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@dcv 35574 wrote:
+1, lately i’ve been thinking the same. doesn’t help seeing 1/8th’s bikes.
It is all in how you ride your bike and what is comfortable. I spend a LOT of time in the drops when I’m doing training rides. With as much saddle/bar drop as he’s got, and the deep drop track bars, I couldn’t spend more than 10 minutes per hour on a bike set up like that. I need to set my bikes up so that I can ride 30-40 minutes per hour in the drops, if not longer.
The track bar conversation brings up another point…. I don’t use them. I do enough out of the saddle climbing that I want roadie width bars for climbing. From rides that we’ve done together, 1/8 and I tend to climb at similar pace, but we do it in very different ways. He powers up stuff in the saddle. I tend to get out of the saddle and hammer up. End result is similar, but we get there in different ways.
That said, his bikes are devastatingly beautiful. Decades of injuries will likely prevent me from ever having the physiology to use that kind of riding position. I will say, however, that the more high mileage years I get in my legs, the more flexible I am to really use aggressive positioning. I figure I’ll be comfortable for hours with positioning like those on 1/8ths bikes by the time I’m 220 years old.
Interesting discussion on track drops vs compact drops. I’ve loved my compact drops since I’ve had them (Ritchey Logic II series) but never quite been sure what width is correct. With the smaller frame/longest seatpost/slammed stem trend I do have frames in the smaller side of my fit range, and accordingly by default my road bike came with a 40cm. My CX bike has a 42cm and now I’ve gotten used to it I wonder if it’s more suitable – it does seem a little less twitchy for climbing. I set up my folding bike with 40cm compact bars and now wonder if that width was a mistake (too narrow). I had more traditional drop Origin8 bars it on originally but discovered I prefer compact bars. When I first had a road bike it took me several months to get used to the drops but I would say I generally prefer riding in them, esp. if you are comfortable enough with your saddle to rotate your hips down properly. I even recently dropped my road bike down by two spacers and had no issues adjusting.
dcv and OneEighth both have some very covet worthy bikes. That Sabine is awesome. I do have a leather saddle sitting around. I just need about 15-20 more parts.
@vvill 35436 wrote:
I do wish Kona had a more race-ready disc brake CX bike out of the box: I felt the stock disc brakes were inadequate (rode on them for about a week) so I had those upgraded to BB7s. I also don’t particularly like triples so I had that changed to a cyclocross crankset (46/36) which then meant I needed to change the left shifter – so I ended up upgrading both to 105 to avoid having the shift cables jutting out. The fork is aluminum which may not be to some people’s taste, but I would assume it’s at least fairly light. I figure I can upgrade it later if/when full carbon disc forks become reasonably priced.
Oh also, the headtube is NOT tapered. Not a big deal normally except it seems like a lot of race CX bikes have a 1.5 to 1.125 headtube taper and full carbon forks are made accordingly – I assume for chunkiness aka strength with light weight. So I don’t know if I’ll ever get a full carbon fork for this thing. Ideally I would get another race CX bike anyway and this could be my pit bike
@Dirt 35578 wrote:
I’ve been jumping back and forth between 48×16 and 50×16 this season. They’re both pretty tall, but for endurance stuff, it really works. Now that I’m back to endurance training, rather than actual events, I’ve gone back to 48×16 and will stay there through the winter.
What cadence?? I want to buy you a GSC-10 for your (one of your) fixie(s).
Maybe it’s a FG thing but i love narrow bars, 36cm compact drops on my Cinelli Mash:
48×17, 4-3/4″ saddle/bar drop (most out of all my bikes), not much seatpost. Seems like i only get spotted on this bike, no one sees me on any of my other bikes.@dcv 35591 wrote:
Maybe it’s a FG thing but i love narrow bars, 36cm compact drops on my Cinelli Mash:
48×17, 4-3/4″ saddle/bar drop (most out of all my bikes), not much seatpost. Seems like i only get spotted on this bike, no one sees me on any of my other bikes.I’ve seen you twice on that bike. I’m usually staring at it and wondering if someone’s talking to me as I completely ignore every word out of your mouth.
(I like your Cinelli)As for gearing… The three biggest endurance rides this season (158, 165 and 178 miles) were all done 48×16.
Cadence: I haven’t put a cadence sensor on my fixies in a while. Some of the downhills have been pretty scary fast on Big Pink. It’s all fun and games until you’re trying to chase down a group at 40+ mph clipped in.
I’m not surprised that you human-sized people like a little more narrow handlebar. I rode them very well on a velodrome, but on the road I want as much leverage as I can get. I’m kind of the opposite of petite. I kinda feel like bars are best that way too.
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