Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

probably some major internal cable housing thingy, can kind see it at the bottom of his shorts in the back and where the tape ends by the stem

why even bother, internal cables are such a pain in the ass to do

probably some major internal cable housing thingy, can kind see it at the bottom of his shorts in the back and where the tape ends by the stem

why even bother, internal cables are such a pain in the ass to do

Hiden where? Under the bar tape that isn't there? So inside the bars, through the hollow stem and through the frame all the way?

There are none. Look at the top of the hoods. Compensating for all that useless heavy tubing hanging off it.

Agree.Can't see the point with those frames.Unless they were made to look different.

why even bother, internal cables are such a pain in the ass to do

Cables inside the bars, exit next to the stem. That's how we rolled in the 1980s, and it wasn't very hard to do. Whether the aerodynamic improvement was of any significance when we also had shallow rims and 28 spokes even in our 'best' wheels is moot.

Agree.Can't see the point with those frames.Unless they were made to look different.

super short wheel base and supposed to be stiffer

mdcc tester do you remember the Alf Engers TT bikes he rode during the 70's.Great machines.

super short wheel base and supposed to be stiffer

Why is that any use on a 25 miler?

supposed to be stiffer

Supposed to be, and they probably are stiffer than a frame made with the normal number of the same guage tubes. Of course, you could make something even stiffer and lighter by building a conventional frame from slightly over sized tubes, but we would have to wait some 50 years between the invention of the 'Flying Gate' and the ubiquitous use of oversized tubes.

ubiquitous use of oversized tubes.

"Ubiquitous"? I'm not seeing a lot of oversized steel on the roads?

Ubiquitous for racing, whether it's steel, aluminium or carbon. You probably do see a lot of oversized steel, you've just got used to the big tubes and don't recognise them as oversized. Classic tubes set is 1" top tube and 1⅛" seat tube and down tube, 1" steerer in a 1¼" head tube. Anything with a 1⅛" steerer is likely to be ⅛" oversize on all the other tubes, except the seat tube.

Why is that any use on a 25 miler?

dunno ask the bloke who designed it

Ubiquitous for racing, whether it's steel, aluminium or carbon. You probably do see a lot of oversized steel, you've just got used to the big tubes and don't recognise them as oversized. Classic tubes set is 1" top tube and 1⅛" seat tube and down tube, 1" steerer in a 1¼" head tube. Anything with a 1⅛" steerer is likely to be ⅛" oversize on all the other tubes, except the seat tube.

Yeah, so that "undersized" one would be my Cinelli squadra coursa then for example. Never felt the need to bolt a load more tube on that to make it work. Oh and my Gazelle. And me Raleigh. And me Dawes.

Yeah, so that "undersized" one would be my Cinelli squadra coursa then for example. Never felt the need to bolt a load more tube on that to make it work. Oh and my Gazelle. And me Raleigh. And me Dawes.

Yes, there are millions of old frames with classic tube sizes which work just fine, even with the paper thin 753 tubes.

Hiden where? Under the bar tape that isn't there? So inside the bars, through the hollow stem and through the frame all the way?

you can se cables popping out around the stem if you look closely....

repost?

yikes, i know some one making a bamboo bike, i really dont get why, it looks horrid

Oof the last two bikes on the previous page are really really bad.

not to bad at all

apart from being hideous

+1 haha

apart from saddle angle its easily fixed by lowering screen saturation to 0.

Why do people find this sort of thing necessary?

Caption:

Problem Solving:

Fixed gear track bike…The frame, seat and integrated handlebar stem form a single, uninterrupted line from front to back. Designed to be hand built using traditional cro-mo steel tubing and fillet brazing.

This shit frame creates more problems than it solves pal.

Also:

That frame is frome a cheap decatholon town bike. So I think its a pretty fun cruiser bike all in all. I wouldnt have it fixed though.