Cyclocross Racing - New Scott Cross Frame
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driuseppe
06-19-08, 11:23 AM
So Scott spent all this money and time to make a cute carbon cross bike, and then they put the brake cable under the top tube? Dumb.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos/2008/tech/features/scott_2009_jun08/P6100092
dirtyphotons
06-19-08, 12:44 PM
yikes. prototype maybe?
sfcrossrider
06-21-08, 10:40 AM
I'll keep my "heavy" Steelman.
dirtyphotons
06-21-08, 11:14 AM
Shouldering is overrated
yeah, a lot of modern courses seem to lack a section where shouldering is absolutely necessary, or at least significantly faster. which is a shame imo, because it takes out a dimension of cross racing that makes it unique.
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/images/1931_critintl.jpg
shapelike
06-21-08, 11:32 PM
Just a thought, but maybe the cable is routed somewhere between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock on the top tube, if you get what I'm saying (so it's still out of the way, even just barely). This other photo certainly doesn't confirm that but maybe ... just maybe they didn't do something quite so bone-headed as it seems.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/tech/features/scott_2009_jun08/P6100096.jpg