A design positive....or negative?

[screenman]

Classic example of the above, I know of a woman who owns 5 houses, her kids are skint despite being hard workers, the grandchildren are a delight, yet she is too tight to help them out, fine one day they will get it but why not now.

 

[screenman]

We've just had a murder trial - where the victim, who did 'cash-in-hand' car repairs, had over £200k in cash in his cottage. We were wondering idly whether he had any plans to do anything with it, other than just keep accumulating more.

That is so sad.

 

[Cuchilo]

The last bike component I bought took me around 5 minutes at work to earn enough to buy it. I might buy something next week that I’ll have to work 20minutes to buy.

I have to say , your collection of dust caps is amazing !

 

[Markymark]

I have to say , your collection of dust caps is amazing !

Not bad considering they were 2nd hand.

 

[Drago]

Why not make the down tube very thin walled, but 4 or 5 inches in diameter and fit a hatch so we can stow stuff inside the frame?

 

[Mo1959]

My new Ruby came with it but I personally don't like the look of it so will just stick with my Topeak saddle wedge.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Wow, if my legs were of any use I would be out buying one of them.

You're welcome to them, I wouldn't ride any of those ugly carbon TT bikes even if they were given to me free! The colour scheme on the Giant especially is enough to make me need to go and have a lie down after seeing it. The Trek is marginally better, but neither of them look remotely like what I would consider a proper bike.

 

[Smokin Joe]

You're welcome to them, I wouldn't ride any of those ugly carbon TT bikes even if they were given to me free! The colour scheme on the Giant especially is enough to make me need to go and have a lie down after seeing it. The Trek is marginally better, but neither of them look remotely like what I would consider a proper bike.

How about a few photos of your bikes, so we can see how it should be done?

 

[screenman]

Thank you John if you find one in a skip I will happily pay carriage.

 

[Illaveago]

Are they trying to emulate the Ariel Leader ?

 

[User6179]

How about a few photos of your bikes, so we can see how it should be done?

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

How about a few photos of your bikes, so we can see how it should be done?

There's a few of mine on the forum, all in makers colours apart from a pub hack I brush painted as the original paint was horrid. All steel, with normal sized tubing. No oversize ali, no moulded carbon.

Thank you John if you find one in a skip I will happily pay carriage.

I generally only encounter cheapies & BSO's in skips, but if I ever do chance on one of those carbon TT monstrosities, I will be more than happy to send it to you!

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Oddly enough I spotted someone riding one of those a couple of months ago in West London. A very smart metallic blue effort, I get the impression it might have been a modern replica rather than an original. Quite an impressive sight, but hardly practical for traffic!

 

[frankiemann93]

I just can't get past the 1980s British Telecom yellow. It looked bad enough on their vans, but on a bike....

Agreed, Love a throwback but this isn't cool at all! This is what I imagine the AA would use, if they came out to cyclists!

 

[Racing roadkill]

We went to Rutland Cycles at Grafham today for me to buy a new saddle.

Naturally we had a good old letch at the new bikes, E mountain bikes bigger than a Harley, sleek and aero road bikes and then we came across this...
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Specialised bikes with a “thing” behind the chainring. I flippantly said to Jo ‘it’s somewhere to keep your sandwiches ‘

Turns out I wasn’t far wrong. It’s a tool shed that’ll also keep your spare tube. (Isn’t the world going tubeless?)

Is it more unsightly than a wedge bag behind the saddle, or a big old Caradice, or a bar bag?

I think it looks crap, but I’m also aware that I might be of the ‘we fear change’ persuasion.

Your thoughts?

The shock absorber fork is a worse idea.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Why not go the whole hog and get one of these. Plenty of room for tools, tubes, spare tyre, sandwiches - everything, really.



Seriously - what's the difference between the S Works box/bag and the really uncool triangular bag that fits in the corner of the seat and top tube?