You think your bike has steep angles?
06-09-06, 08:57 AM
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You think your bike has steep angles?
Check out the seat tube on this bad boy https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006...Barthmaier.htm
Why is it so steep? Is it because the frame is pretty small or just for raw power on the track? Looks like it may jar a little on the road.
Why is it so steep? Is it because the frame is pretty small or just for raw power on the track? Looks like it may jar a little on the road.
06-09-06, 09:08 AM
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Not that steep to me. Looks like normal track geo. Shants' Makino...now that was a steep frame, like ungodly steep.
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06-09-06, 09:10 AM
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They don't "belong" on the road , anyway...
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That seat tube is pretty damn steep. Dolface's Rensho has a comparable seat tube. It'd be for the latter though: power transfer (I'm educating-guessing)
06-09-06, 09:22 AM
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Thanks Don - I was kinda hoping you would chip in cos I can't see a design rationale for the design. It is a triathlon type angle which, as I understand it gives power and aerodynamics, but it seems unusually steep for a track bike and I wonder how it would affect handling.
I think your two word answer probably summed up your view!
By the way - I know it doesn't belong on the road but most people don't ride flat bars on the track, so I was assuming it's being ridden on the road. I was just observing that such a steep seat tube would make it less comfortable on bumpy ground.
I think your two word answer probably summed up your view!
By the way - I know it doesn't belong on the road but most people don't ride flat bars on the track, so I was assuming it's being ridden on the road. I was just observing that such a steep seat tube would make it less comfortable on bumpy ground.
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Whoah! That frame looks strangely familiar! Awesome!
It's quite interesting -- fillet braze /over/ the lugwork. Pretty rare.
It's quite interesting -- fillet braze /over/ the lugwork. Pretty rare.
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Originally Posted by sohi
custom designed bicycles by ****AMORI
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I see it now...that pic was taken at an angle so it was hard to judge. Thanks don (and the OP) for those eagle eyes.
Shants still wins.
And dolface...wow. How do you climb SF?
Shants still wins.
And dolface...wow. How do you climb SF?
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Originally Posted by evanyc
someone needs to tell dude velocity isn't NJS
Maybe the dude doesn't race in Japan?
06-09-06, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Sammyboy
Maybe the dude doesn't race in Japan?
