.
Frame is just sooo lush

@spotter With a spot on selection.
Why do I even bother looking at instagram anymore.
I’d really love one of those fat tyred bassi Bloomfields❤️

XO-4

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Bloody is isn't it. A pal of mine ripped me a new one when I showed him

He got all frothy at the ridiculous wheel size, the gear size and the bars. Is it a fixed, is it a rando, is it a gravel bike or is it, along with the owner, just utterly confused?? . The rant made me want it even more.

I think just trimming the stays properly would really improve things, but yeah, moustache bars >>>

Someone obviously build it to suit their riding and that's fine...
But this can't be unseen / how many brakes do you need:

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I can't get my head around the stoker levers in that position

Haha no way.
How does that make any sense? 🤣

Edit: sounds like a meme you made after reading my comments

What's that on handlebar next to stem?

Edit. Sorry I'm lazy and did not read on. Never seen anything like those paw perches before.

As @Tijs illustrates they’re meant to provide an extra perch for your palms - such wrong, very awkward.

Was it legit part you could order, or was it just filed down brake levers?

I’m pretty sure they were included. Grant Petersen had slews of ideas, mostly old, some new, with some pretty wacky ones in that mix.

Not sure, but interesting ergonomics

colours on that bridgestone are offensive as fuck

Just put down a deposit for the new Peregrine...

Can not wait.

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Love the frameset but hate the super short headtube. This Paragrine has a feedbag over it's stem but I asure your there are tons of spacers behind it.

Just for that a no go for me.

Tall stack stems do a decent job at this in my opinion.

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I’ve actually come to really like the look of tall stems.

Someone pls explain logic of this VO stem. Tall stack go up, stem angle go down. What does it achieve?

Could mean that stem line is parallel to toptube line which is important for some. But I agree stack stems should/could be 0°

Like this mother of stacks

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