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Singlespeed & Fixed Gear "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

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Old 09-24-15, 08:49 AM
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Wow, that's horrid.
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Old 09-24-15, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Holy balls, I hope he doesn't come in once we open.
I can't imagine you'll be that lucky. Even if he was there for something else he will come in and want to test drive everything.
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Old 09-24-15, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by prooftheory
I can't imagine you'll be that lucky. Even if he was there for something else he will come in and want to test drive everything.
The bike is gone now. I've been stocking shelves in the back room and didn't get to see who rode away on it. Dammit! I bet he was a true Superhero.
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Old 09-24-15, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Got to the shop early this morning to find this amazing Tweaker Time Trial bike parked outside. The owner is nowhere to be found, though. Holy balls, I hope he doesn't come in once we open.

Apparently this is a "thing"

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...l#post18184169

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...o-small-2.html
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Old 09-24-15, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Regulatori
I've been out of bikes for 10+ years and recently got back into it.

I know Thomson stuff is nice and everything is threadless....but every time I see a fat threadless stem on a beautiful slim track bike, it just kills it. Yeah, quill stems are old/flexy/PITA....but it's crazy how a simple 70 degree-ish quill (or even a 2A/Jaguar) just makes a bike look sooooo much sexier.

My old 80's Ciocc was a flexible flyer with a Cinelli quill stem but I loved looking down on that during long rides....a quill stem just looks so much better from every angle (down, side, etc..)

Yeah, I'm on the rocking chair yelling at the whippersnappers but I can't help it.
I think we have quite a fair number of retrogrouches here, so you are in good company.
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Old 09-24-15, 01:50 PM
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Not sure if anyone has posted the Varbike yet...
"Thanks to its efficient vari-drive, you are unbeatably powerful and fast."


Varbike
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Old 09-24-15, 01:55 PM
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Brilliant.
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Old 09-24-15, 02:21 PM
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I can almost understand the hand drive but why is the fork backward?
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Old 09-24-15, 02:35 PM
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Photo caught him mid bar spin.
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Old 09-24-15, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by prooftheory
I can almost understand the hand drive but why is the fork backward?
For maximum jackassery
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Old 09-24-15, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Regulatori
Photo caught him mid bar spin.
It doesn't have much of a bar.

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Old 09-24-15, 03:11 PM
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Backwards fork for when you motorpace the FedEx truck.
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Old 09-24-15, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by prooftheory
I can almost understand the hand drive but why is the fork backward?
I'll assume the gigantic amount of trail helps stability since your hands are moving in circles while trying to steer.

Wankmobile.
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Old 09-24-15, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Regulatori
...a quill stem just looks so much better from every angle
Indeed
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Old 09-24-15, 04:16 PM
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so wait, you dont steer with the hand cranks?
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Old 09-24-15, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
It doesn't have much of a bar.

Needs more Jackasshattery...maybe a cable replacing the downtube aka Slingshot MTB and a Softride type seat post suspension/extension.

Do love the handlebar setup...it's like someone photoshopped out some track drops.

EDIT: The more I stare at that photo, the more I become irritated.
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Old 09-24-15, 04:58 PM
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Speaking of jackass....



Yep, this was me today. I made it about a mile before I saw an inverted helmet in the mirror and was like, "oh shet!" Those are my gloves in the helmet too.
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Old 09-24-15, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mumonkan
so wait, you dont steer with the hand cranks?
No. I think that's why the forks have some negative caster, to give it some stability.

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Old 09-24-15, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Not sure if anyone has posted the Varbike yet...
"Thanks to its efficient vari-drive, you are unbeatably powerful and fast."


Varbike
I really think one of the cranks should be remounted +180 degrees and add some clipless pedals so that one can travel in an elegant humping motion wherever they go. Then I'd be sold.
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Old 09-24-15, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TenSpeedV2
Kill it with fire.
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Old 09-24-15, 09:19 PM
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"funner" ?
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Old 09-25-15, 03:07 AM
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"funner" ?
That was my initial response as well... then I saw the whole advert and there's just so much wrong with it that I gave up...
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Old 09-29-15, 10:26 PM
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Old 09-29-15, 11:58 PM
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[h=1]$399.99[/h]$1,170.00 – Competitors Price

LMFAO
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Old 09-30-15, 01:52 AM
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From the BAMF link:

"BAMF’s foundation is solid steel chromoly creation with a 120mm track rear end"

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  • BAMF Hi-Ten Steel 700C Track Frame "

Riiiiiiight

(and I'll just ignore the "we're not catering to posers, reaaaaaaally" marketing trash )
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