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a second opinion on an already terrible chainline. really, I don't get it. what is the defence for this? if your chainline was actually right, why go to the effort of photographing it when all you had to do was straighten the wheel? I mean, not that a taking a photo is much of a strain but the process of "oh, now for the chainline shot, right, position for the best angle so as to miss the stays, catch the full length of the chain, fnck about with the focus to catch the best bit, maybe press the macro button, I dunno". Then to upload said photo to photobucket and copy the link to a specific fixed wheel and single speed forum for others to see in the 'Bike Porn' section of said thread, is just plain stupid.
I see this as someone looking at FGG, seeing people taking pictures of their chainlines, thinking 'oh I'll do that' but not knowing why people actually take pictures of their chainlines.
Don't get me wrong, not everything on my bike is perfect (read: a lot of my bike is shonky) but I don't take pictures of these bits to pass off as 'Bike Porn' - readers' wives or not.