Sorry. Yesterday’s post was quite the mad ramble, but it couldn’t be helped. Back to bikes. Have you seen what Argonaut is doing? True hand-made carbon fiber–as in from sheets–bicycle frames. The kicker? The hands are making them right here in Portland, Oregon. That’s in the United States (despite what some people will tell you).
The only worrying aspect of this story is the new 1-1/8-inch to 1-1/4-inch tapered head tube and Chris King I8 headset that King tells Prolly is Not Probably is “quickly becoming the standard for performance oriented road and cyclocross bikes.”
Now, I love me some Chris King products as much as the next guy, but the last time they starting talking about a new standard, things got a little ugly.
If we’re really dusting off 1-1/4-inch headsets, then I think somebody owes Gary Fisher $50. I also think I still have an original King 1-1/4-inch NoThreadset around somewhere. Good to know the lower cup has a future again. I knew it was only a matter of time.
The future? I mean, when we’re all on the hot new “perfect” 26-inch wheel bikes with new “square taper” bottom bracket technology? That’ll be filled 1-1/4-inch cups top and bottom–at least until we realize those are unnecessarily fat and eventually settle in on 1-inch even.
And do away with threadless in favor of some kind of locking nut built right into the headset.
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