Carbon Bars
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NapoleonD wrote:cougie wrote:DJB - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle
I think I've seen it attributed to Mike Sinyard of Specialized ? But I could be wrong on that.
Gary Fisher I think.
Keith Bontrager.0 -
Right - bearing in mind this took me literally (no exaggeration) 2 minutes... (Remember, no tape / plugs)
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My grandma what hairy arms you have
Those look pretty cool
Now I need to find some decent celeste tape to wrap around them :?Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?0 -
Shoddy, at best....
Time for me to do mine and post it up....0 -
spanielsson wrote:NapoleonD wrote:cougie wrote:DJB - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle
I think I've seen it attributed to Mike Sinyard of Specialized ? But I could be wrong on that.
Gary Fisher I think.
Keith Bontrager.
It's a basic engineering principle. Bontrager/Fisher/etc didn't think it up.0 -
redddraggon wrote:spanielsson wrote:NapoleonD wrote:cougie wrote:DJB - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle
I think I've seen it attributed to Mike Sinyard of Specialized ? But I could be wrong on that.
Gary Fisher I think.
Keith Bontrager.
It's a basic engineering principle. Bontrager/Fisher/etc didn't think it up.
Yes they did. And they invented bikes. Jeez, do a degree and you think you know it all!0 -
It's a basic principle anywhere... as in, including the world outside of engineering..!redddraggon wrote:It's a basic engineering principle. Bontrager/Fisher/etc didn't think it up.0 -
balthazar wrote:
It's a basic principle anywhere... as in, including the world outside of engineering..!redddraggon wrote:It's a basic engineering principle. Bontrager/Fisher/etc didn't think it up.
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redddraggon wrote:It's a basic engineering principle
Design Engineers don't have any basic principles. Cheap is an unknown word to a designer, believe me.
Anyway, bars ordered, X 2.0 -
spanielsson wrote:redddraggon wrote:It's a basic engineering principle
Design Engineers don't have any basic principles. Cheap is an unknown word to a designer, believe me.
Anyway, bars ordered, X 2.
Cost was always one of the import factors in the stuff I was taught.0 -
Back to the taping...
You have to make sure you really pull the tape tight as you go, especially around that finger indentation and the transition from the hoods to the tops...0 -
redddraggon wrote:balthazar wrote:
It's a basic principle anywhere... as in, including the world outside of engineering..!redddraggon wrote:It's a basic engineering principle. Bontrager/Fisher/etc didn't think it up.
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Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:My grandma what hairy arms you have
Those look pretty cool
Now I need to find some decent celeste tape to wrap around them :?
I can't believe how they look in that pic!!
I look almost hairless in real life!0 -
so just as i press the trigger I have 44cm on the best bike should i go for 46 then? will it make alot of difference if they are to big or to small?Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
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Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:so just as i press the trigger I have 44cm on the best bike should i go for 46 then? will it make alot of difference if they are to big or to small?
I always use a 46 and mine are 46...
Order what you normally use.0 -
Cheers WOO HOO new bars are a coming
All i need to do now is find a decent stem :?Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
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B*STARDS :shock: :shock:
44cm bars on their way to mine... :oops:
Now, who's got the cheapest Fizik Microtex (white of course) for sale?
Hmmmm, stems.... :roll:Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0 -
JEjames sell the white microtex for £8.99, but take a while to come, Wiggle is £9.99 and comes next day, I always pay the extra quid0
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9.14 from Ribble when I ordered some chains and stuff.0
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Does anyone have a view on the stiffness of these bars? Are they as stiff as most carbon bars? No issues with the 26mm clamp interface on this front? Seller got back to me happy to ship to Dublin.0
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They seem very stiff from trying to flex/twist/snap them.
And im strong, really strong, like a bear, but friendlier.
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Like a true cheapskate I tried to re-use my specialized phat tape on the new bars last night. Needless to say it looked like a dogs dinner - way too thick for the curves on these bars!
Having seen Nap's efforts I will be purchasing some fizik tape. Only question remaining, black or white tape? A new toupe saddle is on the horizon so need to get this one right..............0 -
Are these bars definetly 26.0 ?
Just looked at an older 3TTT stem and it's 25.8 and that's not gonna fit is it ? (Particularly with the gentle clamp a carbon bar requires)
Did they make 2 sizes before oversize came along ?
Seems a bit mad if they did.25th August 2013 12hrs 37mins 52.3 seconds 238km 5500mtrs FYRM Never again.0 -
Anyone tried the Giant GCR bars??? Seem like a good buy to me......0
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ajb72 wrote:Like a true cheapskate I tried to re-use my specialized phat tape on the new bars last night. Needless to say it looked like a dogs dinner - way too thick for the curves on these bars!
Having seen Nap's efforts I will be purchasing some fizik tape. Only question remaining, black or white tape? A new toupe saddle is on the horizon so need to get this one right..............
No question about it.... White tape, white saddle! Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0 -
I havn't got the tape measue out, but they fitted my Thomson elite 26.0 stem a treat.0
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slunker wrote:Anyone tried the Giant GCR bars??? Seem like a good buy to me......
These ones.....
http://taylorsbikeshop.com/product/gian ... 7981-1.htm0 -
hopper1 wrote:ajb72 wrote:Like a true cheapskate I tried to re-use my specialized phat tape on the new bars last night. Needless to say it looked like a dogs dinner - way too thick for the curves on these bars!
Having seen Nap's efforts I will be purchasing some fizik tape. Only question remaining, black or white tape? A new toupe saddle is on the horizon so need to get this one right..............
No question about it.... White tape, white saddle!
I really want to agree, but not sure it will look to clever on my Ribble Sportive frame - mostly red & black with very little white0 -
Galatzo wrote:Are these bars definetly 26.0 ?
Just looked at an older 3TTT stem and it's 25.8 and that's not gonna fit is it ? (Particularly with the gentle clamp a carbon bar requires)
Did they make 2 sizes before oversize came along ?
Seems a bit mad if they did.
Fit my 26.0 stem fine.0
