pistonbroke
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That's right fool! 650b iz da best.There you go again.
Now my submissions are worthless.
Lighten up.
That's right fool! 650b iz da best.There you go again.
Now my submissions are worthless.
Lighten up.
I don't have so much issue with a heap of development stuff but tapered steerers are an annoyance. It's a half-assed move to keep the same steerer diameter so that the same stems can be used etc. Everyone should just take cannondale's lead and get on with 1.5! This is worse on road bikes with My spesh (roadie) having some stupid 1 3/8 bottom steerer with a custom taper on the fork! Who the hell needs a stronger headset on a road bike?I truly dont care if someone wants to put disc brakes on their bike.
I have never felt I needed more brakes even in the wet.
But if someone else does, good on them.
My opinion is that thy are not needed if you ride to the conditions.
That does not mean that everyone has to have the same opinion.
And dont feel that I am picking only on road disc brakes.
I also think that through axles, 142/12, tapered steerers, BB30 and a heap of other bike stuff is unnecessary too.
Tapered steerers are just as stiff (stiffer according to some tests) that a straight 1.5 and significantly lighter.I don't have so much issue with a heap of development stuff but tapered steerers are an annoyance. It's a half-assed move to keep the same steerer diameter so that the same stems can be used etc. Everyone should just take cannondale's lead and get on with 1.5! This is worse on road bikes with My spesh (roadie) having some stupid 1 3/8 bottom steerer with a custom taper on the fork! Who the hell needs a stronger headset on a road bike?
Would you like me to nominate you for UCI technical chief?And dont feel that I am picking only on road disc brakes.
I also think that through axles, 142/12, tapered steerers, BB30 and a heap of other bike stuff is unnecessary too.
Yep, but marketing hype sells bikes.Would you like me to nominate you for UCI technical chief?
Honestly, we were just fine with wooden rims and downtube shifters.
There'd still be marketing hype and arguments.Yep, but marketing hype sells bikes.
I would have thought that a 57cm would be too big for you to be honest.Hey guys, how should a road bike fit?
Test rode a cheap second hand bike today (57cm), top tube felt really short. I also had to really extend my neck to look far enough down the road.
I'm 181 cm tall, my current MTB is a L/XL hardtail with a 90mm stem. It feels much longer in the cockpit than the roady.
Braking performance on Balsa rims (all wooden rims to be honest) can easily be sorted by using Stonestop Arkansas whetstones instead of those modern polymer brake blocks....I really like the lighter weight of Balsa but I just can't get past the crappy brake performance. Wolbers new Cedar rim with the charred brake surface treatment seems to be the goods, light durable and great braking performance.
Hmm. My MTB is definitely not on the small side, but I like it. I'd probably get a medium if I wanted more of a technically oriented bike but it works great for xc stuff.I would have thought that a 57cm would be too big for you to be honest.
I am 187cm and ride a 58cm.
Then again I would have thought a L/XL (19"?) MTB would have been too big for you too so what would I know.
OK, the Europa was one of their lower end models.I think it's real - there's a few photos on the net of Concorde Europas with a similarly garish paint job.
This appears to be one of their real budget models though - made in Taiwan, unknown tubing.