UCP Bicycle thread

[cmcpokey]

dude, sounds like you need to take it a bit easier on your rides....

[Klemmel]

Waugh-terfall, I think you should consider using a helmet!

To invest in a camera is something I should have done too, because yesterday I made a video and the quality is os-so, but feel free to have a look (wmv or avi):

http://folk.ntnu.no/bunkholt/Sykkel/Super-D.wmv
http://folk.ntnu.no/bunkholt/Sykkel/Super-D.AVI

I also tried to use my Olympus Mju 700 as a helmetcam with ducktape to months ago:
http://folk.ntnu.no/bunkholt/Sykkel/...%202008_04.wmv


Enjoy!
I did :P

[Knuto]

Enjoy!
I did :P

Impressive man! Looks really fun

[Klemmel]

Got me myself a new bike, a Cannondale Moto 3

Sometimes when I am having fun I laugh out loud. For example when it drop down a couple of gear before a corner and the heal&toe- and gearstick-action is perfectly matched, or when I rev a 912 to >6000 rpm and listen to the sweetest boxer-sound.

This is also what the new bike made me do deep in the forest of Bymarka

[f6fhellcat13]

Nice bike, but the rear suspension has a weird setup? how is that different than normal springs+shocks?

[#1 Mustang Fan]

Thats a pretty plain set-up, everything is normal except that some weight has been reduced by setting the actual shock into a mount rather than the frame.

[Jack_Bauer]

I know very little about bicycles. My girlfriend's father just treated himself to a Condor Fratello Audax bike like this...



Looks pretty sweet, and it certainly cost him a pretty penny! Do the bike snobs of UCP approve?

[f6fhellcat13]

Thats a pretty plain set-up, everything is normal except that some weight has been reduced by setting the actual shock into a mount rather than the frame.

Oh, that makes sense.

[#1 Mustang Fan]

I know very little about bicycles. My girlfriend's father just treated himself to a Condor Fratello Audax bike like this...



Looks pretty sweet, and it certainly cost him a pretty penny! Do the bike snobs of UCP approve?

Lower it.

No but get rid of the mud guards.

How much of that is carbon fiber and how much does it weigh?

[cmcpokey]

if you're commuting then the fenders are nice. I may equip my bike with them

[Jack_Bauer]

Lower it.

No but get rid of the mud guards.

How much of that is carbon fiber and how much does it weigh?

Only the front forks and the seat post are carbon fibre. Condor are specialists in bespoke, hand-welded steel frames. Apparently. It does look beautifully put together; all the welding is immaculate.

I have no idea how much it weighs, but it feels pretty light to pick up.

[#1 Mustang Fan]

if you're commuting then the fenders are nice. I may equip my bike with them

They can be useful, so long as it fits the bikes style, not like the old school that had bright colours and stood out badly. They were horrible.

Only the front forks and the seat post are carbon fibre. Condor are specialists in bespoke, hand-welded steel frames. Apparently. It does look beautifully put together; all the welding is immaculate.

I have no idea how much it weighs, but it feels pretty light to pick up.

It does look well made, any carbon is better than none I know nothing about condor but would gladly own it.

I know someone with a full carbon cross-country mountain bike frame/bike. cost him over 10 thousand and the frame weights somewhere around 5kg, fully equip just below 12kg and above 11kg. Extremely Light for a mountain bike, amazing, and this is with full suspension.

[Waugh-terfall]

I know very little about bicycles. My girlfriend's father just treated himself to a Condor Fratello Audax bike like this...



Looks pretty sweet, and it certainly cost him a pretty penny! Do the bike snobs of UCP approve?

Nice one! Needs pedals though

[Jack_Bauer]

Nice one! Needs pedals though

For the record that's not his bike, just a random picture I found on the internet. His looks pretty much identical except for having pedals and panniers on the back wheel.

[Waugh-terfall]

I take it he commutes to work by bike then?