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What was the last best rigid bicycle?
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suburbanreuben
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Is that Halfords' most expensive bike? It looks the bollocks! Not bollocks, but the bollocks.Caramba Kid":1nucsv0s said:Probably get flamed for this.........
My pimped 20" 2011 Boardman Team R(igid)
Actually rides very well & love the chunky all carbon fork.
Just need to get my hands on a set of Team Green Hope hubs
Current weight is 9.2 kg / 20.3 lb
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Does anyone build them with shorter forks ? or are they all suspension designed models with rigids slapped on for fashion () so forks need to be long to match ?
) so forks need to be long to match ?
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nogueira.nuno
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So we still need to pay to bring the Bike??
Hehehe
Sorry, but it had to be Caramba Kid
Just a Joke that I normally say to my friend, hehehe
But this Topic is about the latest of the best ever made?
I understand a litle of english i Know but didnt got the point to be honest.
If it's the latest I can put my 2011 to, no?
There it goes a Pic and I will open a Topic on the right place
Tryed to fit all from the best I´ve ever used before and untill now
Hehehe
Sorry, but it had to be Caramba Kid
Just a Joke that I normally say to my friend, hehehe
But this Topic is about the latest of the best ever made?
I understand a litle of english i Know but didnt got the point to be honest.
If it's the latest I can put my 2011 to, no?
There it goes a Pic and I will open a Topic on the right place
Tryed to fit all from the best I´ve ever used before and untill now
We_are_Stevo
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WOW! :shock:
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nogueira.nuno":2svk4217 said:
No it's for modern bikes with factory fitted RIGID forks not suspension forks
silverclaws
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I have never had front suspension bar a recent foray into a flex stem kind of thing which I totally destroyed by going scarily faster than I should. Bearing in mind a psychologist's report warned me not to ride motorcycles because I have below average thinking speed, which kind of makes sense in the choice of vehicles I have had; Land-Rovers and Campers and the car I pine for, a Citroen Acadiane.
But as to cycles, speed never really interested me, I don't need the adrenaline rush and so I much prefer intricate types of riding, the ability to negotiate a course at slow speed without dabbing or falling off. I enjoy the weight shift type of cycling, using body movement to steer the bike whereas turning the bars at slow speed often is a direction change too much and a loss of control inevitable.
Tip; Belly dancing teaches one how to use one's body very effectively to augment changes of direction, the hips when you know how to use them are very effective in steering, both on the bike and on foot.
A bucking front end of cycle that becomes uncomfortable tells me I am going too fast, or I need to think about my route more carefully, and really in the past I have had some kind of damping via using fat tyres and alloy bars and stem, the flex inherent in the metal combined with shock absorbing grips does it for me.
Remember trail riding in the UK, is like riding on our roads, one never knows what is around the corner, so the same thinking and stopping distances apply for cycles as they do cars, how fast can one stop whilst blasting down a trail if say an animal or pedestrian suddenly appears, as to remember no matter how good your brakes set up is, it is the terrain that counts, loose pack means locked wheels slide out of control and cyclists already get enough flak from everyone as it is for what we do, don't need to make it worse by irresponsible actions involving speed.
But as to cycles, speed never really interested me, I don't need the adrenaline rush and so I much prefer intricate types of riding, the ability to negotiate a course at slow speed without dabbing or falling off. I enjoy the weight shift type of cycling, using body movement to steer the bike whereas turning the bars at slow speed often is a direction change too much and a loss of control inevitable.
Tip; Belly dancing teaches one how to use one's body very effectively to augment changes of direction, the hips when you know how to use them are very effective in steering, both on the bike and on foot.
A bucking front end of cycle that becomes uncomfortable tells me I am going too fast, or I need to think about my route more carefully, and really in the past I have had some kind of damping via using fat tyres and alloy bars and stem, the flex inherent in the metal combined with shock absorbing grips does it for me.
Remember trail riding in the UK, is like riding on our roads, one never knows what is around the corner, so the same thinking and stopping distances apply for cycles as they do cars, how fast can one stop whilst blasting down a trail if say an animal or pedestrian suddenly appears, as to remember no matter how good your brakes set up is, it is the terrain that counts, loose pack means locked wheels slide out of control and cyclists already get enough flak from everyone as it is for what we do, don't need to make it worse by irresponsible actions involving speed.
