Rod Ends
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 posted on 3/8/12 at 10:12 PM |
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Look at tubes on this frame!
Carbon fibre grid
[Edited on 3/8/12 by Rod Ends]
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 3/8/12 at 11:02 PM |
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pretty sweet.
i bet its bloody expensive to buy and also to repair when you crash into a pothole
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maccmike
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| posted on 3/8/12 at 11:29 PM |
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different
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AndyGT
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 03:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by skydivepaul
pretty sweet.
i bet its bloody expensive to buy and also to repair when you crash into a pothole
Or buy the mtb version....
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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AndyGT
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 03:59 AM |
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Road bike: 3,850 GBP for the frame direct from the US.
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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clanger
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 07:22 AM |
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don't look too safe to me.......
the roadie might survive the odd pothole but I reckon a bit of rough and tumble on the MTB will result in its demise
I MTB in some rough stuff in the Afan forest and have had a few "offs" shall we say, that MTB would fold up like an A4 sheet of paper if
it hit a rock or tree.
Not convinced............... more like a bit of a willy waving promanade posers bike 
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johnwilders
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 07:29 AM |
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Aerodynamics must be crap, but its a tiny space frame we all know how strong they are.
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mccsp
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 07:42 AM |
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Forget breaking the bike! They look a nightmare to wash and keep clean!
Why do it the easy way, when I can do things my way!
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black fingernail
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 08:47 AM |
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Beutiful, didn't barnes wallace originally create this design for wellington bombers in wwII? i think he called it 'geodetic' or
something like that, i hope the yanks dont claim to have "invented" this
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black fingernail
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 08:47 AM |
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Beutiful, didn't barnes wallace originally create this design for wellington bombers in wwII? i think he called it 'geodetic' or
something like that, i hope the yanks dont claim to have "invented" this
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 08:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by clanger
Not convinced............... more like a bit of a willy waving promanade posers bike
Agreed. even if it didn't break I suspect you'd end up with a pretty heavy frame after a session on some muddy trails 
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 10:29 AM |
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I wonder how much weight this design actually saves ?
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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vanepico
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 01:59 PM |
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Don't be silly! When they do road races in the UK they recover the roads, so all the foreign competitors probably think every road is like that!
And I can tell you there are some monster holes in littlehampton!
It'll be advanced composite matches in seconds!
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gottabedone
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| posted on 4/8/12 at 05:17 PM |
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you wouldn't want to come off and land on your frame - it would be like getting your nads cheese grated
Steve
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Liam
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| posted on 7/8/12 at 12:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by johnwilders
Aerodynamics must be crap, but its a tiny space frame we all know how strong they are.
Yeah but we also know a monocoque, i.e. a simple tube in this case, is stronger If this frame has any real strength/weight advantages over a simple
CF tube frame... I'll eat my hat. Expensive gimmick if you ask me, with loads of downsides - maintenance, aero, vulnerability to local damage,
looks (imho)...
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Benonymous
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| posted on 13/8/12 at 11:31 AM |
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My mate Chris got cleaned up on his CF bike. The car hit him side on and the top tube snapped like a carrot. The broken end plunged into his thigh.
It was pretty gruesome. I imagine this frame would make an even more graphic wound in similar circumstances.
I think this frame is just a case of we can build it! But it doesn't mean you should
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roadrunner
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| posted on 13/8/12 at 12:05 PM |
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It looks quite impressive, but the wheels are more impressive, there's no spokes.
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