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[wilkie18]

Here is my summer bike and winter bike

 

[flyer]

The FS BMC must feel like a new ‘Vette, after a winter’s riding on that fat hard-tail.
I can’t wait for skinny tire season...

 

[Oakley_Sight]

Not posted for some years now as I’ve fallen out of love with the big O since Lux started to destroy the brand. As you can see I’ve been spending my money on my two wheels collection now.

 

[flyer]

Don’t you like fat tires?

 

[the_owl]

Don’t you like fat tires?

Its crazy to me how expensive these road frames are. With very little tech change over the years. Way more (money) than these intricate MTB design with different linkages and what not.

 

[Riga Mortis]

Its crazy to me how expensive these road frames are. With very little tech change over the years. Way more (money) than these intricate MTB design with different linkages and what not.

Even then there has been very little improvement of designs in the last 15years .

was a nice day so got the Karpiel disco volante out for a service for the coming spring

 

[the_owl]

Even then there has been very little improvement of designs in the last 15years .

was a nice day so got the Karpiel disco volante out for a service for the coming springView attachment 708705

theres 55lbs of love

 

[flyer]

With very little tech change over the years.

Respectful disagreement over here.
The tech that goes into the frameset alone (computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamic testing, nanotechnology etc.) is mind boggling , and can eat up a substantial portion of anybody's budget.
This is before you factor in carbon fiber tech in the wheels, spokes, bars, cranks, seat rails etc. that is constantly evolving.
Then we have electronic shifting and disc brake adaptation...
All of this with a miser's eye on each undesirable tenth-of-a-gram weight increase...
We are now blessed with sub 900gr. framesets that will safely handle my 180lb. downhill, cornering inertia at speeds approaching 70mph (Pros, not little ol' me), on 23mm skinny "rubber".
AND, it's all last years' tech (time and tech march on), do it all over again next year.

 

[Riga Mortis]

theres 55lbs of love

Perhaps a bit heavier with the marzocchi super monster T's on it , swapping the form for a risse racing the champ tomorrow if it is nice

 

[the_owl]

I get this but its still a rigid frame, rigid fork. Whereas mtb market is having leaps and bounds progression with wheel size, carbon layup, linkage, suspension , weight etc. The amount that changes every year is astonishing. A bike from 3 years ago is basically obsolete!. But road bikes are still rigid, and carbon. Yet they cost twice as much as full suspension mtb frames on the high end. Even with shocks Costing close to $1000

Respectful disagreement over here.
The tech that goes into the frameset alone (computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamic testing, nanotechnology etc.) is mind boggling , and can eat up a substantial portion of anybody's budget.
This is before you factor in carbon fiber tech in the wheels, spokes, bars, cranks, seat rails etc. that is constantly evolving.
Then we have electronic shifting and disc brake adaptation...
All of this with a miser's eye on each undesirable tenth-of-a-gram weight increase...
We are now blessed with sub 900gr. framesets that will safely handle my 180lb. downhill, cornering inertia at speeds approaching 70mph (Pros, not little ol' me), on 23mm skinny "rubber".
AND, it's all last years' tech (time and tech march on), do it all over again next year.