Strange strange bike
BlackSpur
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"Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs
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nooks normal to me.
or did you just miss them when they first came out late 90's?"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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nicklouse wrote:nooks normal to me.
or did you just miss them when they first came out late 90's?
I was thinking that too :?0 -
Pretty strange seeing one up the trails, looks weird when bouncing over rough terrain.0
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Young 'uns eh. I saw one this weekend over at coed-y-brenin. almost needed a kleenex when i spotted it
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Yes, I felt misty eyed just looking at it. However a Girvin Flex-Stem has me in floods of tears everytime.'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.0
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im a young un but ive seen and rode one of these, ace little bikes 0
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They squeal & squeak like someone torturing mice. Oh and they're Fugly
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Took a quick 100 yard spin on one years ago and was impressed with John's engineering but not the price :shock:I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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The Whyte Giraffe! All legs and neck.0
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John Whyte really, really really, understood (understands?!?) suspension.
However, I feel his aesthetic understanding could be summed up in a similar fashion to my school reports...
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Looks a bit like a preying mantis. Cool if it was a transformer, not so as a bike.0
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The suspension is a bit,, Erm...
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it really works though, but they never caught the mainstream attention because they look so odd.Liam-rooney wrote:The suspension is a bit,, Erm...
Different?
Sort of the thinking man's mountain bike.0 -
So is the performance comparable to a regular fork? I realise that it is an old design but with further development and the use of modern tech could it perform better than a regular fork?"Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs0
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The performance was actually superior to many forks of the time, far, far stiffer, and more control.
Basically, you know how an actual swingarm on the back of your bike means that you only need a QR hub (for most people) and it doesn't flex...
Well, imagine a fork that was that stiff, using a qr.0 -
ive heard of those before, and man are they ugly. heavy too by the looks of it.I said hit the brakes not the tree!!
2006 Specialized Enduro Expert
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Clarkson, if I recall correctly, they were actually lighter than most bikes back then.
Consider the weight of your 'average' swingarm, it's much lighter than a fork because it doesn't contain any oil damping, or springs, it's just hollow aluminium. The air shock ads a negligible amount of weight to that, but really, they were pretty damned light.
I agree wholeheartedly abou the 'ugly' though.0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:John Whyte really, really really, understood (understands?!?) suspension.
He also messed about with the first Marin fullbounces, of which I have one that is possibly older than the young'uns.. I do ride it hard from time to time too, generally down to bad skill though.. :shock:Bicyclingeroner. Verb, By-sigh-clinger-onner. Person who hoards bycycles and parts, usually in a glass cabinet.0 -
erm, check out my trusty steed in my sig.Foot_of_travel wrote:yeehaamcgee wrote:John Whyte really, really really, understood (understands?!?) suspension.
He also messed about with the first Marin fullbounces, of which I have one that is possibly older than the young'uns.. I do ride it hard from time to time too, generally down to bad skill though.. :shock:
curiously, he designed the super succesful full sussers for marin, but someone down the line changed tubing diameters before they were produced, meaning that they had to have non-standard shocks fitted.
Or so I've been told.0 -
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wow, that almost looks like that monocycle from SouthPark!0
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ooh, now that would definately benefit from a suspension seat post
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Hahaha, definately get some looks cycling about on that!0
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The Alsop Beam!0
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Hahahahaha, facing backwards (or sideways) when cycling would be too weird.0 -
sheepsteeth wrote:
Those are meant to be a really comfortable ride IIRC.
The fex in the bar provides a bit of suspension for the rider.
I would love a go, but probably wouldnt want to own one..."War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength." George Orwell - 19840 -
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supersonic wrote:The Alsop Beam!
Seem to remember that Dave Hemming rode a MTB with an Alsop Beam - seemed to be a rather silly idea to me, the beam flexed to give suspension, but obviously only when you were sat down!
Not such a bad idea for a road bike though, I guess.
I like the Whyte's looks, not saying it's beautiful or anything, I just like unusual stuff.0 -
Definately an engineer's bike...0
