Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

WTF?

For that kind of money you could buy a bike.

Love the demonic cat in the background of the pic...

#controversial

Do not want. Good components, matched terribly.

nice frame, but this build is going in the wrong direction....

I like the look of that, but hey, im a complete novice to the biking world, im interested to know though, what you see as wrong with it apollo ?

although thinking about it, I would change the wheels for something a little beefer looking

U mad bro?

Sliding parts never look good

I like the look of that, but hey, im a complete novice to the biking world, im interested to know though, what you see as wrong with it apollo ?

He had an issue with:

The red tires (they're bike trainer tires, they only come in red/yellow so that you don't accidentally take them on the road, as they will puncture super easy and get destroyed)

The setback and the saddle slammed back (I have long femurs, and needed the bike back to get knee over pedal position)

The short stem (I had the stem on those bars to sell them, and didn't want to deal with switching stems to see how the bars looked/felt with that geometry. The TT is around 610mm, so even with the 50mm stem, it's a decent reach.)

The spacers (I had the shop put in 24mm of spacers, so I could sit on the bike and see how it fit. i.e. measure twice, cut once)

In regards to the "beefier wheels" I was going to build up some deep carbon rimmed wheels, but considering I don't race, I saw no need. Most people that race (road) bikes have 2 sets of wheels, training wheels (durable and usually aluminum, shallow rims), and their "race wheels". As I will only essentially be training, I have more of a need for training wheels than race wheels.

These wheels are temporary as they're from another build, but I plan on building some Archetype to Low Flange Phil Woods in the spring.

The more you defend it, the uglier it gets.

As they say, a picture paints 1000 words, well, either post a photo proving us wrong, or give up.

The fact they went through the effort of a fancy photo makes it worse.

"The fact they went through the effort of a fancy photo makes it unbearable!"

This.

I think I can see what's what with this blue, white & red, number but the 1st bike I think looks ok bit blingy maybe, but ok

The red tires (they're bike trainer tires, they only come in red/yellow so that you don't accidentally take them on the road, as they will puncture super easy and get destroyed)

I don't think that's the problem. The super hard compound means you'll fall off as you turn out of your gate, so you'll never have time to find any sharp objects. Schwalbe's Insider trainer tyre comes in bright blue, which might be better on your bike, but obviously it's too late now because you'll never wear out those red Vittoria ones if they're as hard as my yellow Contis.

He had an issue with:

The red tires (they're bike trainer tires, they only come in red/yellow so that you don't accidentally take them on the road, as they will puncture super easy and get destroyed)

The setback and the saddle slammed back (I have long femurs, and needed the bike back to get knee over pedal position)

The short stem (I had the stem on those bars to sell them, and didn't want to deal with switching stems to see how the bars looked/felt with that geometry. The TT is around 610mm, so even with the 50mm stem, it's a decent reach.)

The spacers (I had the shop put in 24mm of spacers, so I could sit on the bike and see how it fit. i.e. measure twice, cut once)

In regards to the "beefier wheels" I was going to build up some deep carbon rimmed wheels, but considering I don't race, I saw no need. Most people that race (road) bikes have 2 sets of wheels, training wheels (durable and usually aluminum, shallow rims), and their "race wheels". As I will only essentially be training, I have more of a need for training wheels than race wheels.

These wheels are temporary as they're from another build, but I plan on building some Archetype to Low Flange Phil Woods in the spring.

Ozren0 thanks for getting back to me, its a lot to consider, I hear what your saying about the wheels and it makes sense to have two sets of wheels if your training, although I didn't know there was even a difference myself

I think I can see what's what with this blue, white & red, number but the 1st bike I think looks ok bit blingy maybe, but ok

Gold rims = auto anti

Untaped bars

spacer stack and steep stem

Black wheels, taped bars and a different stem slammed, then maybe we can talk.

^ Agreed.
It's just... ugly. None of it works for me, which is a shame because I quite like those framesets.

mmmm. bluuurrr.

Such a crime against those components.

bit harsh... sort the angles out and slam stem and you're good.