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I know people will disagree, but i think that thing looks shit.

Yeah, I don't like the Paris frames.

yep;

Win! In every way, is their any more photos of it anywhere? Maybe one with drops?

Pretty Please??

I remenber Roberto complining abour the fuck up in the pint job, the chrome rear stay solve be the other one

jesus wept, that is a fuck up.

I just safed that frame under sadbikes@laughingmatter

i was thinking about that the other day also..... but why is it definied that the chain should be on the right??? on roadbikes it is but on my trackbike..... switch the cranks and reverse the wheel and it is the same! only thing i know of is that on track tubes the decals are on one side (left side) because you ride on your right side of the wheel and the surface of those decals is slippery.

switch the cranks and reverse the wheel and it is the same!

not so

Forgive this potentially silly question snoops, but why not? Apart from convention?

hassan's new polo bike, polo porn!!
check cranks

? why are they on the opposite side?

1. he can
   
2. is better for shotinh under the BB
   

with symetrical BB it is the same, left , right, it doesnt give a fuck! at some point all went to the right because of standardisation of parts, for geared road bikes

Forgive this potentially silly question snoops, but why not? Apart from convention?

Your pedals would fall off?

1. he can
   
2. is better for shotinh under the BB
   
   

Fair enough, i thought there might be a special reason

maybe it might unthread your rear cog more easily because it would unthread as you pedal forwards and the constant pressure on the lock ring would make it more likely to unthread or strip?

No! as amatter affect by cycling the movement loosens your pedal! this is also with BB cups. think of it: your righthand pedaltread is normal tread! imagine your bearing would be "fixed :D"

then imagine a forwrd cycling rotation, your pedal would come loose!

No! as amatter affect by cycling the movement loosens your pedal! this is also with BB cups. think of it: your righthand pedaltread is normal tread! imagine your bearing would be "fixed :D"

then imagine a forwrd cycling rotation, your pedal would come loose!

not on bmx cranks

hmmm, with the cog tread you have a point there! But only with the old style treaded shimano cogs, without lockring since you would unscrew the cog on cycling! with a locked cog this is not the case. Skidding on right hand chain loosens your lockring sometimes if not properly fastened, (by the shock it gets) but the fact you can skid a bike with a well fastened lockring, would prove you could also ride hard forwards with the wheel reversed

on race cranks the right crank is the crank with the normal tread,

with reversing you would have to reverse your toe clips too, or have symm pedals. Look keo pedals are useless now,so yes thats one problem indeed :D !

treads treads treads,

is there a tread tread here on this site? :D

on race cranks the right crank is the crank with the normal tread,

Raceist.

Im fucking confused by all this lefty/righty business.

Roberto, from memory chose left hand drive, as has hassanr.

several ways of doing it, one easy way to solve pedal thread issues is as seb says- LHD bmx cranks.
Or Tandem cranks.

Then on the rear, if you are worried- bolt on rear hub.

done, easy as pie.

ARRRGGGHHH: THREAD. DAMMIT.

i wouldn't ride this piece on the street but
http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/303_1.jpg

also
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2363308061_f34db2e2ed.jpg
im always in the market for a Zipp disc if anyone has one kicking around;)

Annual leave.

I was forced to take it or lose it, and I'm driving down to see Robin Mather tomorrow and have been desperately hoping that I'll have some kind of epiphany and suddenly know what paint job I want. Browsing the bike porn thread was supposed to help, but it felt like I was looking through a collection of "Men Only" and I really want something a bit more high class than that.

http://www.circleacycles.com/brian/category/bike-painting/