Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

i'm sure the owners of the majority of things posted in this thread think their bikes look nice

Not necessarily, many of them are beaters or manufacturers pictures, but this is clearly someone's new pride and joy. The conservatory also.

It's the Mrs Kingcutter's bike, no?

I bet the pink bits don't make it any slower...

repost?

Whoever did that should be condemned for eternity to ride bikes designed by Squabbles up and down the Hipster Highway.

I want one of those chanrings. It really sets the basket off

I'm sure the owner thinks it looks very nice

i'm sure most of the forum trolls don't think they are trolls

The IRO and Planet-X are simply bikes for the shorter rider. The PX is possibly a poor chioce of frame for the owner. But given its bargin price, and the fact it looks like its been made to fit. An understandale one.

Major meh.

if the PX had no pink and different wheels it would be fine, the size of those bikes isn't why they've been posted in here, well for me at least.

the IRO is on here for sale you lot!
http://www.lfgss.com/thread66823.html

it look bad because it have 650c wheel and designed for those who are under 5'3, so yes it does look bad when you're trying to fit it to someone who (assuming) around 5'.

Yes, so it looks bad therefore anti porn.

i'm sure most of the forum trolls don't think they are trolls

Perhaps you'd care to name the rest of them?

1.RPM

if the PX had no pink and different wheels it would be fine, the size of those bikes isn't why they've been posted in here, well for me at least.

Pink is a great colour.

I had an enquiry in for a pink Scandal frame. Lush.

Sometimes I think people take bicycles too seriously. They are toys, transport, and sports equipment. Have fun with them.

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Rat & Beater thread... keeping Anti-Porn going since 2011

but this looks familiar, repost?

It's been here before. I think someone called it 'functional, therefore not anti' back then.

Now, for my own tuppence, this immediately struck me as uglylicious:

i see the builder went to the scoble school of headset spacers, tops of the levers are higher than the saddle

For the classic "sit ups and begs" position

i see the builder went to the scoble school of T.Rex, tops of the levers are higher than the saddle

ftfy
(sorry, Ed, we all know the way your proportions are, but still... =))

Might be a child's bike, you'd be surprised how weird some of the fits look until the kid is actually on the thing, then it all kinda makes sense. Children are essentially aliens after all.

if those are 700c then it's some leggy child i'd say

if those are 700c then it's some leggy child i'd say

lol repped

I'd guess somebody wants to ride in the drops without constantly kneeing themselves in the paunch. I've certainly seen some cyclists at the lardier end of the spectrum with that kind of set-up.

Why are we speculating about hypothetical situations where the bike potentially looks like that for a reason? It's ugly so it belongs here, I don't care why.