Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

LOOK what we invented !

with lots of storage room to sound like a rattle can while time trial

Burning man bike?

My eyes are bleeding! Whyyyyy would you do this??

@123seb @Sig_Arlecchino Well, you have to know that between 80 and 90's law changed and forkmount frames were banned and 650c front didn't, so clubs cut forkmounts and used frames with normal handlebars. That's the reason why this Rossin is like that, also why many Takhions has cut mounts as well.

Or you could purchase a new 650c fork.

You aren't thinking like club mechanics, why buy new fork, spend money when you can cut old? Remember, for cyclist those were just a frames, not something to adore. They ride to win not to look cool.
"hmm, in 25y those frames will be considered supercool, I'll leave this fork and put new 650 instead, to preserve it for collectors" - seems legit

Mate. Bikes should never be ridden. It's really dangerous and you can chip the frames.

Would they even be collectable if lots of them had survived?

Seriously, its pretty amazing any of them survived.

you have to know that between 80 and 90's law changed and forkmount frames were banned and 650c front didn't

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UCI banned unequal-sized wheels, but they have never banned alternative bar mounting methods.

http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/51/61/ClarificationGuideoftheUCITechnicalRegulation-15.01.2016-ENG_English.pdf

I believe paragraphs 1.3.021, 1.3.022 and 1.3.023 regulates design of fork and how bars should be mounted, and they don't mention possibility of fork mount, so obviously it is prohibited, otherwise it would be regulated.

@young_gun I think they sometimes just bought new frames, modern, and old were put in storages.

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I believe paragraphs 1.3.021, 1.3.022 and 1.3.023 regulates design of fork and how bars should be mounted

No, it regulates where bars are mounted. Both Emma Pooley's 2008 Olympic/World Champ UKSI bike with fork crown mounted bars and the 2016 Avantis with struts joining the fork blades to the bars passed post-Lugano UCI regulations.

More importantly, article 1.3.006 says "“The bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels of equal diameter", so cutting the stem off the crown wouldn't make a bike with a small front wheel legal even if crown mounted stems were illegal, which they aren't.

obviously it is prohibited, otherwise it would be regulated.

That's not how the 45 page clarification of the 84 page UCI regulations works. If it's not explicitly prohibited, it is permitted.

Thanks for explaining that, I really though it was banned. So, technically, 2x700c forkmounts (like Takhion, Rychtarski or early Textima) are legal?

So, technically, 2x700c forkmounts (like Takhion, Rychtarski or early Textima) are legal?

As long as they meet all the other regulations, yes. The stumbling block would be that none of them has the "UCI Approved" sticker on the frame.

none of them has the "UCI Approved" sticker on the frame

I guess back then frame didn't need to have one :D

I guess back then frame didn't need to have one

It's a very recent way the UCI have come up with to extort money from bicycle manufacturers.

Ye, lots of Swiss francs per frame... Ok, its such an interesting topic, but its anti-porn topic, so we should end

Did it take them a long time to catch on to the NJS stamp/sticker thing then?

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Haha. Almost like someone used the clone stamp tool in Photoshop.

They should have mounted 75cm wide drops for 8 front lights just to balance things up a bit.

Someone took the lyrics at the end of Roxanne too literally.

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