using small turdly tubes ~= big thin tubes
[quote=DaFROG]
availability of aluminium tubes in “magic nerd felxible” dimension ways is not a problem?[/quote]
Availability of 7075 t6 Al is much better than air-hardening steel alloys.
Whether said tubing is ready to go off the shelf is hard to say since nobody has crunched the numbers to figure out the tube specs yet.
there’s also the part where they don’t necessarily keep it on the shelf
you just order the tube dimensions you want and they make enough for your run of bikes
The biggest problem I see with this is the perception of aluminum outside of a few dark corners of internet bike nerdery.
Goal 1 is to make a bike that people want to buy.
Goal 2 is to make it the opposite of crappy.
Going to float both ideas though. Can’t hurt. If the numbers crunch and confidence that aluminum bike pipes are the answer I’m not against it.
Also… it has a name. Ursa Major.
I could actually use some key input from all of you on here regardless of your direct interest in this or lack thereof. If you’re open to taking a survey of sorts email me braden@rideendpoint.com
this all worked out pretty good.
the frame fits 27.5x3.0 fine.
had to go 1x to clear the tires- gonna need a bigger cassette. can’t wait til some sunrace ones come in stock somewhere.
big tires do take a little more to spin up to speed.
Well that looks like fun.
This whole small diameter alu thing sounds like a fun experiment but I just don’t think people will buy it.
I know there are plenty of Alan and Vitus frames around after all these years but still, aluminum + flex = bad right?
No. Flex != fatigue.
A smaller OD, thicker wall aluminum frame would probably perform better in fatigue since the flexibility would reduce peak stresses and the transition from weld to tube would have a lower stress factor.
Gonna be real here for a second
Y’all mothafuckas need to quit knocking off a cheap version of the NFE and improve on it.
That means carbon.
That means not letting a dad name it.
That means hitting the nexus of nerd tire size and exclusivity.
Rename thread to “Tarck builds a bicycle!”
[quote=randsome beast]Y’all mothafuckas need to quit knocking off a cheap version of the NFE and improve on it.
That means carbon.[/quote]
that means a custom carbon fork, but to be really compliant instead of just buzzword compliant would require real engineering that’s not easily found in the brokedick side of the bike industry
with some care you could probably find an open mold frame that would be more than good enough to get started
the nerd aluminum project would work great with that too, but could also do just as well with a nerdy unicrown fork for ultimate troll factor (and beating the lug lickers on the physics there too)
Carbon frame steel fork so Jan can say he was right and then all the Rando nerds buy one
trolling is a art
embodying some technically correctness that dudes can repeat to their freinds with an eyebrow raised has a brand value unto itself, I guess that’s iconoclasm
you’d be working within the heiney rando hypewave but against the larger surly lie, I think there’s a thing there
I should’ve done this last year when I had way more money in the bank
Haha. Well put.
Like I said… Not against it. Will see what the first round of quotes and feedback from their designer looks like. An anodized frame would be pretty boss.
Either way… All tig all the time. I’m guessing fork crown bosses will be the biggest design challenge there. Maybe segmented fork? Tell me why you hate that idea thin man
[quote=JUGE FREDD]trolling is a art
embodying some technically correctness that dudes can repeat to their friends with an eyebrow raised has a brand value unto itself, I guess that’s iconoclasm[/quote]
Exactly what I was thinking when I called this exact scenario last year when I said tarck would build the CIS (County Inlands Surveyor). Thus holding true to the old saw that every impromptu speech is weeks in the making. Or in this case, every tarck hivemind idea germinates about a year after someone else stated it.
that’s just how long it takes to translate randoish into something concise and accurate
Dateline late November: Tarck assembles a secret band of Rando Talkers using their inclusive code to encrypt messages among far flung agents in the subrosa bike world.
No, the message was quite clear. The allure of a personal brand has grown too strong but smacks of intrepid design at odds with attention span.
(stupid gifv format killing my apropos statement of dwindling faith)
Also welcome back Fredd.
Jan loves his Alan so much he bought a second one.
As a bonus when he reviews it he can extensively footnote the Marcadier and the Trek softail.
[quote=JUGE FREDD]
trolling is a art
embodying some technically correctness that dudes can repeat to their freinds with an eyebrow raised has a brand value unto itself, I guess that’s iconoclasm[/quote]
It’s basically “This one weird trick…”
will chat about this later privately
I’m out to pukeback this weekend, I cede the remainder of my time to the gentlefop from minnesota