Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Have their normal aero forks been judged outside UCI geometry regulations perhaps?

Spoke tying and soldering is a very old hangover from penny farthings, where it actually did some good. Those were long spokes.

Could be that.

I know they had problems fitting Mavic discs in the back of these tandems, the wheels were too lenticular and clashed with the chain/seat stays. Might have been a work around to fit a Mavic in the front and they could make do with a flatter disc (Corima/Zipp) in the rear.

A weightweenies special

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Keen to see a higher quality photo of the paint

Regarding the paint job it is done by my wife: raw frame sprayed with "red coral" transparent paint and a chromium marks painted over by her. Later finished with automotive clear coat.

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=170046&start=15

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GET FUCKED

Mate compliment her. The job is amazing.

I dig the paintjob, not so much the rest of the bike. A paintjob like that calls for a hhsrb Mad Max looking bike

Thanks. Yeah I like the paint

Not a very weight weenie build, innit?

Lots of excellent non-weenie builds on WW.

Next you're going to tell me there are bikes with gears on LFGSS!

From a distance the paint doesn’t look too bad (the seatpost paint and saddle angle are another matter) but up close it’s a bit of a hot mess.

lol, well if you look at it that way... they probably take the discussions on cycling commentary a lot lighter though.

This was front page of the Merlin website, the downtube shape looks to be recoiling in horror at its own reflection

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It’s the bike equivalent of “distressed” jeans, pre worn out with holes & stains. This is just pre ridden in to a tree.

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Oh lord

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Wow that's really gross

I got sent a photo of that bike by a mate who thinks it's amazing... I've got no response for him

It looks like theyve tried to fade the flutterbyes from flouro to yellow.
Without the branding (and wheels...) its, OK.

Then I see the mech.

Least its not bees

looks lit - would ride

Does it use actual butterflies though?

Horner's bike, surely?