The Freaks topic

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by AJS914

I guess that he's has trouble fitting frames too. His bike looks just as freaky with no seatpost showing.

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Not to drift to far off topic, but as someone who raced on the pre-disc Ridley X-Night frames, I always thought Ridley's cross geometry was somewhat scewed. Which was quite confusing considering the majority of the riders I saw on Ridley's did not fall into that ideal/specific body type, thus, you ended up with pros and amateurs alike who were technically between frame sizes, thus ended up with setups like the one above.
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Looks pretty cool by me, why do you find it worth of this thread? There's already a discussion, BTW.

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For some reasons remind me of these gentlemen.

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On ebay right now. Saddle almost looks like a slide that will help you get into the newly banned UCI "super tuck". Can't imagine that its actually made for sitting.
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I like the monster sticker
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Super aero.... ImageImage
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by Primera23

I can do 1 better ;-)

This is not a photoshopped or prank picture. It's a bike that the "brand ambassador" of our company rides. As a cyclist, this bike makes me itchy all over :p
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Primera23 wrote:I can do 1 better ;-)

This is not a photoshopped or prank picture. It's a bike that the "brand ambassador" of our company rides. As a cyclist, this bike makes me itchy all over :p
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Let us know when he snaps his steerer tube on a pothole and smashes his face into the ground

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robbosmans wrote:
Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:55 pm
Let us know when he snaps his steerer tube on a pothole and smashes his face into the ground
She ;-) actually that's the bike from Gelle Vandecaveye. Former olympic top judoka. Now apparentely she is "coaching" business managers and stuff. I saw a photo from the bike and all the hashtags from sponsors and company's involved. If my name/company was mentioned on such a bike, I would be disgraced.

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Seriously she needs a bike fit, if I had the money I would pay it for her

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It's just wrong

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by Singular

What I've seen she rides a mountainbike in the same, stacked position.

Of all things, I suspect a reason beyond ignorance - as, obviously, a world class athlete with a very long career there might be for example back/neck issues that demand this sort of setup. Being not "only" a stack of spacers and an uncut steerer, it has also taken a lot of work and equipment to make it happen.

Or, the horror!, she just prefers to ride that way and couldn't care less what we think.

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