Bike porn

I was gonna post that. I like it

it was explained to you, come on.

I wonder how much that frame costs "unbranded" by comparison. Also I'm always unsure whether the "no-name" frames direct from a Chinese dealer have the same quality control as the frames that are bought through Ritte, Ribble, PX etc. i.e. are the branded ones getting the pick of the crop?

Basically if you were riding around on a nago/bmc/cervelo hussy, you would still have a look.

hum hum I wouldnt be so sure about cervelos and bmcs :S
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/794481990/Sale_Fit_DI2_700C_carbon_road.html

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/860983923/S5_VWD_TEAM_Aero_seatpost_Carbon.html
etc etc

I wonder how much that frame costs "unbranded" by comparison. Also I'm always unsure whether the "no-name" frames direct from a Chinese dealer have the same quality control as the frames that are bought through Ritte, Ribble, PX etc. i.e. are the branded ones getting the pick of the crop?

ritte bosberg unpainted
FM015-ISP+FK007:$420

paintjob was 85 dorra, whatever you want - just provide design

are the branded ones getting the pick of the crop?

That's down to how the brands interact with the factory, and it's not unique to open-mould resellers; even if you design everything in-house and own the design outright, you can still get shafted by your subcontractor.

^^^ Er. Genuine replicas. Or your money back.

(The proportions seem a little wayward)

So its thee actual frame unpainted? Same carbon same everything?

same carbon, same hands that made it, just some cosmetic changes on the stays AFAIR.
they got caught red handed sometime ago on some forum and at this point they had to make an official statement adressing this, tl;dr was 'everybody is doing that, our chainstays are different'.

^^^ Er. Genuine replicas. Or your money back.

(The proportions seem a little wayward)

this is just the examples I had to hand, shoddy camera work I reckon. there are some better pictures out there

I get to interview Michael Embacher in the next few days.

Anyone got any burning questions they want answering?

does he have a wear and tear wheel, and if so, which in line are my dibs.

doesn't having the cable straddle thing that low kinda defeat the point of the big clearances

^^ saves on having to mess about with these

doesn't having the cable straddle thing that low kinda defeat the point of the big clearances

Yeah that's really dumb cabling.

Trying to work out if a longer cable would fix that, or the cantilevers are just monumentaly shit by design. Might be the former. Looks so wrong.

^ Yes, you wouldn't want to grab the front brake in a panic, with that much mechanical advantage you'd just lock the wheel and endo.
Little modulation either.

Still love this...

http://deafpigeon.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/english-cycles-tt-mk2-6.jpg
http://deafpigeon.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/english-cycles-tt-mk2-4.jpg
http://deafpigeon.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/english-cycles-tt-mk2.jpg

Saddle>>>

it's not super ugly per-se ... it's just got that whole mtb matchy matchy thing going on - ends up looking a bit 'southend-on-sea'.

Dude, you're on fire!

^ Yes, you wouldn't want to grab the front brake in a panic, with that much mechanical advantage you'd just lock the wheel and endo.
Little modulation either.

Wouldn't you get the most mechanical advantage if the straddle cable was at 90 degrees to the line between the brake pivot (boss) and the cable clamp (the end of the cantilever arm). With the cable angles above a lot of the force would be directed towards the pivot.

^^ saves on having to mess about with these

These are really useful, but wear down quite easily.

These are really useful, but wear down quite easily.

^ what are they?

flint catchers, they stop sharp things becoming embedded in your tyres.

I was referring to the front unsupported extension.

Thread is indeed becoming a bit gay. More bikes please!