Names and faces to bikes

My muduard is made by tefal

Hah, I've been recommending Max to try out those brake hood on the rattlecanned plack bike, he digress.

and now look at him riding on the bloody hood like there's no tomorrow!

What!?

Why would I put brake levers on a track bike?

max, i dreamt about you last night.
I think the grey mountain also featured.

so it's Natalie one minute, Max the next....

What!?

Why would I put brake levers on a track bike?

Its not a track bike unless you are riding it on the track.

Just like a track car is not a track car if its only being driven on the road.

That makes no sense.

So if I see an F1 car parked at a car show it's not an F1 car? Or an airplane waiting to take off? Is that a groundplane?

I.e., it's still a track bike. It's just not being ridden on the track.

Thanks Mark. Haha 'groundplane'.

It's a track bike, not a 'road fixed'.

you guys make me laugh!!!!

That makes no sense.

So if I see an F1 car parked at a car show it's not an F1 car? Or an airplane waiting to take off? Is that a groundplane?

It does make sense because the word "track" describes the place the bike is to be used, not just the style of bike.

If someone had a geared bike that they only rode on the track, they could legitimately call it their "track bike".

If you had a F1 style car that was driven mainly on the road, it would no longer be an F1 car. And to make it road worthy, you would have to remove its track worthyness making it even more distant from its F1 origins.

Is a track bike by design still a track bike when its ridden mainly as a road bike? And when it does not have the gear ratio to make it track worthy? I dont think so, but perhaps others do.

Yeah I see your logic, it's just not very good. My bike is a track bike, whether I race it on the track or ride it for work.

It's not exactly a road bike??! Every single component on it is designed for TRACK racing.

does it matter?! fuckin ell.... watching this argument is like watching a mouse repeatedly bite into an electrocuted piece of cheese.

Far more tedious I'm afraid. All I can think about now is a mouse getting buzzed repeatedly. It has Max's face and large round ears.

Screw you Gav. :-)

haha :)
funny pointless arguments.
"groundplane" is awesome :)

Sorry Max, I can't stop thinking about mousemax being zapped. I need a life.

It does make sense because the word "track" describes the place the bike is to be used, not just the style of bike.

No. It describes what the bike was designed for. What it was designed for doesn't change when it's ridden elsewhere.

If someone had a geared bike that they only rode on the track, they could legitimately call it their "track bike".

I don't know what you mean by "legitimately", but they could call it whatever they wanted. It doesn't change the fact that they are riding a road bike.

A bike is what it is because it was designed to do that task. I.e.: A track bike is a bike designed to be ridden on a velodrome; A road bike is a bike designed to be ridden on the road; A mountain bike is a bike designed to be ridden off-road.

They don't change when you do something else with them (a road bike does not become a mountain bike when it is ridden off-road).

I need a life.

I've got one. Got it off Freecycle, yours for a pint.

Well said Mark.

Well said Mark.

Right Said Fred cover band...

Thanks for the Welcome.

The ride was excellent and took 8-9 days. We cycled from London to Harwich then took a ferry overnight to Esjburg in Denmark. Headed south through Denmark and into Germany where we picked up the Rhine and followed it to Dresden. The whole route was pretty flat, which was good as we carried our tents and kit, and the only real climbs were as we crossed the Czech Boarder before cycling down to Prague. I probably could have done with some slicks and done away with the suspension forks, but keeping them meant that I could go offroad at times. There was an excellent Beer festival in Prague when we finished and I would reccomend the route to anyone.

Fuck me, that's a long way, I did 200km fixed in a day last time I went back to Poland and I couldn't sit on my bike for another 2 days + carrying all my belongings on the back :/

In other words: restekp!

They don't change when you do something else with them (a road bike does not become a mountain bike when it is ridden off-road).

Im kinda just pointlessly trolling. But in my logic, that road bike is not a road bike unless it is being ridden on the road. By design sure, but not by purpose. I use the purpose to make the distinction.

Im guessing max's bike doesnt have a track gear, so it makes it instantly unsuitable as a track bike in the "design/suitability" sense, so it loses the title on both accounts.

That argument = fail

A DH bike ridden on the road does not make it a road bike, a road bike ridden off road does not make it a MTB.

They are named for the purpose they are designed for, not the purpose they are used for.

So would you advertise to sell a track frame as a road frame because you never had the chance to ride it on a track?

That argument = fail

A DH bike ridden on the road does not make it a road bike, a road bike ridden off road does not make it a MTB.

They are named for the purpose they are designed for, not the purpose they are used for.

Yeah but the naming you speak of is from when/how the product is made & sold. Do you not feel important enough to place your own labelling to your possessions?