Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Names & Faces is HERE

Enjoy!

My old face is too ugly but I can post bike pics there..... is there a thread for older bikes, or is the right thread the Porn one ?

Posting your own bike in the porn threads is seen as bad form (in a reader's wives way). If its someone else's bike, then the pron thread is ideal. If its yours, then Names and maybe faces, as you say.

Anyway, welcome to this peculiar place, and can I have your bicycle please? I can offer a packet of ginger nut biscuits in return.

2nd dibs on ginger nuts ^

Thanks for the protocol hint :-)

Build for you directly by Brick Lane Bikes themselves;

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/IMG_0731.jpg

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/IMG_0736.jpg

Those Atlanta '96 wheels are lovely... FFS.

Nooooooooo!

'Ah you are fucking joking?!' My exact words when I saw the Cinelli

WHY!?!?! Jesus fuckin wept! :-(

I don't understand why people do that

But they're both nice frames. I'd love too keep them next to my desk just so I can stroke them every now and then.

I've just puked! WTF!!?

should be tied to a pony

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/july/3/DakotaRoberson-2.jpg

i really like that.

Sort those cranks out it aint so bad.

A sit-up and beg Colnago;

are oval wheel the new 'ting?

those bikes are ugly as fuckjesus.

Build for you directly by Brick Lane Bikes themselves;

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/IMG_0731.jpg

Why is this in Anti-Porn?

Don't get me wrong, I agree that it should be in here but I wondered what your reasoning is? How much would you change to redeem this bike?

As far as I see it:

• The wheels clash with the frame, big style, but would losing the colour be enough? I rather like the chrome version which is also in the BLB gallery (it's here - I'm not keen on those giant hubs though).

• Matching hipster white bits. I think it looks ace as far as the aesthetics are concerned but looking at it from a practical point of view it's a fail for me (though to be fair it's hardly a bike with practicality in mind...).

• The straps are the wrong shade of red (though I'm not against matching colours if they actually match).

• Dropped stem and risers is a no no but matching the Supercorsa saddle to the Supercorsa is a big tick. Seatpost should be a Campagnolo not a Thomson.

• Nothing wrong with the Sugino 75 but perhaps Campagnolo would be more fitting. Is using Japanese parts on an Italian frame (or its converse) enough to land it in Anti-Porn?

Is there anything I've missed?

For the record: Yes, I know how pedantic I am being but considering the time and money that would be spent building this up, don't tell me its just a bike. I am also assuming this was a shop build to show off new stock rather than a customer specced build(?).

As far as the polka dot Colnago, that build is just plain nasty. Even though I love that paintwork it's not the easiest bike to build up without looking hhsb. I suppose sticking to silver and black Italian bits would be the key?

If you're taking this too seriously, you're doing it wrong..

Both wheels are oval. Bumpy ride.

Unless my screen resolution is wrong.

Nope, the wheels are oval. There's your problem

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/gallery/

like the who's who of anti-porn

If you're taking this too seriously, you're doing it wrong..

I take you point but I didn't say I wouldn't love to own it or that it doesn't look a blast to ride. Hell, the nights will be drawing in soon and no one will be able to tell what it looks like in the dark.

However, you can't tell me someone put that together with no thought as to how it was going to look in the end.

Both wheels are oval. Bumpy ride.

Aspect ratio fixed
http://static.londonfgss.com/attachments/14946d1252777639-img_0731.jpg
The rest is probably beyond redemption

I take you point but I didn't say I wouldn't love to own it or that it doesn't look a blast to ride. Hell, the nights will be drawing in soon and no one will be able to tell what it looks like in the dark.

However, you can't tell me someone put that together with no thought as to how it was going to look in the end.

I didn't say you did either.

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/39.jpg

These orlowski not-quite-a-low-profiles look like the jig was accidentally changed halfway through frame manufacture.

They're gash, appealing to a chintzy non-comittal penchant for forward sloping top tubes.