Bike porn

Dunno, I think

"Note: Ernesto equipped this bike with the Campa 50th Anniversary group but was not allowed from Campagnolo to use a complete Anniversary group. So he had to change a detail. He selected to change the right Anniversary pedal to a Super Record pedal to avoid this requirement."

Takes some beating.

Moreso if it's actually true.

(I do actually like his note about the reverse rear brake and the right cable exit. Reminds me I must sort my cx out one day...)

footnote..

• Forget the rest
  
• YEAH!
  

could something like that ^^ be your next venture tester?

the guy perfected it for certain stems by the way:

but maybe a slightly more adjustable one allowing for different stems?

Ohhhh wowwwwww

That is beautiful!

HHSB ok nice bike ok nice gato hardshell,but not porn
Kaloy seatpost, 130 stem,too tight chain, mismatching color frame pad, squashed flite.
Frame to small for Bonor>>>> traded it to me against my pithioud

All true, but you could have summed up the reason it doesn't belong here in two words: TT protector.

Any more info on this? Polished lefty looks rather lush - clever angle hides the fugly boot well, too.

^ http://www.victoire-cycles.com/en/news/525-victoire-mtb-frames-available.html

Ta :)

That could almost convince me that I want to take up mountain biking. It's lovely.

That could almost convince me that I want to take up mountain biking.

But not proper mountain biking :-)

unless you live in holland

TM if I ride the same trail as you on a rigid 29er, you on your mtb, are we both doing proper mountain biking, or does my 29er cancel it out?

If you could ride around Gisburn without pushing due to lack of gears, or crying due to lack of bounce, and honestly say that you wouldn't have preferred forks and gears, I would doff my cap to you and your proper play thing.

As for some of the riding in the Dales, I genuinely don't think it would be possible on a singlespeed, even if you were exceptionally fit (which I'm sure you are, much more fitter than me) but it's just too steep/too long/too bumpy...

All this started with me saying "I reckon" so, proper mtb to me, may be different than it is to you.

Proper mtb to me is being able to handle as well as possible, without too much compromise on anything, whilst being as much fun as possible.

All this started with me saying "I reckon" so, proper mtb to me, may be different than it is to you.

Your 'reckon' was about wheel size. Nothing about big wheels stops one from having a full bouncer with bunch of gears.

Big wheels are cumbersome.

... and upsidedowns dick swinging is about being rigid and having one gear (or has it gears now?).

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upsidedowns

how did I JUST get that?

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Has this been here?... porn of the HHSB influence

... and upsidedowns dick swinging is about being rigid and having one gear (or has it gears now?).

It has a crack in the seattube now :( I'm nothing exceptional offroad and any speed I have comes more from fitness than skills. I'm not adverse to gears/sus on mtbs, ideally I'd have a rigid 29er SS and a 650b with slack HA, 140mm forks and 120mm of stiff rear sus, but I only have space/funds for one a the moment.

Watch the video here, this is my idea of UK mtb...

http://www.gisburnbiketrails.com/

awesome place. only down side is it's quite a short circuit.

I reckon the best bike for this would be 150mm each end with lockouts, (saw a guy riding a Lapierre fitting this description and it looked heavenly) I can't afford or justify that though, so hardtail it is.

excuse the poor pic/indulgence,
but i touched this today, was purple black, poss the most understated c35 i've seen, sr 11 gears and brakes, og c35 crankset

would ride

Understated Nago pic, nice.

If you could ride around Gisburn without pushing due to lack of gears, or crying due to lack of bounce, and honestly say that you wouldn't have preferred forks and gears, I would doff my cap to you and your proper play thing.

As for some of the riding in the Dales, I genuinely don't think it would be possible on a singlespeed, even if you were exceptionally fit (which I'm sure you are, much more fitter than me) but it's just too steep/too long/too bumpy...

All this started with me saying "I reckon" so, proper mtb to me, may be different than it is to you.

Proper mtb to me is being able to handle as well as possible, without too much compromise on anything, whilst being as much fun as possible.

you are 100% missing the point of singlespeed mtb, there is no course in the UK that can't be done, with grit and determination nothing is too steep and i am certainly not fit but ridden all of the trails at the 7 stains on a single speed rigid mtb (not recently mind)
i'm not saying i did it fast or particularly gracefully but that's not the point of one gear really - it's the purity and simplicity and ease of use. point at the mountain and pedal. - i think everyone on this forum should appreciate that really

p.s In my lack of fitness i've now made a compromise with a 29er full suspension 2 speed for speed/ comfort but still keeping the simplicity and weight advantages, if i had the money a rohloff would be the ultimate off road solution (or even better a nicolai internally gearboxes hobby)

why ride a mountain bike without suspension?

why ride a mountain bike without suspension?

Do you even MOMBAT?

why ride a mountain bike without suspension?

why ride a road bike without gears?

why ride a bike?
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