absolute Bike Porn

[OilyRagMan]

Carbon Santacruz

[neil_bolton]

Crikey. That is nice.

That, in LT guise, would be a killer Mega bike.

[anniesdad]

That is lovely.

Would an LT have enough rear travel for the Mega? I know the Geo on the LT2 has been designed around a 140mm fork, yet will take a 160mm. But the rear is only 5.5inches, I beleive 6+ is the norm for the Mega?

S

[neil_bolton]

anniesdad said:

That is lovely.

Would an LT have enough rear travel for the Mega? I know the Geo on the LT2 has been designed around a 140mm fork, yet will take a 160mm. But the rear is only 5.5inches, I beleive 6+ is the norm for the Mega?

S

Depends on whether you are piloting it for the race or the qualifier.

The race doesn't need 6+ inches, but the qualifier has little climbing, and is bigger on the hits so yes, you'd be right for that.

ETA Apart from last year when they cancelled the race going down the normal route and made us all ride the 1st half of the qualifier.

Cue lots of worried faces, including mine, looking at our lesser travel 'race' bikes, and wondering whether we would survive down the huge boulder fields in the qualifier track...

As it was, I was fine, but christ, was it a bit scary...

[anniesdad]

One more reason to keep the Blur then!

S

[Rico]

Commencal are doing carbon frames for 2010...

Some donkey in Norway leaked photos... so he's currently not a popular bunny at Commencal HQ, but good for all of us who like a bit of bike porn!

http://www.commencalownersclub.com/index.php?topic...

[vwsurfbum]

if i'm gonna pay out all that money for a Carbon frame i want to see the weave, that was part of the apeal of mine.

[Parrot of Doom]

Rico said:

Commencal are doing carbon frames for 2010...

Some donkey in Norway leaked photos... so he's currently not a popular bunny at Commencal HQ, but good for all of us who like a bit of bike porn!

http://www.commencalownersclub.com/index.php?topic...

oooo. I wonder if it handles the same way as the 08 5.5.

I can't get over how controllable mine is when descending. Last night I was racing down a narrow track and I could just feel the back end going "hey, don't worry, a bump? What bump, let me take care of that. You just go right ahead and enjoy yourself"

Its a pity that just after it said that, I ended up in a rut at the side of that track while my mate overtook me on his Scott Genius

[dubbs]

Prefer the Ibis Mojo..

[arryb]

I'm sorry, but this does more for me.......

[Parrot of Doom]

That's rubbish. It doesn't even have mudguards

[dubbs]

arryb said:

I'm sorry, but this does more for me.......

Now THAT is the bike I need for my Tri and London to Paris ride!!!!

[arryb]

dubbs said:

arryb said:

I'm sorry, but this does more for me.......

Now THAT is the bike I need for my Tri and London to Paris ride!!!!

Don't we all - a snip at about £5.5k IIRC

[LRdriver II]

Cheeky chance to post Colnago bling:



My new addition to the fleet, a Colnago Extreme Power in retro 1982 World Champ Saronni colours .. had to sell 3 other frames to afford the damn thing.. but its worth it Hand buildt in Italy, not the lightest nor the most modern.. but oh so pretty and an air of history.

Gonna get 10 speed Campag Record, low profile rims and carbon everywhere. aiming for 7kg atm..

So pretty it should hang on my wall

[Agoogy]

my new ride:

I'm a fan of hanging beautiful things on walls....

Edited by Agoogy on Friday 30th January 08:39

[anniesdad]

They are a beautiful frame aren't they..

Congrats.

S

[vwsurfbum]

vwsurfbum said:

if i'm gonna pay out all that money for a Carbon frame i want to see the weave, that was part of the apeal of mine.