London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Talking of reposts, I originally posted this in April 08, but i dont feel it got the respect it deserves, so here we go again



So wrong on so many levels

^^ try naming something that isn't wrong with that bike.

ill start off:
1.spoke pattern
2.non-slack chain

bloody good wheels/ frameset and cranks

nice selection of playing cards

oh yeah,

3. Tyre Logo aligned with valve.

that's about it...

urban backdrop

is that a ninja star instead of a sprocket on the back?

well thats clearly a joke.

well daaaah, you can't acccctually use a ninja star as a sprocket.

but you could use a sprocket as a ninja star.

only a ninja could

and a chainwhip as a whip

how about 9speed cassetes?

is that one up from an 8 track?

is that an s works langster?

yes, and a mavic elipse wheelset.

and the worlds most secure lock

hmmm i wasn't aware they existed.

the frame that is

been around for 3/4 years

you learn something new everyday

i learn something new everyday rather

09 one isn't that bad
http://www.BikePedia.com/Images/imag...orks_Black.jpg
would be happy with those zipp's anyway

Aero-rat-bike

thought provoking design but i do still think this is anti. the rear brakes.. :(

the only thought that frame provokes in my mind is 'why was that frame ever designed/built?'

"aero-rat-bike" is the finest thing I've ever seen.

It was built back when MTB's didn't have suspension options beyond flex stems....people were experimenting with ways to soften the ride, save weight. For me personally, that was the most exciting time in MTB history....the ideas and innovation going on was far more interesting than the cad designed suspension frames that appear today.
Re. the back brake...there weren't exactly many brake options back then apart from cantis or u-brakes.

I quite like it if the cables were not in the way you could store a cans in the frame...

well said. you beat me to it.

Girvin Flexstem! Thas was ace 15 years ago.

(I kind of expect Scott to say he had one)

Yup. :) Neon yellow....had it on a first generation Orange 'Aluminium O' :)

not my cup of tea aesthetically (<sarcasm> clearly the most important aspect in bicycles </sarcasm>) but I can respect the innovation and utility of the thing..

I knew at least one of you MTBers would bite ;)

6 drunk MTB guys would try to interfere with these holes i fear, :(

I like the seat-stay-cables.. things..
they definitely were making an effort in forward thinking,

why does this look so wrong...??
road cranks?? looks odd. something is a miss.. nice lugs but that aint gonna make up for this anti
anyone?

Second this - some of the designs were nuts back then. I used to own a ProFlex which I guess was about the time that rear suspension frames started to standardise a bit more. I was flicking through an old MBUK magazine which had coverage of a trade show from the early 90's... there were some really different ideas knocking around.


The old Marins looked like they just used to mount Manitou forks on the back of the bike as their effective seatstay I seem to remember! Others had odd shaped elastomers or huge rubber donuts at various places on the frame...

And that Girvin stem was a shocker wasn't it? I never actually rode one, but I seem to remember hearing that if you went through a transition from a steep downhill to flat, it would compress and try to throw you over the bars :)

Chopped and flopped bars at dodgy angle is another reason...

EDIT: @ with lugs

this is erm, horrible.. I mean, Oury!! :(

its a piss take. the rest is lovely.

The old marins were licensed from doug bradbury to use his rear shock system off his own manitou fs frames.
Marin actually had one of the first bikes with front suspension way before anyone else....they used a browning fork that had suspension inside the steerer but it was never released.

The flex stems were awesome to ride until they started squeaking...they had so little travel that they couldn't dive...they just removed buzz.

It was the allsop frankenstem that the ritchey team used that could pitch you over the bars as it had way more travel.

Technically it's not OURY...it's just 'O' and 'Y'
:)

Gangtas look like they'd be amazing fun to ride.
And that 'free service' bike should not be in this thread.
And the fact that the mayor cycles around town is pretty cool. Just wish he would do more to help cyclists & promote cycling more as a means of transport in the city.

EDIT: dammit replied to posts a couple of pages back. Fail.

haha.
What allows this bike to be $4000?? Marc Jacobs..
Know the story behind this one?

limited edition BMW/BBC bikes made for sale at Barneys in new york. Shops have a nasty habit of adding their little premium onto things...especially when they're limited edition colours/stickersets etc.

The only fools are the fools that pay that for them :)

The owner of that must have very narrow shoulders.

Let's just say that pic was released in early April.

*pukes on everything*

Damien Hirst can get fucked!



http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/200...st/#more-54112

Including the bike by the looks of it.

Beat me to it, you mean it's a re.........ah, fuck it

what is this aboot?