Half bicycle, half iMac, entirely beautiful

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  • Reply 21 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    You dare disparage BMW's most kickass bike? You ignorant fool.
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  • Reply 22 of 61
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    No one's thinking gear ratios when they are riding. Big gear is for down hill/flat. Middle is for mixed terrain and the granny gear is for up steep stuff. Plus when you forget to shift before the hill you can pop into the granny much easier than cranking up the rear cluster.



    But looking at how most people ride it?s clear that they have no ****ing clue how to use the gears correctly. So it?s all moot.



    But the reason I thought of has to do with the mechanics. On many bikes if you make the chain long enough to fit over the largest of the front and rear gears then you may have the chain sliding across itself when using the two smallest. Also at that point the chain has a lot of slack that the rear derailleur may not be able to suck up. So then your chain starts to slap and next thing you know you?re popping your chain back on. Also when you have the chain on the two largest (outermost front to innermost rear) the chain has to travel far from left to right and it doesn?t always function so well. The newer stuff might be better. GripShift got a lot better so ?





    7 speeds can ne fine. Gotta have the granny gear though.



    [ 12-30-2002: Message edited by: Scott ]</p>
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  • Reply 23 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    Grip shifts are the lousiest pieces of crap ever.
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  • Reply 24 of 61
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mikey Offender:

    <strong>Owned!

    image!

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Brooklyn Machine Works bikes have always interested me somewhat! They are indeed cool! Not my style but still v cool!
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  • Reply 25 of 61
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    Well, these bikes blow the Segway Scooter to shame... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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  • Reply 26 of 61
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    mine blows all of you out of the water. ha ! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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  • Reply 27 of 61
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    I thought that something else was going to be the topic:



    <a href="http://www.corbinmotors.com/sparrowcolor.html"; target="_blank">http://www.corbinmotors.com/sparrowcolor.html</a>;
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  • Reply 28 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    There's one of those parked in the <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=003456"; target="_blank">Old Town </a>parking lot all the time. It's like a big, motorized, yellow sock.
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  • Reply 29 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    Oooh, I forgot about the iBike!







    [ 12-31-2002: Message edited by: Mikey Offender ]</p>
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  • Reply 30 of 61
    709709 Posts: 2,016member
    Hassan, you have excellent taste. You've even sparked my interest so far as contact the (only) dealer here in the US. The Amsterdam would also look very good with my lovely girl riding next to me!
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  • Reply 31 of 61
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    A transaxle instead of chains...I don't think that's progress at all...
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  • Reply 32 of 61
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    In Cannondale's defense, the R5000si is a <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/03/cusa/model-3RR5K.html"; target="_blank">nice looking bike. Functional too...</a> Similarly, the Scalpel Team <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/03/cusa/model-3VP4.html"; target="_blank">gets my juices goin'.</a> I have an old ('97-'98) F500 sitting in my basement.



    [ 12-31-2002: Message edited by: ShawnPatrickJoyce ]</p>
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  • Reply 33 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    I've never been a fan of those Lefty Forks. I dunno why, but the concept is just stupid to me.
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  • Reply 34 of 61
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    Have you ever ridden one? I love the concept, but I can't vouch for ride quality.
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  • Reply 35 of 61
    mikey offendermikey offender Posts: 412member
    Yes. I test rode an <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/03/images/f800_spec_03.jpg"; target="_blank">F800.</a> I ended up buying a <a href="http://www.specialized.com/SBCEquipPopup.jsp?equipimage=/OA_MEDIA/2003/bikes/hr_pro_disk.jpg&amp;equipmodel=Hardrock Pro&quot; target="_blank">Specialized Hardrock Pro.</a> I love my Titanium Menace.



    [ 12-31-2002: Message edited by: Mikey Offender ]</p>
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  • Reply 36 of 61
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    [quote]Originally posted by ShawnPatrickJoyce:

    <strong>Have you ever ridden one? I love the concept, but I can't vouch for ride quality.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Why do you love the concept? It unbalances the bike, and I've never seen proof that the one thick shaft is beefier than a regular triple crown fork.
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  • Reply 37 of 61
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/innovation/carbonlefty.html"; target="_blank">Cannondale's</a> spin on things. Lightweight, long travel, and cool. But I haven't ridden it yet to vouch for the ride quality.
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  • Reply 38 of 61
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Does anyone remember when cannondale started shipping that "CODA" crap. Recycled Diacomp shit. They lost me when they did that. They don't still ship that crap do they?
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  • Reply 39 of 61
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    Hmm. Yeah I remember. Were they really that bad? I thought CODA bar ends were cool when they were in vogue.
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  • Reply 40 of 61
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Yes it was that bad. The sifters and levers and all that stuff sucked. Just a bad move to increase the margin.



    I guess they stopped using it.
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