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Thats lovely, but I really don't like the colour change at the end of the forks

/is picky.

youre nuts. it's chrome and it matches the frame. the only problem is the gold shit.

that moots in a 56. yes please. thats a bike.

56tt and not st unless i am going mentawl.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/4601286601_fbe5cb8496_o.jpg

That Look is amazing!

Possible reasons include an unwarranted obsession with keeping the chainstays short, forcing a steep seat tube angle, and allowing for you to move forward in the future. If you start with a straight seat post, you can only really go back from there with various amounts of layback, whereas if you start with a medium layback post you have a fair amount of wiggle room. I don't object to posts which have a bit of lay back per se, I just think the Thomson version is staggeringly ugly.

Had a chat with robin today.

His view is that the straight inline seatpost is a product of mountain biking, brought into road bikes via tt bikes.

Traditional road seatposts were all set back - clamp offset from the post itself.

The thomson clamp is actually in line with the post itself but the post is then bent to give it layback.

So effectively the thomson is a kinky inline post that ends up giving a similar position to a traditional straight post where the clamp is offset.

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I neither know nor care what that means. I'll get my IT advisor (the missus) to help me upload a pic or two later, in the meantime;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1962-Mittelholzer-TRACK-Campagnolo-Cinelli-Brooks-56c-c-/360262216097?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e14d29a1

So effectively the thomson is a kinky inline post that ends up giving a similar position to a traditional straight post where the clamp is offset.

and I like it as it means the same great clamping mechanism can be used as on the straight post. The amount of setback is not as much as a 'normal' post though and I always end up have my saddle back past the recommended area on the rails.

not loud if run with proper tension and well lubed. they are quite loud if run too tight though. even then it's not the kind of thing you hear when riding. mostly just when it's up on the shop stand.

Fair enough. I guess it's coz there's more metal, anyway. So when they start to dry out they'd be a lot louder than a Sram PC1 or a cheap Izumi... As there's more in contact with teeth.

Kestrel Road Bike

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4282708445_527bd89c24_o.jpg

Fuck me those are nice. Usually I hate road bikes on this thread as they're either super space age TT bikes or vintage falling apart pieces of rusty crap. These are just, errm nice.

Had a chat with robin today.

His view is that the straight inline seatpost is a product of mountain biking, brought into road bikes via tt bikes.

Traditional road seatposts were all set back - clamp offset from the post itself.

The thomson clamp is actually in line with the post itself but the post is then bent to give it layback.

So effectively the thomson is a kinky inline post that ends up giving a similar position to a traditional straight post where the clamp is offset.

Bingo. Thomson laybacks offer the same or less setback than a conventional straight seatpost with an offset clamp. They mostly exist just to offer people who want Thomson a layback option whilst keeping with the traditional style of Thomson posts and still using the micro-adjust clamping system.

Personally, I wouldn't have a layback post on a racing bike. Thomson inline FTW, that's the only way I can get my saddle in the right position over the BB.

Can we have more vintage road bikes pls? thx.

Can we have more vintage road bikes pls? thx.

hurl

puke

wretch

gag

chunder

barry whitey

hurl

puke

wretch

gag

chunder

revisiting last night?

and by the way, i think it looks nice

i think hotness. it's a lot of brown granted but nice none the less

I actually like the 3Rensho, but that's only because it's nice, unlike most of the other wank posted here.

I'm talking about vintage road bikes.

nowt wrong with that 3rensho, apart from having gears and all that. least its not a mountain bike, cargo bike, low rider.... chunder, wretch, vom, gag etc etc

That rensho looks shite

The blue wheels look wicked with the gumwalls, and the rest of the brown.

Someone lock this thread.

the team and bike that my brother races on in the cartaxo cycling team in portugal