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Old 31-03-17, 05:43 AM   #4941
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No not the Kowal ............... yet.

No, it was my lovely, but in reality too small Rikulua S&S travel frame.

Funds will go to something similar
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Old 11-04-17, 09:51 PM   #4942
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Mav you are a bad bad man.

I've just spent nearly two hours reading bike reviews on Burls.co.uk

More I read the more I'm tempted, I'm thinking something with a geometry that's in between the Triban and Sensa (edging towards the racier end) and has disc brakes (I still haven't managed to understand rim brakes, and the idea that every time I slow down I'm destroying some very nice wheels)

I'd have to keep saving up for it but it's tempting.

That's unless I win the Euromillions in the meantime and we can go on a trip to Italy and Passoni Bikes...
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Old 12-04-17, 06:41 AM   #4943
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Burls is sure sweet mate

Up your way you've got Shand or Kinetics who do custom frames in steel, cheaper than Ti.

Burls are much cheaper than other UK Ti builders because the frames are made overseas, but without the hassle of doing it yourself, Burls do that for their buyers.
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(I still haven't managed to understand rim brakes, and the idea that every time I slow down I'm destroying some very nice wheels)
Many people still stick with rim brakes for the slight weight savings and handling of the less built up frames / forks which don't have to cope with stresses that discs bring, mainly in the forks. Bikes are getting better for this now though as they're being built with discs in mind from the ground up. Quite a few of the earlier road disc frames were made with discs as an afterthought and forks overbuilt to cope, which made them heavier and in a lot of cases made steering feel really lumpy.
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Old 13-04-17, 07:17 AM   #4945
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Ach let's be honest the main reason most cyclists don't like disc brakes is down to one thing...

Aesthetics!!!

I love cycling* but it can be quite a backward environment.



*bar Falkirk BC they're a bunch of arrogant *§Nt$
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Ach let's be honest the main reason most cyclists don't like disc brakes is down to one thing...

Aesthetics!!!

I love cycling* but it can be quite a backward environment.

*bar Falkirk BC they're a bunch of arrogant *§Nt$
IMAG0029 by maviczap, on Flickr

Although my Fuerte Bicci does look sweet in this picture, you have to remember the beauty of some of the old rim brakes of yesteryear, that discs will never better IMHO, but then I'm old and backward

The useless but beautiful Campag Deltas



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https://merlincycles-img.s3-eu-west-...ipers_pair.jpg





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Ach let's be honest the main reason most cyclists don't like disc brakes is down to one thing...

Aesthetics!!!
True. there's that too.

I was put off though by test riding lots of early disc road bikes and cross bikes I'd worked on and they were real heavy feeling pigs to ride, despite being fairly light bikes.

Also, plenty of the early disc calipers seemed to be worse for braking than a lot of rim brakes! Even on some mountain bikes you get the disc front / vee brake rear combo and the vee brake worked better than the disc! Mainly mechanical granted, and road hydraulics have got pretty amazing in the last few years, without having to have all sorts of bits dangling off the bike in weird places like you did just a few years back.

I agree about the backwardness of cycling sometimes. That can be part of the charm of it though. Retro bikes can be lovely to look at. So long as it's someone else riding it!

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Oh yeah some retro bikes look stunning. Others look like pigs.

Talking retro, I've developed a bit of liking for the La Vie Claire cycling top.

Other news last night I figured out how different bars can change the feeling of a bike completely, to my inexperienced eye they looked slightly narrower and that was it, turns out they had a way longer reach to the hoods and made a bike that was beautifully comfortable into a torturous stretched out thing of evil...

Also found out that 25mm road tyres and soft sand don't match well and peddles hurt when they glide gracefully up your shin as the front wheel slides out from underneath you. S'all good fun...
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Ah the old pedal - shin interaction
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Roads are still a bit ****ty round here so leavin the Planet X in the garage and having a run out on my 19 year old Scott Comp Racing tomorrow - fitted Specialized Fatboy 26 X 1.25 slicks a couple of weeks ago and it is a right giggle.
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