Hey,
Haven't posted in ages. What are your opinions of the best bikes ever made?
Thanks for Replying.
Little Lance
Haven't posted in ages. What are your opinions of the best bikes ever made?
Thanks for Replying.
Little Lance
Our design has essentially not chenged for over 125 years said:Part of the reason for that is that the UCI bans anything from competition that looks like progress of any discernable kind. Personally, I think they would like to introduce a penny farthing and 'bone shaker' road class, just to keep everything 'kosher'.
Unless new developments can be legally raced, there will be stagnation in design, and the UCI is a big supporter of stagnation in design. (As well as presumably being shareholders in drug manufacturers, judging by their total paralysis in forcing DNA tests and effective testing regimes.)
hahahaha, sort of a safe assumption, but not correct. There are many bikes out there which are better in different ways than a BMC. As you said, it is an impossible question to answer.Phill P said:To an engineer being ask the question "which one is the best" means you can't give an answer without asking more questions.
What are the requirements to be considered the best? To be the best what things must be considered and what are the weightings of each aspect?
best for light weight
best for stiffness
best for comfort
best for handling
best value
best style
best durability
best history (ie that bike won 28 pro races)
etc
If you let each person choose the weighing of those issues, you would get different bikes picked and the options would be wide ranging. Even if two people have the same scales, they would rate bikes differently.
BobbyOCR will likely tell you the BMC is the best bike ever
Somebody would say anything Merkx road was the best bike ever
A custom frame with silver brazing and crome lugs and air brushed finish would be suggested
Then some Lance-o-phile will suggest a Trek
Will be interesting to see what people think, but ultimately its an imposible question to answer.
Saw the pictures on weightweenies. A bit much, if you ask me.rudycyclist said:I'm sure some people here read Bicycling...did you see that $23k bike. It was so sweet. It had bronze cable housing, with campy record that was touched up with some bronze paint job. It was really sweet.
Little Lance said:Hey,
Haven't posted in ages. What are your opinions of the best bikes ever made?
Thanks for Replying.
Little Lance
Boras make any ride look better, same for lightweights, and Easton Tempest Carbon.Powerful Pete said:Saw the pictures on weightweenies. A bit much, if you ask me.
I am not so much into the funky bronze/gold colors. Much rather have a set of Boras for bling effect!
Aren't the best bikes ever made really the balloon-tired/single-or-3-speed/whatever which first propelled us into the world of two-wheeled self-locomotion regardless of how heavy OR old-or-hand-me-down it may have been by today's standards?Little Lance said:What are your opinions of the best bikes ever made?
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