meanwhile on vwvortex, someone wants 10" of travel.
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They'll all probably last longer than an Evil.
boom!
just wow
Gotta love that BB height...
18.25" bb? Jesus!!!
That's Alpine Slug's dream bike.
Those who don't learn form history are doomed to repeat it (or something like that...).
Is this a joke?
If it is, I don't get it. I don't understand satire, though.Is this a joke?
Rep added.
That red Karpiel in the link looks pretty damn comfy for someone tall like me.
Tits bike
:edit: In all honesty though, only thing keeping me from trading my Boxxers for something else are the direct mount bar clamps. I just don't trust my bars being clamped to a tube. Having it mount to the top crown is some great piece of mind.
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A fixie dj bike with a 29er rear and 26" front?
I think you missed the reference to one of more "satiric" RM usersA fixie dj bike with a 29er rear and 26" front?
that kid is apparently king of stupid combos.
it's not a fixie and they are both 26" wheels...A fixie dj bike with a 29er rear and 26" front?
Well it's either a fixie or brakeless, both of which are teh dumb. And I'm pretty sure those wheels are different sizes. It could be a really weird camera angle but I don't think so.
It's probably the angle. I doubt you can fit in a 29inch wheel into that frame. There are also no 29'' trailmaster rims
brakeless is all the rage in bmx
Yeah you're right, I just looked it up.. It so looks like it in the picture though! And brakeless and fixie are equally dumb/dangerous imoIt's probably the angle. I doubt you can fit in a 29inch wheel into that frame. There are also no 29'' trailmaster rims
he's just jumping crubs and stairs though.
Well I've seen a brakeless kid almost fall into a 3m deep ditch we cut for our stepup (easier than to build a 5m high training stepup
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riding in traffic brakeless is dumb, but for fooling around it is actually quite cool. and yay to huckbikes, as roughly the same applies, you'v got to substitute traffic with fast though...
ultra tall and short wheelbase just sounds dumb. Theres nothing that bike can do my musashi can't and better. I just don't get the wasting of money for something so dumb. A proper new bike would be sooo much more fun.
I get he likes the look, but come on a almost 20" bottom bracket?
I get he likes the look, but come on a almost 20" bottom bracket?
The thing is he doesn't want to ride and have fun he wants to ride around the city in a full face helmet and pose. One thing he doesn't realise is that it will have an opposite effect from what he expects.
yeah, his shock is too long. but these bikes aren't about performance. he could've spend his money way more stupid.
he won't be the fastest kid on the hill, but that's not the point, if there ever was one.
he won't be the fastest kid on the hill, but that's not the point, if there ever was one.
A proper DH bike would probably be better than this in every way. I doubt he has the balls to huck that thing off something large enough to need that kind of travel.
I do look forward to the dental reconstruction thread on the vortex when he blows the front end off that flat landing 5 stairs. I only wish he ran a 20" rear wheel to slacken it out some. wobbly as what?
It sounds like the guy is into riding it from the viewpoint of fun like a doubledecker bike, not so much dh performance. He thinks it's cool, that's what matters in this case, right? I'm sure that people who don't ride think that bike looks just as cool, or way cooler than the refined dh bikes that are available these days.
To each his own, I guess!
To each his own, I guess!
If I had money to spare, I would love to have a gravity sled with an absurd amount of travel, just for the sake of doing some downhill routes where I just don't care where I point my bike at, as long as it points down.
That case is an overkill and waste of money, and I doubt it's fun to jump a few stairs when your fork soaks it all up, IMHO, but to each his own.
That case is an overkill and waste of money, and I doubt it's fun to jump a few stairs when your fork soaks it all up, IMHO, but to each his own.
that fork is so steep it couldn't absorb rolling over a coke can properly. The only thing it can do is dive from weight and gravity.
we get it already, you don't like his idea of a fun project. step off your high horse and go ride your bike, which of course is a 100% case of function over form...
now you're getting it.
I saw this today.
Relevant?
Relevant?
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oh wow, that's like a mini Lada Niva
oh wow, that's like a mini Lada Niva
Golf Country. Factory build 4x4 Golf platform.
That's exactly what I was hoping for when I clicked this thread, something bike-related never even enter my mind.