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Chainstay thingummy....it does it's job and looks a bit different. My concern with it would be in places like Thetford where the mud is mixed with long piney tree bits it forms a goopy mesh (like a composite) that sits on things like that chainstay prongy assembly and quickly builds up. Thing is, the only bike I have seen that doesn't this kind of problem to the same extent as most bikes is an Orange 5.
I don't think it would collect debris any more than any other chainstay bridge design. It's more about the clearance, which is big.
So can I get one in Oz?
I don't think it would collect debris any more than any other chainstay bridge design.
I think stumpy01 acknowledged that.
Of course, not all bikes have a chainstay bridge.
my two penny's worth - I've no idea what the guides actually look like, but tbh, there's other bolts on the bike I'd be WAY more worried about coming loose mid ride. Like stem bolts. And brake caliper bolts.... none of those have come loose on a ride before (and don't bother me), so the a bolt holding a hose/cable on really wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
In fact, I really like the idea
Those bars struck a chord ! I have a pair in my garage which were a prototype from either PX or O-O and they are a [b]very[/b] similar shape except on mine the tubes are continued to make a clamping area + a top brace.
Strongest and definitely the heaviest bars I have ever owned and would certainly live up to the sales tag of [i]"would be good in a fight"[/i] 😯
Brant, can you have the option of having something laser cut into that seatstay bridge plate? Own design supplied (subject to engineering requirements) or a logo or something.
Or maybe just something etched in there if removing material would be a problem.
Brant, can you have the option of having something laser cut into that seatstay bridge plate?
Of course. But I'm not sure what, if anything.
cup of tea?
Just been having a look at those bars on Twitpic.
Why???????????????????????
Does that design make them stiffer, cheaper to make (weld vs bend), lighter?
Not sure I get it. Afraid I don't like the look either, makes them appear unfinished.
There's a news story on the front page of this site mavisto.
There's a news story on the front page of this site mavisto.
God help us if this went off topic 😉
Cheers Kelvin.
Unfortunately there's not much more info.
Built by Lynskey usually means they're made well and will be super light, just don't like the look. Reminds me of my motocross bars with the bottom cut off.
just a question though why is the top tube not bent?
IIRC you said for the 456 titanium frame that it was better lighter stronger?
IIRC you said for the 456 titanium frame that it was better lighter stronger?
you don't recall correctly then 🙂
where will i be able to buy a hebden bridge from?
I've just got a copy of VTT magazine, in which there is an interesting article on small French frame manufacturers. All of which I had never heard (does not admittedly mean a great deal...esp as I have no links with the industry :wink:) Anyway, it seems Brant isn't the only one coming up with bizarre chainstay and seatstay bridges....
where will i be able to buy a hebden bridge from?
You get one free with a Ragley frame 🙂
i did ask!! 😳
a frame then .
vtt mag and interesting in the same line ROFLMAO
Interesting that blog, isn't it Brant = ;7)
Here are the bars in a better looking finish on a better looking bike!
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Interesting that blog, isn't it Brant = ;7)
Make your mind up. You said I copied an Evil yesterday.
Copying Evil? No.
The Evil Sovereign was the first place I spotted the driveside only plated chainstay that double as the bridge, but that was already 2005, probably done before that I'd have thought. It's just my reference, as that's where I first saw it, no idea if you saw it elsewhere, but I thought I remember a conversation from "back then" about the Evil. Memory not to be trusted though.
The wink in my post was just because I was twittering on about 2souls this morning, after only finding out about them via a google search yesterday, and thought that had brought them to the front of your mind.
Not liking the look of, but loving the ingenuity of, their drive side plate that also doubles as the chain guide mount:
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I meant to do ISCG mounts, but then sort of forgot/ignored/decided not to. It can still be done from one plate but I had enough trouble explaining what I wanted to Americans and Taiwanesians too.
And I've got to have something back for V2 🙂
And I have an idea for a nice bolt on one, with something else too 🙂
And I have an idea for a nice bolt on one
i thought you'd packed that lot in? 😆
are they not supposed to be flipped upside down? I figured that the "bar tails" were there as map board supports for theses "low sweep" bars?
oh and I thought we'd all descided that there would be no more photos of hammerschmitt as no one has it and it wont work in England due to our temperate climate, the magnetic north and a wrong type of mud?
those bars really are gopping aren't they.
That's a better looking bike? 🙄
those bars really are gopping aren't they.
They could be worse 😆
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brant - ygm 😀
Chase - these are better!