2013 Bikes

http://fixthecity.es/post/28778260739/patthered-2013-langster-pro
http://www.citygrounds.com/specialized/specialized-langster-pro-frameset-2013-2239

2013 Langster Frameset

That's an OTP?!

o___O???

^^ That looks like the 2013 Langster Pro from
^^^

Okay. I only saw the frameset.

Focus 2013 Bikes
Fucking well priced again looking at the Izalco Team SL
Never quite been a fan of the graphics on the Focus bikes but saw a lovely limited edition UCI coloured one today

*Surly changes for 2013

• 1x1-Blackhole Black frameset

  Big Dummy-No changes

  CrossCheck-Micro Shift shifters with friction/index adjustability, colors for the complete build are Black-n-Wrecker, Blark Due, Frame/fork are Billy Jack Black, Hospital Foam, Blark Due

  Disc Trucker-Super Dark Green is your only color choice, Micro Shift shifters with friction/index adjustability

  Karate Monkey- Ultra New hubs front and rear, Poser Black, Mandrill-Mug are your colors for completes and framesets

  Krampus-Soon my friend

  Long Haul Trucker- Micro Shift shifters with friction/index adjustability, Smog Silver, Vader Black are the colors for completes and framesets as well

  Moonlander- Ultra New 135mm Disc front hub, offset fork and added a 24”

  Neck Romancer-Added a 14”, Nate 3.8” rear tire, Ultra New 135mm Disc front hub, Shimano SLX D Type front derailleur

  Ogre-Black for the complete build & the frameset

  Pacer-No changes

  Pugsley-Micro shifters, Ultra New 135mm Disc front hub, added a 14”, Loaded Yellow and Engine Red for completes, Loaded Yellow, (Engine Red maybe) for framesets

  Steamroller-Wave goodbye to a complete build of the Steamroller, available in Idiot-Black as a frameset

  Troll-No changes to the build, Nurple Purple and Black for the complete bikes and the framesets

  Trucker DeLuxe-No changes, the color is still Dave’s Frozen Tears

Moonlander in 24" eh............................... Hmmmmmmmmm?

Microshift shifter eh?

Make sense as they're cheap and you can get thumbshifter one as well as bar-end, just hope the shifting isn't as bad as their MTB one (which I hope the Pugsley don't have).

edit; look like the thumbshifter, good work Surly;

  **Moonlander**- Ultra New 135mm Disc front hub, offset fork and added a 24”

Moonlander in 24" eh............................... Hmmmmmmmmm?

With new 4.7" mud tyres in the pipeline too.

I've designed my fat frame for 4.7" big fat larrys. these are 9mm wider due to the tread (guessing same carcase). I promised to E-mail my builder exact measurements of my BFLs on 80mm rims. Gonna use the Bud/lou dimensions instead (if they are infact bigger).

http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/how_fat_can_we_go

Langster Pro looks super nice. I want one for the track.

^^ I wonder how the Bud/Lou would cope with wet clay. Narrow cyclocross tyres cut through it pretty well, but don't like slimy tree roots!

Nice to see Specialized making a proper track frame

Any experience of these shifters Ed? Quite like the look of them for if I gear up the Ogre in the future.

Any experience of these shifters Ed? Quite like the look of them for if I gear up the Ogre in the future.

I've got the bar end ones and they've worked great for me. The adjustablility feature is great and allows you to swap between indexed and friction.

^ Cheers! I've had rapidfire shifters give up after a few years, something simpler would be more confidence inspiring.

*Yes..... I know one gear is simplest :-)

^^ I wonder how the Bud/Lou would cope with wet clay. Narrow cyclocross tyres cut through it pretty well, but don't like slimy tree roots!

Thats the thing. Sometimes its nice to have a tyre that sinks in a bit. You're certainly not going to was out sideways. Maybe a fat tyre floating more on the surface would?

A knobbly 4.7" tyre at 10 PSI is going to laugh at roots though.

^ Cheers! I've had rapidfire shifters give up after a few years, something simpler would be more confidence inspiring.

*Yes..... I know one gear is simplest :-)

I've had DA bar end shifters on a 9 speed CX-commuter set-up for a while. Took serious abuse. Still works (well the frames fecked, but the shifters work).

10 speed shimano wont work, as the MTB and road components dont play well. But 10 speed Sram does ('exact actuation' stuff). As does 9 speed shimano.

So with some Paul thumbies you can put together your own thumb shift MTB system using TT levers.

I have a bling bling TT900 lever, Paul thumbie, X0 rear mech set-up ready for the fat bike.

^^ If only there was a way to find out, without spending lots of money & destroying my body via repetitive crashing!

^^ Any idea if those Paul thumbies work with Dura Ace downtube shifters?

^^ Any idea if those Paul thumbies work with Dura Ace downtube shifters?

Yes they do. But you need the shimano ones., and as I said 9 speed, if you want a mtb rear mech.

DA thumb shifters + Deore mech + 11-32 cassette. Did me for years of cummuting. As the shifters were on the bar ends of midge bars they were the first things to hit the deck. Should I crash (which I do a lot). Still work perfikk.

^ Good to know, thanks!

New dales on the singletrack website.

http://singletrackworld.com/2012/08/csg-2013-gt-and-cannondale/

Nice looking singlespeed 29er. ( £599.99 )

New cyclocross bikes. Good to see a budget option caad x ( £799.99 ) alongside the super x ( £3,699.99 ).

What up with Cannondale's mechanic? the Super X have the handlebar set pointed upward, whether the CAADX's downward.

New dales on the singletrack website.

http://singletrackworld.com/2012/08/csg-2013-gt-and-cannondale/

Nice looking singlespeed 29er. ( £599.99 )

Whole bike for under £600? That's a steal.