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How's this for devisive?

Post by Steve Hanks » Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:34 pm

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New 'dale Slate - 650b/27.5, suspension AND disks. I can almost feel Stuart frothing from here :D

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by NickTempleman » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:12 pm

Lefty fork, too.

Kill it with fire.

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by Stuart » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:40 pm

Everything to hate about Cannondales in one fugly portion :shock:

Note it has no pedals as no one would be seen dead actually riding that thing

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by NickTempleman » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:58 pm

Those are Cannondale's new proprietary pedal system, where you slot a metal pole built into the sole of your shoe straight into the crank arm.

Helps stop the BB30 creaking so much, apparently.

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by danielwolman » Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:09 pm

Looks awesome. I'm going to consider selling my cx for it

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by Steve Hanks » Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:15 am

To me, that's an MTB with drop bars on it. End of.

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by Stuart » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:13 am

Steve (Stan) Hanks wrote:To me, that's an MTB with drop bars on it. End of.
Precisely. Absolutely no need for suspension on a CX bike, it will just make you a lot slower on 95% of any given course. Or are you supposed to fiddle about locking and unlocking it in the middle of a CX race? Theres not even time to take a drink if you're racing properly.

And as for the Lefty fork, I don't care if it works or not, it is just the ugliest thing ever to be attached to a bike and should have been left on the drawing board years ago. End of.

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by Chris Clague » Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:02 pm

Maybe it's the crossover bike for the battle on the beach? Speaking of which, I urge anybody and everybody with a CX or MTB to stick it on their bucket list. Entries open New Year's Day.

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by StevenDrew » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:11 pm

A solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Waste of time...

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Re: How's this for devisive?

Post by BruceMackie » Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:38 pm

Seems to be missing a Tioga Disc Drive and John Tomac, how very old skool

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