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Steve90068 02-15-12 07:56 AM

LOVE that guru. One of my all time favorite builders

UCIMBZ 02-15-12 08:04 AM


Originally Posted by James1:17 (Post 13853736)
Pretty, awesome. Not to get up in your biznass, but you seem to be a revolving door for cool unusual frames. Are you in the biz?

Yeah I know. No revolving door. All for keeps.

grahny 02-16-12 12:52 PM


Originally Posted by Drag (Post 13851075)
Actually, I think it looks accentuated with the design of Affixed's (Thompson?) stem, but having a negative angle stem works in conjunction with the angle of the steerer to produce a horizontal orientation/reach of the stem body. Here is the similar effect with the ITM stem on my Litespeed:

Aesthetic preferences aside, it's more the concern of if you need the bars lower, and have that amount of spacers and are using a stem angled downward, cut it and set it up differently so you're not putting undue stress on the carbon steerer tube. Most carbon steerers have a spacer limit, I can't remember what the Edge 2.0 limit is (or if there is one). I have the same fork, no spacers but one at the top so I'm not clamping at the edge of the tube which can cause cracking/fibers to fray.

If the steerer can handle a mile of spacers, and that's what you want, I say go for it. I know some people don't cut steerer tubes for various reasons, like back issues, and they need to change their position from time to time, so I wasn't sure if that was a reason for the set up.

Aesthetics are personal anyway, but shouldn't trump safety or proper fit (crazy talk, I know, I'll ostracize myself to the BF dunce corner now :)).

dleccord 02-16-12 12:56 PM

how did you shoot this pic?


Originally Posted by ViperZ (Post 2331123)
Well seeing as there is a lot of Post your ________ threads, I though it would be nice to see everyone's TITANIUM bikes. So , lets see that Gray Matter.

Here is mine just recently finished construction.

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/9...canyf0c7ea.jpg

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4214/tc105wb.jpg


WhyFi 02-16-12 12:56 PM

A big roll of white seamless paper.

Drag 02-16-12 03:00 PM


Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 13859838)
A big roll of white seamless paper.

What he said.

dleccord 02-17-12 10:53 AM

but how does it stand by it self?

WHOOOSSHHH... 02-17-12 11:23 AM


Originally Posted by dleccord (Post 13863936)
but how does it stand by it self?

Guessing you have never had a Ti bike.......

alexaschwanden 02-17-12 11:27 AM

^It's magic.

UCIMBZ 02-17-12 03:08 PM

Titanium has a self leveling property known as kryptopelinatorism.

deyendznyr 02-17-12 03:13 PM


Originally Posted by UCIMBZ (Post 13852271)

Saw one of those frames on Ebay a little while ago. Was contemplating it, then it was sold. Were you the guy who got it?

UCIMBZ 02-17-12 03:26 PM

I've had this for a while and it was custom made for me. Just came about building it. If you ever come across one again, do not contemplate. They are rare.

Drag 02-17-12 04:33 PM


Originally Posted by dleccord (Post 13863936)
but how does it stand by it self?

It's actually leaning up on the paper (like a wall). What you don't see is the transition of the wall to the floor

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4214/tc105wb.jpg

Drag 02-17-12 04:40 PM

However, what freaks me out is pics of bikes with no apparent means of support and are still standing, like this one:

http://machinearts.com/bike/lynskey/full1.jpg

Or this one:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...IMG_4243-1.jpg

Or this one:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...X8/CoopSky.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...8/Coopsky2.jpg

alexaschwanden 02-17-12 04:53 PM

^very nice photos!

Sherblock 02-17-12 06:31 PM

The second Lynskey's rear wheel is floating.


They obviously use photoshop.

Soil_Sampler 02-17-12 06:39 PM

floater
 

Originally Posted by Sherblock (Post 13865995)
The second Lynskey's rear wheel is floating.


They obviously use photoshop.

anti-gravity.

vettracer 02-17-12 06:48 PM


Originally Posted by Drag (Post 13865572)
However, what freaks me out is pics of bikes with no apparent means of support and are still standing, like this one:

10 seconds with photoshop's rubber stamp tool and the stand disappears.

Paul Y. 02-17-12 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by vettracer (Post 13866050)
10 seconds with photoshop's rubber stamp tool and the stand disappears.

Wow that had me fooled. Modern technology. My Lynskey is very well balanced though.

Paul Y. 02-17-12 08:59 PM


Originally Posted by UCIMBZ (Post 13865099)
Titanium has a self leveling property known as kryptopelinatorism.

Well, that solves why my Lynskey almost stands by itself. Very easy to track stand too.

WhyFi 02-17-12 09:05 PM

In each of the photos at the air strip, something was wedged under the lower pedal. In both, the shadows were drawn back in.

alexaschwanden 02-17-12 09:23 PM

Cycling Magic.

Mm31 02-26-12 11:58 AM

This seems to be a little bit older than most in this thread but here it is anyway !
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...0/image-1.jpeg
-Mike

alexaschwanden 02-26-12 03:57 PM

The color of titanium is very nice.

dongringo 02-26-12 09:11 PM

http://i.imgur.com/kQz7s.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uyBpt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LdZhs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xPuCt.jpg


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