Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Although I have mild distaste for specialized, the shame was more that his paint work wasn't paired up with nice independant frame builders to be admired by many for years to come.

You make a good point re them #doingitright but yeah, ruthless is their Speciality.

Can I just add then that I think it's an awesome paint job - this definitely isn't the thread for it.

Haha... many thanks, thats not for me to decide tho I'm afraid.

Should hopefully find some time to finish it up in the next week or two, so let's see what it looks like when I'm done!
(Will be for sale at some point BTW, if anyone's in the market for a high end garish steel frame)

on eBay now for £220

On ebay, but may have been posted before because looks stock:

The matching socks! D:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Stahl-Hardtail-MTB-Lefty-x0-x9-XT-Sixpack-Mavic-729-Hope-Pro-2-Mountainbike/142359047947?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D43773%26meid%3D9d7f101ab6564681b616fea04caf2c17%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D311854402749

homemade lefty anyone...?

I'd ride that to the pub, it's a fine example of a rat rod, not anti

I'd go further - it's pretty cool.

this been featured here yet? Rapha X Liberty hideousness.

Something about a rigid lefty makes me nervous. Looks cool though!

There's ample historical precedent

Willy wonkas bike of choice

What happened to @no-fork ?

Damn, came here to post that. Quoted for new page.

What happened to @no-fork ?

He forked off

It's very lovely; not throwing that off muddy rocks and rollers though I imagine.

I reckon with black saddle and grips it would look ok-ish, albeit somewhat NAHBS-wankery...

Maybe, I just hate it as every single aspect has been designed for it Instagram friendly point scoring... Belt drive that can be just as neglected as the ubiquitous rusty chain on any step through bicycle but costs 100 times as much, check, matchy matchy boutique paintjob on stem just so everyone knows it's not off the peg, check, fadez because that's so hot right now, check, matchy matchy brooks and tape because that's the bread and butter of any custom bike, check, step through so you don't split your tight chinos, check, sweep back bars to look like maximum cock womble and stop your raybans slipping off your pasty capitalist face, check, discs because you'd never be able to stop yourself otherwise without spilling your latte when you unexpectedly pass Tarquin in Islington, check, curved seat stays because otherwise it might just look like a fucking Raleigh shopper someone's renovated, check.

In all it gets a comprehensive 'would not bang' from me.

rant porn thread >

Kind of Sladda-like, with added NAHBS livery.

Mudguards and Hardshells? "I want my arse to be dry when I stack it in the rain".

#tarquininislington