serotta 'heads up' on the *underside* of the head tube?

[dookie]

the fixie kids over at BF are discussing using a 'heads up' in reverse (below the head tube) to push the front wheel away from the down tube...

why? madd barspinz, what else?

strikes me as a bad idea. screws up the geometry at the very least. curious what you all think.

[Smiley]

Head tube angle gets messed up really bad, tell them not to do it.

[gman]

an old saying comes to mind...

Just because you 'can' do something doesn't mean that you 'should'.

[dookie]

Just because you 'can' do something doesn't mean that you 'should'.

i'm not telling them anything that i haven't already...which was exactly this.

they're an ornery bunch of know-it-alls for sure.

[DfCas]

That would make it a "bottoms up".

[djg]

Dude . . .

tell them it would be fine, as long as they're willing to remove a corresponding section from the middle of each fork leg.

[David Kirk]

NO!

The stresses on the bottom of the head tube are FAR great than on the top.

If you do this it's almost a guarantee you will break stuff and get hurt.

Dave

[false_Aest]

sounds like a solution to the scenester infestation that Orkin can't seem to take care of :P

[dogdriver]

Jeez. This thread brings to mind my all-time favorite Bloom County cartoon panel, in which Portnoy wants to get his hair cut like Billy Idol, because "simply everyone is doing it". Opus replies with a story about all of the penguins in the Falkland islands falling over backwards watching the British fighters fly over, and finishes by saying, "Even though everyone is doing a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing.".

Tried to find it on line, my seach skills aren't up to par.

Happy Saturday, Chris

[93legendti]

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=8616851&posted=1#post8616851

[Dekonick]

I gotta ask...

Why?

[David Kirk]

I gotta ask...

Why?

Duh! Hello. Choppers are cool.

dave

[Brian Smith]

another "no" to a heads up on the bottom of a head tube.
get a trick frame to do tricks.

[dookie]

more stupidity...

a vendor actually promoting (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=537962) the use of an upside down head tube extender.

[tylercheung]

darwin's theory at work ;)

[C5 Snowboarder]

darwin's theory at work ;)

+1 -- Kinda like these guys..Ya just wonder why- what were they thinkin..???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lzri8dn7p0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBe2Um9Om3w