Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

I wouldn't approach him, he looks unstable.

seewhatididthere

Last two posts of yours made me laugh, have rep

thats some serious drop there

thats the only solution though I suppose, guy wanted more aero/drop and he seems like a small chap as well (frames are v small, both) so the only thing he could do other than shrink the frame was to put this abomination on there..

It's a way of getting the shoulders lower without bending the arms, per Ondrej Sosenka

but from an aero point of view I think you have to get your forearm horizontal for best results

It's a way of getting the shoulders lower without bending the arms [...]]

What is the motivation for not bending your arms? (Honest question)

Hmmmm? I imagine this will divide opinions. Thumbs down from me though.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/10/19/special-edition-specialized-carve-ned-overend-hardtail/

U mad bro?

What is the motivation for not bending your arms? (Honest question)

In Sosenka's case, it was that doing 150 laps of the track was going to be tiring due to the acceleration ("g-force") through the corners. They calculated* that the extra drag of nearly straight arms would be offset by the ability to hold a better body position throughout the whole hour. Can't speak for the other bloke, maybe he has a disability.

*It seems that they calculated a lot of other things too, it was 2005 after all.

^ the 'other bloke' is Obree. I reckon he knows a thing or two about aero.

Not that other bloke, the first other bloke with the silly stem.

Ok, so my posting of the speccy didn't go down too well yesterday.

This though!

& I normally love Moots stuff.

I would, but my mtb mates would hate me!

i so would but i think the tan wall tyres a bit cliche now

I would put that in porn if they didn't have the orange accent.

I'm just going to stay out of this thread :-(

Plus lose those forks.

Ok, so my posting of the speccy didn't go down too well yesterday.

This though!

& I normally love Moots stuff.

A whole world of wrong

ya have to remember, in the MTB world it is still cool to colour coordinate the shit out of everything, just look at Hope and Chris King's ranges to confirm that...

All the bouncing around off road must cause some sort of damage.

Can't see anything wrong with the fork, remind me of the Whyte;

remind me of the Whyte
Widely considered one of the most beautiful bikes ever made ;-)

What's wrong with the fork is the complete lack of interchangeability and upgrade options. There is only limited improvement to be had by changing/tuning the shock.

Udizzyblad?

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I am. Perhaps I'm dehydrated...

The Moots is a standard head tube, if you didn't want that fork you'd just fit another.

Obviously he has that fork for a reason, I'd be interested to ride it...

The whole Moots is a collection of weight weenie parts .. AX, Carbon Ti etc .. The fork is, I believe a GERMAN A Kilo no. 1 ab which is about as light as it gets for a suspension fork.

I reckon a couple of grams could be lost de-anodising that orange crap.

#weightweeniefail