View Full Version : Steve Peat's Road Bike!!!!
SillyBoy
10-11-2006, 02:48 PM
http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=2208&PHPSESSID=ebcadffac295684484277f0897ead906
Hopper
10-11-2006, 02:58 PM
Why in God's name does it have a suspension fork? Is it purely to keep Rock Shox happy?
Dozer
10-11-2006, 03:01 PM
:eek: Maybe it has suspension forks so he doesn't look like a "MTB knob on a roadbike in baggy shorts" type of deal. Either that or Peaty will be wearing lycra...or in his words he'll be a "skinsuit wearing ...thingo".
bdstorer
10-11-2006, 03:34 PM
2 words... ugly. impractical.
Gekigengar
10-11-2006, 03:43 PM
rofl HAHAHAAhAHA....
i wanna see him try thredbo on that now!!!!
Turner_rider
10-11-2006, 03:50 PM
Why in God's name does it have a suspension fork? Is it purely to keep Rock Shox happy?
Could be for the disc mount as well as keeping parts coming from the SRAM parts bin.
THE YETI
10-11-2006, 03:53 PM
Rockshox (at one stage) had a production model fork that was intended for road. They did win a few races on this but it was quickly phased out due to weight reduction. Can't find any pics of it as it was made a while ago now, when rockshox and suspension were very young.
Dumbellina
10-11-2006, 04:03 PM
On Sydney's roads he'll use every inch of those SIDs
SillyBoy
10-11-2006, 04:04 PM
How about Paul Turner's FS road bike???:eek:
Gekigengar
10-11-2006, 04:15 PM
On Sydney's roads he'll use every inch of those SIDs
rofl ahahahahaha
so true..... oh wait.:eek: . i live in sydney
iscarrr
10-11-2006, 04:57 PM
Could be for the disc mount as well as keeping parts coming from the SRAM parts bin.
Saw a guy in the syd to gong last week with some disc brakes on a roadie, looked alright. Are they still pretty custom or are companies starting to make the standard?
tu plang
10-11-2006, 05:00 PM
Saw a guy in the syd to gong last week with some disc brakes on a roadie, looked alright. Are they still pretty custom or are companies starting to make the standard?
its something you rarely ever see. if ever its on a more tour oriented bike or something, never a serious road bike. i can't see them catching on, the necessity isnt really there, road bike brakes are plenty powerful. not sure what the weight difference would be like, but it'd be heavier, so that rules it out to start with.
Wattsy
10-11-2006, 05:09 PM
everyone relises that this bike was mostlikly done for him so he could compete in the Road Rage event (that was cancelled).
THE YETI
10-11-2006, 05:29 PM
Last time i was in Sydney i saw alot of bike messengers with disc brakes. Not sure what the advantage would be over the normal road brakes.:confused:
PINT of Stella, mate!
10-11-2006, 05:31 PM
Last time i was in Sydney i saw alot of bike messengers with disc brakes. Not sure what the advantage would be over the normal road brakes.:confused:
Stopping in the wet. Not a big issue in a road race but in city traffic I'd wager you'd want to the ability to stop pretty damn quickly!
alchemist
10-11-2006, 05:34 PM
Saw a guy in the syd to gong last week with some disc brakes on a roadie, looked alright. Are they still pretty custom or are companies starting to make the standard?
Lot's of Cyclocross bikes come with discs these days. eg Salsa Las Cruces (http://www.salsacycles.com/frames_06LasCruces.html)(Yummm), Cannondale Cyclocross Optimo (http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/cusa/road/cyclocross/model-7XR2C.html).
MrPlow
10-11-2006, 05:34 PM
Damn that is an ugly bike!
Pint of Stella, beat me to it. But also I have seen some pretty rough riding by commuters and reckon rims would cop a pizzling.
Last time i was in Sydney i saw alot of bike messengers with disc brakes.Hmmm :confused: on that one. There'd be alot of messengers with NO brakes ;) But dunno about disc braked roadies being prevalent in the city...
peanut
10-11-2006, 07:50 PM
Why in God's name does it have a suspension fork? Is it purely to keep Rock Shox happy?
a suspension fork on a road bike is nothing new, rockshoxs were on 3 winners in a row of the famous paris-roubaix(Sp?) road race. Even this year some discovery riders were using soft-tail type road bikes.
Pete J
11-11-2006, 08:58 AM
Peaty's bike has to be the single ugliest bike ever! :eek:
How the holy hell did anyone ever let that thing out of a dark basement??
Although i'd probably give it a whirl if i got one for free as well. :p
alchemist
11-11-2006, 09:01 AM
Peaty's bike has to be the single ugliest bike ever! :eek:
:p
Not even close! There's this (http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/bianch_havra_side_hi.jpg) to start with
scratchy
11-11-2006, 09:02 AM
I think the model was actually called the Roubaix. But lets face it, the Paris to Roubaix is pretty extreme for a road race. Mud, cobblestones, it almost looks fun!
When I looked at this Red Bull road rampage last year the bikes were all stock Giant commuters IIRC which was good, kept the racing focussed on the racing.
floody
11-11-2006, 12:54 PM
Rockshox (at one stage) had a production model fork that was intended for road. They did win a few races on this but it was quickly phased out due to weight reduction. Can't find any pics of it as it was made a while ago now, when rockshox and suspension were very young.
Hardly, the Ruby was in the range in the late 90's still (about the time judys went to one piece lowers, so, 97-98ish?).
Designed around the paris roubaix, allegedly.
Pfft, don't even need suspension on a mountain bike!
Mattydv
11-11-2006, 07:26 PM
a suspension fork on a road bike is nothing new, rockshoxs were on 3 winners in a row of the famous paris-roubaix(Sp?) road race. Even this year some discovery riders were using soft-tail type road bikes.
I think the model was actually called the Roubaix. But lets face it, the Paris to Roubaix is pretty extreme for a road race. Mud, cobblestones, it almost looks fun!
Even though the Paris Roubaix could be used as an excuse for having a suspension fork on a road bike, the Cervelo R3 won it this year pretty convincingly over all of the other bikes. Even those that were soft-tails. The R3 is a lighter frame however which naturally would make it able to flex a bit on a course like the Paris Roubaix.
Turner_rider
12-11-2006, 12:15 AM
its something you rarely ever see. if ever its on a more tour oriented bike or something, never a serious road bike. i can't see them catching on, the necessity isnt really there, road bike brakes are plenty powerful. not sure what the weight difference would be like, but it'd be heavier, so that rules it out to start with.
The fact that the UCI also banned discs for road and cyclocross competion will probably have a bigger impact on them not making to the market as such than weight etc... ;)
finny_447
12-11-2006, 12:37 AM
take a look at fundamentals special features about suspension it shows the rode bike sus forks
damon550
12-11-2006, 02:22 PM
he will need more travel then that for tassie highways
the bike is just as ugly as he is... :)
i've seen plenty of roadie style bike with discs...very popular in melbourne city.
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