Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

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Surely that is the ultimate porn star? Svelte frame, dressed in minimal lightweight lingerie and painted to the nth degree. Probably a good ride, but only in the dead of night when nobody will ever know, followed by a deep sense of shame.

You're absolutely right, completely horrid with unforgiveable lugs.

Ive seen a blue one and a red one that looked okay but that gold looks terrible. The bar tape might be worse than the paint.
I wonder if the owner bought it without seeing one beforehand.

looks like my rocket league car!

Wood

1, get rid of rim brakes
2, as a result, get rid of brake tracks, significantly improving aesthetics
3, paint on a bright red line where the brake track used to be
4, wait what
5, stop, what are you doing

(Also the whole thing just looks like its about to stumble over its own bars)

Stick to what you're good at, being upset at Lewis. 😉

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This is something special. Really get in to the detail.

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How is printing carbon possible?
If it’s powder you cannot have fibres?

How is printing carbon possible?

A few methods exist, the most analogous to what people usually think about when you say "3D print" is using a fibre-loaded polymer filament instead of straight polymer. Even quite short chopped strand makes a big difference, which is why glass-filled nylon is such a popular material for injection moulded parts. There are also multi-axis CNC tape deposition machines which wind pre-preg carbon fibre tapes either onto a platen or over an armature or core.

Other than the decals on the chainstay and the fork, I think the f&f is as Specialized made that one.

This is art

Don't know if I'd call that anti. Hilarious chainring and dropout position could do with fixing though...

Pretty sure the chainstay decal is part of the paintjob, a friend had one & it was completely awful.

You're right... jesus. Quite possibly one of the most anti off the shelf bikes

Worst thing was it wasn't even a bad frame, just awful decals. Tried to fix that with a marker pen but I think my friend just let this one die through neglect.

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This is just tragic

Of all the city edition Langsters the only one that wasn't garbage was Seattle.

I wish they had done a Philidelphia and a Mexico City one.

bdhu

No one show Hulsroy

Anybody need an omson seatpost?

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It's NOSWC

Non-Optomized Saddle Wrangling Column.

But it's lighter, wouldn't that make it optimized?