Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

It looks like old sora or non-group? But then why didn’t they put a massive ‘sora’ sticker on it? Have they not read the dbad thread?

Guyz, "the tyres are pumped to 120psi". What more would you want?

I like mine pumped to 1200psi

I'm guessing the bar angle is because the owner is 130 years old and has a fused neck and spine, which may also explain being in the feeblest gear possible. And the numerous and mahoosive logos cos they're nearly blind and could easily lose the bike after stopping for one of any rides 65 piss breaks. That saddle looks to have some nappy qualities to it though if the rider can't discmount quick enough. Doesn't seem much point in the loud and gopping max speed aero wheels, not sure there's much aero gains to be had at 2mph.

If there was an ‘lfgss-anti-post, when forumengers go wrong’ thread, this would be it’s best submission.

Targeted advertising/fundraising at its finest.

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Can we donate to destroy it?

You can’t destroy an idea.

Came here to post that. Gotta say if you gonna anti, you gotta own it. Looks like they owning it hard.

You could look like a clown!

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/hope-lotus-hb-t/ ;)

Fuck, I hadn't seen it from the front...

Presumably that's also to provide the lateral stiffness required from a track frame when it's being honked around the track in a sprint. IIRC track forks historically had a round profile to achieve that, but circular cross-sections are horribly unaerodynamic.

Cancelling my membership over that radioactive turd of a bike.

Presumably that's to also to provide the lateral stiffness required from a track frame when it's being honked around the track in a sprint

The wide fork and stays have nothing to do with mechanical structure and everything to do with shaping the airflow onto and off the riders legs. If you wanted to make the fork resist lateral loads, you'd just create a straight line from dropout to lower headset bearing, making the fork structure of axle and two legs as close to a triangle as possible.

IIRC track forks historically had a round profile to achieve that

It's not exactly clear that round fork blades actually do that in any meaningful way; a lot of "track tradition" has nothing to do with engineering and everything to do with creative inertia

I was just thinking about this while I was pulling away from lights today, would they not hit their legs on the stays beside the headtube when doing starts or out of the saddle? I've hit my knees off the side of my forks before

I've hit my knees off the side of my forks before

I suspect that elite track sprinters have better form than you 😁

Pffffft none of them have won a silver medal in the irish team sprint national champs

I'm into it.

edit, more of it here
and some better looks at the TT version of the fork

Can you put fat bike wheels in it?

I like it too. And honestly, people complain about how the UCI is restricting the free development of bikes, but then as soon as someone makes something a bit 'out there', that's not OK either... I think it's an interesting concept and I'm eager to see how it will stand the test of time.

I'm more concerned with the clash between MBUK Hope 90s nostalgia logo an the revised but flacid / generic post millenial Lotus logo.

More aero they say!

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I think it is an interesting concept, and perhaps it will indeed lead to an important technical advantage and push our cyclists to win more medals.

It also looks ugly as fuck.