Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

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Did somebody crash an F10 head-on into a wall?

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The F8 and 10 were pretty good looking I thought this is ... not.

It’s not great but let’s not forget how far they’ve come

And yet that is 100% cooler than the f12

I like you but we’re very different it seems.

Can't all be perfect

Yeah I thought they were getting better, then this.

I'm not gonna say I like it (I don't like modern road bikes in general), but can't see what's wrong with it either. Gonna be great for rich men with a midlife crisis for sure.

Compact geometry and then dropped seat stays took a bit of getting used to but I can't believe a bent top tube will ever be acceptable.

Pretty mild if you compare it with the abortion the Grevil is...

They were better in between though

Nice build masks how otherwise bad it is.

Do all Pinarellos levitate or something?

Speaking of Pinarellos. Excellent single speed chain tension setup.

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The thumbies got me.

Feast your eyes

Edit: @dr_frankenbike is that yours? It's not easy on the eye, but it's not remotely anti.

but it's not remotely anti.

Take a minute to let it all sink in.

It is mine, just a shitty little town bike. Normally it is built up more sensibly with wheels that are the same size and less horrid bars

It's always been hideous in truth

Ugly =/= Anti

IMHO Anti requires misplaced aesthetic ambitions, lack of taste and ideally money blindly thrown at it. It needs trying (and failing). This is just an ugly bike.

Yeah, it's a crap bike but not anti

Susan Sontag's "Notes on Anti" sum it up best:

23. In naïve, or pure, Anti, the essential element is seriousness, a seriousness that fails.
24. When something is just bad (rather than Anti), it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition.

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