# Badass bike parts picture thread
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863 "2008-07-10T13:26:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 522
### Author:  [@JUGE\_FREDD](https://tarck.cc/u/JUGE_FREDD)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10421 "2018-05-08T22:04:00Z")
> [@Shortpants](#):
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> [quote=Tail Hook Lengthener]FSA stems, seatposts and handlebars are not appreciably bad.
I’ve been told, and believe, that anything FSA that is a circle or goes in a circle isn’t worth using.[/quote]
that’s a genius heuristic
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### Author:  [@russ](https://tarck.cc/u/russ)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10422 "2018-05-08T23:00:42Z")
FSA Omega Compacts are my fav bars
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10423 "2018-05-08T23:46:11Z")
But seatposts, bars and stems (to an extent) are just stretched out circles.
I’ve been happy with onega compacts for many years on road and cx bikes. But mostly because of the price. I’m gonna go back to non-compact when I get the chance.
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### Author:  [@cheese](https://tarck.cc/u/cheese)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10424 "2018-05-08T23:54:06Z")
Topologically almost all bike parts are stretched circles, right? A headset spacer is just a really short handlebar.
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### Author:  [@Mankato\_Pet\_Cremation\_LLC](https://tarck.cc/u/Mankato_Pet_Cremation_LLC)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10425 "2018-05-08T23:56:36Z")
> [@TimArchyLime](#):
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> But seatposts, bars and stems (to an extent) are just stretched out circles .
They’re just bent cylinders.
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### Author:  [@panda\_heavy\_metal](https://tarck.cc/u/panda_heavy_metal)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10426 "2018-05-09T00:06:46Z")
> [@Lowrey'sOrgan](#):
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> FSA Omega Compacts are my fav bars
Into this. The flat top ones are also excellent.
Also have a huge setback chairpole on the NFE on Blakey’s recommendation. Works like it should.
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### Author:  [@JUGE\_FREDD](https://tarck.cc/u/JUGE_FREDD)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10427 "2018-05-09T00:39:21Z")
oh yeah FSA headsets are better than average
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### Author:  [@Rentable\_Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rentable_Faxmachine)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10428 "2018-05-09T01:09:58Z")
Also had good luck with FSA headsets (although I prefer Cane Creek), bars, stems, and seatposts. The bottom brackets, however, could be used in a case study of how NOT to design a BB.
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### Author:  [@Shortpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Shortpants)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10429 "2018-05-09T02:50:48Z")
tarck you are fucking terrible
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10430 "2018-05-09T05:15:54Z")
> [@cheese](#):
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> A headset spacer is just a really short handlebar.
This is so good.
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### Author:  [@VT\_regularbike](https://tarck.cc/u/VT_regularbike)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10431 "2018-05-09T11:21:45Z")
> [@ckd](#):
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> [quote=TimArchyLime]But seatposts, bars and stems (to an extent) are just stretched out circles .
They’re just bent cylinders.[/quote]
Hollow cylinders
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### Author:  [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10432 "2018-05-09T13:01:28Z")
Can “cylinder” be used interchangeably? Is there a more technical term for referring to a hollow cylinder vs a solid one? I talked about cylinders all the time and it’d be cool to used correct terminology.
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### Author:  [@Bearpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Bearpants)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10433 "2018-05-09T13:04:47Z")
> [@TimArchyLime](#):
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> [quote=cheese] A headset spacer is just a really short handlebar.
This is so good.[/quote]
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### Author:  [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10434 "2018-05-09T16:41:22Z")
> [@TimArchyLime](#):
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> Can “cylinder” be used interchangeably? Is there a more technical term for referring to a hollow cylinder vs a solid one? I talked about cylinders all the time and it’d be cool to used correct terminology.
Tube?
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### Author:  [@eric\_ssucks](https://tarck.cc/u/eric_ssucks)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10435 "2018-05-09T17:11:00Z")
Cylinder describes a volume in a particular shape. hollow or not hollow are secondary descriptors.
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### Author:  [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10436 "2018-05-09T20:23:01Z")
> [@Face](#):
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> [quote=TimArchyLime]Can “cylinder” be used interchangeably? Is there a more technical term for referring to a hollow cylinder vs a solid one? I talked about cylinders all the time and it’d be cool to used correct terminology.
Tube?[/quote]
Yeah, tube or pipe. Tube typically is used when referencing the outer diameter, and is used in constructing things. Pipe is used more often when the inner diameter is important, for things like carrying fluids.
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### Author:  [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10437 "2018-05-09T21:02:13Z")
That’s what I was thinking, thanks for the confirmation.
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### Author:  [@Mankato\_Pet\_Cremation\_LLC](https://tarck.cc/u/Mankato_Pet_Cremation_LLC)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10438 "2018-05-09T21:55:28Z")
Counterpoint: pipes are usually sized by OD so all of the fittings are universal.
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### Author:  [@Blakey](https://tarck.cc/u/Blakey)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10439 "2018-05-09T23:43:29Z")
I’m with sandwich doctor on pipe sizing and Jimmy for usage. Pipe schedule determines wall thickness and thus ID. And tubing is similar but WT comes from BWG. An x" tube has a different OD (actually x") to an x" pipe (usually \> x" until larger sizes, and \>x mm for all DN sizes).
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### Author:  [@panda\_heavy\_metal](https://tarck.cc/u/panda_heavy_metal)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/10440 "2018-05-10T00:13:25Z")
> [@Blakey](#):
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> I’m with sandwich doctor on pipe sizing and Jimmy for usage. Pipe schedule determines wall thickness and thus ID. And tubing is similar but WT comes from BWG. An x" tube has a different OD (actually x") to an x" pipe (usually \> x" until larger sizes, and \>x mm for all DN sizes).
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