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To your point, I think that pro bikes only serve to polarize people with these radical designs. I don't care if one of these wins the Dope De France if it looks just terrible. It didn't win on merit anyway, so a victory is meaningless. |
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I view the newer carbon shapes to be an absolute technical improvement for racing bikes. I just happen to think they don't look as good. ![]() vs. ![]()
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One bright spot for me is that most aero bikes look awesome in S and XS sizes compared to how they look in larger sizes. So got that going for me. I think they should just go ahead and call the tour the trade show that it is, nobody or at least fewer now are fooled by "the show". I watch to see new tech, the scenery, it's quite a spectacle. But the results have no bearing on my buying. |
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Is Dimension Data really rolling King Hubs?
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Quite a few of those bikes have direct mount brakes. Interesting.
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Isn't that due to the wider wheels/tires?
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Not sure. Just an interesting, to me, trend I’ve been noticing lately.
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I like seeing horizontal toptubes. Such a good look.
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Agree
Being short as I am, yes, even in my size a level top tube is easy to have with some of these bikes. And again, the aero bikes in my size are the bomb!
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I've never been crazy about the mega graphics bikes have had in the last 20 years or so, but that aside I like all the bikes shown.
Also, what is everyone's take on the current trend of low seat stays - is this design feature here to stay? |
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To your point, on why the seat stays are low on these carbon bikes, I have reads that bike makers use the long seat tube now to soften the ride. Lower seat stay, the longer exposed seat tube is allowed to flex and improve comfort. And like the steel examples, even in carbon the seat stay isn't as loaded as the rest of the frame. |
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Couldn't agree more. Seems like the best looking frames have the worst paint/kit (Cannondale, Astana) and the ugliest frames are made up the best (Sky, Trek, Mitchelton-Scott). That Factor frame is almost there but the crank setup breaks the clean lines and that fork is way out of proportion to the rest of the bike. I also really wish someone made a Campy power meter that didn't look so horrible.
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Not World Tour but Israel Cycling Academy's De Rosa SK Pininfarina looks pretty good to me.
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