Scott Addict SL

Crimmey

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Would the wheels look daft with Bontrager Aeolus 6.5 Decals (red/white)? or just leave as is?

noiseboyfeetman

Jesus Christ! What's up, or down, with that stem? Is that riding position actually comfortable, especially with the saddles tilted up slightly? Besides the odd looking front end I do like it though.

Pseudonym

any pics of you riding it..? I would pay to see that.....

Crimmey

hey that is my riding position! I need the saddle like that to actually sit on my sit bones instead of the bit between my legs. Gives me leverage to pull on the bars with each pedal stroke. Very Very comfortable. My legs are super short thats why I need bars so low.
I apologise for not conforming to the NORM.

lemoncurd

This has got to be a joke, funniest bike I've seen for ages.

Pseudonym

Crimmey wrote:

My legs are super short thats why I need bars so low.

you sit on the bars..?

noiseboyfeetman

Crimmey wrote:

hey that is my riding position! I need the saddle like that to actually sit on my sit bones instead of the bit between my legs. Gives me leverage to pull on the bars with each pedal stroke. Very Very comfortable. My legs are super short thats why I need bars so low.
I apologise for not conforming to the NORM.

No need to apologise mate, if its comfortable then that's all that matters, i can't honestly imagine or believe that it is though. I've never seen a bike look so odd before, you must have some weird body shape! On the plus side though at least you'll know when the tread is starting to wear down on your front tyre!

noiseboyfeetman

As for the wheels, i'd personally leave them as they are.

JRooke

thats gotta be a joke lol, saddle pointing up and bar ends below the wheels?!? This must be just to send stem haters crazy lol

Simon1890

Ok it's official......that's the most insane thing i've ever seen.

Stick this thread into the classifieds.....i'd pay to see a picture of you on this and on the drops!!!

:shock:

lemoncurd

Any chance that you can post a couple of pictures of you on the bike?

In the drops and on the hoods?

mouth

Couple of things:

Decals - put 'em on and have a look. Take off if censored .

Front end - kinda reminds me of Boardman's Lotus bike from the '94 Olympics, where the bars were kinda right on top of the front wheel.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... zIh1rEhVmw

Do you ride this thing on the road? - in my estimation you MUST be basically looking downwards at the road and can actually see about 10ft in front of you. I too would be interested in seeing some pics of you riding this. Makes me think about when a chimpanzee rides one of those little bikes at the circus. I have short legs (28" inside) and my riding position is nothing like this.

Arghyrou

haha. too good

rozzer32

:shock: WTF?!?!?!

mr prickles

Has April 1st come late / early?

EKIMIKE

My eyes are burning. It's like my anti-bike, complete nightmare.

Enough has been said about the position. BUT i must add, that bar-tape ranks amongst the worst along with Cinelli Splash (IMO). And Cinelli Splash is almost an exclusive feature of old beardy mens touring bikes. This is giving me the shivvers.

airbusboy

Can we have a photo of you riding it please......

I almost bought the SL..... then another deal caught me eye. Looks really good... .shame about stem

ATB

jimmys85

And I was worried when I posted my road bikes picture that people would take the piss out of the seat angle - now I feel a lot better.

lef

Unless you have some very unique posture requirements this will not be doing you any favours in the long run. If there's ever a time to recommend a bike fit I think this is it!

petemadoc

OMG

I didn't know they made stems like that. Is this some sort of track bike?

Crimmey, I don't think people are taking the wee wee here they're just genuinely shocked

You must look like one hard Mother Fooker riding this beast

Crimmey

YAY! People are entitled to their opinion, I'm not arsed. I stretch for 30mins every day to get used to my TT bike so this position comes naturally just to be a bit more aero as I find it really difficult to get in an aero position on road bikes even in the drops. Ekimike has a point about the bar tape. Black or white? Admittedly today was the first ride with that stem but I used to use a 35 degree one. I did have this stem on my commuter though. Was a great ride actually, comfy 100 miler. If people really really wanna see me riding it I will post something later in the week as I'm a bit of a loner on my bike as noone wants to start so early...a vid maybe. I took a piccy and my Garmin track to show that's where I took the piccy today.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/103173172

redddraggon

Are you mates with Bhima?

petemadoc

:shock: Amazing :shock:

Can't wait to see a pic of you riding this beast. If Batman has a road bike I'd guess it would look something like this.

petemadoc

Forgot to ask, what are the wheels?

lemoncurd

That is an extreme setup that you've got there, it looks like the drop from the seat to the bars is even greater than on a pro's time trial bike, don't recall seeing any bike setup like that before - you must spend most of your time looking at the front wheel.

If it's comfortable then fair enough, but don't your arms ache from putting so much weight over the bars?

Got to see photos/videos of you on the bike though...

Crimmey

Minimal weight on the bars. The saddle angle keeps the weight wholly on the saddle. I use the bars to pull on. The drop only looks bad because of the angle of the saddle? Its not too bad. Can tilt head up and can move my eyes in their sockets so can see more than just the front wheel.

The wheels are Fuerte Bici's 60mm carbon clinchers. 1625g ( F 716g R 909g). The hubs seem suspiciously like the PX light ones, seem very good. Very impressed with their first ride out today. I've had carbon clinchers before but never used the yellow swiss stops until today and the difference was amazing as I dont like descending as speed too much.

mroli

Do you have a spacer underneath the stem? If you slammed it, you could get a less "hardcore" stem angle? Also - what length is your stem? If you had a longer stem, would you want to go down so much?

Mind you, if it works for you - fair play. You must be very flexible :shock: !

Crimmey

No spacer, Stem is 16cm. Possibly a cm too long, need to move shifters up a tad when I can be bothered so stem will befine bit still very useable.

nferrar

Wow that's mental but hey if it works for you then fair enough. I can't see how short legs explains those bars though, 6ft long arms might. I'm also surprised you don't get saddle related issues, you should be spreading your weight between censored and hands rather than all on your censored .

kettrinboy

Crimmey wrote:

I'm a bit of a loner on my bike as noone wants to start so early

Do you start early so nobody see,s you riding it, i,d be afraid of getting laughed at with that setup riding through town.

danowat

Wow, just wow :shock: