The retro effect on the bike scene

[FMJ]

Hmmm, so why not say "liquid crystal display" screen instead, i smell cows poo.

because the combined weight of ''liquid crystal display'' clearly weighs more than the efficient and economic use of 'LCD'.... :roll:


I thought it was obvious.

If you were truly retro you'd be using a monochromatic CRT.

 

[legrandefromage]

Hmmm, so why not say "liquid crystal display" screen instead, i smell cows poo.

because the combined weight of ''liquid crystal display'' clearly weighs more than the efficient and economic use of 'LCD'.... :roll:


I thought it was obvious.

If you were truly retro you'd be using a monochromatic CRT.

green screen

 

[FMJ]

Running off a Sinclair, of course.


I sense a Python skit about to break out at any moment.

 

[Splatter Paint]

Why didn't drum brakes make an impact on bicycles? You see them on the postie's bike and the odd Pashley but not much else.

I've ridden motorbike drums (1953 Ariel Square Four) and they were useless, though knowing my Grandfather the bike probably had the original 1950s linings in! Still on a light weight bicycle, not too bad? I've never seen the postie crash.

SP

 

[SF Klein]

(removing my posts)

 

[mikee]

The 'retro effect on the bike scene' should be to be better bloody educated on how your bike works.

a bit like the rest of life
as my employers once said "we lost the recipe"

but we found it again and make loads of money now

 

[Neil]

The 'retro effect on the bike scene' should be to be better bloody educated on how your bike works.

a bit like the rest of life
as my employers once said "we lost the recipe"

but we found it again and make loads of money now

There's some cause and effect there, too, though.

It's often said that we're all consumers, that things are easily disposed of, and looking around, that's true. People do buy and chuck out more stuff - that's one of the reasons why so much good / OK stuff get's chucked out.

Manufacturers have encouraged this, too, in natural obsolesence, in lack of servicable parts, in deliberate reinvention.

On the whole, people aren't encouraged to learn more about the things they buy and use - they're encouraged to pay to have them fixed / maintained, if whatever it is is worth the costs of fixing, or replace at the first opportuinity.

And quelle suprise, society has followed that lead.

 

[Agency_Scum]

...and god bless society for that, for it's how most of us get our retro bling! Parting fools from their top kit for bobbins because it's SOOOO " last week. " It's why I love this website. It's NOT populated by the MBUK types who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

 

[Wold Ranger]

DISKS

Loads of interesting slants here No denying discs are effective, but one thing I've noticed when out riding with folks who use modern discs is, just how often they use them, literally at every chance, but then as we are relatively weak units of power, seems pointless scrubbing off momentum then spending a lot of energy to regain speed again.
Along the years with the sport I progressed to modern discs, but then went back to rims when I realised my riding skills were going down the tubes, as it was "easier" to scrub off speed, than ride around/over/under trail obstacles at a decent pace.
Shimano scrapped making rim brake wheelsets for a year or two, but then re commenced, when they realised a lot of elite riders were still using them.
On the tubeless front, less than 40 percent of pro racers use tubeless still and interestingly less are using them now than two seasons back!

 

[Cobbsie]

I suppose this does keep Local bike shops in buisiness

Oh dont get me started on that!

my 'local' bike shop, apart from having a ridiculously patronising attitude towards a mere girl being able to recognise a bike tool (yes I DO know what a cone spanner is/looks like/does) let alone use one (you want to do what? tinker with your own bike? you gotta be kidding?) would far prefer to sell me a full wheel service rather than encourage a lil self servicing on a hub.
:evil:

I find that shocking considering its been some time since I tinkered......I ended up in Halfords for gods sake jimmying some bearings and a tube of grease....even more shocking that it had more accomodating staff encouraging a lil self work than a 'proper' bike shop!! Come On!!!!

Granted I need to explore my local bike shops a bit more..............

As for the whole new vs old...I'm here because yep the new stuff looks spangly but it doesnt give me a lil hair raising frisson of excitement that the old bikes do. Sad but true I maybe a dinosaur....I can 'oooh and ahhh' over a retro orange as it floated my boat back in the day but take one look at the whole full susser stylee bikes around (Orange or not!) and weakly say 'ummm thats nice' and walk on by without a single twinge of fear from my wallet!

HOWEVER! having purchased a modern Spesh for my daughter....(she of course wants to be seen by her buddies to be in with the 'in crowd' and one of my old bikes just hasnt got enough bends and curves for her liking)....my thoughts are:

discs......my initial ponderings were 'wow nice lil extra bit of kit for catching spoke mangling stuff there.....lots of twiddly bits for tinkerage! BUT having had a go on an entry level Specialised, they have nibbled away a little at my sceptisicm as they seem to work quite well. Yes they squeak but so did my cantis and Vs at times....so I'll give em a go...jury is out!

modern components.....cant say am impressed by build quality. I was disappointed to get the feeling that with the newer bikes (were not ofc talking top of the range stuff here) seem to have that modern day 'built to wear out quick' feel and less 'soul'.

But thats an old gits initial musings having been away from the bike scene for some years.