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Huh... that's certainly an interesting thought; sounds like a reasonable solution to me.

Caveat with beltdrive bicycles: requires new bike or having a coupler added to your current bike... I'm still waiting for one of you to make the switch.

The funny part about the yellow Livestrong bike is... at least with the online coverage of the Giro it doesn't actually stand out... there's so much going on it disappears like Dazzle camouflage.

I wonder whether they'll auction the bike off or something?

Might partially explain how over the top the paintjobs are (beyond him being a Texan).

I used to have a twisted front wheel on my Rossin-conversion... it seemed to really tighten-up the handling.

I know this will sound weird, but with every viewing that Bilenky gets less awesome for me. The first dozen times I saw it I was wowed though (unfortunately this feels like viewing one thousand and one).

why cant he toe the line and ride an Astana finished bike since thats the team he is in).

At the rate things are going it might not be Astana much longer...

I kinda dig the yellow and black Livestrong Trek: it's so jarring it'll confuse and disorient opponents.

yeah, they're not cheap, those are the schwinn slimline grips which retail for something like £30-40

the Old BSR.com don't have the white ones in stock.

odd, they seem to be available online for $15 dollars or so... maybe not in the UK though.

That Colnago makes my day I think... I know some of the lacquering or whatnot is a bit much, but Colnagos and Rossins have license to be over the top.

That's not a quick release lever on the back, is it?

Grips like those are expensive?

I find it a little surprising I guess, although I suppose they only look common because they used to appear on tons of 60-70s cheap American kids bikes.

It is lovely.

I'm not suggesting the Stridas, etc aren't fun to ride, I'm just moaning and groaning about their inclusion in the porn thread. The Mode is also 32 pounds... which isn't horrible, but it isn't light either.

If you knew me you'd know I was laughing my ass off writing that. I'm a sick, sick man.

Anyway, you're right I suppose... the Luxtech and the stridas et al in the course of two days was a little hard to take; but even on this page there're some tasty bits to balance it out.

And believe me, I know how much worse it could be...

I've gotta be honest with you... you guys are totally slipping on the amount of chaff that slips through and makes it up here. This thread used to be full of class, now its moving toward picking up every gimmicky-whore that comes strolling down the avenue.

That said clearly you're entitled to enjoy plastic surgery if you want to... but at this rate I'm going to have to move on to another country's bikeporn.

To be fair: much of it is intriguing... but I don't think that makes it porn-worthy.

i wouldnt trust anything thats named after £1 a bottle cider.

White Lightning?

I think so, yep...

My question isn't whether it can handle torque, it's how well the belt will respond to being compressed if you're trying to stop using your legs... and particularly how will it deal with going in one direction, and then quite suddenly the other (what I was really getting at was, if the belt were a little more slack than ideal, how would it perform then).

Time will tell... being used in even 1000 bikes doesn't mean it will stand the test of time.

PS: and what's this internet thing I'm on? There was nothing wrong with semaphore!

I don't think belt drive qualifies as porn at this point... did you notice they never actually show the coupler in that youtube video?

Sounds like an interesting concept for certain uses... but I have my doubts it will go far outside of the hybrid/utility/commuter market.

I'm curious how well the belt works in terms of stopping on a fixed if it loses tension (due to wheel slippage for instance).

If you don't mind me asking Sterns, isn't that seat a tad far forward?

Nice bike though... shame to see the internal cable routing go to waste.

That Casati is gorgeous...

Ah... is that why you guys object to "Readers' Wives" so much?

Makes sense, I had figured it was just a quirk...

I was thinking maybe it was just me who this wasn't doing much for...

I like it... but then, I for one can't stand matching leather saddle and wrap...

u know T M, i can see that, but i can see the other side too. If i didn't ride the bmx i think i'd be a bit of a fiend on a fixed gear, i would be a bit silly and want to have my bike skills dialled and road awareness to a point i could ride safe for myself and others at speed. in saying this i would have to be realistic about the consequences...... i think in london it's outrageous, as in, so many variables and fucking tools; bike riders, car, taxi, truck, bus drivers that it's even more dangerous.

back home i will be brakeless cause hell, it's chilled and roads are a dream, while in london a brake will be on.

The part I didn't mention was that I currently ride brakeless (I'll spare people the resume, but I'll say I feel fairly comfortable with my ability to ride brakeless).

But I also admit there's very little reason not to have a brake at all... no one said you have to use it. And hey, better to have that option on the rare occasion you drop a chain over flintstoning-it.

That and with a brake you can run a way more aggressive gearing... fun!

PS: there are times I take issue with your selections, but take it from another American, the bikes that pass as porn on this site are way classier than most of what you see in the States.

PS #2: Sorry Irish Mick, I missed your initial point entirely... I wasn't being clear but one of the implications of my complaint about the disc-crankbrake was the point you were making... if a person wants a disc brake that bad I'm sure someone will make a fork with a mount (weird on a fixed in my opinion, but whatever). In which case you'd have a discbrake on your fixedgear that's truly effective at doing what it's meant for. I was also being somewhat facetious in my complaint about people's attitude about brakeless fixed riding.

I love how all you people feign civility when... the second riding brakeless comes up... it turns into "what a bloody git" and all that.

As for Irish Mick: having two mechanical brakes, or one mechanical brake, does not mean you can't stop or slow down with your legs.

I can't speak for Canada. In the US the law varies, where I am technically one is supposed to have a braking device that allows the rider to stop on dry pavement in x # of feet. I have yet to see that law enforced here.

As for riding brakeless, I agree most people should never do it on the street, and the small # of people who are ok doing it, probably shouldn't do it anyway (there's no logical reason not to have, at the very least, a front brake).

I'm going to go out on a limb and leave myself open to attack for knowing next to nothing about engineering type things, but doesn't that semi-pointless?

I mean, sure, it may work well for stopping the forward motion of the cranks, but then you're relying on the ability of the chain to stop the back wheel... sounds both inefficient and somewhat alarming to ride?

Obviously with a fixedgear there's stopping that involves the chain and cranks, but that sounds less abrupt and easier to coordinate in terms of braking and crank motion (in that you don't need to coordinate them when stopping using your legs, whereas I'd imagine using the crank-brake does require a little synchronicity).

You make an excellent point.

Perfect for what?