Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What the heck kind of Vs are these?

http://img199.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/8/8/3/7/catclaw14-img600x450-1174271913r0015689.jpg
Anyone know anything about the rims?

Seen some of those the other day at Proteck.

Yeah, but are they circular crack rocks? Why the hell is that auction so high?

Some people wanna buy something they have no idea how to build. Like maybe the guy getting the gold Bridgestone the other night.

what i really don't get is the bars....

fsnl
sparky

what i really don't get is the bars....

fsnl
sparky

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what i really don't get is the bars....

fsnl
sparky


Eh, the vast majority of people I see with track drops only ride on the tops anyway. Might as well cut off those pesky drops!

Eh, the vast majority of people I see with track drops only ride on the tops anyway. Might as well cut off those pesky drops!

Then why not just get risers??

I always think the tops of drops are real comfy, moreso than straight flatbars or risers. I don't see why it is taboo to cut dat sh1t. Seems kind of stupid everyone goes apesh1t over it when somebody cuts the drops off. Let people do what they like.

Those seem like a huge status symbol rolling advert: HEY LOOK EVERYONE, DEEP Vs. I'M COOL NOW RITE?

Then why not just get risers??

yeah...I was being sarcastic there

My question is still unanswered.

Haha, the bars.

mmmm velocity deep v's?

http://www.kingshavelongarms.co.uk/images/kingssmall.gif

I think they are deep v's, but i'm not sure :D

Just kidding, try emailing Velocity. They are pretty good about getting back to you. I know they do custom work too... Who knows.

Machined side-walls? DO NOT WANT.

The ugly kind?

the logos on the rims scream "EXPENSIVE ROAD BIKE" to me. i like them better without the obnoxiousness.

ugh does it bother anyone else that the front spoke pattern does not match the rear spoke pattern? i like the front pattern better though.

ugh does it bother anyone else that the front spoke pattern does not match the rear spoke pattern?.

LOL

the logos on the rims scream "EXPENSIVE ROAD BIKE" to me. i like them better without the obnoxiousness.

first thing that came to mind when i saw the rims, was road bike, the remind me of mavic kysriums, or other expensive road wheels.

this bike screams 'steal me'.

what kind of seat is that?

those bars are for doing tricks. you get the best hand position (where you would ride the hoods if you had brakes) and you don't get the extensions that will snag your pants/legs if you had drops or bullhorns when doing leg-over-bar skids

http://www.americanapparel.net/morephotos/6456/6456_02.jpg

ugh does it bother anyone else that the front spoke pattern does not match the rear spoke pattern? i like the front pattern better though.

front wheel radial, makes a nice stiff wheel http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html#radial

back wheels cant have radial spokes cause of the stress of the torque from your drivechain, it'd destroy it... i think. someone help me out here. AMIRITE

front wheel radial. AMIRITE

Looks like 2x to me.

those bars are for doing tricks. you get the best hand position (where you would ride the hoods if you had brakes) and you don't get the extensions that will snag your pants/legs if you had drops or bullhorns when doing leg-over-bar skids
That's exactly what a Japanese guy with bars like that told me.

http://www.americanapparel.net/morephotos/6456/6456_02.jpg

Pimping it hard.

Boosh!!!!!!!!

The bars are frowning.

Hrm, I've hated that type of bar on other bikes but for some reason, they look okay on this one. Hrm....

I hate this bike.

The rims look like a f**king huge spoiler on a 1984 Toyota Corrolla. The bars (hear ya about use of drops - I've wrapped the shoulders on my track drops only) are fugly. I'm so busy being offended by this abomination that I don't even know what kind of frame it is.

Red wine makes me think funny.

It's an Iribe.


And still no answer....

those bars are for doing tricks. you get the best hand position (where you would ride the hoods if you had brakes) and you don't get the extensions that will snag your pants/legs if you had drops or bullhorns when doing leg-over-bar skids

no the whole advantage of hoods is they keep your hands at a reasonable angle. Those don't so you get the ****ty hand position that people are forced to tolerate on brakehoodless drops without extensions to snag your leg, any useful aero position and in this case bars that still hit the tt. Hooray for the worst aspects of every bar combined.

first thing that came to mind when i saw the rims, was road bike, the remind me of mavic kysriums, or other expensive road wheels.
+especiallymavics. Reminds me of the Deemax and Crossmax wheels too, if only because I see those more than Ksyriums.

front wheel radial, makes a nice stiff wheel http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html#radial

back wheels cant have radial spokes cause of the stress of the torque from your drivechain, it'd destroy it... i think. someone help me out here. AMIRITE

oooh thank you i was completely unaware of this. it still bothers me that they don't match but now i know why at least :) <3

no the whole advantage of hoods is they keep your hands at a reasonable angle. Those don't so you get the ****ty hand position that people are forced to tolerate on brakehoodless drops without extensions to snag your leg, any useful aero position and in this case bars that still hit the tt. Hooray for the worst aspects of every bar combined.

you take the fun out of bikes with your posts.

you take the fun out of bikes with your posts.

you take the smart out of everything with your life.




Just kidding, but I lol'd on the inside.

you take the fun out of bikes with your posts.

perhaps if the fun part of bikes for you was riding ones that worked well without injuring you instead of just doing stupid **** to look different you wouldn't find this to be the case.

I don't think these wheels look like expensive ones at all either. I think the look really really cheap like something that belongs on a next or something.

the logos on the rims scream "EXPENSIVE ROAD BIKE" to me. i like them better without the obnoxiousness.

Now I want deep section carbon rims that say "EXPENSIVE ROAD BIKE" in that font.

perhaps if the fun part of bikes for you was riding ones that worked well without injuring you instead of just doing stupid **** to look different you wouldn't find this to be the case.

Dutret, you don't need brake hoods to ride a bike and be comfortable. Looking different has nothing to do with this. Individualism and conformity are allying forces, not anthithetical to eachother, and no matter what bar I choose I'll look the same as someone else with the same bars and different from every guy on a cruiser / road bike / whatever, but what does that matter?

PS I have risers and they are comfy. When I ride track drops on the track / commutes shorter than 15 miles, they are comfy too. There's no problems for me in terms of comfort / lack thereof.

bit defensive? Those bars are pointless and ****ty. They do not provide anything even remotely as ergonomic or aerodynamic as properly installed hoods or bullhorns.

Sure you can get away with riding on the shoulders for short infrequent rides but in the long term it's not good for you and many injuries have long lasting effects. Once you develop problems you will have to do a lot more to make them go and stay away then if you just rode on something approaching practical from the beginning.

Like it's been mentioned before, different bar setups have different purposes and I'm sure for all intents in mind on that bike (tricks), the bars work fine. If someone was going to use the bars for say, a century, your point is entirely valid.

how are they much better then uncut drops?

no unnecessary/uncomfortable leg to bar contact.

and how are they better then flat bars or risers?

Dutret what does your new sig mean? Are you pro-ss now?

they provide a great topic of discussion, for one.