RE: Ridden: Porsche Bike RS
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^^good effort sir. I can't remember if the bike was a 'one off' made for JB then. I am sure he used the bike in the Docklands triathlon.
I will have a search around and see if I can find the pictures of the bike somewhere on the internet.
More to the point, the collaboration between specialized and McLaren looks very impressive!
I will have a search around and see if I can find the pictures of the bike somewhere on the internet.
More to the point, the collaboration between specialized and McLaren looks very impressive!
Like most bikes made by car companies, this seems really confused.
it appears to me to be a flat-barred road bike, however, it's actually a 29er mountain bike frame with slick/semi slick tyres and a mountainbike groupset.
So what they are attempting to sell is a mountainbike that probably can't be taken off-road dripping with expensive bits (some of which are mostly for show- crank bros) to do the job of a commuter bike...
My £350 Fuji track will do the job of commuting fine. I'd spend the rest of the cash on a proper mountainbike, or a car...
it appears to me to be a flat-barred road bike, however, it's actually a 29er mountain bike frame with slick/semi slick tyres and a mountainbike groupset.
So what they are attempting to sell is a mountainbike that probably can't be taken off-road dripping with expensive bits (some of which are mostly for show- crank bros) to do the job of a commuter bike...
My £350 Fuji track will do the job of commuting fine. I'd spend the rest of the cash on a proper mountainbike, or a car...
XitUp said:
Are there any other 29er hybrids? I mean ones that don't cost £5k and look like s
te? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?
Cos that would be a good idea.
I think most hybrids have 700cc wheels which are pretty much the same size as 29er wheels except the rims are much narrower. You can put 700cc tyres on a 29er rim as long as they are wide enough. te? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?Cos that would be a good idea.
Conversely you could also put wider cycle cross tyres on a hybrid.
So, yes is the answer most Hybrids have 29er size wheels just narrower as they're optimised for road and light off roading. Presumably if you want wider 29er rims you want it for off roading not commuting/hybrid/town bike riding.
So your options are a 29er hard tail (like a niner) with rigid forks and wide slicks or a hybrid with 700cc tyres and narrower faster slicks.(which has mountings for mudguards and racks already)
Edited by el stovey on Wednesday 28th December 19:43
£5k? Why would anyone spend £5k on a bike like that? My motorbike didn't cost £5k.
Some people realy need to get a life. Fine to spend huge sums on something if you are raceing and the final .1 of a second matters, but £5k on a bike which is little more than a city bike? The only reason anyone would buy that is so that they could park it at work and show everyone they can afford a £5k bike, then spend all day worrying about it being stolen/damaged. And even then the only people who would be impressed would be 5 year old boys, because of the badge.
Some people realy need to get a life. Fine to spend huge sums on something if you are raceing and the final .1 of a second matters, but £5k on a bike which is little more than a city bike? The only reason anyone would buy that is so that they could park it at work and show everyone they can afford a £5k bike, then spend all day worrying about it being stolen/damaged. And even then the only people who would be impressed would be 5 year old boys, because of the badge.
Pistons as in engine pistons. Not DISC brakes If you want to be a wise guy, then aeroplanes etc and many other vehicles have pistons and types of machinery.
XitUp said:
It's not even that. The tyres are far from ok for a mountain bike and it has no suspension.
Disk brakes have pistons.You got to be joking, that looks spazzie.
eddie man said:
It reminds me of a Bomber, the next stage up from a Grifter, as a lad. For £5k, what a waste of money. This is far better, much more cooler, and you don't have to peddle, it runs on batteries, and it folds up !!!! :-) Yike Bike !!!
A 700c rim is about 27"
Conversely you could also put wider cycle cross tyres on a hybrid.
So, yes is the answer most Hybrids have 29er size wheels just narrower as they're optimised for road and light off roading. Presumably if you want wider 29er rims you want it for off roading not commuting/hybrid/town bike riding.
So your options are a 29er hard tail (like a niner) with rigid forks and wide slicks or a hybrid with 700cc tyres and narrower faster slicks.(which has mountings for mudguards and racks already)
el stovey said:
XitUp said:
Are there any other 29er hybrids? I mean ones that don't cost £5k and look like ste? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?
Cos that would be a good idea.
I think most hybrids have 700cc wheels which are pretty much the same size as 29er wheels except the rims are much narrower. You can put 700cc tyres on a 29er rim as long as they are wide enough. te? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?Cos that would be a good idea.
Conversely you could also put wider cycle cross tyres on a hybrid.
So, yes is the answer most Hybrids have 29er size wheels just narrower as they're optimised for road and light off roading. Presumably if you want wider 29er rims you want it for off roading not commuting/hybrid/town bike riding.
So your options are a 29er hard tail (like a niner) with rigid forks and wide slicks or a hybrid with 700cc tyres and narrower faster slicks.(which has mountings for mudguards and racks already)
Edited by el stovey on Wednesday 28th December 19:43
LOL, thats acceptable.
swerni said:
AJAX50 said:
A 700c rim is about 27"
Conversely you could also put wider cycle cross tyres on a hybrid.
So, yes is the answer most Hybrids have 29er size wheels just narrower as they're optimised for road and light off roading. Presumably if you want wider 29er rims you want it for off roading not commuting/hybrid/town bike riding.
So your options are a 29er hard tail (like a niner) with rigid forks and wide slicks or a hybrid with 700cc tyres and narrower faster slicks.(which has mountings for mudguards and racks already)
The 700c (road hybrid cyclocross) and 29er wheel both have an inside rim diameter of roughly 622 mm (around 24.5 inch). Both are the same ISO622 wheel size.el stovey said:
XitUp said:
Are there any other 29er hybrids? I mean ones that don't cost £5k and look like ste? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?
Cos that would be a good idea.
I think most hybrids have 700cc wheels which are pretty much the same size as 29er wheels except the rims are much narrower. You can put 700cc tyres on a 29er rim as long as they are wide enough. te? Preferably with mountings for racks and mud guards?Cos that would be a good idea.
Conversely you could also put wider cycle cross tyres on a hybrid.
So, yes is the answer most Hybrids have 29er size wheels just narrower as they're optimised for road and light off roading. Presumably if you want wider 29er rims you want it for off roading not commuting/hybrid/town bike riding.
So your options are a 29er hard tail (like a niner) with rigid forks and wide slicks or a hybrid with 700cc tyres and narrower faster slicks.(which has mountings for mudguards and racks already)
Edited by el stovey on Wednesday 28th December 19:43
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_wheel#700C_Ro...
Edited by el stovey on Wednesday 28th December 20:18
Yeah, I was thinking the slightly wider 29er rim would be able to take slightly wider tyres to make it slightly better on rough paths and crap roads.
t at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.
Escort Si-130 said:
Pistons as in engine pistons. Not DISC brakes If you want to be a wise guy, then aeroplanes etc and many other vehicles have pistons and types of machinery.
You're sXitUp said:
It's not even that. The tyres are far from ok for a mountain bike and it has no suspension.
Disk brakes have pistons.t at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.
- 700c and 29er rims are identical diameter, it's just a different way of quoting the size between road use (700c) and off-road (29").
If I were to spend big money on a lifestyle bicycle, I would buy one from here: http://cykelmageren.dk/
...Which is only a few hundred metres down the road from where I live. The craftmanship is amazing and the bikes are small works of art
BTW, I don't get all the hate cyclist get on here, must be an English thing.
...Which is only a few hundred metres down the road from where I live. The craftmanship is amazing and the bikes are small works of art
BTW, I don't get all the hate cyclist get on here, must be an English thing.
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