BBBs - Big Beautiful Bikes

^ i'm worried about custom geo...
1 i have zero technical knowledge about geometry, what i know is from t'internet, so i'd be worried about fucking around with any measurements. i was delighted to find a factory spec that has a 64cm ST.
and 2 i'd be worried about Mielec fucking it up.

My MASH was great on the road, that is all.

histo or bolt?

OG. So closer to the bolt. Rode it with a tighter fork though and it was still good.

geometry look almost identical except the headtube is a tiny tiny bit slacker.

See that shows my poor understanding; the marketing material presents the higher BB and steeper head tube as reason for issuing a new version (the histo). I then perceive it as a more significant change than it (probably) is, partly why I am not keen on messing with geometry for Mielec.

Fair enough.

If I was getting a Mielec, I'd have similar measurement but with a slacker seat tube says a traditional/standard 73 degrees (putting the saddle in an idea position from the bottom bracket) and a slightly longer seat tube so there won't be many seatpost showing making the slope look even more aggressive like those old school time triallier without looking very faux-pro.

like how those compact geo bicycle look like it have an aggressive saddle to bar drop, even when it technically isn't, like this example;

Not just a track cyclist (Link)

^^ the histogram comes in XXL

thinking about mielec-ing it

My MASH was great on the road, that is all.

Any ideas of what the frames are worth second hand?

350ish?

possibly more if in good condition, they hold value quite well due to hipster-factor, kind of like Omniums.

Cheers Apollo, thinking of getting one, but I know I will probably flip it...

Middle aged hipster crisis... #FML

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#tigerblood

61x59

Ergostem is living with the LA84s, will be brought out in time....

(in case you missed it...)

NOTE: the Ergostem centerpiece (Logo) can we swapped around so that the vertex of the curve in below rather than above. This is how they were originally sold:

Its interesting that Look later started to deliver them so the logo was no longer on its head when fully extended.
The new Carbon Ergostem (2013) flips it around again in the box:

In case one is wondering... claimed 331g versus claimed 365g for the HSC Noir 31.8.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=200913668594&kw=200913668594
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzIwWDk2MA==/z/KNYAAMXQ71xRYxhc/$T2eC16NHJGYE9nooh,RmBRY)hcF0E!~~60_12.JPG?set_id=880000500F

tidy, would be grand to have that riding round Cardiff again.

Nice to back on tha BBB tip....

A brian rourke bargain for someone if it fits and you're after a nice road frame

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/custom-built-brian-rourke-953-64cm-frame-costs-160000-new/1015548566#gallery-item-full-2

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Readers wife's. This is my new frame 60.5 c-c. 853.

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looks t-rex-tastic.

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welcome to the club.

71 cm's of very cool champion mondial for sale here for €180:
http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-racefietsen/m693348952-gazelle-champion-mondial-semi-race.html?c=a2384ef0ece270f44503df9f8598c624&previousPage=lr

awesome