Obsessive Compulsive Poser (OCP) guide to bike photos
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Rank_amateur wrote:NapoleonD wrote:I'll let this poorly shot kooky-saddle-angled spacer-fest through without comment.
I do love it when the master speaks. There doesn't seem to be a white garage door for bloody miles around our way otherwise I reckon I could have a good crack at this - I've studied it all hard enough, I reckon I could be a contender.
I'll improvise when I get chance.
Buy a tin of white paint.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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Ass saver. Cranks.
Otherwise a very nicely proportioned bike
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apologies for the cranks! i knew but i failed.
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Even got the tyre logos lined up with the valves and a spacer above the stem.0
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but the garage door isn't white !0
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These wheels do give this guy a HUGH dilemma. Should he line the tyre logo up with the valve or the wheel logo? Or should the tyre be rotated 180 degrees to make the lettering the correct way up.
Sometimes in life you can not do right for doing wrong.0 -
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So I know I've copped out with the white garage door (I don't have a garage let alone a door of any colour) but other than that? 0 -
Everything is there but the background is very busy, detracts from the big steel gate on wheels.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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NapoleonD wrote:Everything is there but the background is very busy, detracts from the BEAUTIFUL big steel gate on wheels.
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NapoleonD wrote:Everything is there but the background is very busy, detracts from the big steel gate on wheels.
Don't agree. Bike looks good. Background looks good. Who says you can't use a more 'natural' setting?
Like a brick wall
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How is the bike mate? Always been tempted with an acciaio.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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acciaio al carbonio ?
Hmm.. let me see. Where do I start? I know you are on the tall side and from my taller friends there is a pattern and it is this:
Anyone over 6' 2" that I know find no real difference with carbon or at least they don't get the benefits that us shorter riders get. Some of them actually prefer steel or titanium. I think it makes sense as the bigger you are, the more the leverage you exert from the handlebars and the crank through to the frame (and wheels obviously). The number of taller riders I have come across who like Ksyriums - it's a similar pattern. I hated mine, as you know.
However, an 'old' racing buddy of mine likes his Giant and yes, it is a bit soulless but he's not the first bigger rider to like the Giant. He rode Geoff handbuilt Roberts H frames for donkeys before then. Another, bought a Jamis but went back to steel.
I couldn't imagine a stiffer frame than my summer bike but it is comfortable and so damn responsive. It's too aggressive in its geometry and too twitchy in some ways but very responsive. If I am out of shape (which is most of the time), I tend to get carried away and bonk early. It would probably be more prudent to get a more relaxed sportive machine but nah, I love it for those times I want to stomp. It's a Large size, which allows me to achieve a French fit and a bit more endurance comfort.
If you fancy going carbon, then choose your frame well.
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curious as what you're referring to as a "french fit"?0
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I've had/got carbon frames, but I do fancy a nice steel frame for winter duties. That said I love my Ribble winter effort!Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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0ced0 wrote:curious as what you're referring to as a "french fit"?
Right. There are 3 principle riding positions:
The Competitive fit, The Eddy fit (after Eddy Merckx and the French fit - from the most aggressive (biggest drop from saddle to handlebars) Competitive fit to the more upright French fit. Ostensibly, most people ride an Eddy Fit which is in between. As we are all physiologically different, even with the best will in the world, the competitive fit is not always achievable. It's horses for courses. If endurance is your thing or climbing, a fit that veers towards the more relaxed Eddy or French fit is a bit more suitable.
Here's Cancellara's bike (Competitive)
Here's Sagan's from 2013 (not so 'competitive')
...and here's the man himself. As you can see, it's quite a relaxed seat to h'bar drop - if you want this sort of fit, it is dependant on the top tube length.
@NapD. So I typed all that Bollox for nothing :roll: The winter bike pic I posted is a C40 :Pseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
okay so french fit would the classic randonneuse, like singer or rené herse0
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0ced0 wrote:okay so french fit would the classic randonneuse, like singer or rené herse
Yeah, I like it.
