Great bike reviews from Bike Snob NYC…
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/08/bsnyc-2008-dream-bike-shootout.html
all I can say is, I hope that one day I am laterally stiff yet vertically compliant.
Mark
How do you find this stuff?
Anyway, I like how this guy writes a “review” about some fine bikes, but states that he has not ridden them! Huh?
priceless, thanks for the laughs.
Even better yet, if you read down further in his blog, he has settled the Great Debates Of Cycling!
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/08/great-debates-of-cycling-settled.html
If we can just get Slowman to put this link in his ‘Things to know…’ thread, then we can pretty much shut down the forum. All we need is a few race reports and an occasional photo of frostbitten junk. Discussions over.
Mark
This is right on, I have never seen a bike review in Bicycling magazine that was negative, triathlon magazines are even worse.
There should a disclaimer at the start of the review that says “this magazine may receive money from the reviewed bikes company”.
my favorite bit, about the Colnago Extreme Power…hilarious!!
- I can also say that this bike climbs like a monkey in a set of crampons, descends like a monkey in a set of crampons being dropped from a helicopter, handles corners like a prostitute, and accelerates like a particle in a particle accelerator that itself is just a tiny particle in a giant particle accelerator. Overall, the effect is like sitting in a caffe in a trendy Milan street while sipping a cappuccino and wearing fabulous clothes yet inexplicably traveling at or close to the speed of light. Pure Italian class.*
Trek engineers were finally liberated from the crippling constraints of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whose irrational demands for a durable, comfortable, and practical road racing bike long prevented them from implementing the types of design improvements we real cyclists all long for—most important among them being larger head tube bearings, the elimination of pesky bottom brackets, and proprietary everything.
Can someone tell me what the heck this means ??
Trek engineers were finally liberated from the crippling constraints of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whose irrational demands for a durable, comfortable, and practical road racing bike long prevented them from implementing the types of design improvements we real cyclists all long for—most important among them being larger head tube bearings, the elimination of pesky bottom brackets, and proprietary everything.
Can someone tell me what the heck this means ??
It seems a few people are unfamiliar with satire.
As for the Trek review that wasn’t understood: I believe his point was that all Trek has done in the post-Lance development era (while not long) has been to make relatively minor/unnecessary “improvements”
The Madone is their ultimate achievement in fulfilling the new Trek mandate—to create a bicycle that cannot and will not accept any components manufactured by a company other than Trek.
So, so true. Why have replaceable headset and bb bearing cups, when you can design it so the whole frame needs to be replaced? And replaceable derailleur hangers- pffft. Simply a concession to riders who are admitting: “My bike handling skills are atrocious, and I don’t care.”
Even better yet, if you read down further in his blog, he has settled the Great Debates Of Cycling!
Mark
Classic…So the Shimano/Campy debate has been settled solely on the fact that Shimano’s bike components are fully integrated to their fishing gear. Who knew.