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Plastik · 17-08-2012 09:50PM

RidleyRider · 17-08-2012 09:56PM

Plastik wrote: »

That's shear pornography! Is that your own Plastik?

Plastik · 17-08-2012 09:58PM

God no, I can dream though!

fat bloke · 18-08-2012 12:01AM

Plastik wrote: »

God no, I can dream though!

I actually think the wheels are too much on that. Doesn't look right to me.

(I'd still take it though...)

SetOverSet · 18-08-2012 10:33AM

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My new hack/commuter. It's an Iron Horse Transit 0.0, 46x16 fixed. Picked it up from CRC for €299

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murphyebass · 18-08-2012 10:36AM

SetOverSet wrote: »

My new hack/commuter. It's an Iron Horse Transit 0.0, 46x16 fixed. Picked it up from CRC for €299 .

Not sure why I like it but I do.

Crow92 · 18-08-2012 01:41PM

Just a bike I'm after finishing 2 days ago. Was my fixie I used for a year in college....it's only around 50cm so it was way too small for me.

Repainted the bike (Sadly didn't turn out as well as I'd of liked, few paint chippings)
New wheelset I handbuilt-Mavic A119 rims on Tiagra 6600 hubs and dtswiss champion spokes.
Full new 7 speed drivetrain and sram x3 rapidfire shifter.

....and off to adverts it goes :pac:

Maciej_D · 18-08-2012 03:28PM

Here's my Fuji Roubaix 1.0

manafana · 18-08-2012 03:54PM

Maciej_D wrote: »

Here's my Fuji Roubaix 1.0

remove pie plate and reflectors

Wibbs · 18-08-2012 06:15PM

ednwireland wrote: »

want

There's a guy on ebay selling an original NOS 753r one from the late 70's. Drooooool.

Icyseanfitz · 23-08-2012 01:29PM

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got this in to see if i can get the father into a bit of cycling, actually a lovely machine for the money (ignore the pedals

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Rob987 · 01-09-2012 07:24PM

My Trek @ the Wicklow Gap today

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Zyzz · 01-09-2012 07:36PM

Rob987 wrote: »

My Trek @ the Wicklow Gap today
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Dang that is one sexy bike, how much did it set you back?

Surinam · 01-09-2012 07:42PM

^^Lovely bike but why is it sponsored by the Discovery Channel?

The tax man · 01-09-2012 07:48PM

Discovery Channel Team

Seaneh · 01-09-2012 07:51PM

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

got this in to see if i can get the father into a bit of cycling, actually a lovely machine for the money (ignore the pedals )

which model is it?

Icyseanfitz · 01-09-2012 10:58PM

its a Vitus Razor

monkeyslayer · 06-09-2012 09:30AM

Just got a brand new frame from focus, returned to me after its previous incarnation cracked... pretty happy with it! plan was to sell it... now i'm not so sure...

lg123 · 06-09-2012 10:47AM

my SL2 roubaix was in at the LBS getting the bottom bracket changed, he loaned me this to train on; S-Works SL3 Roubaix with Ultegra Di.

flanzer · 06-09-2012 10:48AM

Pulled the trigger on this last week. Have to fit the 105 pedals on it. Fell in love with the colour, all the equipment on it was an added bonus!

RidleyRider · 06-09-2012 10:53AM

lg123 wrote: »

my SL2 roubaix was in at the LBS getting the bottom bracket changed, he loaned me this to train on; S-Works SL3 Roubaix with Ultegra Di.

Jealousy is a cruel mistress:(

route66 · 06-09-2012 10:58AM

monkeyslayer wrote: »

PIC

Just got a brand new frame from focus, returned to me after its previous incarnation cracked... pretty happy with it! plan was to sell it... now i'm not so sure...

Was it a manufacturing flaw? I know nothing about Carbon, but a failure in a frame manufacturered by a big name German company, is to me (I ride an aluminium Focus) shocking :eek: More generally, is the technology in carbon frames still a bit too new ?

Maybe Boeing should redesign their 787 (Dreamliner) to use aluminum instead of carbon

Lumen · 06-09-2012 11:03AM

route66 wrote: »

a failure in a frame manufacturered by a big name German company, is to me (I ride an aluminium Focus) shocking

Almost all carbon frames are manufactured in the far east. Why should one with a German brand sticker be better?

route66 wrote: »

More generally, is the technology in carbon frames still a bit too new ?

