Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

A mountainbike with too skinny tyres and a fork with 1" of travel.

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Dont they call that combo an ATB now?

A Terrible Bike or ATB for short

Lol this is probably the real reason Sam Pelgrim went to Canyon

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r/FGB is cheating for this thread

Ok I'm sayin it

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I'm struggling to see an issue with that. It's obviously not for hucking off huge jumps, so no need for massive suspension.

Just get a xc bike instead of this thing that's basically bad at everything

How is that not an XC bike? It looks fairly like an old-school MTB with better brakes and more spine-friendly geometry.

more spin friendly too, considering the motor attached 😏 I'm also not entirely against it, just wandering what's the purpose.... and the range

That's a gearbox, and it's clearly a hybrid

wandering what's the purpose.

For the rides I do, a short travel hardtail with gravel tyres would probably be an improvement on my current bike. Pinion gearbox and Gates belt drive do rather scream NAHBS-wank, but maybe for travelling the QD rear wheel with no vulnerable RD and cleanliness might be genuine benefits.

It deserves to be here for the decor alone, but murdered out and set up for my position I'd definitely take it as a straight swap for my Azonic.

Possibly perfect for Moab

This looks genuine

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I don't hate it, but i do feel it should be in here because of the chainring's orientation in relation to the crank arm alone.

(I replied to the wrong post)

Pretty sure that's a trekking bike, not a mountain bike.

sorry if reep

£900 if you want it ;-)

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Bet this rides really well on #USgravel and the blue route at Dalby

What a magnificent abomination.

Surely not a legit DeRosa? The frameset is hideous, but beautifully matched by seat and post combo, set off to perfection with that lever angle. The gold accents on those rancid wheels really bring them along to the party too.

The BSO-spec components are somehow perfect for this bike, even though it has a carbon frameset. Is that a square taper crankset, lol. The NDS pic as the main photo in the ad, also gold.

Perfectly terrible 10/10.

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That rear brake cable looks like it's going to get caught in the disc.

Yeah, that's a classic machete aeroblade or whatever from ali I believe. Strikes me that this has not been reported. Someone in Belgium is asking 800e for it 😵

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