Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Not only does it look cheap & nasty, it has that new, standard-non standard bcd, which will now trickle down to all the other mtb chainsets :-(

when is too big too big tho?

When you are uncomfortable or when you have no clearance at all for the jewels.

Touring bikes/MTB bikes decree sloping top tubes/a slightly smaller size, in case you come off. On anything else an inch of clearance (with vertical tt...) used to be the norm. Which means the Low with the zipps is just about.

However...and that's where it gets complex: If you are quite short and need a shorter than 50 cm TopTube, if the company doesn't offer 650C you may have to end up taking a 50 cm TT frame, with a very short/stem seatpost less you have too much toe overlap. Some Keirin frames show little seatpost/short stems.

It's shortism...that's what it is! :)

tl:dr

If you're short then you an extra reason to embrace compact geo.

wow.

probs actually quite good tho

Compact Geo doesn't solve the toe overlap issue if you are short. Hence Madison / Hoi offer 650C models. If you need a higher HT and are tall compact geo will do the job just fine :)

Signed, a relatively short person (owning 51-53 TT baiks)

I didn't specify a wheel size.

650b is probably the way forward.

http://youtu.be/d8y9e6lhKbU

hab mich bepisst vor lachen !

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Yah whack.

Cut the steerer, level the saddle and that looks good to me.

The lump on each bolt hole is removable, which is odd.

Look nicer in real life.

Look fine to me.

Meh. Generic MAMIL chariot is generic.

chain ring contact point on those cranks are just hilarious

The more i looked, the worse it got..

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I've always hated those "pista" shape drops. Thats obviously the least of their worries though.
Too many to list.

On paper that's a fixie top-trump wet dream.

As a bicycle it's fucking atrocious.

Also, I don't understand the fixie thing of untaped bars. Never ever looks good.

Wow.