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I really like what the american have come up with regard to manipulating max tubes. for example the top tube of this max is rotated in a way that the flat section is joint with the headtube instead of seattube. Both Steve Hampsten and Dave Kirk agreed that this will result with better riding feel as lateral stiffness is improved. Not sure if that is a total marketing BS but it does look better that way. flat section on the seattube joint looks a little bit awkward especially when it is lugged.
Hampsten logo - very simple and elegant. it goes well with single color paint scheme, a design suitable with steel bikes. Font was designed by House Industry btw. The same design house who design Richard Sach's font.
The fit - Hamspten has their own philosophy when it comes to bike fitting; and it revolves around the length of the stem. smaller bike will be designed to couple with shorter stem. for example 50-52cm bike should be fitted to take 100mm stem. bigger frame should take longer stem. According to them, the weight distribution is proportionate with the length of the toptube. I tend to agree.
since LFGSS has a very unrealistically stupid aesthetic appreciation, not sure this bike or pic is porn enough, since the crank angle wasn't setup correctly in the pic..
asshole.
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@Vanneau both Dan and i knew that this isnt about how expensive your equipments are. Go back to school and you could probably learn something or two.
@dan I know what those tyres are. Good set you got there for the purpose.
All bikes are for riding, never for looking. And for a guy like you who may have ridden for years, for thousands miles, and to critize a bike not to be a porn worthy just because it has funny angles, slight upward handlebar setup, is to me really stupid, uneducated opinion.
Aesthetics are important, but fit always come first. Then you work around the desired geometry, contact points etc. you knew this already, no?
To keep the joke running --
asshole.
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I thought I'd be banned for my previous post.. You lot are not too bad..
But seriously LFGSS need to up its game. I used to come here very often but not anymore.
There's one time some dude asked why the OP's bike in some other thread is not on Prolly's yet. Fucken hell. Is being featured in Prolly means that you have a good and nice bike and worthy of a Bike Porn thread???
Yeah welcome to internet, you fuck face. Yes that means all of you!
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£350 shipped worldwide will sell all day long on ebay. I recently sold a Pinarello Asolo road frame, admittedly NOS but not the highest in the range for £740 to someone in Malaysia. People overseas are prepared to pay a lot more imo. If that was a 51/52 you'd see £500 to someone in the far east.
I can vouch this. I'm not living in the UK and it's very hard to find a good steel frame out here. The scarcity is driving people to look out at overseas and are willing to pay top dollar for a frame in an only OK condition. The problem is of course the sizing.. 52cm to 54cm frame is really hard to get by here..
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it's good design. with so much put into it. the fit, the tubing, the logo.
you and your suggestion can go fuck yourself.