A whole new level of big ring. - Page 2

Seramount · #16 03-30-2017, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FlashUNC

What's more important at 150+? Ride quality or a flat that kills you?

meh...running 700c seems entirely sketchy.

both John Howard and Fred Rompelberg used much more robust tires and wheels..

http://fredrompelberg.com/EN/world-record

Black Dog · #17 03-30-2017, 06:19 PM

Big ring? Whatever. That is my small ring when I am climbing in the Alps.

Cicli · #18 03-30-2017, 07:11 PM

All I could think of is the injuries that would be sustained by the rotors in the event of a crash.

sloar · #19 03-30-2017, 10:13 PM

Saw this at a museum yesterday.

dustyrider · #20 03-30-2017, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sloar

Saw this at a museum yesterday.

Now that is awesome!

fiamme red · #21 03-30-2017, 10:24 PM

Jose Meiffret's land-speed bike:

http://capovelo.com/historic-footage...d-record-1952/

http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...geViewsIndex=1

Anyone want to buy John Howard's land-speed-record bike? It's up for auction at Copake this year: http://www.copakeauction.com/land-sp...ll-april-2017/.

bironi · #22 03-30-2017, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by dustyrider

Now that is awesome!

I want one of those on my summer fixie.

bironi · #23 03-30-2017, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fiamme red

Jose Meiffret's land-speed bike:

http://capovelo.com/historic-footage...d-record-1952/

http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...geViewsIndex=1

Anyone want to buy John Howard's land-speed-record bike? It's up for auction at Copake this year: http://www.copakeauction.com/land-sp...ll-april-2017/.

That was painful just to watch. I'm glad today's camera tech was not available. His left hand looks like a catcher's mitt.

smontanaro · #24 03-31-2017, 07:02 AM

People still use huge rings? I thought everyone had switched to an intermediate shaft setup. This is John Howard in 1985.

sailorboy · #25 03-31-2017, 07:08 AM

I did a Majorca tour a few years back with both John and Fred there at the same time...though they were both getting on in years, you could still feel the rivalry in the air!

carpediemracing · #26 03-31-2017, 02:25 PM

Bike I worked on. Teammate's dad's bike. They regularly did a 20 hour ride to or from NH (from/to CT). The dad regularly did 40-50 miles in the area, and he was maybe 60 years old when he got the big rings.

Got the rings through QBP. The 60T was out of stock so I got the 59T for the dad, who is a bit wacky. He rode TriSpokes as well until he got spooked at 55 mph on some mountain pass.

I think I put a 45T inner ring on the bike but I don't remember.