casually sitting on the top tube
Re: casually sitting on the top tube
+1 - I often sit on the top tube (also KoM, 531DB). But I suspect I'm quite a bit lighter than Mick F!
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
Hi,
Yep -
The Merckx pose is just that for mortals, I prefer one foot on the pedal and the thigh resting on the TT
Yep -
The Merckx pose is just that for mortals, I prefer one foot on the pedal and the thigh resting on the TT
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
maybe on a Tesco special but not my Dawes 1-Down.
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
Current CTC advice seems to be to protect the tube wit the latest edition of cycle
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Yeah, that's me too when waiting for the lights to turn green. Tippy-toes is a bit a strain after a minute or two.NATURAL ANKLING wrote: ..........I prefer one foot on the pedal and the thigh resting on the TT
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
Mick F wrote:Yeah, that's me too when waiting for the lights to turn green. Tippy-toes is a bit a strain after a minute or two.NATURAL ANKLING wrote: ..........I prefer one foot on the pedal and the thigh resting on the TT
A man of your status should be track standing surely? Or have an entourage to support you Sedan-Styleee!
Re: casually sitting on the top tube
Mick F wrote:CUT
Was he known for sympathy of his equipment?
CUT
yes, he was/is.
Re: casually sitting on the top tube
531 is 531 to all intents and purposes. Doubt ST is better for sitting on than C.
My Columbus Brain tubed bike has a TT butting arrangement of 0.8/0.6/0.6. Sat on that many a time. Need more buttock padding though.
My Columbus Brain tubed bike has a TT butting arrangement of 0.8/0.6/0.6. Sat on that many a time. Need more buttock padding though.
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
You can sit on the top tube at the cafe without fear of bare cable marring the paint, or your office pants.
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
CREPELLO wrote:Tis my favourite place to sit (and be seen ),
whilst waiting for the lights to turn green.
Though could cause a vent of the spleen,
and in turn a loud scream,
if the toptube of the legs is between.
It could make the eyes somewhat stream.
then turn a means of transport so green,
into an extreme torture machine.....
There's a lot to be said for a compact design,
for keeping the family jewels all in line.
Perhaps just a guess,but oh what a mess,
a high toptube can cause to the unwary masculine
Horizontal is much superior to compact- sloping for this
I wouldn't bet on it
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
mattsccm wrote:531 is 531 to all intents and purposes. Doubt ST is better for sitting on than C.
My Columbus Brain tubed bike has a TT butting arrangement of 0.8/0.6/0.6. Sat on that many a time. Need more bottom padding though.
531C top tubes are 0.8/0.5/0.8
Most 531ST top tubes are 1.0/0.7/1.0 (although some early ST tubesets were built lighter than that)
That is pretty significant in terms of denting resistance, I'd have said.
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
i'm obviously a materials simpleton but figures like that of tube thickness always amaze me. less than a millimetre seems just ridiculously thin to me.
Re: casually sitting on the top tube
753 'track' top tubes go down to 0.3mm wall. On a lot of bikes the paint is thicker than that, and you can visibly flex such a top tube between finger and thumb. You are not alone in finding this a little surprising!
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Re: casually sitting on the top tube
I thought the major cause of top tube damage was trying to close the overhead garage door while the bike is still propped up in the doorway.
No? Just me then.
No? Just me then.
Re: casually sitting on the top tube
TOP TUBE – Oval 37,3×26,1 mm – Thickness 0,7 – 0,4 – 0,7 mm – Length 600mm – Weight 227 g
well it seems my best bike's top tube is as above. i'll keep the mig derriere of it for the time being.
re. tube sets. i know of one UK supplier but are there more? i'm always interested in steel frames/tubes so may acquire a set of classic tubes and lugs for use in the future.
well it seems my best bike's top tube is as above. i'll keep the mig derriere of it for the time being.
re. tube sets. i know of one UK supplier but are there more? i'm always interested in steel frames/tubes so may acquire a set of classic tubes and lugs for use in the future.