The More Cash Than Brains Track Bike The Worx WX-R Vorteq $39,000 ? :(
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Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
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The problem with CF seems to be anecdotal postings on this new interweb thingy. A mate of a mate of mine said his friends bike disintegrated when it rained. Never happened back in the days where everyone was on steel. 
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Ferrous metals famously good in the wet of course.The problem with CF seems to be anecdotal postings on this new interweb thingy. A mate of a mate of mine said his friends bike disintegrated when it rained. Never happened back in the days where everyone was on steel.
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Anthony.R.Brown
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After the Cycling know-all's get it wrong with the Carbon trend they also copy the riders position & bars from the past!
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
It's the same thing in reverse.
fair weather cyclist
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cougie uk
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Ooh this reminds me of that tandem sprint when the wheel destroyed itself. Dangerous things those spokes.
Moon bunny
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It’s an artistic convention, objects going from left to right are going with the sun, progressing, heading into the future... right to left, against the sun, regressing, looking back...
winjim
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classic33
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And they copied earlier bikes.After the Cycling know-all's get it wrong with the Carbon trend they also copy the riders position & bars from the past!
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Hover Fly
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Back in about 1987 I was stood on a bridge up in the lakes with a Harry Hall 531 butted, Campagnolo bits, when a hiker came up,Well a better question for me would be what did I ride in the Past! ? because at the moment I am only training on a heavy Decathlon mountain bike,until I get confirmation if my Hour record attempt is on or not ? then I will switch to the appropriate bike,equipment & training needed,I still have six months to do it ?
In the 1980's onward when I was riding there was mainly only steel framed bikes & equipment available,and now that I can see the problems with Carbon,and the ridiculous price of equipment today,I am glad I was riding in the golden age of Steel!
I had a few Holdsworth special training bikes with mudguards and cheap but good equipment,imported from Japan and I never had any of the components ever fail!,even after thousands of miles,One Holdsworth was Orange and the later one Silver,I also had over the years a Ruby red Condor for TT's,an Allen framed bike which I think was the first Aluminium bike in the UK,it was OK ? but I found it too soft to ride compared to Steel,I had some other bikes but I cannot remember the names ? I mainly had Rory O'Brien handmade frames & equipment because I worked in the shop in North street Romford essex,a Track bike for medium gear TT's and an all Gold special Rory TT bike,one other training bike I had was a Kenningston,if that's how it's spelt ? it was from another frame builder in Romford and maybe before Rory O'Brien ?
”...how much did that bike cost...”
”About 300£”
”Bludy hell they must have seen you coming... I wouldn’t pay that for a bike...”
It was ever thus, some people think some things are worth paying for, others would begrudge paying scrap price.
If I was still doing the miles I was in the 80s I wouldn’t be fiddling around with old steelies, in fact there is one cf bike I am thinking of buying, but it’s largely a matter of sticking to what you know and trust. Simple fact is, a CF bike can be made lighter, and that counts for a lot. Perhaps the extra strength could be put to making more durable bikes for the non racing, but figures sell, whether it’s a few mph on strava, or seconds on a local time trial, people will pay to massage their egos.
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Anthony.R.Brown
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People think the Banned Supertuck position is a new idea ? they did of course do such things in the past! photo next below 
The UCI Is Risking a Major PR Debacle With Strict Supertuck Punishments
RICHARD CARAPAZ IS THE HIGHEST-PROFILE CYCLIST TO BE DQ’ED FOR A SUPERTUCK. WHAT IF HE HAD WON THE RACE?
https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a36265657/uci-supertuck-ban-strict-punishments/
The UCI Is Risking a Major PR Debacle With Strict Supertuck Punishments
RICHARD CARAPAZ IS THE HIGHEST-PROFILE CYCLIST TO BE DQ’ED FOR A SUPERTUCK. WHAT IF HE HAD WON THE RACE?
https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a36265657/uci-supertuck-ban-strict-punishments/
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
An OTB special that. That's a super mullet !
(Google mullet if you don't know what that is in MTB talk - they should be banned).
