New & Interesting Bike Campenaerts

[Shamp]

@wickedwagon

Are mini velos cool now? Stridsland is making one too

[emory]

Mini-Velos and folders seem to attract strange and kooky riders at a higher rate than any other form of bike.

[cheese]

you have to be ok with looking a bit like a circus bear, so that selects for a certain cohort

[Rusty_Piton]

Well, they’re quirky bikes!
If my stable weren’t already overfull wit bikes I don’t ride but can’t sell, I’d be pursuing one.
That Crust needs headtube mounts for a fixed rack atmo.

[stumphumper]

@Dickason_Daniel

Prolly had a Crust article today where they teased a new breakaway minivelo

The lugged carbon forked all-road is pretty hot

[EndpointBraden]

@Dr_Shart_Attack_PhD

Ah yeah that’s the one I was thinking of. For $75 I may wait to see what Igor is cookin up lol

These are 100% hand made here in Richmond by friends of Endpoint and Outpost. So there’s that.

[Dr_Shart_Attack_PhD]

FWIW I don’t think it’s an unreasonable price since it looks good but it’s for a bike I don’t ride much and that affects my personal calculus!

[cheese]

why is the saddle slammed forward on their gravel bike build? I get the short stem

The Sauce - Rowdy Gravel

[EndpointBraden]

Looks like that saddle has funky shirt rails. But yeah dunno. MTB fit maybe. Trail bikes have gotten uncomfortably steep for me but I’m and XC dork that wants to pedal the whole time so my opinion is irrelevant.

[jimmythefly]

@emory

Mini-Velos and folders seem to attract strange and kooky riders at a higher rate than any other form of bike.

Ages ago I worked at a shop that sold recumbents and tandems (as well as lots of other typical stuff). Management was talking about bringing in a couple of folders and we all were like “no thanks, we are maxed out on that sort of thing…”

[akasnowmaaan]

@cheese

you have to be ok with looking a bit like a circus bear, so that selects for a certain cohort

As fun as something like the All-Packa looks, I already look like a circus bear on a normal bike. I might as well just ride a skateboard.

[wickedwagon]

@emory

To her credit it would cost me more than $35 to make one of these myself and paint it purple.

Using Send Cut Send or similar you could get good quality for the metal piece. Just bend it and anodize it

[emory]

@wickedwagon

Just… anodize it

I’m a fan of paying other people to do things I have no idea how, and no interest in learning, to do. Like tattoos, frame building, and making bike bags.

[belopsky]

@wickedwagon

Are mini velos cool now? Stridsland is making one too

I think Soma just teased one too

[Rusty_Piton]

I feel like I’ve seen a soma mini before. Like years ago.

[wickedwagon]

Mini velos seemed like nerd shit before. Still bike nerdy companies making them, but more of them

[wickedwagon]

@emory

I’m a fan of paying other people to do things I have no idea how, and no interest in learning, to do. Like tattoos, frame building, and making bike bags.

Not going to anodize either, but home set ups are a thing

[drwelby]

Sendcutsend can do the bending and ano for you

[jeffro]

This was to be my winter sanity-keeping project, but I lost my mind before I got to it.

[VT_regularbike]

OSHcut and rapidmfg can as well. Never hurts to get multiple bids.