2010 Bikes

Just to fucking annoy you lot.. here's some fucking gears from a country nowhere near this place off road. Deal with it, bedwetters. 2011 model here: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain_full_suspension/fuel_ex/fuelex99

You only joined last week ffs! Wind your neck in.

wind my neck in? just got an image of the snapback tape measures. wierd.

Love that footon-servetto's Fuji are all gold, even with uber-bling gold bar tape, yet their highest placed rider was 53rd & the team came 20th out of 22 in the TdF.

Fake it to make it I suppose.

If you've got the bling, you don't need the zing.

If you've got the bling, you don't need the zing.

On my gravestone please.

The tubes on that BMC are woven around a mould, as opposed to being made of layered sheets of CF - so each thread is spun around the whole tube. Sounds like a (potentially) really good idea

It's a good idea for pressure vessels such as aircraft fuselage sections and hydrogen fuel tanks, where the stress is quite uniform. For the complex loads on a bicycle tube, laying up pre-woven sheets provides a bit more flexibility with placing particular ply angles at particular points. Generally, if a manufacturer draws attention to the method of production, it's because they are trying to draw attention away from the results. Not that BMCs are bad (albeit that they snap in half when crashed), but there are about half a dozen possible ways of making a carbon frame, and any of them can make a great frame or a terrible one according to the quality of design and manufacture, pretty much independently of the actual method used.

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so where's the 2011 thread?

hippy merged it into this one.

Not too early, as product launches for next season are already under way. First thing I though when I saw that there was a new post in this thread was that it must be time for the 2011 thread.

2011 is well and truly here!

It's all about Razor scooters.

I still rock a micro!

Were these ever released or available in the UK?

The Ciocc website isn't helpful.

It has, and TokyoFixed have them.

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    Hi guys,

I would like to buy my first fixed gear, and I hesitate between two: the Bianchi Pista Via Brera 2010, and the Prima Foffa. I know that they are really different bikes, but I would like to know which one is the best to use after work and during the week-ends to have fun on it. You do not seem to like Foffa bikes, but I would like to have quite an objective opinion...
Thanks and sorry for my english (I am French)

We don't like your kind around here.

What, people that want an objective opinion?

My usual advice: get a Fuji Track and spend the remaining money on (in order) wheels, saddle and crankset. Mine has served me very well - I don't think there's much to be gained by spending more on an OTP other than a nicer paintjob.

What, people that want an objective opinion?

No, French people. There's enough of us. I mean, them.

Very open minded Lolo, great thanks.

Thank you Steff for your advice

Competitors for the budget, good, fast bike for 2011 are the Felt Curbside, and the Specialized Langster[[/url]. The Curbside's quoted weight is 18.75lbs. I bet the Langster is the lighter in real life.

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Specialized Langster