For a piffling £8500 :shock: :shock: :shock: you can buy a bike that looks like a £90 cheapie from a motor accessory shop.
A kind of wedding cake on wheels.
I posted the pic on specialized's Facebook site and challenged them to sell a single one, and this is the reply I got
Thanks for your comments, aesthetics are clearly your forte Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. Most of the gals here myself included think the Sworks Ruby is pretty nifty looking. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Yeah right....
In answer about my questions regarding how to brake from the drops and if this sort of bike is new to the pro peleton I received the following (promt) reply:
As you can see from other cyclist riding fixed gear with drop bar , they usually have 2 riding position , one is the braking position which both/ one hand goes to the inter handle to brake . Another is the riding position with both hands away from the lever and switch into position one quickly in emergency.
For this bike , there are 3 ways of holding the bar. Firstly, holding the inter bar ( like riding a mountain bike ) for best braking performance. Secondly, straighten your arms a bit on both upper end of handlebar to perform braking position with thumb ( this position is inspire by TT bike rider position for long journey ride) . The last one is the normal road bike riding position ( which provide fastest speed but slower reaction to braking) . PS: there is no road bike lever on the market can use hydraulic brake yet, so the performance of this bike should be on top of the other racing bike.
That is nowhere near the same league as the ebay monstrosity (which must be a wind up - it is a wind up isn't it?? - Nobody could seriously do that to a bike could they??? Please tell me that it's a wind up.............)
I have sent a message to the guy on ebay as follows
Sir
It seems you have stuck a pair of racing handlebars on a mountain bike.
Mountain bikes are, as their name implies, designed for mountaining.
Road bikes are, as their name implies, designed for Roading.
I think you should advertise this bike as a professional cyclo cross machine, ready for the winter season. Be sure to mention in the ad that it is UCI approved
I have sent a message to the guy on ebay as follows
Sir
It seems you have stuck a pair of racing handlebars on a mountain bike.
Mountain bikes are, as their name implies, designed for mountaining.
Road bikes are, as their name implies, designed for Roading.
I think you should advertise this bike as a professional cyclo cross machine, ready for the winter season. Be sure to mention in the ad that it is UCI approved
Good Luck
And he has quickly responded
Hi there,Thanks very much for your suggestion , I'll work it out now .Cheers- chrismofong
:?
Actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him......
Actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him......
No need to feel sorry for him, he's the fastest guy on a bike that I know. I asked him how fast the bike went, here's the reply:
I'm sorry I didn't install any speedometer on this bike so I can't tell you.
But what I can tell you is that it takes me 3mins to go from Hove to Lewes on this bike.
Hove to Lewes is 10 miles by road, to get there in 3 minutes he must be averaging 200mph!!!! :shock:
Actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him......
No need to feel sorry for him, he's the fastest guy on a bike that I know. I asked him how fast the bike went, here's the reply:
I'm sorry I didn't install any speedometer on this bike so I can't tell you.
But what I can tell you is that it takes me 3mins to go from Hove to Lewes on this bike.
Hove to Lewes is 10 miles by road, to get there in 3 minutes he must be averaging 200mph!!!! :shock:
It's a misprint.
He meant to say it takes him 3 minutes to get from HOME to Lewes, and he lives 1/2 a mile away.
He meant to say it takes him 3 minutes to get from HOME to Lewes, and he lives 1/2 a mile away.
How do you know he didn't mean 30mins to ride from Hove to Lewes? Of course if that were the case though then he'd only have been able to make that journey twice given that the bike has only done 50 miles!
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'Fully upgraded if you are professional enough to spot it from the photographs' :shock:
ABCC Cycling Coach
no words.
This should be posted as a warning of what happens if you spend all your time "upgrading" rather than riding.
Great use of language, by the way, and I like the odd theory that setting foot in Wales can cripple you.
XM-057 rigid 29er
2013 Yeti SB66
I would have thought the human rights act would have prevented such things from existing.
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec042290
For a piffling £8500 :shock: :shock: :shock: you can buy a bike that looks like a £90 cheapie from a motor accessory shop.
A kind of wedding cake on wheels.
I posted the pic on specialized's Facebook site and challenged them to sell a single one, and this is the reply I got
Thanks for your comments, aesthetics are clearly your forte
That is nowhere near the same league as the ebay monstrosity (which must be a wind up - it is a wind up isn't it?? - Nobody could seriously do that to a bike could they??? Please tell me that it's a wind up.............)
Sir
It seems you have stuck a pair of racing handlebars on a mountain bike.
Mountain bikes are, as their name implies, designed for mountaining.
Road bikes are, as their name implies, designed for Roading.
I think you should advertise this bike as a professional cyclo cross machine, ready for the winter season. Be sure to mention in the ad that it is UCI approved
Good Luck
Now I know.
I have messaged to suggest a pic is taken with the bars rotated as no human could ride the bike like that.
And he has quickly responded
Hi there,Thanks very much for your suggestion , I'll work it out now .Cheers- chrismofong
:?
Actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him......
No need to feel sorry for him, he's the fastest guy on a bike that I know. I asked him how fast the bike went, here's the reply:
I'm sorry I didn't install any speedometer on this bike so I can't tell you.
But what I can tell you is that it takes me 3mins to go from Hove to Lewes on this bike.
Hove to Lewes is 10 miles by road, to get there in 3 minutes he must be averaging 200mph!!!!
It's a misprint.
He meant to say it takes him 3 minutes to get from HOME to Lewes, and he lives 1/2 a mile away.
The older I get, the better I was.
Hmmm, how do you know what he meant to say?? Come to think of it I've never seen you (Capt Slog) and chrismofong
in the same room together, maybe you are one and the same
How do you know he didn't mean 30mins to ride from Hove to Lewes? Of course if that were the case though then he'd only have been able to make that journey twice given that the bike has only done 50 miles!
On behalf of Hove, I apologise for this bike.
Fortunately I've never seen this super upgraded machine out on the road, I'd have probably fallen off with envy.
No it's not me.
My bike is worse than that.
The older I get, the better I was.