• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Right? Who would be crazy enough to do that?

    Next you’re going to tell me someone will make one without a top tube?

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      6 months ago

      Hey, look here buddy. You can’t be your own comment thread and post all the plausible responses yourself like that. You’re putting all the trolls out of work.

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      6 months ago

      doesn’t that prove their point? they all look overbuilt, as the original commenter said.

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        Carbon fiber, aerodynamics…

        For this one it’s used as suspension (not carbon fiber)

        Not that rare in old mountain bikes either, pretty sure my old steel Raleigh was similar

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      The meme shows only bikes with flat handlebars, like commuter bikes intended for transportation.

      Every bike you posted are high performance racing bikes with specialized aerodynamic handlebars.

      Different priorities. Triangless bikes with a top bar is not a good idea for commuter bicicles like the ones in the meme.

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        I still showed that it’s perfectly possible to build a bike without a seat tube, hell I’m sure we can find 90s examples that weren’t high performance bikes.