On anybody's Xmas list?

oldpotatoe · #1 11-30-2011, 07:53 AM

http://www.gucci.com/us/styles/284332JA3108730#

Too bad it's 'unavailable'.....11s? How'd they get to 11 speed? One in front plus 10 in the rear? 11s?

AngryScientist · #2 11-30-2011, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

http://www.gucci.com/us/styles/284332JA3108730#

Too bad it's 'unavailable'.....11s? How'd they get to 11 speed? One in front plus 10 in the rear? 11s?

probably single ring and 11-sp cassette in the rear, campy...dont know how their shifting that though.

AngryScientist · #3 11-30-2011, 08:10 AM

by the way, they're unavailable because i bought the whole stock

christian · #4 11-30-2011, 08:10 AM

11-speed Alfine gear hub.

But that's a lot of scratch for a Bianchi Milano.

Birddog · #5 11-30-2011, 08:14 AM

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11-speed Alfine gear hub

Looks like it has a rear derailleur to me.

saab2000 · #6 11-30-2011, 08:14 AM

It's got 'disc breaks'......

Who gets paid to write that crap?

If a single one of those sells, PT Barnum was right. Well, he was right in any case.

saab2000 · #7 11-30-2011, 08:15 AM

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Looks like it has a rear derailleur to me.

Chain tensioner.

christian · #8 11-30-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Birddog

Looks like it has a rear derailleur to me.

Ok, but it's not; it's an Alfine chain tensioner.

Steve in SLO · #9 11-30-2011, 09:07 AM

Pretty cool looking bike, if you ignore the ridiculous price.
Looks like the seatstay wishbone might be a modular, removable piece, so why not have sliding dropouts and a Gates belt? Or at least sliding dropouts and lose the tensioner? Too much work for the AAA guy the owner will undoutedly call when he fixes a flat, I guess.

christian · #10 11-30-2011, 09:11 AM

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PLooks like the seatstay wishbone might be a modular, removable piece

No, those are just rack mounts.

Birddog · #11 11-30-2011, 09:12 AM

Chain tensioner, OK, I get it, but why does it need it? If its internally geared, I don't see the need. My old 3 spd Sturmey Archer/ Hercules didn't have one IIRC. They should have gone one step further and made it a belt drive IMO.

So when did they come out with an 11 speed, I don't pay much attn to stuff like that, but the last one I saw I think was 8 spd and it weighed about 5 lbs. Well maybe not 5, but it was pretty heavy, not that it would really matter on a bike like that.

Fishbike · #12 11-30-2011, 09:17 AM

It's just really comical in so many ways. . . .

roguedog · #13 11-30-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AngryScientist

by the way, they're unavailable because i bought the whole stock

Does this mean I get the Legend??

Steve in SLO · #14 11-30-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by christian

No, those are just rack mounts.

That was my initial thought, and they probably are, but the top of the stay looks to be a funny mold shape for just a rack mount. Who knows...I certainly won't be seeing one up close.

Aaron O · #15 11-30-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Birddog

Chain tensioner, OK, I get it, but why does it need it? If its internally geared, I don't see the need. My old 3 spd Sturmey Archer/ Hercules didn't have one IIRC. They should have gone one step further and made it a belt drive IMO.

So when did they come out with an 11 speed, I don't pay much attn to stuff like that, but the last one I saw I think was 8 spd and it weighed about 5 lbs. Well maybe not 5, but it was pretty heavy, not that it would really matter on a bike like that.

Chain tensioners are used for bikes with vertical drops, or horizontal drops that aren't long enough - where you can't tension it by moving the wheel.

One common way that used to be accomplished was by just using a derailleur.