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  • #9332
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    wow.
    the seatstays meeting the frame probably two inches above where the top tube meets it is not a configuration i think i've seen before?

    I could be wrong, but I've seen on a few track bikes (can't find examples now of course), but I think it was to shorter the wheelbase and bring back wheel closer to seat tube?


  • #9333
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    surely it's the length of the chainstays which do that, though? you could move the contact point of the seatstays with the seat tube down several inches and not change the position of the back wheel.


  • #9334
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    surely it's the length of the chainstays which do that, though? you could move the contact point of the seatstays with the seat tube down several inches and not change the position of the back wheel.

    You could probably do a lot of things. I'm not particularly well educated on these matters, just repeating from a vague memory.


  • #9335
    Mercian Pro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    From a clubmate who has returned to Perth. Nice bike but it's it's the combination I really like. He's not sure why the 'roo isn't wearing a face mask but puts it down to the easing of restrictions!

    fjdfeZi.jpg


  • #9336
    MojoMaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,571 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    ^^ Anyone with OCD - look away!


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  • #9337
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,360 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    wow.
    the seatstays meeting the frame probably two inches above where the top tube meets it is not a configuration i think i've seen before?

    This will blow your mind so :D

    https://www.condorcycles.com/products/paris-galibier-frameset

    0000007451.jpg?v=1580567652


  • #9338
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    MojoMaker wrote: »
    ^^ Anyone with OCD - look away!

    Hmm. Drivechain position with the correct gearing. Bidons not matching but tastefully blended to the environment.

    OK - there is a matter of that cankerous dangleberry protruding from the saddle, and valves misaligned with the tyre branding...

    But the guy gets a pass (just about) for drive chain positioning.

    Barely.


  • #9339
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭cletus


    Why does the tyre brand have to line up with the valve?

    And water bottles should match the bike?


  • #9340
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,777 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If I passed that Bianchi I'd have to move it back a bit to line the roo's paws up with the bars !!!!!


  • #9341
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Technically, there should be no bidons for the photo, but it is Oz...so let's overlook that, even if one is transparent and the other is smoked.

    However, rule no.40 is quite clear.

    https://www.velominati.com/


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  • #9342
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,356 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    Why does the tyre brand have to line up with the valve?
    Makes it easier to look for issues with the tyre when you have a flat and take the tube out.
    And water bottles should match the bike?
    Looks nicer, although zero f*cks I give about this


  • #9343
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭cletus


    I just read the rules there. That list is awesome. A heap of them don't apply to me because I don't race, and I probably break 2/3rd of the others. Which makes me happy :)


  • #9344
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    This will blow your mind so :D

    https://www.condorcycles.com/products/paris-galibier-frameset
    no, but if i had OCD i'd probably be curling my toes over the way the two halves of the seatpost don't meet square on on the down tube.


  • #9345
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    cletus wrote: »
    I just read the rules there. That list is awesome. A heap of them don't apply to me because I don't race, and I probably break 2/3rd of the others. Which makes me happy :)

    https://eurocyclist.wordpress.com/about/

    This is another set of rules for you to ignore.


  • #9346
    Alanbt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭Alanbt


    Weepsie wrote: »
    This is for sale on another forum in the UK. It's way more than I can afford but I think it's bloody beautiful

    ec66d5ac4fee9a398cb1d35473e3bb138023c2ab.jpg

    Spotted that non the forum too. Stunning. A few talbot bikes on that forum (not for sale) all look amazing


  • #9347
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i just think those RDs look horrendous. they look like something that would attach to a terminator's shoulder.


  • #9348
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,777 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The frame is absolutely lovely but does nothing for me as a whole.


  • #9349
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    https://eurocyclist.wordpress.com/about/

    This is another set of rules for you to ignore.

    The rules are for keeping, not ignoring. All hail the rules.


  • #9350
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    The rules are for keeping, not ignoring. All hail the rules.

    110%.


  • #9351
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    cletus wrote: »
    Why does the tyre brand have to line up with the valve?

    And water bottles should match the bike?

    Because there's a completely arbitrary set of rules about how a bike should appear in a picture.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



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  • #9352
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The frame is absolutely lovely but does nothing for me as a whole.

    Is the frame nice though? It's a pretty standard looking frame that was painted in an acid trip.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #9353
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 54,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the paintjob is usually 80%* of how good a frame looks.

    *completely arbitrary figure, main thing is it's above 50%


  • #9354
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    the paintjob is usually 80%* of how good a frame looks.

    *completely arbitrary figure, main thing is it's above 50%

    Depends on the frame material though.

    Steel frame: 50-80%
    Ti frame: 0%
    Carbon frame: 14-28%
    Aluminium frame: doesn’t matter. They’re an abomination that never look good.


    You want arbitrary, that’s arbitrary.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #9355
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    I've seen aluminium frames that are much more dignified than carbon. Absolutely.


  • #9356
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    The rules are for keeping, not ignoring. All hail the rules.

    I was, of course, trying to be sarcastic.
    All Hail The Rules.


  • #9357
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Biker79 wrote: »
    I've seen aluminium frames that are much more dignified than carbon. Absolutely.

    No you haven’t. You just think you have. They’re an affront to aesthetics

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #9358
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭cletus


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    I was, of course, trying to be sarcastic.
    All Hail The Rules.

    Pity I was taking you at your word. Particulary as many of the rules in each list contradict each other.

    Do the rules apply to gravel bikes, or are they not "road" enough. Perhaps the rules need to be updated?

    Regardless, I think I shall contine to wear baggy mtb shorts and spd shoes with ankle socks, and take pictures of my bike from the non drive side


  • #9359
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,356 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Brian? wrote: »
    No you haven’t. You just think you have. They’re an affront to aesthetics
    My Stevens Vuelta was beautiful, therefore you are wrong


  • #9360
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    CramCycle wrote: »
    My Stevens Vuelta was beautiful, therefore you are wrong

    You have my sympathies. It must be difficult to live with such delusions.

    Edit: I googled it. The Stevens Vuelta wasn’t actually that ugly. It was barely and abomination at all.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



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  • #9361
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Brian? wrote: »
    No you haven’t. You just think you have. They’re an affront to aesthetics

    Sir...I think you might need your eyeballs re-calibrated.


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