Specializzed Tarmac WHOA!

david

Has anyone seen this thing? I went into the LBS today, and someone road one
in, I didn't get a chance to talk to him but dang, what a wierd looking
bike. Are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages to this bike
besides the additional joins which could fail?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...spec_tarmacfull

Thanks and have a nice day!

David

Ryan Cousineau

In article <c5kjvm$t2b$1@news-int.gatech.edu>,
"david" <gte745z@mail.gatech.edu> wrote:

> Has anyone seen this thing? I went into the LBS today, and someone road one
> in, I didn't get a chance to talk to him but dang, what a wierd looking
> bike. Are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages to this bike
> besides the additional joins which could fail?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...ws/aug15news/sp
ec_tarmacfull

Yes. The inherent advantage is that it looks nifty, which causes
increased sales. As we speak, this inherent advantage is working on me
(but alas, like trying to scoop 2 gallons of ice cream out of a gallon
pail, it is not working on my wallet). Specialized is said to be very
excited about this advantage.

Would like to know what "curvecious" means,
--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Tom Sherman

S o r n i wrote:

> david wrote:
>
>>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...spec_tarmacfull
>
> Sorry, but that's butt-ugly IMO.

It looks like a warped "compact geometry" frame.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad Cities (Illinois Side)

Ted Bennett

> Has anyone seen this thing? I went into the LBS today, and someone road one
> in, I didn't get a chance to talk to him but dang, what a wierd looking
> bike. Are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages to this bike
> besides the additional joins which could fail?
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...g15news/spec_ta
> rmacfull
>
> Thanks and have a nice day!
>
> David


What extra "joins"? It's just another bike with curved tubes instead of
straight. Nothing new or amazing.

--
Ted Bennett
Portland OR

S o r n i

david wrote:
>
>
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...spec_tarmacfull

Sorry, but that's butt-ugly IMO.

Bill "Mr. Bikewell" S.

david

"Ted Bennett" <tedbennett@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:tedbennett-52A973.21294714042004@news4.west.earthlink.net...
>
> > Has anyone seen this thing? I went into the LBS today, and someone road
one
> > in, I didn't get a chance to talk to him but dang, what a wierd looking
> > bike. Are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages to this bike
> > besides the additional joins which could fail?
> >
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...g15news/spec_ta
> > rmacfull
> >
> > Thanks and have a nice day!
> >
> > David
>
>
> What extra "joins"? It's just another bike with curved tubes instead of
> straight. Nothing new or amazing.

Somehow the "t" went missing. So it meant to read, inherent problems with
the joints. The joints between the carbon top and TI/aluminum bottom.

David

Kinky Cowboy

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 04:29:47 GMT, Ted Bennett
<tedbennett@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>> Has anyone seen this thing? I went into the LBS today, and someone road one
>> in, I didn't get a chance to talk to him but dang, what a wierd looking
>> bike. Are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages to this bike
>> besides the additional joins which could fail?
>> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...g15news/spec_ta
>> rmacfull
>>
>> Thanks and have a nice day!
>>
>> David
>
>
>What extra "joins"? It's just another bike with curved tubes instead of
>straight. Nothing new or amazing.


I think he means all the carbon to aluminium joints.

Anyway, it's not working for me, I want a Roubaix Pro

http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA...oFrameset_d.jpg


Kinky Cowboy*

*Batteries not included
May contain traces of nuts
Your milage may vary

Appkiller

Tom Sherman <tsherman@qconline.com> wrote in message news:<c5l5np$2uj53$2@ID-81487.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> S o r n i wrote:
>
> > david wrote:
> >
> >>
> > http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...spec_tarmacfull
> >
> > Sorry, but that's butt-ugly IMO.
>
> It looks like a warped "compact geometry" frame.

Oooh, sweet, the compact geometry war is about to be re-animated!

App

Chris Zacho The Wheelman

Looks like the "cruiser" bikes of old days (1950 and back). Wanna see
wierd with lots of joints, ex Moulton "Mini".

http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/amvisit.htm

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
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Chris Zacho The Wheelman

Sorry, that should have read Alex Moulton "Mini"!

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
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Chalo

"S o r n i" <sorni@bite-me.san.rr.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php...spec_tarmacfull
>
> Sorry, but that's butt-ugly IMO.

Yeah, even though it borrows a couple of hints from the stylish
cruiser genre, it mostly maintains the overall gimpy and graceless
appearance common to most road racing bikes. (For what it's worth,
they look even gimpier and more graceless when topped with a
lycra-clad geek holding his butt up in the air like some sort of
estrus-stricken animal.)

No worries, though; there are plenty of nice-looking bikes being
manufactured currently, like these examples:

http://nirve.com/main/largepic.asp?id=1476
http://konaworld.com/2k4bikes/image...eHotRod_650.jpg
http://www.electrabike.com/04/image...EVIL3_M_RED.jpg
http://3gbikes.com/bikes/classic_ch..._time_left.html

Chalo Colina

Qui si parla Campagnolo

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Yikes, design run amok.....Like a guy at interbike once said to me when I asked
what it was for...'it's for sellin'......

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Vecchio's Bicicletteria
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