evolution in action

Time on my hands...

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html

Per :
Time on my hands...

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html

In the words of a windsurfing bud who is also an engineer: "Eventually,
everything breaks."
--
PeteCresswell

wrote:
Time on my hands...

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html

Truly humbling.

Bill "worthless hack" S.

wrote:
Time on my hands...

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html


A great testimonial as to why the trek machine's frames are garbage.

JD

JD wrote:
wrote:

Time on my hands...

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html



A great testimonial as to why the trek machine's frames are garbage.

I think I'll go look for cracks in my Klein.

Shawn

I dunno. The Fishers were poorly designed junk, but three years for the
Attitude? I'm fairly happy with that. I'm tempted to get a custom
steel frame made to exactly the same geometry - see how it rides and
how long it lasts...

Per :

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html

I notice that you have risers/bar ends even on your road bike.

Is this a comfort preference over road bars - or just to avoid buying/fitting a
whole new set of brake handles/shifters/cables?
--
PeteCresswell

wrote:
I dunno. The Fishers were poorly designed junk, but three years for
the Attitude? I'm fairly happy with that. I'm tempted to get a custom
steel frame made to exactly the same geometry - see how it rides and
how long it lasts...

It's obvious that you don't value longevity as much as you seem to in your
captions. Why is it that you're frustrated with aluminum frames, and yet
you continue to buy/get warranteed aluminum frames? Do you hate the
"dead"ness of steel that much? (which is a load of crap anyway). It's
almost as if you enjoy breaking things. It's like "run into wall... ow...
that hurt... let's do it again."

Seriously... what is your goal here?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:

It's obvious that you don't value longevity as much as you seem to in your
captions. Why is it that you're frustrated with aluminum frames, and yet
you continue to buy/get warranteed aluminum frames?

I've only bought one aluminium frame. "I bought it the Trek after mag
reviews touted it as a good, reliable bike for all day rides." If they
continue to give me new frames for free, I will continue to ride them.
I rode the Klein I was * given* for 3 years (longer than many people
ride a bike before upgrading it) because it was a better ride than the
steel frames I *bought*. No product purchase justification involved, as
I wrote he

"Initially, less than convinced about its durability, I just used it as
a hacker and singlespeed. However, bits started migrating across from
the P7 as it quickly became clear that the Attitude, for all its design
niggles, was a beautiful ride."

Do you hate the
"dead"ness of steel that much? (which is a load of crap anyway).

No. That's why I wrote this:

"what frame will it be? Current favourite, some place down the line, is
a Rohloff equipped Thorn Raven Enduro" i.e. an 853 steel frame.

Is there anything else you're having trouble with?

http://petejones.fotopic.net/c925679.html

I notice that you have risers/bar ends even on your road bike.

Is this a comfort preference over road bars - or just to avoid buying/fitting a
whole new set of brake handles/shifters/cables?

They're actually flat bars, Pete - comfort, brakes to hand. I tried
flats as an experiment, and ended up ditching the drops and bar end
shifters that came with the bike as stock.