Comments on: Dynamic’s “Synergy” Road Bike — first look!

By: hmm

hmm — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:27:51 +0000

Steel frame can be easy modifyed, repaired if broken/bent. Alu frames better throw out as it is quite difficult to bend back, weld PROPERLY if needed… Also aluminium as material “tires” much quicker than steel…
Also, depends from design, though, sometimes alu frame can be heaver than steel if same strengh needed.
So, as steel as alu has their own strenghts and weakneses, that’s why no one of them are best, just must be used for right purpose.

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By: Internal Hub on a road bike? « In The Spin

Internal Hub on a road bike? « In The Spin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:04:28 +0000

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By: The Mystery of the STI style road shifter for Shimano Internally Geared Hubs | Austin On Two Wheels

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:16:00 +0000

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By: Bike trader

Bike trader — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:57:09 +0000

Its really a good bike.I cant guess its price.???????

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:11:49 +0000

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By: tadster

tadster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:51:51 +0000

umm sweet. Looks a great weekend bike for me.

Those tires look fatter than x25

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:46:22 +0000

My comment towards making these IGH for performance road bikes would be the number of gears. I mainly ride road bike and the difference between a 7 speed rear cassette and a 10 speed rear cassette is night and day. With a 10 speed cassette there is nearly a one tooth separation between gear changes, no chunck taken out of your speed when switching up a gear and an out-of-control leg spinning when going down a gear. Since I have never ridden an IGH my question is: Is the transition between gears a smooth transition?
And my only beef with frame material die hards is when people say if it’s not made out of steel then it’s cheap and will not last. As hard as I have ever been on my steel, aluminum and carbon fiber bikes I have yet to break one. And that includes jumping off a roof on an aluminum mtn bike…I no longer recommend the practice but it survived with no damage.

By: An Internal Gear Road Bike: the synergy « In The Spin

An Internal Gear Road Bike: the synergy « In The Spin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:05:53 +0000

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By: Ken Sturrock

Ken Sturrock — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:23:49 +0000

James: No leap of faith necessary. Any major material can ride well if the design is good. People obsess about material as a proxy for ride quality because it’s much easier than thinking about the total design of a bicycle that they haven’t ridden.

Some folks argue about the glass used in a single element of a camera objective rather than look at the entire design. Other people dismiss a car that doesn’t have a V8 instead of analyzing the whole vehicle’s performance. I have friends that refuse to shoot cartridges narrower than 45 hundredths of an inch. The problem isn’t unique to bicycles – it happens with any technology when users try to reduce an entire system to a single variable.

I agree that nice steel frames have ride qualities that are prized by many commuters, but I’ve also ridden some damn crappy steel frames. As Jack said: the “steel is real” concept repeated ad nauseum as an article of faith and then the implication that non-steel buyers just don’t know better has gotten pretty old.

I also agree with you though about compact geometry and toothpaste welds. I happen to like the beer can tube look though. I guess two out of three ain’t bad.

Matt: I agree with you about the tires. My aluminum daily rider has 32mm wide tires on an aluminum frame and my road bike has 23mm tires. The daily rider is comfortable and the road bike is very aggressive – as they were meant to be.

As for the poll, what’s the relevance? Steel frames have qualities prized by commuters so it’s not surprising that the readers of this site who bothered to respond to the poll indicated that they rode steel frames. The poll results, however, do not mean that aluminum frames are inherently inferior. It’s the same argument that says that Macintoshes are inferior to Windows machines because more people use Windows, or that Surlys are inferior to Walmart Schwinns because most bicycle riders overwhelmingly ride them.

No offense taken or intended guys – I just felt the need to challenge what I keep perceiving as a knee-jerk reaction.

-Ken