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Chrome Metropolis Messenger Bag review | Bicycle Design — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:59:10 +0000

[...] briefly mentioned in a February post that I had a new messenger bag from Chrome to try out. Now that I have been using that bag, their [...]

By: TeDee

TeDee — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Well spotted anon 5:46! I only had the IO from one side which I used for a quick test with components. In the first concept picture the front tubular didn’t even have a valve – now, that wouldn’t work at all… :^)

Champs. Regarding BB height, UCI states height should be between 24 to 30 cm. Height in my design is less than 30cm. Geometry wise the design is comparable to one of my favourite track machines, the Look 496. In general the the BB height is slightly higher on track bikes to allow clearance on steeply banked velodromes. Have put up a couple of comparisons with the 496 and a Pinarello on my site http://www.redtop.se

Anon 2:17, cheers for commenting on the top tube. This might be an issue. I wish I had access to a wind tunnel… One of the ideas here was to create a really compact and stiff frame, still fairly close to UCI regulations (in my dream world we wouldn’t have all those restrictive regulations, allowing the bike to evolve freely). I am working on adjustments to fully comply.

Torkel

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:26:00 +0000

Anon, yes he could have copied the logos, flipped the wheel in photoshop, and then put it back together… or he could have looked for a picture of the wheel from the other side…or he could have rendered the bike from the drivetrain side to match the wheel direction. Instead, since I presume it was just a quick concept rendering, he just used the image of the wheel that he had available.

The point about horizontal top tubes may be a valid criticism of tghe deign, but I can’t speak for Torkel, so I will let him address it directly if he wishes to. Why should he though? I don’t think you can really expect an answer when your comments come across as antagonistic and you are unwilling to even sign your name on them. Personally, I think Champs’ comment about the BB height is more likely to be addressed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Please just address the points I have raised instead of having a dig at me.

By: David

David — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:37:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:41:00 +0000

I think Anon 9:03 is saying that the Mavic iO wheel which is shaped like an aircraft wing to reduce wind resistance is fitted in the wrong way to take advantage of this feature?

By: Robert H

Robert H — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Wow. You really nailed it that time Anon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:03:00 +0000

the Mavic IO front wheel is in the wrong way round…

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:27:00 +0000

"the Mavic IO front wheel is in thw wrong wat round..."

Is that supposed to actually mean something?

Peter, great review- thanks for the link.

By: Peter Eland

Peter Eland — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:12:00 +0000

FWIW I’ve just posted what I’m fairly sure is the first Gocycle review:

Gocycle review on http://www.velovision.com