Bike porn

My old boss was telling me about the bodge job holders him and his mates used to carry wheelsets to the track on the front axle.

Suppose that'll have been track bikes on the road somewhere in the 1950/60's....

My dad was riding his track bike from his house to the velodrome in the 1940s, and he certainly didn't invent the practice.

NOT PORN, be careful

(Oops. New page, too little too late.)

My dad was riding his track bike from his house to the velodrome in the 1940s, and he certainly didn't invent the practice.

U mad bro?

Fixeh facts > reality

In fairness he did say couriers, rather than 'testers dad.

...which is why, before track bikes appeared on the streets, most fast cycle couriers rode a rigid MTB on slicks and raced MTB on dirt at the weekends.

I guess the irony is that now they seem to be back on them. But without slicks. And on BSO Apollos.

Controversial perhaps, but I think this looks great:

The thing I never get is why people rag on hybribs, but yet will build and photograph these things.

What is it, if not a hybrid?

It would be great with proper pedals, compact geo and wide drops.

What is it, if not a hybrid?

It is a hybrid. That's the point.

All your tarck bikes are hybrids too.

All my bikes are pure.

...anti

In fairness he did say couriers, rather than 'testers dad.

I did.
I was talking London in the late 1990s/millennium, a short while before the Fixed Gear bike was popularised as a fashion item. I know they rode slick rigid MTBs, because I rode one too. I know they raced MTB at the weekends (or weeknights when the Beastway series was on) because I'd occasionally race with them, or at least go to watch. As did the courier-owner of that rasta-painted Bontrager you guys loved/slated in here. The company I worked at had its own fleet of couriers, who I consulted plenty when I built my Volvo-Cannondale commuter.
I appreciate that Track bikes have been around a lot longer than MTBs, but there was a relatively short window of time when they ruled city streets. In many ways, a well-built one is still the ideal fast city street machine - almost like an adult-sized BMX that can sprint faster and brake far harder and later than a track bike. A lot better for taking the odd staircase too.

It's no coincidence that Muddy Fox had a hit with their Courier

Their address on that advert is now Fitzrovia Bikes, there's a bit of history for you :-)

^^ those were actually used by a lot of couriers too.

That's my kinda thing. Very nice.

Tango advert 1990: http://youtu.be/niV9DOfIkcM

Funny I was sure I remembered that ad with an MTB

last 5 pages of this thread have been awful, the game needs upping

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I don't see the follow up post ???

The thing I never get is why people rag on hybribs, but yet will build and photograph these things.

When I worked at CS, I quite liked the Whyte commuter bikes and the Specialized Sirrus Pro. I wouldn't post them in porn, but they're good at what they do.

This was in the Battaglin HQ near Marostica, VE, in Italy today. Giovanni Battaglin's 1981 Giro winning Pinarello. The man himself was in there chatting away, too.

That hybrid thing looks fun, would ride, not porn though. Well, it's about as porn as ....

http://www.fabscycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Boardman_Hybrid_Pro_xl.jpg

^ desperately need to sort out the framing on that jersey

^^^ Srs porn. Love the braking wear on the front rim, screams ridiculous ultra lightweight

Rad Sauce...

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