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Alex wrote:
What do you want?
Re: naked bike. Half of the reason to show is to get a lot of attention and get customers. A lot of people show "show bikes", but that isn't what they spend all day making. I like booths like Bilenky that are a nice mix of show bikes and everyday bikes.
alex
I want a rack that I can mount with push pins and can pull in less than a minute. I think it is possible with compression washers. He thought it was possible, he just won't do custom builds.
nekkid was successful... and that was cool and all.. I mean... the bike was stunning in all of it's impractical applications of practicality...
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dr. mathJoined: 26 Oct 2005Posts: 132Location: On the outside of a Klein bottle
After the initial amazement at the Naked bike, I spent a while thinking that it was a bit much.
But then I remembered to put the aesthetic in its proper genre. The bike had a very steampunk design. Baroque ostentation is part of that. It was designed quite solidly. Polished and shiny steel is just as hard as steel painted in more subdued tones. Wood rims might not be as strong as aluminum ones, but they have historically survived many a cobbled street. The eccentric rear axle mount will hold the rear wheel more solidly than a set of horizontal dropouts or track ends.
And one of the coolest things about the aesthetic is how great it looks when it gets some patina of use. Dilapidated Victorian buildings make much better sets than brand new ones. Rumor is going around that Lance bought the bike, so I doubt that it will acquire that patina anytime soon, but with luck, that thing is an icon that will have a long and interesting life.
On the other bikes in the show - Engin Singlespeed 29er, awesome. Hardwood frames, also awesome, but the builds were uninspired. Disk brake on the crank, stupid, a joke less clever than Calfee's bullhorn handlebars. Black sheep longtail, awesome. Frances front loader, awesome (I prefer the weight up front, and the steering by cable is great). And so on...
ro
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:25 am
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Riding around Portland in the middle of the night drunk. Having Richard Sachs buy you a beer and explain why he is not really a bikey type person. Plan B debauch, more riding around in the middle of the night. Late night porn on the motel tv.
Oh yeah, bike eye candy. Cool wooden wheels, more front racks than you can shake a bicycle pump at...
Sorry I'm going to miss the FHR, I am off to the Tour of California I hope to place on the podium, but who knows.
derrickito
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:42 am
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you better be back out riding for the summer camping trips Ro (ben country 3.0!)
waking up to Ro reciting poetry at the buttcrack of dawn. fantastic
puking and falling back to sleep... priceless
john
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:49 pm
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Alex wrote:
I liked the Curtlo Rohloff/belt drive bike better than the one you posted:
Did you take a close look at the YBB coupler that they had modified for the belt drive? Another joint venture between paragon and Moots... but this time Rohloff and that third party all got involved.
Just found out Rohloff had a custom one off belt drive cog made out of 6/4 for the belt drive Moots. I guess that thing was a massive collaboration to explore the whole belt drive thing.
but stupid expensive bike parts... cost? $2000
single cog.
yeek.
All in the name of research eh?
For the time and energy people are putting into trying to make belt drive work, I suspect we will be seeing them regularly in 5 years or so...
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It took me a while due to a fried MB at home, as can be seen from the two week delay. But I finally uploaded a few more pictures from the hand made bike show. They aren't great quality because I had to also work at our booth, but there are still some interesting things not seen anywhere else.
Such as the actual bamboo bike, made by Brano Meres from bamboo fiber and resin only. No carbon.
And the kiddie titanium bike made completely custom with internally geared hub and butterfly wheel set.
Where's it gonna end...
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