Bike porn

yeh ed the car thing kind of doesn't make sense. but i think we are on the same side.

PM eachother your debate plan and me and sirvelo will do the same. back in 5 ;-)

dibs being moderator

ok but we need one more each side and then we could use the mace system

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from the San Diego Custom Bicycle Show.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9848026@N07/3416153714/sizes/l/in/set-72157616397141678/

i love how that rat bike looks; much more interesting than a perfect paint job, and beautiful for its character

distressed ftw!

let look at this;

it's not the prettiest car ever, but people love it for simply how it ride, perform and handle.

similar concept go to rat bike porn.

ed, what the fuck?!!!

ed, what the fuck?!!!

It is true though, 205 GTIs handle amazingly. I thought it was a good comparison ed.

it's an unreliable car (french after all), made of tin foil, ugly, a bit unsafe, but take it out on the B road and there's no way you can wipe the stupid grin on your face after 5 minutes of driving it.

i used to drive a 205 and always wanted the GTI version. however, it's not a good comparison i don't think. i actually think the 205 is a really, really good looking car.

the 'rat look' thing is just another nerdy aesthetic fetish. it has nothing to do with performance, because clearly none of us know what the fuck these bikes ride like! it's more like admiration for people who aren't so precious about their possessions or even who treat their shit like shit (if ya get me). rat porn is heightened when it's a pretty and/or expensive that has been abused, scratched, dinged and basically ridden into the ground. distressed is exactly the word!

someone please explain to me how that bike up there with yellow tyres could reasonably be described as ratty?! it's just missing a bit of paint where they've repaired the frame and the saddle's old and haggard. no charm at all. it's just an average bike.

it's an unreliable car (french after all), made of tin foil, ugly, a bit unsafe, but take it out on the B road and there's no way you can wipe the stupid grin on your face after 5 minutes of driving it.

so it's basically a langster?

it's an unreliable car (french after all), made of tin foil, ugly, a bit unsafe, but take it out on the B road and there's no way you can wipe the stupid grin on your face after 5 minutes of driving it.

Ugly???? Unsafe???? Are you mad?

"average" in performance and aging maybe. but it most deffinitly has charm for me, a damn sight more than the countless pristine mediocrities i might add

bloody hell emab your going to make me feel right at home if you keep coming out with that crazy mumbo jumbo

and superprecise

someone please explain to me how that bike up there with yellow tyres could reasonably be described as ratty?! it's just missing a bit of paint where they've repaired the frame and the saddle's old and haggard. no charm at all. it's just an average bike.

word!

piss arty mode

and by any means stagnation is the only part of human reality we can lay claim to, the rest is just decadence on the point of vulgarity

@ Aleksi lol, I think myself more as J.S. Mill :)

picture fail shit

call me Karl any day of the week

The point of this thread is to post up bikes you like, and different people like different things,I love rat bikes, i would rather see something interesting than some generic NJS build that has been done to death and does nothing for me personally - To use Ed's car analogy, but perhaps with something more fitting - this is a Rat Rod

me too, i love rat. my fave to date:

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I think Rossin may have made bikes for the Russians at some point, but this shot does show Rossin's with a similar set-up:

I "borrowed" this image from somewhere on the web: heck if I know where...

there seems to be a RIH bike in the mix as well

am i missing something?
what is a rat bike?

yes its real, not my photo

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SWEET!!!

me too, i love rat. my fave to date:

Luvverly - i like a lot. Is this yours? If so I'd swap the skulls on the head tube for your avatar logo - rat-tastic.