Bianchi Roger
 

I never saw this beast before, I think:

http://bianchiusa.com/typo3temp/d04f21d465.jpg


Discuss. http://bianchiusa.com/07_roger.html


I love it. Sexxxy track ends on there, with eyelets to boot (on the fork, too). This is *almost* my dream frame. To be ideal for me, it should have no disc mounts, a white fork with a hole for a long-reach caliper, and no rear brake cable guides. Well, that wasn't likely to happen, was it? :D It must be a fun machine as it is, too. It would make a fantastic winter bike w/fenders, fixed, after ditching the rear brake. Flip the wheel around, bolt on a cog and you're done.


Sorry if this has been discussed. I swear I searched.

Trackends + Disc brakes = ****ing stupid.

Wow !! Nice stuff !

I :love: hipsters !!!

Look what the sudden influx of hipsters and posuengers(me included :p) has done
for new bikes..... !

I don't even know how they think that might work... Maybe the disc mount moves on a rail.

BTW it's funny how Bianchi think that the peeps who will actually take it to a CX race will stick with the factory gearing and not find their own sweet spot... "when you can’t pedal the Roger’s 48x17 gear anymore, its lack of derailleurs and extra cogs makes the weight that much easier to shoulder and run with"

disc brakes+track ends? erm, what?

That sucks that they hide that very important aspect of the package hahahah. A picture of the brake-side track end would be very nice. It's sure as hell not an eccentric bb, and it isn't a nice solid unit that slides the axle and caliper like you see on a lot of nicer singlespeeds. It must just be a huge-ass tab that you can slide adjust the caliper on a bit.

I'd love to own that bike though. It would be sooo much fun to ride, just a little expensive.

Save yourself some trouble and buy a pista concept and switch the fork for an Easton fork that's already drilled.

Yeah, I agree. But I'd also asume that like 95% of SUVs don't ever see dirt, 95% of these won't either.

This will likely be sold in the shops as a "tougher than your standard road bike" city bike. I wouldn't be surprised if these sold well. Especially to those that "love the simplicity of fixed gears" but think it's too crazy. I think it has a bit more appeal than the San Jose. The aluminum frame, disk brakes, carbon fiber fork, and overall light weight will be good selling points.

It's a sweet single speed.

Umm...My On-One has track ends and disc brakes, no problem.

This thing has all the ingredients of a winner.

is it really any harder to adjust disc brakes with track ends vs normal calipers with track ends? I have always heard that it was silly to have disc brakes with trackends but is it really that differnt

disc brakes aren't cx legal yet

I do agree it's a nice looking rig. Probably make a great winter commuter for a town like Boise. I just know people who have enough trouble adjusting chain tension with no back brake let alone high-tech discs.

No. Not that different.

that is kind of what I figured

It may be a stretch to call it a cross bike (the term has been stretched further before) but I'd still ride it.

Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems that quite a few people are overly cautious and skeptical about disc brakes.

looks like it could be pretty versatile too. through on a flat/riser bar and some new levers and you've got yourself a nifty disc-ss that might be a little more nimble handling than the drop bar version off-road.

Not going to work. I love the look of the concept, but ideally I want CX-ish clearances so winter knobbies fit, and fender eyelets are a must for me, too. Not that I have money, just dreamin' is all.

Now you're saying something there... How did the Bianchi guys come up with the "easier to run with" drivel when they know it can't be raced???

I love this bike. I'm seriosuly considering scrounging up $1100 to buy it with. I don't care if the brakes are race legal. I won't race it. I don't care that it comes with a SS MTB hub, I'd rather ride it SS than fixed anyway. I love disc brakes. The avid BB7 brakes are the easiest brakes in the world to keep adjusted properly, and your rims dont get all scratched up.

Ride whatever you like. I'd rather ride this than a road conversion or a full-on track bike.

I love my BB7's.


They make you stop NOW.

Plus if you get on 'em hard you can skid like nobody's business. Like sideways controlled drifting downhill.

i like this as maybe a road version of my mtb do-all, a steel kona cinder cone: rigid fork, 1x8 w/ bar end shifter, squiggly drops, avid v's, and tires that range from 1.3-2.1 depending on condition.

obviously no gears, but switch the tires back and forth and you've got a pretty versatile bike.

yeah, tons of single speed mountain/dirt jump frames come with track ends
and disc brake mounts. most of them have a type of slot system for the
mounts. when zooming in on the pic of the roger its hard to tell how the mount
is because the avid brake has a post mount adapter.

Surly 1x1, On-one Inbred (old-style), KHS Solo-one, Redline Monocog, Bianchi SISS/BUSS/MUSS/etc... how often do you change gearing? That's how often you have to deal with it.

RE Discs aren't CX legal: Maybe Bianchi is betting on a rule change for '07? Just thinking out loud here.

Discs aren't legal for UCI races. I believe they're still okay for USCF races, which cover most of the local races out there.

I'd like to know what kind of masochist would run a 48x17 gear in a cyclocross race.

only until '07