Bike porn

loving the Sharp logo right in the sharp end of the frame... nice touch.

I'm not sure what's going on with the track end, or lack thereof.

^ I was about to say, looks larvely, but wtf is up with the dropouts/ends?

Looks like it's in a spray booth so they could be masked off for painting.

taped for laquer

Looks like it's in a spray booth so they could be masked off for painting.

taped for laquer

^this

aha! that would make perfect sense (i have no idea what a spray booth would look like so ill take your word for it)

29ers, quite porn-tastic imo

where is this condor blog you speak of?

http://blog.condorcycles.com/

Who'd have thought to look there?

This is what my niece had for Christmas a pimped up kids bike

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Where do I get these? Checked all the usual suspects, but to no avail. As for Bontrager themselves, to call them useless is a compliment.

I really don't see the point of having that strap to hide the laces, I mean sure it helped stop the laces getting caught, but that's definitely unnecessary!

Even if the strap is pointless, they're filling a bit of a niche with a smarter looking shoe. If they're shit, they're shit. But I'd still buy them and radio in on their lifespan etc. Depends on financials etc.

Does anyone know though?

That's another though, it just when you look at the design of the shoes, it's clear that they want to keep it business like, until they put a huge strap on the top, which sort of take the point of that shoes away.

The Vittoria is an example of having laces, althought I've no idea how good it is in general.

I have Bontrager Fire Mountain shoes, pretty good for the money, the insoles I did not like thought (fortuantely can be swappable).

bodieanddoyle - some info here, but shoes not available yet

http://urbanvelo.org/the-bontrager-wingtip/

Cheers Spudge!

i prefer the polished leather version though(t)

By the power of fuck those are ghastly.

i thought NJS would only approve of steel frames and other components, hence NJS builders would master this area, as opposed to other materials - aluminum, carbon etc.

sorry if i missed something

Mr Tenabe clearly also builds very nice UCI legal carbon frames.

The Kalavinka website is **pure **pron anyway. If you like small keirin frames that is. Although I did spot some whoppers.... mmmnomnomnom

By the power of fuck those are ghastly.

Absolutely hideous.

By the power of fuck those are ghastly.

great phrase.

By the power of fuck those are ghastly.

Yes, polished turds!

Yes, polished turds!

you can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter.

those shoes would look much better if they didn't have 'bontrager' written big in such an obvious place.