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It reminds me s...Wow this has gone the full circle. It reminds me so much of the 70's surfing culture when design change started to wheen through. One ultra cool Mickey Dora put an end to the B/S factor by putting his cash up and saying the faster surfer on any water vehicle (but man powered) to surf between two predetermined points at Rincon would take the cash. The point is , if you go fast that is all that matters. If your rocks are off then great. There is no right and no wrong hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-31183482785592061202007-11-30T20:29:00.000-05:002007-11-30T20:29:00.000-05:00I'm noticing a bunch of Madones on Seattle's Craig...I'm noticing a bunch of Madones on Seattle's Craigslist. Should there be a Madone-Dex? What would this index mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-43756733959873074882007-11-30T14:04:00.000-05:002007-11-30T14:04:00.000-05:00...anon 1:26pm...thats kind of a cheap shot...jame......anon 1:26pm...thats kind of a cheap shot...james knows from whence he speaks...<BR/><BR/>...we may be talking mass produced bikes but that is not to say they're not well engineered bikes...i won't re-iterate all the technical aspects but the bottom line 'engineering' is solid...<BR/><BR/>...there are a ton of other 'socio-economic' reasons to not drink the kool-ade perhaps & i'd buy into that line of thinking but those designers know how to build a good handling bike...<BR/><BR/>...btw, i was fortunate enough to have a ti w/ a pinch of carbon frameset built for me recently & i went for a straight top tube...makes me kind of a cycling troglodyte carrying 'all' that extra weight around...<BR/><BR/>...my point would be that while i ain't riding the all carbon mass produced bandwagon, i can still see it as valid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-50206436835934742672007-11-30T13:26:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:26:00.000-05:00James just face it, you're a shill. At what point ...James just face it, you're a shill. At what point did you start buying into the bullshit so heavily?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-44995538580799650292007-11-30T13:05:00.001-05:002007-11-30T13:05:00.001-05:00seriously, though - - i am always swayed by a good...seriously, though - - i am always swayed by a good "J Peterman" bike reivew... i think they should take it up a notch, and just say "this bike will totally give you a boner until next year, when we put out a bike that will give you a bigger boner, but for right now, this is the biggest boner you can get."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-88019207740816260852007-11-30T13:05:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:05:00.000-05:00I hate to admit it but we have those new Madones a...I hate to admit it but we have those new Madones and their primary purpose at this time seems to be to make it impossible (even at reduced price) for me to sell the several old Madones that I have.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.AnnaZedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606860601592137889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-13397353110510594422007-11-30T12:50:00.000-05:002007-11-30T12:50:00.000-05:00Reviews may be getting slightly redundant within t...Reviews may be getting slightly redundant within the traditional cycling world, but with this cycling movement, bicycle design, aesthetic, and soul could be reinvigorated to new levels. <BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/nyregion/29bikes.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin<BR/><BR/>Who will need a fancy carbon bike, or ipod and a Smart car when you can output 5,000 watts on these bikes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82793375543923280712007-11-30T12:43:00.000-05:002007-11-30T12:43:00.000-05:00all that I ask is that you all keep a more open mi...<I>all that I ask is that you all keep a more open mind and evaluate the facts before passing judgment.</I><BR/><BR/>james, you come with high hopes. i enjoyed your comment, btw.<BR/><BR/>and to the original epoxy commenter: are you fucking kidding?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-74254770534573007482007-11-30T11:43:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:43:00.000-05:00I own a $5500 CF bike (not a Trek or Specialized) ...I own a $5500 CF bike (not a Trek or Specialized) with all the fancy racing bits, I've owned many bikes varying in levels based on my student status over the years.<BR/>Are full carbon bikes as great as they say they are? Of course not. Overpriced? definitely. Hype in bicycle marketing? There's BS hype in everything.<BR/><$2000 buys a bike as efficient as any other. I commute on a $400 Dahon Jack that folds up in my office.<BR/>What's important is that you are not another twat in a 8 mpg SUV with the ironic "support the troops" ribbon sticker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-35113728976091817762007-11-30T11:34:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:34:00.000-05:00James..sorry, but no one is reading all that.James..sorry, but no one is reading all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-55169696877671024022007-11-30T11:33:00.000-05:002007-11-30T11:33:00.000-05:00Mark said... What holds together the carbon fib...<I>Mark said...<BR/> What holds together the carbon fibers in one of these bikes?<BR/> Epoxy.<BR/> What was it that failed and caused the ceiling to collapse in Boston's Big Dig tunnels after just a few years?<BR/> Epoxy.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, this is exactly the same thing. Don't drink water!, water drowns! ...think of the childrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-46846564091858166992007-11-30T10:51:00.000-05:002007-11-30T10:51:00.000-05:00Hi BSNYC,No worries at all, and I never took anyth...Hi BSNYC,<BR/><BR/>No worries at all, and I never took anything in your original post as saying that things were false or misleading. Hell, if I were in your position, I probably would have done the same thing. This stuff is funny!