Kiwi

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Another link: http://speedbicycles.ch/296/index.html This site has lots of cool retro bikes

Its a 1981 CINELLI Laser. Look at what Cervelo and Felt are doing these days. Cinelli did it 28 years ago! I saw one in NZ, couldn't afford so I bought the Pedals and put them on a Shimano AX bike with full 600 AX. Links: http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/3416965001/1981%20CINELLI%20LASER.htm

I think so. I wonder if the slight difference between the Shimano cassette I used and a Campagnolo cassette will cause any problems. BTW I'll be racing on Saturaday with Shimano type bar end shifters and Shimano type front and rear mechs and a Campagnolo cassette, that works too.

I used to run Campagnolo Record 10 Carbon Ergos with a Dura Ace 10 Rear Mech and Dura Ace Cassette no problems. Here's some info on the actual ratios involved: http://www.cyclingforums.com/rec-bicycles-tech/317399-shimergo-another-compatibility-question.html "

10 speed Shimano Bar End Shifters will work ok with Campag 10 speed components. The spacing difference between the two formats on the rear cassette is tiny.

Any idea how well these hold air in a tubeless setup? I have Mavic c29ssmax wheels. Richard Hi Richard, There is a good series of reviews on Twentynineinches and it was #2 in the Top 10 29er Products of 2008 review here: http://twentynineinches.com/2008/12/30/top-ten-29er-products-of-08-continental-mountain-king-24-tire/

We have the carbon black frames in stock now and can do an Ultegra 2010 groupset bike for R18856.75

We now have Conti Mountain King Folding and Race King Folding 29er Tyres at R346.28 http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.za/category.aspx?categoryID=206 http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.za/images/products/Mountain-King.jpg http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.za/images/products/Race-King.jpg Kiwi2009-08-21 00:09:26

Kiwi2009-08-14 08:16:23

Kiwi' date=' as BOLDED above - how is the tubing going to ride quality of the ride? Are you going to get a stiffer ride from the plain gauge tubes? Is it going to be a stronger frameset? Alternatively is the butted tube frame going to be more compliant with regards to trail buzz, giving a more sublime "steel hardtail" ride? Or does the difference in tubeset purely boil down to one frame being lighter than the other... If you were building a hard hitter, which one would you choose to thrash? I am 1.78m - how does sizing look? 18" for a good old trail bike that can be ridden all day but still thrown around a DH course on the way home? Shot dot [/quote'] Hi More Trails, The Summer Season is definitely the heavy hitter frame. When the tubes are butted material is removed from areas where the stress is low and it won't affect performance. The main reason that the Summer Season doesn't have butting was for occasions like if you endo and the bars whack the frame, that point is usually where butting has occurred and so the tube is unlikely to get a ding in it. Both frames still have that "steel is real" feeling. Summer Season or Std 456? Thread on MBR.COM http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=501275 If you search on MBR.COM for On One frames there is heaps of feed back threads from guys all over the world to give you some ideas. I think "good old trail bike that can be ridden all day but still thrown around a DH course on the way home?" sums the Summer Season pretty well.

The most pimp Pompino Bianco I've seen so far... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3805020846_9243ac54de_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3805019932_d1eb7dfe54_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/3805017660_54b7a99a50_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3805020476_2732812dcc_o.jpgKiwi2009-08-12 23:48:16

Hi Hog, Yes the RD hanger is fixed. If it is destroyed (it would take a real big one to do that!) it would have to get sorted out at a frame builder/repairer. Because the frame is plain gauge chromo that wouldn't be a difficult job. I would say they did it that way either to keep the price down or get a better gear change with a stiffer RD mount.

Like Flowta says the Summer Season version has a slacker head angle (by 2 degrees). Also it uses plain gauge tubing rather than butted like the standard 456 Inbred. The idea with the slacker head angle is better control of the front end when you use 5 or 6 inch travel forks underbreaking/cornering as the geometry will not steepen up so much as to make steering skittish. We have more 18" Summer Season and 16" and 18" 456 Inbreds on their way to us right now - we had quiet a delay on them. Also coming at long last are the Inbred 29er frames. Oh and matching Inbred Man saddles as well! Kiwi2009-08-06 05:17:41

Now that looks great!! Much nicer looking in my opinion than the 456 Ti frame. Any idea when they will be available' date=' and any rough idea on price?[/quote'] Not sure on the details Zaskar. We had the 456 Ti frame at R13500, so hopefully not to far of that that. Available by the end of the year (hopefully) as they are getting them to the testing labs for CEN certification etc at shortly.

The On One / Lynskey Whippet Ultralight Ti XC frame is in prototype stage at the moment. The brief was to make the lightest Ti XC frame possible. More changes are going to be made to the test frame below but it will retain the swap out drop outs. Ready soon! http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/whippet_6-300x204.jpg http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/whippet_2-300x204.jpg http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ss_dropouts11-300x210.jpg

French fixie site: http://parisbrakeless.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B01%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=14 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5NCauJ0CeEo/SXRjIZngKxI/AAAAAAAAAxo/lKVIg3qBkJY/s1600/PICT0567.jpg

SRAM have been making a double tap thumb shifter for flat bar bikes for a while. The only thing that's been missing is a 10 speed 11-36 cassette. Apparently Shimano has one of those now too... Rumour is there will be an electronic XTR 10 speed system next year!

My desktop pic at the moment:

Found this pic a while back, Planet X 82/101 carbon rims, don't know what the hubs are:

Go HELLRIEGEL! Thomas is riding for Planet X this year, he's supposed to be developing the new Stealth TT frame.

Interesting articles and data for comparison purposes: http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/how-aero-is-aero-19273 http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/pdf/road%20vs%20TT%20research%20FINAL.pdf http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/technique-can-aero-bar-performance-17815 "Conclusion: Aerodynamics plays a huge role in cycling efficiency. Our time trial (aero) configuration showed an aerodynamic savings of 33% over the road configuration, meaning that roughly 70% of the test rider?s power on the track went into overcoming aerodynamic resistance?a number generally agreed upon by bicycle scientists. Based on wind tunnel data and estimated rolling resistance coefficients, Excel simulations of the track tests predicted total power savings of 25%, compared with 24.1% and 21.7% from the actual track tests. These numbers tell us that wind tunnel and real world testing can yield fairly comparable results, but there are still undeniable challenges with real world testing, including environmental variables. Though our tests obviously determined that time trial positions are much more aerodynamic than road positions, future tests will focus on yielding more precise measurements by looking deeper into the individual effects of position changes and equipment changes, including helmets, frames, wheels, etc." Kiwi2009-07-02 07:16:20