Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

kind of, the rear derailleur is STI's, and the front dearilleur is for the downtube shifter.

kinda make sense since you'd rarely shift the front derailleur.

kind of, the rear derailleur is STI's, and the front dearilleur is for the downtube shifter.

***kinda ***make sense since you'd rarely shift the front derailleur.

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It makes not sense. Unless it broke and that's a temp solution.

one main reason I can think of is that it's easier to maintain if there's a problem.

Maybe. But then you just think why not have a bar end? Even if you wanted one brake shifter.

I really didn't know quite where to post this but it would have to pass the functional test...

You can read all about it here:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/sperm-bike-copenhagen-donor-samples-fertility-clinics-bullitt-cargo-bicycle.php

Strange they didn't go with a split saddle.

Sprem bike just made my day. the bigger picture being mentioned in the comments on the sperm bike page, corporate advertisting, have interesting things wheeled around cities I think would grab more attention than billboards on bikes kind of thing*

*is it just me, or when I see a billboard bike I look at the machine and how it functions with much more interest than whatever is on the back of it? Nope? just me then >>>>>>>>

Also this bike is lush, but why would you want dog shit flavoured drinks bottle?

Agree. A bottle there will need a lot of rinsing before you'd want to drink from it. Possibly 750mL of rinsing, which is a a logic fail.

as someone mentioned earlier......quite often you put your spare fuel for your stove in a bottle under there....*sigh!

Well if you're drinking meths, you're probably not bothered I s'pose.

You've met Murtle then, SF?

Yes meths could be useful if your camping. Dog shit? Probably only if your touring in the local play park!

A bit of dust on your bottle is alright, and things other than water bottles fit in water bottle cages. Such as battery packs, tool tubs and wotnot.

There are bosses for three bottle cages. Other than extra water carrying capacity, some people use the third cage to carry a stove fuel bottle, keeping any potential fuel leakage away from the rest of the gear.

eat shit drink meths

Agree. A bottle there will need a lot of rinsing before you'd want to drink from it. Possibly 750mL of rinsing, which is a a logic fail.

unless you have mudguard, of which the bike does have.

mine didn't get dirty when I rode it, but then I did have mudflap as well.

I'm assuming the bike is "foldable"? The placement could be be a design compromise. It's clear it has a ST cage but perhaps no space for a DT cage?

Any pics of the whole bike?

why go to the effort of putting those shifters there when you could just have sti's

Nope. http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/03/beautiful_bicycle_my_geekhouse.php

why go to the effort of putting those shifters there when you could just have sti's

can't really see a problem TBH, it's a touring bike, you hardly going to race on it to required sti.

those are more convenience than downtube shifter frankly.

To me the torch is the most ridiculous part.

why go to the effort of putting those shifters there when you could just have sti's

Because friction shifters are more reliable, and easier to repair

Armstrong used to run a DT shifter for his front derailleur, apparently so he could fine tune the FD position on mountain stages, something that isn't possible with STIs I believe, though never used 'em myself.

commuter porn?

Who makes these beautiful front and rear racks?

Ok so there seems to be a greater influx of builders producing frames with front racks, but my sensible inner self says surely it would effect the handling, wouldn't a rear rack make more sense? Non?
See here

i've never ridden a bike with a front rack like that but my guess is that since it is attached to the frame, not the fork it doesnt move with the steering so it probably doesnt matter that much. Especially if its load is small compared to the riders body weight.