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swampy1970 said:The other reason Pros rode tubs was the weight and supposedly comfort.
I've also been told that, despite what we get told, a lot of pros prioritize comfort over stiffness in bikes because they do million miles over mostly rural roads. It's just the sprinters who put up with a slightly rougher ride for the stiffness. Eh, it might be [censored]
swampy1970 said:
They didn't have 808's back in the day, so why would they compare a bike from back then with 808's on? The other thing is, you're not getting 808's on that Lotus - unless you go back and get the very first model that had rims with an outside width of 25mm and even then it'll be a squeeze. It's literally about comparing old kit that we once loved to the new kit that we may think is a bit silly.
Ok, how about some old Zipps, Heds or Cosmics on an older bike compared to a "super-bike" with MA40s? You don't think those tests are too much about the wheels are tyres? FFS, some of the GCN bike comparisons have the [censored] tyres imaginable on the older bikes, which gives them little chance
swampy1970 said:
Tires and tubes (or tubeless), yes. Bearings... unless you've got roubaix cobbles in the bearing races you're not going to make much of a difference.I forget the guys name, but he was the head of engineering and BS at Zipp before going to re-start Silca, said back in the day to forget fancy bearings unless you want that last second in a hour long TT. They put ceramic bearings in Tony Martin's world championship TT wheels just for that one event but those were the $1,000 a set ceramics not the $300 whoflundungs from Alibaba.
I mean just making sure hubs are running smoothly with new or new-ish steel bearings, not getting expensive bearings
swampy1970 said:
I think I could learn to live with those rather than that cone of shame that Jonas had on his head ....
Speaking of shame, I DARE someone to go riding with an aero beak 😄
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531Aussie said:
Speaking of shame, I DARE someone to go riding with an aero beak 😄
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Sounds like you've just volunteered Nev. ♂️
matagi said:
Did you know "Breaking" (aka breakdancing is an Olympic Sport? I reckon that should make the list of so called sports that should be culled.
Matagistramus
is the forum fixed? It looks like it
Was it broken? I hadn't noticed.
matagi said:
Was it broken? I hadn't noticed.
It was for us, at least
I've never seen this. It popped up on Youtube when I was watching something else. I put a note on my mirror about 30 years ago to get it on video or dvd, but never did.
Get a life you degenerates!
531Aussie said:
I've never seen this. It popped up on Youtube when I was watching something else. I put a note on my mirror about 30 years ago to get it on video or dvd, but never did.
That will keep me entertained this evening after I've watched the WorldSBK SSP race.
matagi said:
Hah!Welcome back. What's new?
Christ, where do I start?!? How long has it been even.
I've become a casual bikepacker, but thankfully not 'gravel' enough as I don't use drop bars, have a moustache or a Patagonia baseball cap.
Thats about the extent of my 'bikiness' these days.
*edit* Holy [censored] I just noticed I first joined this thing TWENTY years ago! Fark.
I just had a look and this thread started 18 years ago!
Still staggering along after all that time, whoda thunk?
Does one need a Patagonia baseball cap to be a bikepacker? Could one get away with an Icebreaker beanie?
I heard a Millennial say in a TED talk recently that they were at the beginning of the Internet....turns out this thread is almost older than they are haha!
Thylacine 2024 said:
I heard a Millennial say in a TED talk recently that they were at the beginning of the Internet....turns out this thread is almost older than they are haha!
Watcha been DOING for the last ten years, brah? Are you still making your own humans and doing the graphicalistics?
531Aussie said:
Watcha been DOING for the last ten years, brah? Are you still making your own humans and doing the graphicalistics?
In 200 words or less........well......stopped Thylacine in 2014.....been working on and off in design, sales in the hobby industry, and until recently working in AM (3D Printing). Got a few bikepacking parts in the pipeline, but for fun, I'm mostly tootling about on my adventure / ATB / bikepacking bike, and building replica sci-fi props.
How about you guys? Matagi, still got the 2-door STI??
Thylacine 2024 said:
How about you guys? Matagi, still got the 2-door STI??
Yep still got the STi, although I don't drive it much these days.
Thylacine 2024 said:How about you guys? Matagi, still got the 2-door STI??
Your bike crossed my mind when I bought one of these frames a few years ago. :-) Taiwanese-made. Columbus Spirit. On special for about $820, including postage
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