Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Unique urban fixie bike on gumtree (screenshot from my phone)

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fixie-bike-single-gearspeed-bicycle-racing-urban-bike/1283242562

Currently for sale in Ireland if anyone wants the link...

I think it will look better the harder and further you ride it. By which I mean, you'll think less about how it looks, but the sight of it will bring a warm sense of pride.

I quite like the half half tape

It actually feels really great to ride with that new front wheel on. If I sort out the dodgy headset, dial in the braking, maybe swap the tyres for knobblies and put in a few more miles to make sure there's no serious problems with the frame (I found it outside my flat) I'd have absolutely no problem taking out for an overnight bikepacking trip or a long gravel grind. 1x with bar ends is like the dream gravel setup anyway. Only thing it really could do with is disk brakes but for now I'm not willing to spend the money to have them added.

This came into Evans around 6 months ago... have no idea why I didn’t ever post it here. Why is it a thing?

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Some people on here think a Ti brompton is porn. Main problem with this kid seat I guess is it stops you folding the bike? Otherwise quite a neat set up. Alot of people prefer to carry a kid in front, feels safer.

I guess is it stops you folding the bike?

How?

Prevents a compact fold, more accurately.

Looks perfectly foldable to me. It also must be real fun for the kid

Prevents a compact fold, more accurately.

Stops you dropping the seat, but on second thoughts that's not the end of the world.

It also must be real fun for the kid

Maybe it's for picking up ladies.

Can't see from here, is that a woman's saddle?

Apparently that's not true at all.

Sweet, doesn’t even look much wider than usual!

Well I do love the Ti Bromptons, I just think that child seat looks entirely ridiculous

Take the kid off before you fold it or just squidge them down a bit more.

Makes sense to me.
Probably a good thing I don't have kids.

Well since it's turned out to be entirely functional, I believe it belongs over here

This is a functional saddle. Doesn’t stop it from being fuck ugly. I see your point, though

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Oh dear in Osaka

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I like the little comic sans 'which way?' decal on the toptube

'Brake cables are dead'.

Just look at all the parts they chose not to fit...