Backyard Bike #18 – Built by Don McClung in Salida, CO by ultramega, on Flickr

then again…

DeSalvo SE Quadangle inspired 29er by richardmasoner, on Flickr

At least his towel rail is usefull!

that first one’s real purty..

Landing Gear forks.
Crikey, that takes me back. 🙂

Is there actually any genuine reason why those designs are as they are, do they offer any advantages over a ‘standard’ frame design, or are they purely an attention seeking exercise?

At least his towel rail is usefull!

I dunno, I reckon you could fit a fair sized wedge of victoria sponge in the DeSalvo tt spacesaver 🙂

Wokboy can’t cope with a rigid fork for offroad use.

Tazz. you’ve got no BMX background have you?

If you had you’d recognise the quadangle influences in the other one. 🙄 😉

Er, I like ’em both – waaay too big for me though. Still want a quadangle or even better, one of these 😛

Is there actually any genuine reason why those designs are as they are, do they offer any advantages over a ‘standard’ frame design, or are they purely an attention seeking exercise?

of course not,

mind you something that occured to me on todays ride, my bike is actually niche, it isn’t singlespeed, it is not a downhill monster, it is not rigid, fixed or any other fad. It is actually designed to be ridden cross country at speed, how niche is that!!!

I think the quad would look ‘right’ with a shorter seat tube, doesn’t quite work as it is though. Also the bars & stem of the first bike are gooping, other than that though it’s lovely 🙂

stu, I don’t care about the “influences” That’s wronger than having carnal relations with your sister who’s also your mum 😯

I like them both. The first two,,,, but I am a wrongen and should be ignored

Tazz that’s all well and good but i happen to have had carnal relationships with you mom/sister/brother/dad so feel no shame. 😐

I do rather like inglis and retrotec stuff though 😕

To me those things with all those extra tubes just look like an explosion in a scaffolding factory. Presumably the extra tube in the first and latest pic is only there because the engineering of the rest of the frame is so badly done that it can’t cope without it – would look much cleaner without, something like:

Aracer, that is lovely!

aracer, that’s a total fail. OK, there’s the silly frame, but your bike has gears AND suspension. And I bet you don’t have a beard either.

would be better without the canti brake tabs too

Aracer , thats very very nice

Thanks Aracer I’ve been trying to find a vaguely remembered frame from the early 90s and the Corratec is it:

Pretty sure that’s not aracer’s bike up there that everyone’s complimenting him on 🙂 ^^

The Teambow was ridden to victory in the MTB Tour of Britain I believe. Can’t remember the chap’s name (Dutch?), but I do remember thinking his bike was a minger.

Yikes! I remember seeing a pair of those Corratec’s at one of the SAMS races in the 90’s when I was young and impressionable. Over the course of the next 6 months, my blue Diamondback suddenly got yellow tyres, yellow brake blocks, yellow grips and a yellow saddle. The shame, the shame……

A towel rail makes sense in larger frames, doesn’t it? To stiffen them up as the bigger a frame gets the less triangular it is and the more or a quadrandle.

Love the top bike, make a perfect pub bike.

Aracer, that is lovely!

As mentioned, not mine, just the best piccy of a Corratec I found with a quick search – Lifer’s is actually more the picture I was after! A friend of mine was sponsored by them back in the ’90s and had one of those (no pictures) and another friend is now (didn’t want to post up a picture of him without asking, hence the random one).

Corratec frame and Judy SLs with discs? Never seen that before.

that ti Corratec is very nice

I’ve always had a weakness for twin tube bikes – ever since my BSA Para. That Corratec is beautiful.

The towel rail bike is neat too.

The McClung is lovely – consider it a modern take on a classic clunker. If you need to ask ‘why’ then I guess it’s not for you.

I’ve always wanted one fo these to pootle around town on…

Now THAT is gorgeous, kinda like an old 1930’s motorbike without the engine! Bet it weighs a ton though..

lots of classic motorbike inpsired rides here, muddydwarf;

http://www.hawkclassic.com/cms/en/products/bikes/classic-line.html

Corratec looks nice (the ti one not the 90’s hideous thing – tho at the time I’d probably have fancied one) but don”t the top tubes get in the way? knee/heel/calf/foot any or all?

90s yellow corratec has an inboard r disc mount, didn’t notice it at first due to the glare )