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  • #1832
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i'm trying to remember which mountain bike which came out in the 90s had a similar design.


  • #1833
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i'm trying to remember which mountain bike which came out in the 90s had a similar design.

    An ugly one.


  • #1834
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    That's the first time (I recall) that I've seen a bike frame where the chain doesnt thread through the rear triangle. Is there any gravel-relate design reason for this?

    Being 1x and presumably narrow/wide chain, is there a logic in being able to swap out rear wheel, chain and crank in one easy move?

    Maybe its just a hideous shocker.....


  • #1835
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    That's the first time (I recall) that I've seen a bike frame where the chain doesnt thread through the rear triangle. Is there any gravel-relate design reason for this?

    Being 1x and presumably narrow/wide chain, is there a logic in being able to swap out rear wheel, chain and crank in one easy move?

    Maybe its just a hideous shocker.....

    It is to allow for a shorter wheel base and accommodate wider tyres, so they claim.
    https://www.velonews.com/2019/06/bikes-and-tech/allied-able-the-bike-that-doubled-up-at-dirty-kanza-200_494573
    And yes, there is also the innovative raised drive-side chain stay, which gives the bike its signature look. That raised chain stay allows the Able to support up to a 700c x 47mm tire (or 650b x 47mm), and to boast a short and aggressive wheelbase.


  • #1836
    letape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭letape


    ^^^ I like it! $10,000 for the SRAM Red build option.


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  • #1837
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,176 ✭✭✭Idleater


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i'm trying to remember which mountain bike which came out in the 90s had a similar design.

    Kirk revolution is one that springs to mind. A friend of mine had one. Doesn't belong in this thread though IMO

    Kirk%2B2%2BRH%2Bside.jpg


  • #1838
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    ^^^^^
    Sorry, you're wrong. It's in the correct thread.
    They were heavy, flexy as f**k and broke, if you looked crooked at them.


  • #1839
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Looks like something you'd find in the gutter of Harcourt St at 4AM. Kill it with fire.


  • #1840
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    They were truly awful.
    As far as I remember, they came in one size only. There was also a road version, which was pretty much identical to the MTB. It just had a different setup for road brakes.


  • #1841
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,275 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    ^^^^^
    Sorry, you're wrong. It's in the correct thread.
    They were heavy, flexy as f**k and broke, if you looked crooked at them.

    Yeah, but it's made of MAGNESIUM so...
    ED E wrote: »
    Kill it with fire.

    ...over to you MacGyver.

    (from 1 minute in)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF6FUVxAVzI


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  • #1842
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    483297.jpg


  • #1843
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,275 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    It's like every other component has been specifically selected to annoy the frame.

    But I have no sympathy, because that's ugly too.


  • #1844
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Raam wrote: »
    It is to allow for a shorter wheel base and accommodate wider tyres, so they claim.
    Except there is no logic to that claim.
    Its a gimmick


  • #1845
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    recedite wrote: »
    Except there is no logic to that claim.
    Its a gimmick

    I dunno, the fact that the chainstay is above the chainwheel, means it could be wider than the BB. This would allow wider wheels/tyres? Can't tell from the photo...we'd need to see it from above.


  • #1846
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    But the BB is the widest part. Even without seeing the photo from above, you can see the chainless chainstay has to bend around in order to meet the seat tube. That's a weakness, and increases flex in the frame. Just to get the same width (that was already there lower down at the BB) back again.


  • #1847
    JMcL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭JMcL


    I've no idea if this ....thing.... has been posted here before, but words fail me

    483568.jpg


  • #1848
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭Ryath


    JMcL wrote: »
    I've no idea if this ....thing.... has been posted here before, but words fail me

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=483568&stc=1&d=1561470024

    I think we may just have hit peak ugly! 🤢


  • #1849
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Is that even rideable? The rake on the front forks makes it look like a hobby horse. It looks like a death trap..

    378706.jpg


  • #1850
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    That's it mods, you can close the thread. I need a young priest and an old priest for that bike


  • #1851
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,989 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    I like the security feature. The clasp on the nose of the saddle can be activated by a phone app. If somebody tries to rob the bike, you can activate it remotely and the nose of the saddle flicks up, throwing off the rider. And if its a male, possibly inflicting painful damage to his genitalia.


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  • #1852
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    you bloody heathens, don't you recognise a picasso when you see one?


  • #1853
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Looks like something you'd expect to see in a Transformers movie.


  • #1854
    rtmie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭rtmie


    Just trying to figure out which part holds the motor and which holds the battery.


  • #1855
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Why has nobody commented on the wheels?


  • #1856
    letape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭letape


    Have to say that I though of Indurain’s TT Pinarello when I saw that frame.

    4c5k123.jpg


  • #1857
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,275 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Oh letape, what have you done?


  • #1858
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Why has nobody commented on the wheels?
    that's like being asked what brand of watch the person who mugged you was wearing, to be fair.


  • #1859
    letape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭letape


    Lumen wrote: »
    Oh letape, what have you done?

    I know Lumen & apologies to all... Indurain’s bike doesn’t deserve to be posted here!


  • #1860
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,176 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Why has nobody commented on the wheels?

    The wheels themselves are okay, I have a set of ea90 slx myself and they are decent. I'm not sure about the red tyres, or the cross-chaining indicating a pretty taught chain.


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  • #1861
    check_six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭check_six


    JMcL wrote: »
    I've no idea if this ....thing.... has been posted here before, but words fail me

    [image] picture of misshapen horror [image]

    Yet again we have another example of what would happen if you got someone who had never seen a bicycle design one from a badly translated description of same. Or maybe the paper got jammed in the printer and the crumpled up page was sent to the frame builders.


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