Bike porn

Talking of E stay bikes I saved up for what seemed like an eternity in 1990/91 to buy one of these:

Was as close to one of these as I ever got:

lucky you saved yourself from buying an expensive heap of shite and got away with buying a cheap heap of shite.

the rear wheel is, like, barely there! i know, clearances etc, but come on! and one and a half spoked wheel for off road use?..

And Horse's heavily used but much loved Gangsta;

Talking of E stay bikes I saved up for what seemed like an eternity in 1990/91 to buy one of these:

Am i right in thinking it had a hammered paint finish?

Funny thing about the Yeti was that it was originally made for a magazine article to create the 'ultimate' bike.
It was only when it received so much attention that Yeti decided to produce it.
Always loved the old Yeti's though.

Gary, I've based over 20 years of cycling on buying piles of shite on which I have lavished a great deal of money and enjoyed riding in a style that could only ever be described as a pile of shite.

Gary, I've based over 20 years of cycling on buying piles of shite on which I have lavished a great deal of money and enjoyed riding in a style that could only ever be described as a pile of shite.

thank heavens for progress in technology and design. :-)

Yeah it had fantasic hammered paint which I think added at least a further kg or two to it's already considerable bulk. It also had a very weird BB seat up with two pinch bolts like those on eccentric BB's but rear facing so completely shit for a bit of good old UK slop and grime.

Pea-roast from ages ago but it's gotten wonderfully "patinated" since... So much win!

I'm expecting abuse for this but black tyres and black bartape and I'd be all over this, like the celeste rims on grey frame!

It's more the wheel colour that I despise.

Bianchi Celeste is win... I will be getting a Bianchi Celeste rollccage in my car at some stage...

Forgot I logged on to www.greatbigwannabemotorbikers.com/ultimatebenders... thanks for reminding me.

Downhill is often referred to as the "poor mans" motocross isnt it?

I think the Honda is a perfect example of bike porn. The fact that honda put so much effort into it, how its flamboyant & over engineered. And very limited (only produced for the short lived race team right?)

Talking of E stay bikes I saved up for what seemed like an eternity in 1990/91 to buy one of these:

Was as close to one of these as I ever got:

I have a hope front and rotor like this.

Anybody want?

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(this thread needs more track bikes)

Pista wheels are the best wheels, factoid of the day. It's a damn shame they're tubular.

the rear wheel is, like, barely there! i know, clearances etc, but come on! and one and a half spoked wheel for off road use?..

That was taken at a cyclocross event.

Pista wheels are the best wheels, factoid of the day. It's a damn shame they're tubular.

You can get the mavic ones in Clinchers, look pretty similar.

I have a hope front and rotor like this.

Anybody want?

But that isn't a Hope so i assume you mean it's slightly similar?

Pista wheels are the best wheels, factoid of the day. It's a damn shame they're tubular.

They may be good but not on that build as they are overpowering it. Needs something much more subtle.

Roll down a hill next to a fat bloke and see if you still think that. Initial acceleration is the same, but pretty soon it becomes clear that fat blokes' aerodynamic cross section doesn't increase as fast as their mass, so they achieve a higher equilibrium velocity.

Finally someone that might be able to shed some light on this...

When snowboarding I seem to be able to go faster than alot of my mates, could never figure out whether it was my weight or board, I thought it was my weight, often using the phrase "gravity is my friend" however they debated that items of equal density will accelerate at the same rate etc and that whatever weight advantage would be counteracted by lack of aerodynamics.

So what is it? I also wondered if in a small way being heavier would compact the snow/ice harder thus creating less resistance between board and snow?

I am not a scientist.

could you pls stop posting those crippled MTB crap?

Nope, but to cross pollinate here is MTB legend John Tomac racing Paris Roubaix.

Roll down a hill next to a fat bloke and see if you still think that. Initial acceleration is the same, but pretty soon it becomes clear that fat blokes' aerodynamic cross section doesn't increase as fast as their mass, so they achieve a higher equilibrium velocity.

Beautifully illustrated by me rolling down fire-roads next to owainga on the weekend.

could you pls stop posting those crippled MTB crap?

Could all those people who keep acting like THEIR version of bike porn is the only one worthy of seeing 'pls' stop being such whining little pantie wastes!

I'm bored shitless of seeing old track bikes constantly being posted on here but i don't post a whiney little plea for it to stop after each one.
Look at the percentage of 'crippled MTB crap' to old track bikes on here...hardly an even split is it? Even Edscobles attempts to post every bike in the world that's ever had a pair of moustache bars fitted outweighs the 'crippled MTB crap'.

If you only want to look at skinny wheels fuck off to a road forum 'pls'.

Seems like a fitting time to post this. It's standard except the saddle, pedals, tyres and mud guards but it's just a great picture of a great bike. 100% porn to me.

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