"Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

[grantoury]

Did you speak to Chris?
I'd be interested to hear what they said about it.
Could it be a fake?

Not mine but apparently not a fake.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I was just wondering whether because frame prep is so much better, we've stopped bothering to check properly. We used to see cracked head tubes due to:
Poor or incorrect headset fitting,
Riding with loose headset,
Aluminium fatigue
Now we see frames written off due to a chip in the paint or a stone strike off the front wheel
Does that make them better, or are we seeing more overspecification

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I was just wondering whether because frame prep is so much better, we've stopped bothering to check properly. We used to see cracked head tubes due to:
Poor or incorrect headset fitting,
Riding with loose headset,
Aluminium fatigue
Now we see frames written off due to a chip in the paint or a stone strike off the front wheel
Does that make them better, or are we seeing more overspecification

I was thinking quality control regarding facing, reaming/sizing and alignment. You've only got to look at an old "hand built classic artisan" frame and a modern mass produced alloy frame to see the improvement. Just my opinion and possibly not a popular one, I stand by it though. Not to say there aren't any poor modern frames.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I was riding with a friend from another, fancier Bristol bike shop a few years ago and he was literally laughing at how wonky my 1992 custom longstaff racer was.

I dont think it was worse to ride than his cervelo though

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I was riding with a friend from another, fancier Bristol bike shop a few years ago and he was literally laughing at how wonky my 1992 custom longstaff racer was.

I dont think it was worse to ride than his cervelo though

I bet you paid good money for an out of alignment frame too.

 

[bikeworkshop]

It ended up considerably further out of alignment, under the wheels of a 4wd with me through his windscreen

 

[bikeworkshop]

Let's not forget though that the health benefits outweigh the disadvantages 10:1

It's just the latter come in big lumps.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Let's not forget though that the health benefits outweigh the disadvantages 10:1

It's just the latter come in big lumps.

Misalignment or massive headaches

 

[al-onestare]

don't get all petulant like a toddler

Rinse and repeat

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

You know it's just a puppet with a blokes hand up it? Kermit doesn't really wear a suit.