This is a whole new level of wrong

rockmonkeysc
rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
edited February 2016 in MTB general
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I don't really know what to say. Apparently it was entered in a bike build competition.
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  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    What in the name of god is that thing :shock:
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    It does resemble a bicycle.

    More or less.
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    Speechless
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    From another thread, our attempt at something similar. But not quite as scary.

    22698884896_acee9f2954_c.jpg
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    eric draven wrote:
    Speechless

    I know, that rear mech cable is way too long. What was he/she/it thinking. Details like that need to be right for a build competition.
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  • StinkinHippy
    StinkinHippy Posts: 160
    Is... Is that a rear shock? (Kind of)

    Edit: and is the drive side rigid? So confused.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Its a full susser yes (single pivot with linkage driven shock) -, with calliper brakes and deep section aero rims, Frame is obviously too small given the seatpost showing and steerer extender. Although having the setback seatpost back to front and the saddle all the way forward - maybe they are Gorilla proportions?

    If it actually works I have to admire their sheer doggedness and getting bits not meant to work together working together, but as an actual usable bike - no.

    Maybe its a bike they have built just to prove they can....I hope......

    More info
    http://manfred-tinebor.fotki.com/meine- ... erjel.html
    http://manfred-tinebor.fotki.com/meine- ... jel-2.html

    Was built up in 2008
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • poah
    poah Posts: 3,369
    I like it
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    That surprises no-one and confirms many things......

    Just spotted that the builder has used a steerer extender AND a flipped stem......DOH!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • poah
    poah Posts: 3,369
    The Rookie wrote:
    That surprises no-one and confirms many things......


    its so wrong its right, like watching piggmy porn
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  • bigmitch41
    bigmitch41 Posts: 685
    Under-slung bottle cage, nice!
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I presume it was designed for long road TTs which have occasional short stretches of tree-rooty downhill in them.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    POAH wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    That surprises no-one and confirms many things......
    its so wrong its right, like watching pygmy porn
    It doesn't surprise me that you are in a position to make a valid comparison.......
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Used for road touring apparently - photo's from much of 2009
    http://manfred-tinebor.fotki.com/meine- ... egeni.html

    Previous life
    http://manfred-tinebor.fotki.com/meine- ... 72666.html
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Main problem is that the owner did not clip the ends of the cable ties holding the computer to the stem. Other than that she did a good build.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • Rigga
    Rigga Posts: 939
    The owner of this monstrosity clearly has mental issues.
  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    Rigga wrote:
    ... mental issues.
    :D Yes, absolutely!
    ...without mental issues, you cannot execute 3,000 kms TransRussia cycling-race! :twisted:
  • poah
    poah Posts: 3,369
    The Rookie wrote:
    POAH wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    That surprises no-one and confirms many things......
    its so wrong its right, like watching pygmy porn
    It doesn't surprise me that you are in a position to make a valid comparison.......

    don't knock it till you watch it

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  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    The Rookie wrote:
    - maybe they are Gorilla proportions?
    :D Here you see Gorilla on the 1,400 kms bike ride London-Edinburgh-London!
    Manfed_Tinebor_1x_Deutsch-vi.jpg
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Really not a fan of those silver cranks.
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  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    I know, that rear mech cable is way too long. What was he/she/it thinking. Details like that need to be right for a build competition.
    Yes, I agree that the bike looks unusual. I didn't built the bike for a build competition.
    I built it for best conditions of my old, worn-out skeleton, for riding long distances on bad russian country roads.
    To vary the sitting positions, the handlebar is liftable. Thus the cables must be long enough for the highest handlebar position!
    Here you see a lifter:Speedlifter-vi.jpg
  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    Angry Bird wrote:
    Really not a fan of those silver cranks.
    Too I'm not a fan of those silver cranks!
    The bike I built in 2008. At that time a dark Dura Ace Set with 175 mm crank arms and 56 teeth chainring was not available.
    I prefer matching material rather than a more pleasant colour scheme. :)
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Welcome Manfred-T. You sound like an excellent lunatic.
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  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    cooldad wrote:
    You sound like an excellent lunatic.
    My favorite saying is: "I go mad - go with me!" :twisted:
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    You'll fit right in here then!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Manfred-T wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    You sound like an excellent lunatic.
    My favorite saying is: "I go mad - go with me!" :twisted:

    They'll cry real tears here if they see your Hed wheeled recumbent.
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  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    The Rookie wrote:
    Its a full susser yes (single pivot with linkage driven shock)
    There's a linkage but I don't think it's driving the shock.

    I'd ride it. Unfortunately I'm 5'10" and I think this was built for someone much taller.

    The second bike here is just a low budget monster cross ss. No doubt built by a cycling visionary/poor hipster.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    oodboo wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    Its a full susser yes (single pivot with linkage driven shock)
    There's a linkage but I don't think it's driving the shock.

    I'd ride it. Unfortunately I'm 5'10" and I think this was built for someone much taller.

    The second bike here is just a low budget monster cross ss. No doubt built by a cycling visionary/poor hipster.

    Built by a rather poor hipster type from stuff lying around. He does have a beard and wears skinny jeans.

    He can still beat me down anything on it.
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  • The Rookie
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    oodboo wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    Its a full susser yes (single pivot with linkage driven shock)
    There's a linkage but I don't think it's driving the shock.
    The upper link drives the top end of the shock, Its a little tricky to spot but you can see it in this photo
    http://manfred-tinebor.fotki.com/meine- ... erjel.html
    Chainstays drive the upper link which pivots on the frame (off the seat tube) and the front/lower end of the upper link drives the top of the shock. The seat tube pivot and front pivot to the shock are quite close together but not concentric.

    Otherwise (if you think about it) there would be no need for the chainstays and the upper link and it could be a plain swing arm and the shock straight to the seat tube.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Manfred-T
    Manfred-T Posts: 8
    Merida called this kind of shock LRS (Low Ratio Suspension)

    LRS is a completely different suspension-system, which has been designed for the specific demands of XC-mountain-bikes. LRS has been developed in close cooperation between Merida Taiwan and the German companies Centurion and Bergwerk.
    Some years ago, LRS bikes won several tests of bike magazines. For example in the German magazines Mountain Bike and Bike Sport News.
    Sabine Spitz won her first XC World Cup Race with a normal Merida LRS bike.

    With all other bicycle suspension systems, the physical lever-ratio in between rear wheel travel and travel of the rear-shock is in range between 2 : 1 and 3.5 : 1. As a result of this "high ratio" standard, short travel rear-shocks have to absorb high forces, to create an acceptable rear-wheel travel. However high forces put a lot of stress on the rear-shock and the whole frame.

    Similar to a high-end suspension-fork, the long travel LRS-shock works with a travel ratio of 1:1. By reducing the lever-ratio, the forces encounted by the LRS rear-shock had been dramatically reduced. Therefore, the sensitivity and durability of the system was improved.

    The LRS-shock of my "Gorilla" bike used a pure air-spring. Only low air pressure was required. The negative spring (air) was self adjusting.
    The result was a super-sensitive action without any stiction. So my old, worn-out skeleton was able, riding with pleasure on bad country roads, for days on end. :)

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