Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

The fact it has canti mudgaurd and possibly rear rack lugs suggests it might have started off that way.

Ftfy

Still deserves better.

Hhsb >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Moved it there lads, cheers.

650b BDB Pelican: Wide from the side by boxdogbikes, on Flickr

Having initially built this up with flat bars I have had a change. Nitto randoneurs and Dura ace shifters. Merlin were doing the shifters with all cables for £187 only a few quid more than 105s without cables. Feels v comfy.

I hope you like it, I feel like putting my tent on and going somewhere.

^ Looks lovely, even better when fork steerer chopped down to size.

Don't want to do that til I'm sure.

yeah, take your time making sure it's right height but do chop it at some point.

"Functional bikes thread, not porn, not anti"

190...

That can't be UCI compatible.

What a lovely shaft. Bit flicky I'll bet.

Surely they could have someone hand-weld some longer aqua-formed parts to make a proper size frame for him?

^^^^ Reverse Trex?

Obree

650B fixed wheel Audax;

190...

Is that Andrey Kashechkin? Why would he use such a long stem? He's not even especially tall. Shirley they could achieve the same sort of fit with a bigger (still standard) frame.

Looking at the lack of top cap on the headset, I assumed he couldn't go lower with the correct frame size so resorted to a longer stem on a smaller frame, like Taylor Phinney's BMC (150mm stem);

Edit - it's not 190mm, there's another photo that show it's 165mm rather.

File this one under "strange." Andrey Kashechkin rides with this custom-made 165mm stem on his Specialized S-Works SL4, slammed all the way down to the headset cap. Must be a lanky fellow. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

It's like a cockpit spot the difference, fun that.

Is it because of the Mamil-sportive geometry?

Indeed, nowadays headtube is longer than usual, which mean the pro is likely to ride on -17 stem, whether the sportive crowd happily sit with a large conical top cap and -6stem.

Been thinking that for a while, top end production bikes headtubes are freaking massive. Rode a few demo bikes from work (sworks venge 56cm) yeah it was a bit bigger than I normally ride (54) but with an 80mm stem, dropped and flipped as low as it would go I spent most of the day in the drops, the hoods just felt daft like doing an superman.