<BR/><BR/>As for the proprietary bits and the relative performance of Trek's old Madone: I agree with all of you that adding proprietary bits that limit choices, make other bits obsolete, and potentially lock you into temporary technologies is not a good thing. <BR/><BR/>BUT, I'll support it if it means that something is actually legitimately improved in a substantial way (I'm sure people complained about fuel injection back in the day, too). Take Trek's take on the integrated seatpost. No, it won't take a standard post, but the flex built into the base makes for a comfier ride and removes a lot of the restrictions in frame design by having to accommodate some sort of inserted tube (ie the seatpost). And I do have to give Trek credit for making it a no-cut design that greatly eases things for dealers (how do you put someone on a test ride on a bike that has to be cut to size?) and offering six different caps to suit a wide range of anatomy. Is it proprietary? Absolutely. But it certainly isn't worse than a conventional setup in any other way, and I never thought to myself that I would have liked to switch to something else while I was riding the thing. Do I like the Thomson head better? Yup, still do, but that's not enough motivation for me to rag on this particular feature.<BR/><BR/>Bottom bracket: yup, true again, this setup ONLY allows for external-type cranksets. BUT, this frame isn't exactly going to be on the short list of 'crappy old frames that I'm going to use for a piecemeal fixie' so I'm not sure why anyone would have motivation to go with something else anyway. By allowing for Shimano, FSA, and Truvativ/SRAM standards (and everyone else that uses one of them), you can run virtually any crankset that's currently on the market. There are no threads in the shell to strip/pull out/seize, and even the 13yo kid that your local shop hired just to sweep floors and take out the trash could probably install it without screwing it up. <BR/><BR/>E2 front end: yup, another proprietary bit, but this is clearly a direction that the high-end road market is headed in. While I would ultimately love to see everyone agree on some sort of 1 1/8"-to-1 1/2" standard (currently everyone's system is different, as far as I can tell), the concept makes a ton of sense. The fork crown area is subject to the greatest load, and increasing that diameter is the most effective way to stiffen things up without making anything heavier. It also makes for a correspondingly bigger head tube area, which again, stiffens things up for better handling and response. Nope, again, I can't run my favorite Chris King headset, but this seems to work great so ultimately I didn't have anything bad to say about it.<BR/><BR/>Now, about that old Madone... yup, it was a really good race bike. BUT, no one is going to convince me that it's either stiffer, lighter, OR more comfortable than the new Madone which is better in nearly every way... so far (we'll see how durable it is; those old OCLV bikes were pretty good). So Lance would have wanted a level top tube. So what. The riders on the Disco team also needed super short head tubes to accommodate their ultra-aggressive positions and ask any of your local dealers how well that works for the average consumer. There's a reason why all of those Treks in Central Park have upturned stems and a mile of spacers. Again, I have to hand it to Trek to making the new Madone in several different fits: the Performance fit works far better for your average joe, but if you want to look like George (Racing Jackets, outstretched tongue, and all), you can go with the Pro fit and have it that way, too. <BR/><BR/>Just a note on the whole 'vertical compliance' thing: would you all prefer that I just use 'squishier' or 'more comfortable'? Because that's all that means, and much as people here are bitching about it, that's precisely the ride quality that nearly everyone is looking for. Last I heard no ever heaped praise on a bike that tried to buck you off every time you ran over one of those steel plates that NYC likes to consider as reasonable asphalt patches or made your ass go numb every time you hit the 1hr mark. Yes, you could run lower air pressure, but then you're more likely to pinch flat on that aforementioned steel plate. Why not have it both ways if you can get it?<BR/><BR/>Let's see, what else... oh, yeah, fenders and stuff. Let's get real, here. How many people are really going to buy a race bike like this and intentionally thrash it in the rain outside of the Pacific NW? Even then, there are other options available like SKS's Race Blade. Nope, it's not as good as a full wrap, but it does ok. And if you're really concerned about this sort of thing, you'll all like to know that Trek's evil integrated seatpost design is also fully sealed up top. There are no holes in the top of the frame, so there's no entry point for water. <BR/><BR/>The broken spoke test: um... bring a spoke wrench! Unless you want every bike in the word to be equipped with an inch of clearance on either side of the tire, this just doesn't make sense. That guy who had to walk home didn't have to hoof it because of bad bike design; he just wasn't properly equipped for what is not an uncommon failure. That's like saying that rim manufacturers should be held at fault because you can't ride 50mi back home on a flat tire without killing your wheel. Nearly ANY wheel, be it paired spoke, aluminum spoke, steel, bladed, whatever (obviously there are exceptions) can easily be tweaked at roadside to get you home *on your bike* in the event of a snapped spoke. No big deal. <BR/><BR/>Either way, no one here is going to go out and buy one of these things just because I liked it. Any savvy shopper is at least going to do a cursory test ride of some sort, at which point I dare say that most of you will agree with what I've wrote. <BR/><BR/>And as for the comment that I'm just 'shilling' for Trek. If I'm on the Trek payroll in any way, those guys clearly must have recorded the wrong account number or address as I haven't seen any of that money come in. Yes, that review does come off as glowing, but as far as I'm concerned, it actually was that good. I doubt that any of this will change a lot of opinions, but all that I ask is that you all keep a more open mind and evaluate the facts before passing judgment.