Modern Steel Road Bike Appreciation Thread
01-29-16, 10:19 AM
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01-29-16, 10:26 AM
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01-29-16, 10:48 AM
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Meh. Saddle/bars too level.
01-29-16, 11:02 AM
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01-29-16, 11:19 AM
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01-29-16, 11:23 AM
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I don't know what a hipster is ... I guess if they all ride fixies ... they must be fans of "Premium Rush."
01-29-16, 12:14 PM
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at the very least I'd rotate the bars a bit and go silver seatpost and stem. Oh and see if I couldn't find a chrome fork, but that's just me. I love a thinner fork with a sexy curve to it, and you only get that in steel.
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01-29-16, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, I don't see the appeal of polished lugs + black components
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01-29-16, 01:50 PM
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01-29-16, 01:51 PM
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Unfortunately, the part that was supposed to come in yesterday from Shimano isn't coming in until Feb. 10. Sigh... Bike shop told me I was able to fit 35mm tires on, so quite happy about that. If I want to go wider, I can get a set of 650 and fit maybe 40mm on there, giving me a similar riding diameter to 700c with 23mm.
01-29-16, 02:02 PM
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Association.
The bike in and of itself isn't hipster. But in popular culture I tend to see Hipsters riding classic looking steelies with steel forks as seen in figure F3. As dr_lha pointed out, fixies are also a common theme.
I'm not saying riding that bike makes you a hipster or that non-hipsters don't ride classic looking steelies. In fact, I like the bike. That's why I posted it in the first place.
Kind of like the gay pride flag. A rainbow in and of itself isn't gay and wearing clothing or accessories with rainbow stripes doesn't mean you are gay, BUT when a group uses a particular image or object through repetition, especially one as generic as a bike or the colors of a rainbow it becomes engraved in our minds through association.
The bike in and of itself isn't hipster. But in popular culture I tend to see Hipsters riding classic looking steelies with steel forks as seen in figure F3. As dr_lha pointed out, fixies are also a common theme.
I'm not saying riding that bike makes you a hipster or that non-hipsters don't ride classic looking steelies. In fact, I like the bike. That's why I posted it in the first place.
Kind of like the gay pride flag. A rainbow in and of itself isn't gay and wearing clothing or accessories with rainbow stripes doesn't mean you are gay, BUT when a group uses a particular image or object through repetition, especially one as generic as a bike or the colors of a rainbow it becomes engraved in our minds through association.
01-29-16, 04:06 PM
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It is a funny blend of old and new. Tubes are lugged and not shaped which is old. But they are oversize and I think stainless, which is certainly more modern. Carbon fork, threadless steerer are also newer, but the headset looks non-integrated, which is not. The toptube is very slightly sloped, and I don't know WHAT that means. It would have been neat for the anniversary bike to have been fully up to date like a stainless, lighter Venturi instead of a half throwback.
01-29-16, 06:50 PM
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It is a funny blend of old and new. Tubes are lugged and not shaped which is old. But they are oversize and I think stainless, which is certainly more modern. Carbon fork, threadless steerer are also newer, but the headset looks non-integrated, which is not. The toptube is very slightly sloped, and I don't know WHAT that means. It would have been neat for the anniversary bike to have been fully up to date like a stainless, lighter Venturi instead of a half throwback.
01-29-16, 10:00 PM
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This little puppy is pretty zesty; a Broakland in TT OX Platinum blend tubes:
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Another, with a saucy Wound Up fork, which I think looks a bit better:
01-29-16, 10:18 PM
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Super-clean framework on this Quiring stainless, and a funked-up build earns points, but I wanna smack the guy for the horrific, saggy, seat bag. WTF? Really.
01-29-16, 10:40 PM
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I love the nearly perfect proportions and aesthetic statement of this TT S3 framed Falconer. Just gorgeous in it's expression of purpose.
01-30-16, 01:12 AM
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01-30-16, 01:53 AM
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If you lengthened the stays the bring the TT horizontal, I think the fork would end up looking out of place too, and would need replacing with a somewhat thicker, pink-painted fork with a slight forward bend.