No. Carbon fibre is not a new technology. Metal frames fail too, particularly very light ones. I've seen an alu Litespeed cracked at the BB, and Cannondale aren't known as "crack and fail" for nothing.

lg123 · 06-09-2012 11:20AM

Steve Marquis wrote: »

Jealousy is a cruel mistress:(

i was hoping he would give me the s-works venge with sram red and fulcrum zeros but the frame was a bit too big.

route66 · 06-09-2012 11:20AM

Lumen wrote: »

Almost all carbon frames are manufactured in the far east. Why should one with a German brand sticker be better?

No. Carbon fibre is not a new technology. Metal frames fail too, particularly very light ones. I've seen an alu Litespeed cracked at the BB, and Cannondale aren't known as "crack and fail" for nothing.

I put equal emphasis on "Big Name" and "German" in my post. My point was that a well established and respectable company like Focus should not turn out frames that fail. I say this more as a consumer than a cyclist. Think of the car industry which started with monocoque structures on the Citroen Traction Avant in 1934. I know its not carbon and I know that there are no "normal" production cars made today from carbon (I'm ignoring the likes of the Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren MP4-12C) but when was the last time you heard a car's monocoque chassis cracked?

jmcc99_98 · 06-09-2012 11:25AM

flanzer wrote: »

Pulled the trigger on this last week. Have to fit the 105 pedals on it. Fell in love with the colour, all the equipment on it was an added bonus!

Yeah, the Passat are a great oul car!:)

I have the F95 which is almost identical in looks to the F5 (Except for the price) I loved the look of it also, and it was what tipped me in favour of it above a few other bikes I was looking at at the time.

Lumen · 06-09-2012 11:28AM

route66 wrote: »

I put equal emphasis on "Big Name" and "German" in my post. My point was that a well established and respectable company like Focus should not turn out frames that fail. I say this more as a consumer than a cyclist. Think of the car industry which started with monocoque structures on the Citroen Traction Avant in 1934. I know its not carbon and I know that there are no "normal" production cars made today from carbon (I'm ignoring the likes of the Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren MP4-12C) but when was the last time you heard a car's monocoque chassis cracked?

Not a valid comparison. A monocoque sportscar chassis is engineered around an immensely strong tub which has to cope with huge stresses from a massively powerful engine and brakes, and protect the occupants in the event of a high speed collision.

Whereas a bicycle frame is designed to keep the wheels apart and the chainrings off the ground.

route66 · 06-09-2012 12:09PM

Lumen wrote: »

Not a valid comparison. A monocoque sportscar chassis is engineered around an immensely strong tub which has to cope with huge stresses from a massively powerful engine and brakes, and protect the occupants in the event of a high speed collision.

Whereas a bicycle frame is designed to keep the wheels apart and the chainrings off the ground.

So shouldn't it be easier to make a reliable carbon monocoque for a bike then? Oh, and I think your design criteria for a bike frame may be missing some bits.

I've never heard of a car's monoque cracking (and yes, I know these are generally not made of carbon) but have heard of this happening with carbon bikes. The fact that a car's "frame" is not made from Carbon and has more stresses to cope with is irelevant from a consumer's point of view; they should be fit for purpose. I couldn't really give a fiddlers about the technology other than the requirement that it should work.

Lumen · 06-09-2012 12:40PM

route66 wrote: »

I couldn't really give a fiddlers about the technology other than the requirement that it should work.

I have owned a number of new cars and ALL of them required warranty work, including work that was safety-related.

In fact I have a bunch of letters from Suzuki covered in RED CAPS telling me that if I don't get my car looked at it will likely burst into flames. Fortunately someone stole it.

How is that different from a bicycle frame being replaced?

Also, most cyclists desire technologies that are faster, lighter, more comfortable, better handling AND don't break. It's the compromises between all these factors that leads to none of them being optimal.

RidleyRider · 06-09-2012 01:40PM

lg123 wrote: »

i was hoping he would give me the s-works venge with sram red and fulcrum zeros but the frame was a bit too big.

Your LBS are very nice!

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