Ezylee's Kustom Kumo Konsiderations

[alexb618]

@mansolwota

I can’t really see this. Some people will want disc brakes on their roadie, others won’t. Have steel bikes disappeared because of carbon bikes? No, some people still want them. When CDs came in the death of vinyl and cassettes was predicted, and it didn’t happen either (comparing bikes and records is a bit of a stretch, I know, but that’s what came to my mind)

i remember when i was into mountain bikes people said the exact same thing about v brakes, full face helmets, disc brakes, lock out rear shocks, lock out front shocks, ‘drop’ seat posts, carbon frames, dual suspension, 29er wheels, body armour, 650b wheels, carbon bars and so on and so on

the same thing has happened with road bikes and the vast majority of people will buy whatever the big manufacturers supply to the pro tour

i agree that discs are not needed but they will be all over road bikes within the next year or two and just to annoy everyone even more, they work really well

if this was my ‘last bike i will ever need to buy’ i would be getting disc tabs put on it, not necessarily using them (yet) but its not my bike so…

[horatio]

@alexb618

i agree that discs are not needed but they will be all over road bikes within the next year or two and just to annoy everyone even more, they work really well

if this was my ‘last bike i will ever need to buy’ i would be getting disc tabs put on it, not necessarily using them (yet) but its not my bike so…

Finally a voice of reason

[heavymetal]

homercar.jpg

[dfunkt]

@oratiohh

Finally a voice of reason

i’ve heard ab1234567890 called alot of things…

[spirito]

@oratiohh

Finally a voice of reason

quite the opposite … I could fit most any steel road bike built 30 years ago with current spec components and it’d work fine without any issues. If you think anything built today is gonna be obsolete in 10, 15 or 20 years time you’ve got rocks in your head.

Even more rocks if you think disc brakes are merely a matter of brazing disc tabs onto a road frame without any other thought. You’ll need a beefier fork crown & thicker fork blades as well as heavier duty chain/seat stays too. All that extra weight for something that’s not needed or just in case 30-years-down-the-road scenario is a big fat waste of time imo.

And like a chorus line of ass farts you’ll all line up & bleat “jeez that’s heavy” and think you know better. I’ll be the first to say that the DNA that produced such bleaters would have been better off if it progressed no further than jizz in a sock.

/rant

<grin>

[alexb618]

you can do whatever you want really, and ill say it again, its not my bike… (or yours) so i am not going to get in an argument about it

but you know what they say about opinions… mine is right!

[DICE]

Opinions, arseholes… disc brakes

[rolly]

hey ezy, you enjoying your thread mate?

[P_N20]

@spirito

And like a chorus line of ass farts you’ll all line up & bleat “jeez that’s heavy” and think you know better. I’ll be the first to say that the DNA that produced such bleaters would have been better off if it progressed no further than jizz in a sock.

I’m so gonna use this in an important meeting when all the chips are down.

[horatio]

@spirito

And like a chorus line of ass farts you’ll all line up & bleat “jeez that’s heavy” and think you know better. I’ll be the first to say that the DNA that produced such bleaters would have been better off if it progressed no further than jizz in a sock.

Geeze, that’s ‘graphic’

[JP1]

@spirito

quite the opposite … I could fit most any steel road bike built 30 years ago with current spec components and it’d work fine without any issues. If you think anything built today is gonna be obsolete in 10, 15 or 20 years time you’ve got rocks in your head.

Even more rocks if you think disc brakes are merely a matter of brazing disc tabs onto a road frame without any other thought. You’ll need a beefier fork crown & thicker fork blades as well as heavier duty chain/seat stays too. All that extra weight for something that’s not needed or just in case 30-years-down-the-road scenario is a big fat waste of time imo.

And like a chorus line of ass farts you’ll all line up & bleat “jeez that’s heavy” and think you know better. I’ll be the first to say that the DNA that produced such bleaters would have been better off if it progressed no further than jizz in a sock.

/rant

<grin>

bologna, and missing Alex’s point totally.

[EzyLee]

more inspiration.

[Lemontime]

I think you are confused that is clearly a car.

[EzyLee]

I can only see two wheels. So it’s a bike.

[nereus]

Technically I can see three

[JP1]

That one looks a lot like a shark and reminds me of some old tiemeyer aero frames

[EzyLee]

I have a pinterest folder full of inspiration.

[AL9000]

@JP1

That one looks a lot like a shark and reminds me of some old tiemeyer aero frames

<3 tiemeyer.

[EzyLee]

Fat tyres are rad.

[JP1]

drivetrain and wheels of number two, frame, RACKS and other bits of number three. though there is nothing wrong with number one, either but the racks of number three. Yes.