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becoming too hip? they have been hip for years. If you still have one you are too late.

is anyone?

I wasn't but then ended up with a SS cyclo-cross bike and haven't ridden anything else for almost two years.

Presumably on an MTB. With road bars and riding the hoods, the load is applied about 6-8" away from the axis of the clamp, so the situation is quite different.

Nope, that was on a cross bike on the hoods.
For bars to slip round with flats or risers the stem would really have to be shit wouldn't it...

Stem is useless for a cross bike. The bars will slip over the first big bump.

No they won't. The only time I got bars to slip in an X2 was when using a speed bump to launch a few feet in the air with a heavyish landing on tarmac. They didn't slip in normal off road use.

point being, it's not exactly a fair comparison, you might get two puncture on your marathon plus and never at all on a Michelin Pro3, but doesn't necessary mean the former is less puncture resistant.

The longer you ride them the more the law of averages will come in to play

the problem always seems to be with the build choices not the frames themselves. You can't really hold IF responsible for how tasteless American customers build their frames up can you?

And the fact a nicely built up one is rare suggests they only appeal to the tasteless people.

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Trial riding on a CX,

Talk about making it hard for yourself, getting a cross bike over cars and over sizable obstacles :-)

I am still riding trails (and everything else) on my 36/16 as I have for the last two years. Spin to win and so on.

Looking more likely that you are both in the ignorant majority - no offence.

Without giving any thought or seeing any data/evidence behind different pressures and width it is easy to assume that narrow and hard must be faster and it always will be in the extremes (comparing a 140g 20c at 140PSI with a 1200g 100c at 30psi)
It is only when comparing 23c with 28c that it becomes less obvious.

Or use wider rims that are closer in width to the 'fat' tyres. 29mm is not exactly fat and in real terms they could be around 26 or 27 dependant on which big, fat lying tyre company they come from.

If your getting a scooter at least get one that will hold up. Although didn't realise some of them were £500.

http://www.atbshop.co.uk/micro-scooters/addict-le-baron-pro-custom

Yeah, scooter porn

Yep, really personal customer service approach.

I get the feeling that the fixed gear thing is probably over it's peak though isn't it so not a business to get into now as a specific line and at most would be a sideline to a more diverse business.

Aha - it's half term.

they still don't usually let them out at the type of school this one attends.

Geared too high for a cross bike.

Yes, they will soon find that if they ever venture off road. Doesn't look like they have used it yet (or not used the brakes anyway)

I run 61 which is a good compromise to allow me to ride the on road bits of my loops but my bike looks like it has got micro gearing!

The Odyssey clear pads look like they would fit a calliper brake, they are made for a calliper brake for BMX aren't they?

The hubs are annoyingly noisy

Only when you stop pedalling, and stopping pedalling is bad.

Remember when everyone used to ride fixed and they couldn't stop pedalling, should be used to it as it wasn't that long ago that fad was over.

There is an optimal tyre width for rolling resistance and it is wider than 25c, so Ed is indeed right.
This is only to a point though and the rolling resistance of a 300c tyre is higher than a 23c. I think the optimal was around 30c.

To really get a feel of what difference weight makes then ride two bikes at the extremes and you will find the answer. Comparing an 8kg bike to a 8.7kg bike is not going to do that.

Ride a 6.5kg bike and then a 16kg bike and see which feels nicer to ride, handle, accelerate, go up a hill etc,. (obviously there will be many other factors but the weight will be the main one)

Nah, one of these:

Ah, the Harry Leary model if I remember it, very nice. I would still take the Hutch every time and even 30 years later they would still seem expensive.

Cretins. This is porn of the highest degree. I have personally owned an even better bike though.

You had one of these?

cheers for the link. A decent forum at last.

I can hear the noise of the chain going round that ridiculously small cog from here.

Bontrager Jones XR 29er 1.8" (46mm). Light, with low tread. I've seen plenty of reports of folk running them tubeless. So combin them with some Stans crest rims, and run them at a nice low PSI.

Would half the rotating weight of your set-up, reduce punctures, and enhance grip. Probably a touch slower on tarmac though.

Could be a good future option but the Land Cruisers are pretty puncture resistant (I seem to live in a very puncture area with sharp bits of flint so put puncture resistance high on list) 'light' MTB tyres tend to puncture about once a week when I used them years ago and tubeless wouldn't stop those sorts of punctures I'm guessing?
I also ride 50% on the road so at the moment am happy with the combination I have. Surprisingly the weight doesn't make as much difference as I thought it would.

and stem spacers, don't forget all the spacers that would have to be added.

TN719 is 510g.

I'm just going to go and self harm.

get behind me in the queue. I am using A319s at around 600g combined with 47c Schwalbe Land Cruisers at 800g+ each.
The rest of the bike is pretty light so is almost defeating the object but the feeling of grip and confidence provided by the relatively massive tyres is more than worth the weight.

Re: Road Discs

Colnago's wheel spec is 24 spokes f&r. Given the large contribution spokes make to aerodynamic drag, and the fact that road wheels with rim brakes work just fine with 16f/20r, the increased spoke count needed to deal with brake torque might well be the deal breaker for road racing.

Or more simply - a solution looking for a problem

The only advantage that could potentially exist is in the wet where discs will work more effectively than rim brakes but even in wet conditions rim brakes are fine. Off road is different and there are a few problems that they resolve.