Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Are those carbon tyres? Want.

The ultimate for whip skidz....

adjustable stem and upside down riser bars is pure win.

Don't forget the one-piece crankset!

shoddy grass too

re. the 14, If you want to spend near a grand on a vispalike then that's fair enough, doesn't do it for me though...

is that twin spoked contraption from Scobles current projects?

Visp?! Piss off.

Most people spend near enough a grand on a mass produced aluminun branded track frame from Taiwan. So a hand built fillet brazed Reynolds 853 frame is a bargain.

That is so wonderful. That's an integrated seatmast that's been cut almost to nothing.

So not only is it a hilarious subversion of the aero nature of the bike, but it is ruined for any future buyer (unless they have titchy legs and a long torso).

That is actually brilliant.

Great for tricks though....

regarding the 14R my question is why? technology moved on for a reason no? Is it just an exercise to show "look what we can do with steel"? I don't get it. I think the design could've done more to distance itself from the run of the mill visps, fujis and leaders as well, for a custom built 853 frame.

It amuses me that to make the lo-pro they've raised the TT.

Also, this new aluminium-profile 853 sounds, er, interesting... they make it that deep section? Really?

I wanted to call it a Pursuit, but it would have been lost on today's riders.

They do make it that deep. Why does nobody believe this? I'm getting an official letter from Reynolds to prove this is 853.

Just because you ain't seen it before...

I suppose you would be dumbfounded if Shimano releases a 28 speed group set in 2013?!

Most people spend near enough a grand on a mass produced aluminun branded track frame from Taiwan.

Orly? They've been ripped off then. £600 is a good price for a branded alu frame.

regarding the 14R my question is why? technology moved on for a reason no? Is it just an exercise to show "look what we can do with steel"? I don't get it. I think the design could've done more to distance itself from the run of the mill visps, fujis and leaders as well, for a custom built 853 frame.

Technology has not moved on... This is the Fixed Gear Single Speed Forum right?!
I suppose that riding a single speed bike is at the height of technology...

You are missing the point by a lot.

"Technology" as you say, moved on because the cycling industry wanted to keep the customers interested in buying new products. Gears were introduced into the tour de france to make the race more exciting, not because the riders wanted them.

Steel is recyclable. Carbon and Aluminum is not so. Or have they invented a way to do that with carbon yet?! Who knows.

Steel will last you a lifetime (Unless you are one of those people who like to buy new things for the sake of it, which I am beginning to think you and most of the world are)
853 is as stiff as you need it to be and Aero 853 is stiffer than that.

Lets see your distanced design please!

I designed this frame in early 2009, I'm still riding it daily now. A friend of mine had a Roberts steel Aero frame from the 90's and it was awesome, I wish I could have owned that bike... but guess what! They don't make em like that any more and also Reynolds has the only machine that can still draw Aero 853. All the other tubing companies threw there machines away. We would have such a lot more beautiful steel frames around if only they were not as hasty to follow the cycling industry's fashionable trends.

Sorry for the rant. But it's true.

Alu is not recyclable? So the drinks industry has been lying to us all these years? Shit son.

Alu is not recyclable? So the drinks industry has been lying to us all these years? Shit son.

Yeah they print Alu symbols on the steel cans, actually it's stainless steel branded as Aluminum (magnets don't stick) so It's pretty much 953 (which is hardened 853).

Why matt black? I mean why a colour that usually associate with Leader?

since when is black associated with leader bikes?

Why matt black? I mean why a colour that usually associate with Leader?

Because I like Matte black. What is your favorite colour Ed?

It's pretty much 953 (which is hardened 853).

How fucking clueless are you? Go back to metallurgy school.

Because I like Matte black. What is your favorite colour Ed?

Rack

How fucking clueless are you? Go back to metallurgy school.

I admit, there is more to it than that... I did not go to metallurgy school. I know you home schooled yourself on that stuff. I appreciate a nerds input like yours. Thank you :)

They do make it that deep.

As deep as the shit render? No.
As deep as the one of which we've seen photographs? Obviously, and nobody questioned that.

Technology has not moved on...

Wrong. Even in steel, 953 is substantially stronger than 853.

853 is as stiff as you need it to be and Aero 853 is stiffer than that.

Wrong again. The main determinant of practical frame stiffness is torsion in the down tube, and for that a tube of circular cross section simply can't be beat.

Steel is recyclable. Carbon and Aluminum is not so. Or have they invented a way to do that with carbon yet?! Who knows.

me, i know. Carbon is recyclable, unfortunately the easiest way of doing it involves shredding it which gives you shorter length fibers (much like recycles paper) so the carbon isn't as strong, but its still good for reinforcing polymers etc

I'm just going to add this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling

broken carbon frames make good wall hanging pieces.

broken carbon rims make good coat hangers.