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dockeca
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Maybe I'm outdated, but it looks very inelegant and heavy. The question is, with all the really nice kit around (e.g. Colnage, Pinarello, etc.), WHY???
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erudite pete
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| Lazy. That's not a road frame; it's one of their track frames tweaked. The need for the ridiculous riser stem proves how little thought has gone into it. |
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PNuT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| erudite pete wrote: |
| Lazy. That's not a road frame; it's one of their track frames tweaked. The need for the ridiculous riser stem proves how little thought has gone into it. |
that does rather sum it up..... however taking the stem aside.... it would possibly make a good timetrial frame.... depending on geometries & stuff
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superstar kyle
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| erudite pete wrote: |
| Lazy. That's not a road frame; it's one of their track frames tweaked. The need for the ridiculous riser stem proves how little thought has gone into it. |
its supposed to be a road TT bike |
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Adam
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NS
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hideous
For the sort of money they will want I'll have a Walser please
Their bikes are as bad as their lager |
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LukePiewalker
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Did Van Moorsel not ride wan o' those in the 'lympics  |
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PNuT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Did Van Moorsel not ride wan o' those in the 'lympics |
i think so......
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FullSpamAhead
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| ...hmmm, I suspect it's one of those frames that looks great on the CAD, but for some reason has an aesthetic conflagration with things such as stems, groupsets, wheels... |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like someone's A Level technology project.
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stretch armstrong
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| It looks like someone's A Level technology project. |
obviously they got a fail
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Emyr42
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| actually its a similar smoothed out look to 10sp dura-ace... |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Emyr42 wrote: |
| actually its a similar smoothed out look to 10sp dura-ace... |
Have you been smoking summat? 
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superstar kyle
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Emyr42 wrote: |
| actually its a similar smoothed out look to 10sp dura-ace... |
Have you been smoking summat? |
your just jealous Billy cos u havent got one, you want one really 
and as for Emyr smoking something that sounds about right  |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| superstar kyle wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Emyr42 wrote: |
| actually its a similar smoothed out look to 10sp dura-ace... |
Have you been smoking summat? |
your just jealous Billy cos u havent got one, you want one really
and as for Emyr smoking something that sounds about right |
It looks awful! Lets put it to a poll.
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superstar kyle
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| superstar kyle wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Emyr42 wrote: |
| actually its a similar smoothed out look to 10sp dura-ace... |
Have you been smoking summat? |
your just jealous Billy cos u havent got one, you want one really
and as for Emyr smoking something that sounds about right |
It looks awful! Lets put it to a poll. |
looks arent everything, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder |
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Adam
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topskull
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no..no..no..no..
what would NS say? |
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