carleton

Where did you find this footage?!! (got damned wikileaks)

JesusBananas

HAHA!

This is now my favorite question in the whole thread.

calbob76

https://vimeo.com/37564452

i'm seeing some of these dudes with pretty drastic bends in their elbows. I don't bend mine when i ride that much. Does that mean their reach is too short/mine is too long? I don't really feel stretched out or anything. Or do some people just ride like that and some don't

edit: also not saying these dudes are ones to base everything about bikes off of or anything, i just hadn't thought of this before and thought you seemed pretty knowledgeable on bike fit

carleton

1) MASH is...well everyone knows what I think of MASH.

2) It looked like all of the bikes in that video were at least 1 size too small for the riders.

3) How the heck do you expect me to tell you if your bike fits properly based on a video of someone else? Think about that one.

4) Look at your self then look at these guys:








Or you can take bike fit cues from these guys:





It's up to you.

8bits

lol, that MASH video is ridiculous! they look so crammed on top of their histograms

I Have a Bike

The dude on the risers looked especially ridiculous hahahahaha

broakland

But they never reached the bar! Whuh? All the mashing was for naught

Santaria

The way they shot that implied that the dude on the risers was struggling to keep up and in the end threw down his bike in defeat.

Not sure if that was their intention.

PlattsVegas

I really don't get those videos.

If I wanted to watch some pretentious rich kids pedal expensive bikes, I would go to my school run bike club. If I was going to watch a bike video, it would be "Roam" or the NWD series. Or "Dead Sailor." I don't feel like watching a bunch of dudes in lycra exercise.

Syscrush

And I don't get the MASH hate. The video posted is just 3 people who enjoy cycling going out for a ride. It's cool, it looks fun, they look happy, it's well shot and the music is pretty good.

What's not to like?

carleton

Why should we buy their products?

carleton

Let's see...

https://shop.mashsf.com/

They sell MASH branded cork grip tape for $28 when regular Cinelli cork tape is $13.
Their MASH branded arm warmers are $55 when Pearl Izumi (the standard) are $30.
Their MASH branded replica of the Thomson stem is $8 more than they sell an authentic Thomson in their own store.

See where I'm going here? They add a cool tax to everything they sell. That's their game.

redpear

Guys, this fight is worn out. Just give it up. Now that carleton's a mod it's basically just a giant trap.

So for me,
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carleton

Nagrom_ 

hello? yes, this is dog.

JesusBananas

+1. This is what I thought throughout the whole video. He did not fit in at all.

Nagrom_ 

Is it harder to track stand on higher GI's? Also, how necessary are track standing skills on the actual track? Also, I feel like i need to center your avatar. It's off center.

carleton

Track stands happen, but are sort of rare. Especially at the amateur level in serious competition. People do it for fun and to show off, but with racing gears getting bigger, sprints are longer. So it's not as important as it may have been in the past when sprinting gears were smaller.

It's a nice skill to have, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. I haven't done a track stand in competition since 2009.

Nagrom_ 

Good to know, thanks.

JesusBananas

For those who haven't seen it, this video is always awesome:

Nagrom_ 

chills man. that was ****ing awesome.

nuhtowel

That guy was putting so much power down that his bike looked like it was twisting in that video

hairnet

Because it was. You can see it in road sprints when the camera guy is directly ahead of the riders

PedallingATX

Let's get one thing straight...that music is bad. Like, objectively bad.

When did MASH get so wholesome? I love the guy playing with the dog and the crew giving each other "atta-boy"s every 5 minutes. I wish they would go back to blowing through stop lights, etc. At least it was entertaining waiting to see which one would get nailed by a car first...

JesusBananas

Dude. It's mother***ing bike chess. So awesome.

Also that guy's arms are bigger than my legs.