Bike porn

ed if they got it on that tight they can get it off.

give it a try.

That Merlin is a repost, abet different photo, still my favourite;

elegant solution for a 'no spacer stack' touringbike: adjust frame design ....

Is it me or was that bike taken upside down? the chain slacked upside down.

A handful of framebuilder build it like that, but I doubt it's a good idea as it probably make the bike flex a bit more than usual, roberts build their roughstuff in a similar matter;

I think you are right. The chain is slacked upside down!
Not a new concept by a handful of cyclists ....

somecs, gorgeous bikes, love their colour schemes

funny, i always start scrolling down faster when i see one;
colour schemes really make me want to puke!

funny, i always start scrolling down faster when i see one;
colour schemes really make me want to puke!

http://velospace.org/viewcluster?c=539

agreed, same with the fancy colnagos.

The chain is slacked upside down!

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A handful of framebuilder build it like that, but I doubt it's a good idea as it probably make the bike flex a bit more than usual...

Why?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mdcc_tester again.

For Fort Boyard.

Instant-Dropout-machine

want

Eingang, wow. That red beauty is.. a red.. beauty.

Why?

Because when fully laden, the last thing you want is to have too much flex to the point that you can get out of the saddle without it getting unstable.

^^ Agreed! That would make a great commuter... hopefully too simple to pop up on the bike thief's radar too?
It's also near identical to how I'm planning on building mine... ha.

Because when fully laden, the last thing you want is to have too much flex to the point that you can get out of the saddle without it getting unstable.

But having an exposed steerer is less stiff than a steerer enclosed inside a headtube. I can see that it might increase the flex in the front triangle. I'll wait for some stress diagrams before favouring either. And it'll be another decade before you find me on one of those

Yes to Eingang's lovely red bike and waldemaar's lime green machine.

No to all the granville bikes...

elegant solution for a 'no spacer stack' touringbike: adjust frame design ....

A handful of framebuilder build it like that, but I doubt it's a good idea as it probably make the bike flex a bit more than usual, roberts build their roughstuff in a similar matter;
[]http://www.bulle.co.uk/Roberts-Roughstuff2(PXB-Mar09).jpg ]

Why?

Because when fully laden, the last thing you want is to have too much flex to the point that you can get out of the saddle without it getting unstable.

No, why would having a long head tube and a short steerer / exposed fork have more flex than the other way round? I know it's not to the same degree but isn't that basically what peggrotti do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbRKi5hjC8

Gravity... got to love it.

Wasn't there a meme about gravity btw?

...how did it go?

No, why would having a long head tube and a short steerer / exposed fork have more flex than the other way round? I know it's not to the same degree but isn't that basically what peggrotti do?

Because a triangle is stronger than a fucked-with square.

I think we're missing the bigger point with that yellow monstrosity; they could have taken 3" out of the head tube and steerer by using the right stem.

No. We know that.

I just want to know at what point does lengthening the headtube start to negatively effect the stiffness of the frame?