Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Obviously it's full NAHBSwank, but is it truly hideous enough for Anti?

The random ISP topper and clamp sealed it for me. It’s one of the ugliest, most pretentious bikes I’ve ever seen.

one of the ugliest, most pretentious bikes I’ve ever seen

Do you have @t-v on ignore? 🙂

Not my cup of tea, but struggling to see what is pretentious about any of that ...

Pretentious is likely the wrong word.

All I’m seeing is a big money build that looks unfinished. Lots of the features seem to be included because they’re expensive rather than functional or tasteful.

Hood angle, random ISP topper, purple(!?) seat clamp, two different materials made to look even worse by inconsistent colour scheme, cable routing, headtube steps up to fork crown, carbon fork clashes with carbon tubes.

No but please show me 👀

please show me

The Firefly he posted here exactly a week ago

It sounds as though you like your bread sliced and white too

Sounds like you’re a successful psychoanalyst

I actually prefer that one!

God forbid the clamp is purple (purple!).

In all seriousness, and no disrespect, but it sounds like you've spent about 15 minutes in a Halfords deciding on 'what a bike is' then taken your profound discoveries to the internet.

We have different views regarding this particular bicycle. That’s totally fine.

Notice how I’ve accepted your opinion without making assumptions about you?

no disrespect

Hmm...

You:

without making assumptions about you?

Also you:

Sounds like you’re a successful psychoanalyst

I am neither successful or a psychoanalyst.

If it makes you feel better, it's absolutely fine that you don't like the bike.

Just as I'm sure he meant no disrespect to the builder who designed and made it.

The Firefly- Rim decals look shit. Stupid dots look stupid. No reason for the little piece of ti glued to down tube just below bottle cage.
Expensive stuff for the sake of being expensive. Conspicuous consumption instead of being a better bicycle.
Huang's Seven Evergreen on the same site is a much better example of carbon/ti with none of the fluff of the Firefly.

Why is the top tube so fat? Why do the tyres have yellow sidewalls?

Those and many other questions

it's NAHBSwank

This should automatically qualify any build for this thread, whether it’s actual anti or not :D

I think that sounds like the most tedious use of this thread.

Such as 'why is the headtube angle so steep and the seat tube angle so slack?', which I'd maintain is the main one.

Nope, 'show bikes' are a fertile source of opportunities to mock.

Coming from the author of this

Nah, within a seat angle, chainset and deep section carbons of mere mundane ugliness. Must try harder.

About this

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