Bike porn

From today's fixedgeargallery (see all the pics here http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2009/sept/1/MM.htm):

^ Isn't there another gallery, maybe "Current Projects", where something like this can be posted?

... and what's with those saddles?

^ Isn't there another gallery, maybe "Current Projects", where something like this can be posted?

this has been covered far too many times, just look back about 5 pages for the most recent discussion.

tandems are awesome. I wish we had a garage, then the mrs and I would defo get one (a cheaper one than that ^)

Isn't it illegal to post your own bikes in the Porn Thread?

Maybe when you convert an old pug with a spok, but when you actually build them yourself it may well be a different matter.

That bike wouldn't have made it ten yards down the trails in Scotland in winter.

Explain please. Just because its pretty doesn't mean it's not functional.

Maybe when you convert an old pug with a spok, but when you actually build them yourself it may well be a different matter.

Yes, when you're doing it commercially, posting your bikes in this thread is spam

the clearances are a bit close, would porbably get clogged up with mud and stones and children.

Explain please. Just because its pretty doesn't mean it's not functional.

I think he meant the tight clearances would jam up with mud after about two wheel revolutions

My understanding is that larger wheels don't clag up as much, also not all mtbing is done on muddy scottish (or Manx) trails.

Different bikes for different situations.

My understanding is that larger wheels don't clag up as much, also not all mtbing is done on muddy scottish (or Manx) trails.

Different bikes for different situations.

Have you ever done any mountain biking?
Larger wheels 'clag up' as much as smaller ones because unsurprisingly the mud doesn't know what size wheel it's just stuck to.
The reason you have knobbly tyres is for grip...in mud, wet, on rocks...everywhere.
When the clearance is as tight as that the bike will get clogged up so quickly with mud, grass, stones....whatever, which kind of defeats the purpose of having bigger wheels which are designed to roll over obstacles better.

Of course not all mountain biking is done in mud, which is why i said it wouldn't be any good on scottish trails....some people are lucky enough to have dry trails all year round...but if you have that kind of trail, you have no need for that kind of tread on your tyres...and you also limit yourself to nothing but dry trails.
If they can afford a bike that expensive just to ride their local trails then good for them.
But as i said...that's not my idea of a functional mountain bike.

more glove porn, just got a pair of theses, made of leather and wool. very comfortable even if you do look like you are about to play a round of golf.

nice gloves, smythie

I hope my one of these arrives in time, the post has been awful slow recently

Have you ever done any mountain biking?
Larger wheels 'clag up' as much as smaller ones because unsurprisingly the mud doesn't know what size wheel it's just stuck to.
The reason you have knobbly tyres is for grip...in mud, wet, on rocks...everywhere.
When the clearance is as tight as that the bike will get clogged up so quickly with mud, grass, stones....whatever, which kind of defeats the purpose of having bigger wheels which are designed to roll over obstacles better.

Of course not all mountain biking is done in mud, which is why i said it wouldn't be any good on scottish trails....some people are lucky enough to have dry trails all year round...but if you have that kind of trail, you have no need for that kind of tread on your tyres...and you also limit yourself to nothing but dry trails.
If they can afford a bike that expensive just to ride their local trails then good for them.
But as i said...that's not my idea of a functional mountain bike.

I do lots of mountainbiking thanks.

I wouldn't call people who don't have mud lucky.

Twas just a question.

I do lots of mountainbiking thanks.

I wouldn't call people who don't have mud lucky.

Twas just a question.

Then i find your question baffling...do you not consider clearance to be important?
I would have thought somebody who does lots of mountain biking could have figured out how a bike with clearance as small as a mouses cock would struggle in scottish mud.

Then i find your question baffling...do you not consider clearance to be important?
I would have thought somebody who does lots of mountain biking could have figured out how a bike with clearance as small as a mouses cock would struggle in scottish mud.

I do consider clearance to be important, but not every where has the peaty shitty mud that clags up everything it touches, these places still have rain and slippy surfaces that require a decent tread.
I didn't read your original comment as being "Scottish" specific (reading fail on my part).

Oh come on....look at the fork clearance...it's gonna clog up if it even smells mud! :)

Sure, it would be no good in scotland. But I bet it would be a nice ride here.
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It remind me of that titanium MTB mimicking a road bike, it look gorgeous and simply top notch, but bugger up with the slightest motion of going off road let alone mud inbetween the skinny fat tyres and titanium mudguard.