Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Being in the bike trade i'v seen a fair few broken/cracked/bent frames and you know what, it's always on high end bikes.

Well, if you make the wall thickness big enough, it's all but impossible to break a frame, and pretty hard to weld it so badly that it comes apart at the seams. High end is all about pushing the material to its limits, so it would be astonishing if the failure rate were lower

Why is the lager brake on the wrong side of the fork? I know some specialist time trial forks are like that, but it looks like the stock lager ones.

Why is the lager brake on the wrong side of the fork? I know some specialist time trial forks are like that, but it looks like the stock lager ones.

Stock fork, special brake:

Agree with MT and Eyebrows - my Alf Webb is the comfiest, and cheapest frame i have had

All nice.

...but would you put Zipps on a SE lager?

I'd sell the wheels, build up an alu track frame and put tt bars and basic wheels and it would do the job better. Plus I'd have a few hundred quid spare.

Being in the bike trade i'v seen a fair few broken/cracked/bent frames and you know what, it's always on high end bikes.

Yeah,
its like the mugs in formula-1, driving cars that barely last 67 laps. My Opel Vectra estate's lasted 12 years, and the tyres last considerbly more than an hour.

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foul.... and we're back on topic.

i was just sick in my mouth a little

+1
To put it another way, rim brakes for playing in the mud are history

Jessas!Thats just what they wrote in my old "tour magazin" from 1993!

Too...much...pink...and...gah...purple!

Colour combo gone wrong if you ask me.

three different shades of purple and five different shades of pink. impressive.
and the saddle...

I hate when people have different coloured wheels then get a tyre in the colour of the other wheel!

but that´s not the case^^


£600 BIN!

£699 new without the shit paint

hearty apologies if it's a reeeeeeeeeeeepost, but i can't remember off the top of my head seeing it on here.,.

i can't remember off the top of my head seeing it on here.,.

Everybody else can
https://www.londonfgss.com/post1033152-6083.html

£600 BIN!

Flaming!

I know it's a Colnago and it has been handbuilt by virgins in the Vatican or something but still.

Good night

Handbuilt by Italian Pikey cunts, Colnago's are soooo overrated or was that overpriced!!?! Had a customers in recently with a CK 2 nut headset (kept coming loose), the headtube hadn't even been faced! And it wasn't just a small amount!! Proper shitty for a supposed "ferrari"

Handbuilt by Italian Pikey cunts, Colnago's are soooo overrated or was that overpriced!!?! Had a customers in recently with a CK 2 nut headset (kept coming loose), the headtube hadn't even been faced! And it wasn't just a small amount!! Proper shitty for a supposed "ferrari"

Its Italian - the beauty is in design, not mechanics.

I don't care if the lugs are welded with cheese, or the hubs greased with horse semen - just look at it - it's gorgeous!

That is special.

True.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=special