Sub-wanker hybrids / low-key, lock-upable bling / insta-friendly dadbieks and rigid trail-worriers

Pretty sure it does.

Smart looking 26er with non-period correct parts, 1x etc is a good place

I feel kalloy or other stock stems and posts are a good signifier for this thread- happy to drop £££ on a drivetrain/headset but sensible enough to just polish the post that came with the bike.

That trek is top shelf material

re-up of my non-wanker diamond back dad-bike - hopefully i got the correct thread this time.

Yeah, there’s something I like about an arbitrary approach to spending money.

On my rockhopper, I’m quite pleased with the Gap (FSA) seatpost / Thomson stem combo. I was very tempted to put a matching Thomson seatpost on it, but it felt too on-the-nose.

I wanted Thompson twins when building my Legacy, then I remembered I don’t earn centrist dad money to spend on stuff I definitely don’t need, just stuff I probably don’t need.

https://youtu.be/APyl6Cnbfzw

when people ask "what separates this from FBNPNA", i propose the difference is ideological

you see, the FBNPNA rider really likes riding their bike, they ride it everywhere, so much so they never feel it special to document,

the SWH poster tho? they hate riding their bike, but they really like taking a photo of it when it gets a new doohickey, or even just taken out the communal hallway

No, this is false. You’re just transposing the wanker-bike ethos to a lower economic strata. It’s more accurate to state that the sub-wanker bike is simply a FBNPNA with a little more character or playfulness applied to it. The sub-wanker will be of lower total value to many FBNPNA and will be used as much, but potentially with wider scope of purpose. This scope, this shoehorning in of function, is what produces idiosyncratic choices made in its conception. It might need to take the kids to school, so feature a rack for carrying sparkling Frozen backpacks. That same bike might also need to handle trails so will also have chunky tyres. It’s used and locked up and left, so will never be a wanker-bike, but the owner will lavish it with the parts they feel it deserves while remaining ‘covert’ and retaining function.

I suppose it exists somewhere between or even overlapping the wanker and the FBNPNA, but is rarely quite one or the other.

I think, on reflection, that if you want a pithy and easily digested strapline it’s probably something like the difference between the SWB and the FBNPNA is chaos

Absolutely in agreement with this, the SWH sits between the wanker and FBNPNA but can’t ever really be either of them hence the SWH acronym.

Thank you! And 159s, wishing I bought 169s tbh...

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Are commuter mamilwagons eligible?

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Understated, yet Ti & XTR? Perfect.

This bike never had a category before - it’s obviously not a retro MTB but also not high end enough to be a wanker hybrid. I should have known all along its a SWHLKLUBIFDARTW. It’s my old Klein which I stripped and now use for commuting in the rain. Often seen with a frame bag, will soon have Maxxis tyres too.

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It needs a Brooks and some purple anodized parts. Stridsland chainring is a lovely touch. Frame is mad good, proper sleeper material. The more I look at it the better it gets with its small details.

Haha thanks yes I think I went tooooo subtle with just the purple top cap. Definitely need ano chainring bolts and seat clamp, and a better saddle. Still WIP!

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lollll ^

All these new threads have given me an identity crisis about my Courier - I'll leave it to the jury: FBNPNA or SWHLKLUBIFDARTW?

I’d say SWHLKLUBIFDARTW, you have the Carradice luggage, brooks saddle, nicely fitted mudguards with front flap, Koolstop salmon pads. Definitely made some worthy upgrades without stepping too far into wanker territory.

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Very validating, thanks. I feel so seen by this thread - in my head I ride a wanker bike because most of my friends ride btwins or raleigh/peugeot ghetto singlespeed beaters with (spits) pannier racks, that they'll happily leave outside a pub with a cable lock without breaking a sweat... They don't understand why I spent more on the saddle than I did on the original bike. But then the ones that ride CdFs and go on actually long rides at the weekends would probably think it's a pub bike 🤷‍♂️

I need to make one of those 'what my friends think I ride / what my parents think I ride / what I think I ride / what I actually ride' memes edit: fuck it got nothing better to do:

Conti Double Fighter is the archetypal tyre of SWHLKLUBIFDARTW

Ha! Spot on!

Courier comp is great. Ideally 1x, but sub-wankers can’t be choosers :-)

haha, that's what you get for going for 'halfords click & collect availability' over 'instagram like potential' I suppose