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, damn all of you for being able to go to Patsy's (the 'real' one, under the Brooklyn Bridge), any number of local delis, or bagel shops whenever you want. I've looked high and low for a $1.50 bagel and coffee (or a damned black and white cookie) since departing NY years ago and have never found one. Sure, I have clean air and mountains and stuff now, but every now and I'd almost trade it for a decent slice of pizza.angryasianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480339835736922983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-25305454682286156352007-11-30T08:30:00.000-05:002007-11-30T08:30:00.000-05:00Carbon is high tec zoot factor for sure. Back in t...Carbon is high tec zoot factor for sure. Back in the day when I was racing, the new buzz was aluminum. I rode one and thought this is way to harsh for me. Stayed with steel, on road, moutain, track, and even won some races on those "old school" bikes. New bike on order is steel, had to get the carbon fork though, bike shop nearly passed out when I told them I wanted a steel fork to go with my new bike! <BR/>Thanks BSNYC for the update, I didn't want to have vertical compliance anyway! <BR/>Just saying.....dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595513847300367900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-74078275477025887282007-11-30T06:16:00.000-05:002007-11-30T06:16:00.000-05:00Yeah, it's just like Hi-Fi mags.Some modern carbon...Yeah, it's just like Hi-Fi mags.<BR/>Some modern carbon bikes are pretty good. You will find many with pop-riveted cable guides though. That doesn't get mentioned too much. I haven't read a bike comic in 10 years, and this is why.<BR/>Magazines (journalists) generally don't go out there to find things to write about, they wait for it to come to them. Definately not Gonzo.blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377162262299745208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-85370112608879519102007-11-30T02:47:00.000-05:002007-11-30T02:47:00.000-05:00I missed them all. Except the first one, "hey, I'm...I missed them all. Except the first one, "hey, I'm good at this!" Ert. Dang. Nope. Huh. Whu? Oh, you can look at the status bar and damn, clicked the wrong one anyway!<BR/><BR/><BR/>James... *ahem* (behind hand)... "cachet."Philip Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12398341478513330159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-72120068263520551782007-11-30T01:20:00.000-05:002007-11-30T01:20:00.000-05:00I only missed one. Something is very wrong with me...I only missed one. Something is very wrong with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58165432601059638152007-11-29T23:58:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:58:00.000-05:00Maybe it's just me, but these reviews are starting...Maybe it's just me, but these reviews are starting to sound like those absurd "reviews" in audiophile magazines where some writer is enthusing about how much better the sound is after installing $5000 speaker wires or whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-90723419882323389852007-11-29T23:57:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:57:00.000-05:00A concise review of the generic crop of current ca...A concise review of the generic crop of current carbon bikes should read as follows...<BR/>"The [insert carbon bike of your choice here] is light, looks high-tec, will probably impress somebody and is expensive." <BR/>Is there really any more to it than that?<BR/>You want a nice ride? Run a wider tire at lower pressure. Carbon doesn't have any stupid vertical compliance and doesn't eat up the road-buzzies for lunch or any other crap. It's light and it has high-tec zoot factor. End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-64059914058753767892007-11-29T23:16:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:16:00.000-05:00Charlie 3:01pm:I completely agree with you, when I...Charlie 3:01pm:<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with you, when I was shopping for my first roadie I was stuck between a Cannondale CAAD8, a Felt S32 and a Trek 1200 or 1500.<BR/><BR/>I found all kinds of great reviews about why I should spend over $3k on a bike but few good reviews about which mid-level bike I could actually ride like its supposed to be ridden (under 25mph on normal bike paths).<BR/><BR/>I ended up test riding each for about 5 minutes each and picking the one that felt best to me (CAAD8).<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm okay with the magazines comparing Madonne to Time Machine. Its like reading if a Countach is faster than an F50 - I won't ever own one, I have no reason to own one but it's still fun to read about them. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I'd prefer the average biker to be stuck test riding their selections at a local brick-and-mortar than buying a bike on eBay because Bicycling siad it was the best you could buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-88743824004287455932007-11-29T23:08:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:08:00.000-05:00This mind-blowing review is precise, instant, nev...This mind-blowing review is precise, instant, never twitchy.justacoolcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13810655507426297986noreply@blogger.com