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nice.

stem seems a bit long for the saddle height, but nice.

thanks, does the deda crononero has more drop than this? in other pictures it look a bit flat

If you can find it, the syntace stratos is a very nice bar with various drops.

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/o-trick/cabinet/1synta013.jpg

going nowhere very slowly with that bike.

i have that saddle and anyone walking behind me knew it from my redded bum for the time i was using it.

Thanks! that is quite the compliment!

It's since been leveled out. There's really no good way to set it up without drilling the struts or buying new ones, but since the basket is temporary until I can a TCB/CETMA rack it's not worth the effort. And I can't raise the stem height since it's already at the min insertion. And it's not like I'm carrying a huge amount of weight with it anyways. It's just for small parts and pizza.

right didn't mean to be insulting as i said above. cheers.

whoa, my bike - thanks (:

nice bike dude. get a silver ring on there.

I'm not sure it would, do you see how far forward over the front wheel it is?
That would really mess with the handling and with even a 6pack make it a horrible ride.

really to properly install a cheap basket (any basket really) you need 2-3 hours and a good set of tools. the hardware is never proportioned properly and almost always the basket needs reenforcement.

this is how it's done:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6219/6299902886_41c02c06cb_b.jpg

all the white bits are added---extra strut going from behind the brake to the center of the basket and there are two L beams which run along the bottom parallel to the wheel. the original hardware is cut to sink the basket back and low to the wheel.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6236/6299376497_eebbce7923_b.jpg

heres a good view after i painted the added strut and before i had the brakes worked out. ended up cutting the front of the fender off to make it work. also shows the added L beams along the sides of the bottom.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6216/6295872773_6965dcb9cd_b.jpg

anyway just saying that baskets take work to get on properly.

anyway here's a photo of the positioning of the basket after i cut and chopped everything to make it fit snugly. this is before i added the extra support materials mind you.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6202312146_2e605cdb10_o.jpg

has been on the bike now for about 4-5 years. flawless. carries anything you can fit in it. and it's big. very big.

harsh

actually didn't realize owner was lurking.

meant as trash talk really.

apologies.

this is pretty sweet:

Winner winner chicken dinner! That's just a killer in my eyes. My knees are starting to give in and something like this is starting to look more tempting everyday. One of my favourite bikes on this thread for sure.

basket is a joke. looks like it was installed on by a halfwit.

i beat the shit out of them for 5 years without a single issue.

these the best i've seen. I'm sure there are others which also kick ass, but these are really tops.

http://missionworkshop.com/

i use one of the small backpacks for everything. I know 5 people which have ended up buying one after seeing mine. not kidding.

looks kinda crappy to me. bags need to be more than a strap attached to a sack.

One of the buldings at the hospital i work at. All the buildings are amazing, but i can't really find anything great online.

http://www.pwpla.com/sites/pwp/images/1631/pClevelandClinic_50024_web_lrg.jpg

http://www.topboxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cleveland-Clinic-Foundation-Miller-Family-Pavilion-and-Glickman-Tower-design-by-NBBJ1-588x398.jpg

same hospital in abu dhabi:

http://www.archdaily.com/292167/in-progress-cleveland-clinic-abu-dhabi-hdr-architecture/

seriously amazing buildings.

solid find.

wow that looks really fun.

gorgeous bike.

Didn't someone win a world DH championship on that 'Dale?

david vasquez

i cant work out whats going on there, explain?

It's pretty ridiculous actually.

Suspension in general is affected by pedaling and the magnitude of that effect is partly dictated by the line drawn by the chain. To make a simple example, if the main pivot of a single pivot suspension bike is below the chainline then pedaling will tend to compress the system. If the pivot is above the chainline it will extend the system. BOTH are bad and rob you of energy. You can imagine that a bigger or smaller chainring will move the chain and change this.

This bike is a virtual pivot system meaning the the entire rear is floating (see above - the famed DW link i posted) and it was optomized for having a chainring of that exact size to minimize any effect pedaling might have on the suspension. Racers wated to have different gear ratios for different courses however, and so they added this system. In order to change the gear ratios the non drive side gears were altered and the driving chain/chainring/cogs were left unmolested meaning the suspension always worked as designed while pedaling.

The main chainring you see there is disconected from the BB. All the drive force is transmitted by the nondrive grears through to the main ring.

meme thread that way >>>>

genuinely laughed at that.

I want one of those cannondales badly. I'd trade my waterford straight up for one the fit and didn't look like it was too badly abused.

Look at the drive train closely.

the weird thing about this thread is that the bikes posted are seemingly completely arbitrary to when examined by the trained eye. Just because it's a mountain bike and colorful doesn't mean it deserves public recognition. To be clear, I understand the point here is the aesthetic, but for the love of god please stop posting bikes that are functionally gimp.

the other wrongdoing is posting bikes that are actually perfectly middle of the road from an aesthetic standpoint and fully functional. That bianchi on the page before? Thats nearly stock. And nothing HHS about it. And quite a nice bike.

it's not a big deal and i'm not crying rules, it's just that there a clear lack of knowledge going on.

i'm just saying I once stripped a bike raw and kept it raw with the continued re-application of petroleum distillates to keep it rust free. It was for my girl at the time. When we parted ways she never kept up with the petroleum distillates and the frame literally rusted head to toe. Quite a sight really. Clearly impossible to reverse. I got back together with her and painted the bike black with primer. It was extremely durable. Not your usual shit rattle can job.

I decided that rust is the best primer and primer is the best paint. when doing a rattle can job.