is there any advantage
05-21-08 | 09:03 PM
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From: san rafael, CA
is there any advantage
to running a frame like this?
https://fixedgeargallery.com/2008/may...hurKnowler.htm
looks pretty wack but i may just be ignorant
sexy lugs though
https://fixedgeargallery.com/2008/may...hurKnowler.htm
looks pretty wack but i may just be ignorant
sexy lugs though
05-21-08 | 10:59 PM
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From: Quarantine
Bikes: fixed gear raleigh super record, Fixed gear tall bike, SS tall bike, Triple high tall bike, Trek 4500, Diamond back viper, trek 800/nishiki chopper bike, I think/hope thats all
The advantage is you'll never have to explain to someone that you're mentally handicapped... They'll just know.
05-22-08 | 06:58 AM
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That style is an old one, designed to shorten up the wheelbase considerably. One of the posters above got it right when he showed one of the newer Cervelos.
It was used on time trial bikes in England in the 1960's. At least that's the only time I've seen it. It basically replicates the curved seat tubes we saw on the KHS;s of a few years back, although with considerably more tubes.
I for one, like the bike, even though the pinstriping on the lugs is horribly uneven.
It was used on time trial bikes in England in the 1960's. At least that's the only time I've seen it. It basically replicates the curved seat tubes we saw on the KHS;s of a few years back, although with considerably more tubes.
I for one, like the bike, even though the pinstriping on the lugs is horribly uneven.
05-22-08 | 09:46 AM
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Ride simple.
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From: Colorado Mountains/New Mexico highlands
Bikes: vitus 979, g fisher, specialized, trek, bridgestone rb1, Trek SS, Hiawatha SS, 54' Schwinn SS, Trek SS CX conversion
Let's use it to ride away and join the circus!
Way too much of some good things.
Way too much of some good things.
05-22-08 | 10:24 AM
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%#&*#%>?%
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From: Mass
Bikes: Pake,Shogun,Nishiki,Motobecane
The worst thing about that build is that the guy can't make up his mind if he wants to be vintage(framedesign,lugwork,sadle) or modern(cockpit,clipless,tires) and the combination is just a mess.
05-22-08 | 10:50 AM
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From: philly
That style is an old one, designed to shorten up the wheelbase considerably. One of the posters above got it right when he showed one of the newer Cervelos.
It was used on time trial bikes in England in the 1960's. At least that's the only time I've seen it. It basically replicates the curved seat tubes we saw on the KHS;s of a few years back, although with considerably more tubes.
I for one, like the bike, even though the pinstriping on the lugs is horribly uneven.
It was used on time trial bikes in England in the 1960's. At least that's the only time I've seen it. It basically replicates the curved seat tubes we saw on the KHS;s of a few years back, although with considerably more tubes.
I for one, like the bike, even though the pinstriping on the lugs is horribly uneven.
