It's only $32,000 - fixie with belt drive, parallel frame @ 17+ pounds WOW
10-08-12, 04:58 PM
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Of course it is. You don't expect that the person who buys this is going to ride it, do you?
10-08-12, 05:32 PM
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I don't think my wife would be happy if I bought that without telling her. Now that I think of it she would not be happy if told her I was buying it
10-08-12, 06:16 PM
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Ok, lets see, where do I start? as far as design goes, head tube and seat tube have at least some creative efforts, it looks like the rest of tubing was just put there to "connect the rest", any frigging engineer knows the strongest section is the wider perpendicular to the direction of the forces, that means the top and down tube are aligned IMPROPERLY.
There was a good chance to do something sublime with the seatpost design could have been a custom continuous adjustable mast with a custom clamp, instead that TYPICAL (read ancient) round tubing is like an afterthought ugh!
Fork design is greatly understated. The rear drops seem to be pain the ass for chain adjustment. I do own a track bike. Two bolts are a challenge if you don’t use an aftermarket tensioner, let alone here with 4 (2 each side) and no possibility of installing a tensioner (lacks of open ends).
At the end of the day, everything works out because at this price these babies will never be ridden on streets. I'm sure one of them will be part of the Smithsonian collection
There was a good chance to do something sublime with the seatpost design could have been a custom continuous adjustable mast with a custom clamp, instead that TYPICAL (read ancient) round tubing is like an afterthought ugh!
Fork design is greatly understated. The rear drops seem to be pain the ass for chain adjustment. I do own a track bike. Two bolts are a challenge if you don’t use an aftermarket tensioner, let alone here with 4 (2 each side) and no possibility of installing a tensioner (lacks of open ends).
At the end of the day, everything works out because at this price these babies will never be ridden on streets. I'm sure one of them will be part of the Smithsonian collection
10-08-12, 07:35 PM
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At least it comes with pedals for that price. Think of how many mid- and upper-end bikes don't come from the factory with pedals.
10-08-12, 07:45 PM
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10-08-12, 07:56 PM
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I can see that happening if I get kidnapped. But honestly. Assume rent ~= $2000/mo, that gives you $154/week for things like food, etc. for the year
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so hold on, is this thing actually built? If so, I agree with the engineering comment. The piece of crap design has no triangular structural support. That what makes bicycle frames strong, the triangles. This one is a parallelogram; it's going to fold up like origami and kill the cyclist.
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so hold on, is this thing actually built? If so, I agree with the engineering comment. The piece of crap design has no triangular structural support. That what makes bicycle frames strong, the triangles. This one is a parallelogram; it's going to fold up like origami and kill the cyclist.
