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We can agree to disagree and perhaps I did a poor job in fully explaining why I think it deserves being placed here in only listing the visual evidence and not the conceptual/ideological ones.
All of the things I listed out are in and of themselves completely forgettable but, in my opinion when you place those within the context of the aesthetic/style/subculture the owner is attempting to attach themselves to it elevates it from forgettable to a poor pastiche.
They clearly want to to be considered cool/stylish/knowledgeable about fashion/trends otherwise why adorn it with a Carhartt sticker? And so it's this grabbing to part of something with minimal effort and no care that is so poor, completely style over substance, not dare I say it too dissimilar from a kid putting a big exhaust, wing, and underlights on their Micra.
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I understand where you're coming from. The Carhartt sticker is actually anti, yeah. I didn't think the rest was really noteworthy though. As much as this thread is obviously for making fun of bike 'designs' that just went terribly wrong, I'm not a fan of 'gatekeeping' subcultures etc. - but especially not over things like valves or brake cables that are 'too long'.
But maybe that's also just because I am definitely not a part of that subculture in any way, so I feel less annoyed be people clumsily copying it, and more annoyed by people making fun of other rider's builds.
SwissChap
My point is more that this is the 'anti' thread, you're just basically talking about bikes that aren't pron. If that's the point of this thread, a vast majority of bikes would belong in here, which would completely cover up the actually 'special' bikes - like this, which I still remember fondly:
https://www.instagram.com/jokfil_bike/
Now that's anti.
Plus it's a company doing it rather than just some guy putting together his bike in a maybe less-than-perfect way. Other than that, I'm currently having a hot chocolate, I hope that counts too :)