Hybrids / bad mountain bikes / insta wagons / bling rigids - please, i beg, no 700c 😩

That Steve Potts is ace, and the logo riffing on Cooper Bold/Windsor is ticking a lot of boxes for me.

Hopefully I see that on parkland walk at some point!

Double but wtf.

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The saddle, post and cranks need to be taken as far from that bike as possible.

But the cranks are #boutique #cnc tho,, surely that matters more than what they actually look like?

I'm sad to say that over my fifteen pages of party membership, I've watched our ideology become watered down and diluted in the quixotic quest for "mainstream appeal"

If we cannot offer the public something other than nostalgic 2x builds from the past, we will become indistinguishable from competing retro mtb dads, our base will become disillusioned and the opportunity to build a new type of bike wankery will be lost.

I'm calling for the party leadership to return us to our revolutionary roots. Embrace the radical tradition of not overbiking for the bridleway, but for the bike path, overpacking not for a road trip, but for a lunch trip, clearances CAN be brought down, bike wankery must be pushed forward, whatever the cost, whether that price is paid in import fees or alienation.

i think the honourable member is right to bring up the increasing entryism by centrist dads and their retro mtbs, this party was founded not for comforting pictures of practical and cost effective retro bikes which get stored inside, but radically uncomfortable pictures of bikes which make you wonder if the person is ignoring other fiscal responsibilities or simply earns too much and is unconcerned by depreciation.

we should reject the tange and the true temper perverting our cause, instead refocusing on 4130 chromo stickers and Taiwan manufacturing. we must not be shamed by the wider market in "spending too much to do so little", but instead use that shame to fuel us into buying wilder, and more niche parts for our coffee shop crusader.

if your frameset does not make one say "yeah it's nice.....but it's a lot of money for gas pipe" then the parts must make one say "they're bling sure, but could you not have got FSA and spent the money on a tour?"

I hereby declare that I own zero children and rarely venture further out than zone 4. I reserve my right to build bicycles that are fit for purpose and if I need a double to get up that hill in Camden, or drop bars to retake the KOM on the road I live on I shall install them.

Need dropping in sodium hydroxide and a few hours spent polishing + drinking a selection of obscure beer. Instagram story must be updated with progress and which beer you are currently drinking at 30 minute intervals.

Lot of introspection in the party right now

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in the ongoing infighting within wanker bikes, driven primarily by the radical left of the party supporting a return to chromoly and 29 inch wheels, fractures are showing. The often described as "sensible" edge, supporting two by drive trains and 26 inch wheels are coming under fire, they feel unjustly.

the argument poses that retro mtb politics are far too diluted for wanker hybrids to exist in long term, the user base is separated across parties such as ssmtb union party and the retro bike independence party, neither have had mainstream success in recent years. usually outperformed by far more attractive and conservative ideals of the drop bar movement. many of wanker bikes foundational members believe they should continue to capture the wild entry they had into the scene just weeks ago with the proposition of a new type of bike politics, wankery and arguably, financially irresponsible expenditure

the argument against this is that there is not enough wank to go around, people are desperate to get into such an emerging, radical movement which could be seen as elitist and authoritarian, by liberalising the entry requirements they could expect long term stability. the is mount defenders refute this, saying it's this milk toast, electorate chasing guff which lead to the recent destruction of the gravel bike party, as they let cx bike and road bikes with 30c tyres contribute

we asked key party donator, jan heine about his views on the rift, after demanding he has no stake in it he said "[supressing a laugh] me? i dont care who wins as long as they keep buying my product [laughing some more]".

approaching notable beloved party favourite christopher kingsly we asked similar questions to the response of "fuck them, they always buy used, because of shit heads like this i've had to develop 3 new standards just this week to force people to buy direct"

it's fair to say this will not be wrapping up any time soon, but we will keep you posted

Would rep

I love this thread

I don’t know what’s happening, but after reading that, I’ve suddenly found my right hand holding a pitchfork...

Great thread. Does mine count oh please mr @Ndeipi

Stem bag hand made by a friend surely goes a long way here.

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Bored to death of old MTB with a basket projects.

Have you ever been to Bike Radar? I think you'd like it...

Have we had this piece of wank up for debate yet?

This is the best internets. Keep at it.

I am just waiting for anti-26erism to infest the party and bring it to near collapse. The executive need to deal with this but also be seen to deal with it FFS! Institutional Anti-26erism will haunt us for years.

needs blue grips.

and the owner needs shooting.

Does that say Rodeo Labs?
I guess wank is an apt description of their brand.
But then I think that the traildonkey is quite nice.

alot of thought has gone into that bike. looks neat.

26erism with never die. It might die down, but just like countless splinter cells, it’ll come back to linger in the fringes, formed by bespectacled weirdos and people who know not the meaning of ‘sell’, only ‘hoard’.

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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable wank, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident wank. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.”