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Lovelly bikes, it amazes me though how close the front wheel is to the frame on the track bikes. Rogers track bikes clearance looks around 5 mm

Love that, would put a spacer on top't stem mind.

doesn't matter if it's a steel or alu steerer though really... only an issue with crabonz.

more aesthetics really innit.

That's had more pearoasts than the bird with bouncy cans, slipping into those jeans

Sorry G, but rather pearost this than the endless 'Dales and Pulses..

Seen one, seen 'em all

doesn't matter if it's a steel or alu steerer though really... only an issue with crabonz.

It's only a problem for the steerer with carbon, the rest of the rationale for putting a spacer on top still holds whatever the steerer is made from.

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definition of antiporn or just weird? i 'm looking the bronze and been sick, but i like the bike...
maybe in B/W...

It's only a problem for the steerer with carbon, the rest of the rationale for putting a spacer on top still holds whatever the steerer is made from.

Also...

Yes, 0 rise stem would make more sense, what are the other "rationale"...?

I think if we're nit picking though, that bike would best suit a quill stem...

definition of antiporn or just weird? i 'm looking the bronze and been sick, but i like the bike...
maybe in B/W...

Picture doesnt work, but if its what i think it is, it is the most unworthy repost ever.

what are the other "rationale"...?

This is what I wrote the other day:

a spacer on top of the stem is a good idea, although it's not really for added stiffness as much as it's to stop the stem from forming a cone instead of a cylinder at the top. If the stem clamp is closed to a smaller diameter than the steerer where it projects above the top of the steerer, it tends to concentrate the compression of the steerer onto the top rather than spreading evenly along the depth of the stem. This is not a disaster with metal steerers, but it can wreck carbon ones. Also, the conical zone creates an inclined plane which generates a force pushing the stem off the top of the steerer. It won't move if you leave it alone in the shed, but the cyclic stress of normal riding will tend to make the stem walk up the steerer, reducing the headset bearing preload. You can help to prevent this, whether you have a spacer on top of the stem or not, by retightening the preload screw to 4-5Nm after clamping the steerer in the stem. This adds preload to the screw without adding any more bearing preload, and so increases the thread friction which will reduce the possibility of thread precession under cyclic load.

what he said ^

From classifieds.

Ti is an odd material choice for a track bike

28 spokes are an odd choice with 50mm deep rims

Weight weenie chainring is an odd choice with a 200g stem

That's probably why the rear triangle is so beefy

That's had more pearoasts than the bird with bouncy cans, slipping into those jeans

lol

Ti is a perfectly fine material choice for a bling bike

28 spokes with 50mm deep rims are perfectly fine on a bling bike

Weight weenie chainring is perfectly fine on a bling bike

omg I just fixed Tester's post, better run & hide.

All fine, but it can't decide what it wants to be. Elite sprinter's cockpit doesn't go with the rest of the build. For that reason, I'm out.

rack mounts and no bridge drilling is the oddest thing about that bike imo

maybe number mounts?

no they're rack mounts, it says in the orignal thread

didn't spot the ones on the dropouts.... so, rack mounts, but no bottle cage mounts?!

what is it designed to be?