Why is there little innovation in road bikes?
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Hambo
"I did a lot of very fat people"
he could have eaten dodgy end of day chicken from the supermarket rotisserie and had a bout of diarrhoea that would have saved him way more than 100g. and saved $385-390 in the process.
I gwt that but did he buy it for weight savings or because it was a more comfortable fit?
Crazy if it really was for the weight savings!
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
*cough* 8kg scandium Air9 *cough*
Thread derailment imminent but have you still got that bike?
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Wish I had
Wasn't much weight weenie about this bike, it was just fully rigid and light.The Single Speed Thread
Cheers for that. Something like the rigid is what I'm looking at, can easily hit the bikepath pretty easily and convert to HT later on. I reckon budget would be 2k-ish but likely more when I get 'researching' 2k is probably a good number if you want to build something too. One of the older XTC...
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ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
Because that Never happens with weight weenies (even here) doing an MTB build.
Cranks, pedals, handlebars, stems, Droppers, Saddles, Rear Mech, Cassette, Wheels - All parts that Mountain bikers are known for considering the weight of, when building their bike. Also frame. eg Carbon vs Alloy.
Hambo
"I did a lot of very fat people"
I'm only concerned with rotating weight these days but the opportunity to save half a kilo is also niceBecause that Never happens with weight weenies (even here) doing an MTB build.
Cranks, pedals, handlebars, stems, Droppers, Saddles, Rear Mech, Cassette, Wheels - All parts that Mountain bikers are known for considering the weight of, when building their bike. Also frame. eg Carbon vs Alloy.
Coopz
Likes Dirt
My bike weigh 25.2kg. Zero point in trying to lighten it. Spend $1000 to make it weigh 23.2kg.Because that Never happens with weight weenies (even here) doing an MTB build.
Cranks, pedals, handlebars, stems, Droppers, Saddles, Rear Mech, Cassette, Wheels - All parts that Mountain bikers are known for considering the weight of, when building their bike. Also frame. eg Carbon vs Alloy.
Mates Hardtail weighs 9.999999kg. Feels like it would crack in half if he went over a jump.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
This bike was 9.92kg ready to ride pre dropper added, I dont think the name of SuperFly 9.9SL was anything to do with the weight. Probably around 10.3kg now with the dropper, which made it so much nicer to ride.
Still got it, worth nothing these days with aging geo so its a keeper. Full 11spd XX1, XTR brakes, carbon everything else. Nice bike, just worth fekk all of its original price.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
The Yoinker rode it for his full XC career while all his youthful peers got bought $10k bikes
just lucky his old man had a spare 
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
Can confirm! Was left behind in Melrose with the Yoinker aboard.
About time you came and re-enacted that jump @ozzybmx
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
That was a Coomie pic, would like to get back there soon.
EDIT: On that race day, even know you were in a different cat young Cardy, it was well behind you on that occasion
silentbutdeadly
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Bought The Lad his first new mountain bike after more than 12 years on tip shop/bargain website parts combinations this weekend...though on reflection that may not be true but lets not get in the way of a relevant story....
... anyway, 99 Bikes at Castle Hill in Sydney. Zero road bikes, based on UCI definitions. And I looked because I'm not a roadie. Did we fucking win or what? No we did not. Let's just say that The Lad's new Big 9 (and it's huge) was the most MTB of anything there that wasn't overloaded with a battery.
I think we've all lost. But at least they still ride...
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
I know that jump...
Slowman
Likes Bikes and Dirt
I'm no longer a MAMIL these days I'm a SOMIL.
There has been plenty of innovation in the frames as already pointed out in aerodynamics to reduce drag, and these days they do the wind tunnel test with a human on board! Even though you think the human body isn't all that aero, positioning can make a huge difference (he says with real conviction). First off, lycra, next shave legs! But seriously when it comes to TT, body position is biggest factor, then the aerodynamics of the wheels and then the bike frame. Because, triathlon was not governed by the UCI there was a lot more experimentation with frame design, especially back in the 90s with designs by Softride, Cervelo, Kestrel and Mike Burrows.
However, these days the triathlon frames look a lot more standard than they used to because people like Cervelo kept working on their UCI compliant road bikes and found ways to make them just as aerodynamic. You see a lot more Kamm foils these days too which helps with practicality when it comes to manufacturing. On the surface it doesn't look like much has happened but it has though it is subtle.
The UCI regulations are an attempt to keep things fair across the centuries
especially when it comes to the hour records. In 1997 they stipulate you had to ride a bike like the one Eddy Merkx had ridden in 1972 when he set the hour record (for God's sake). The idea was that it should just be a test of the human effort. They changed this in 2014 and allowed more innovation. The latest record seems to have upset them again...
These insane track bikes just broke two world records, and the UCI wants them gone
The tech details of the ever-insane Hope HB.T used by Matt Richardson, Will Bjergfelt and Charlie Tanfield
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