Therefore, Competitive fit would be something like this?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
It's been something of a surprise. I bought it as a hundred-mile-day type of bike, attracted but the ''all day comfort" and "relaxed geometry" in the Condor bumf, I also wanted something that looked classic but modern. The surprise (to me at least) is that is goes like a rocket! It certainly is comfortable, with a Timmis bike fit, 25mm tyres and the Brooks saddle, but I just find myself absolutely hammering along on it until the point (like Pinno by the sound of it) where I just blow up and have to pottle back home :oops: It's just such fun to ride that I go harder than on my other bikes. I expected it to be a bit springy and maybe to feel it flex but I'm not a good enough rider to notice by the look of it - all I can feel is it go forward.NapoleonD wrote:How is the bike mate? Always been tempted with an acciaio.
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Rank_amateur wrote:
It's been something of a surprise. I bought it as a hundred-mile-day type of bike, attracted but the ''all day comfort" and "relaxed geometry" in the Condor bumf, I also wanted something that looked classic but modern. The surprise (to me at least) is that is goes like a rocket! It certainly is comfortable, with a Timmis bike fit, 25mm tyres and the Brooks saddle, but I just find myself absolutely hammering along on it until the point (like Pinno by the sound of it) where I just blow up and have to pottle back home :oops: It's just such fun to ride that I go harder than on my other bikes. I expected it to be a bit springy and maybe to feel it flex but I'm not a good enough rider to notice by the look of it - all I can feel is it go forward.NapoleonD wrote:How is the bike mate? Always been tempted with an acciaio.
Love it.
Cheers!
Hmmm...
Hmmmmmmm....Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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2nd attempt
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A touch under exposed (take control man!) and the front tyre logo not centred on the valve.0
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Pinno wrote:0ced0 wrote:curious as what you're referring to as a "french fit"?
Right. There are 3 principle riding positions:
The Competitive fit, The Eddy fit (after Eddy Merckx and the French fit - from the most aggressive (biggest drop from saddle to handlebars) Competitive fit to the more upright French fit. Ostensibly, most people ride an Eddy Fit which is in between. As we are all physiologically different, even with the best will in the world, the competitive fit is not always achievable. It's horses for courses. If endurance is your thing or climbing, a fit that veers towards the more relaxed Eddy or French fit is a bit more suitable.
Here's Cancellara's bike (Competitive)
Here's Sagan's from 2013 (not so 'competitive')
...and here's the man himself. As you can see, it's quite a relaxed seat to h'bar drop - if you want this sort of fit, it is dependant on the top tube length.
@NapD. So I typed all that Bollox for nothing :roll: The winter bike pic I posted is a C40 :P
none of them on the big ring.. tut tut0 -
darkhairedlord wrote:front tyre logo not centred on the valve.
that i have no control over. tubs.0 -
0ced0 wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:front tyre logo not centred on the valve.
that i have no control over. tubs.
Indeed, tubs also get a free pass.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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NapoleonD wrote:0ced0 wrote:darkhairedlord wrote:front tyre logo not centred on the valve.
that i have no control over. tubs.
Indeed, tubs also get a free pass.
:oops: i'll get me coat...0 -
I realize this doesn't follow the OCD rules 100%, but it's the only picture i have.
My baby, a ~2001 Kona Major Jake, bought second hand from a co-worker, it was about 4 years old with about 100 miles on it when i got it!! He paid $1,400 new. I paid $500. 11 years later and i'd say i got a pretty good deal...
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Major Jake wrote:I realize this doesn't follow the OCD rules 100%, but it's the only picture i have.
My baby, a ~2001 Kona Major Jake, bought second hand from a co-worker, it was about 4 years old with about 100 miles on it when i got it!! He paid $1,400 new. I paid $500. 11 years later and i'd say i got a pretty good deal...
Well take another photo then.0
