Bike porn

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Yeah but those bars..

I ran a search on Brooks for another thread and came across this savage, savage, savage saddle as custom fucked-with by our very own Matt (Baddesigner):

Sick to the power of rad. Sorry if it's a repost.

I ran a search on Brooks for another thread and came across this savage, savage, savage saddle as custom fucked-with by our very own Matt (Baddesigner):

I dunno. It's kinda... antiestablishmentarian?

^ "sick to the power of rad"

+1 on the term
+1 on the saddle

Porn for me at the mo:

Sick to the power of rad. Sorry if it's a repost.

I'd sit on that...!

horible crank/chainring...
GAFB
(get a fucking bmx)

oh, and that just my humble opnion... ;)

...or something without the horizontal toptube. Makes my eyes water just thinking about it*.

(*I used to fall off my BMX all the bloody time though)

nice

nice

Wow, really stretching out your creative writing talents in your quest to get out of the nursery, aren't you? The two word epic in anti-porn was a real page turner.

^^ it looks so skinny

i like.

the tyres must be like 16mm!??!

it's not pumped up, I think, althought it's likely to be between 19-22mm.

New Mercian Vincitore Special 631 is £950 (maybe £1200 with weird paint that nobody but the current owner could possibly want). Athena 11sp alloy groupset from Shiny BIkes £500. Open Pro on Record handbuilt wheels up to £400. Cheap finishing kit per the advertised bike, £150 tops, plus a bit more for a Brooks if you must. So basically you could build a much nicer Vincitore Special for yourself, in the colours you want, for less than half the BIN price. This one has *Gorgeous Baby Blue*™ written all over it.

With all those picked out lugs, extra bands and chrome, I've just costed that paint job at £607 minimum - more if Mercian charged extra for the contrast linings on the down tube band and at the top of the chrome.

i think the tires aren't pumped up. but even when they are filled, they must be very skinny. this bike used to be some french time trial bike. i like the appearance of the crank/chainring.

want;

i think the pedals need to be changed to straps/cages if not an older clipless pedal system otherwise it just looks wrong

and the saddle

it's not pumped up, I think, althought it's likely to be between 19-22mm.

I think there were some 16mm rims and tubs back then, although Wolber Record 18 were a more common choice if you wanted a narrow tyre

i think the pedals need to be changed to straps/cages if not an older clipless pedal system otherwise it just looks wrong

I think it's perfect to be honest, it's a stunning little bike but not too impractical, the component is a little off naturally if you want to carbon-date the bike.

I think there were some 16mm rims and tubs back then, although Wolber Record 18 were a more common choice if you wanted a narrow tyre

could this bike might have had 27 inch wheels originally what with there being no mudguard eyes. this would have given it much tighter clearances.

sorry if i missed something.

With all those picked out lugs, extra bands and chrome, I've just costed that paint job at £607 minimum

Well, we're moving towards finding out how much he paid, but trying to recover costs on that build is a big ask. Probably paid more than £500 for the groupset, too, especially if he paid top dollar for NOS Deltas (and then assembled them without the cable ferrule!), although it's still hard to see where £4500 has been spent unless a lot of people saw him coming.

could this bike might have had 27 inch wheels originally what with there being no mudguard eyes. this would have given it much tighter clearances.

As it's French, probably not, but it would have had room for at least 700x28 plus mudguards - I see mudguard eyes on the rear dropouts.

What the hell is that?! Need to see the rest of the bike surely! Looks incredible...

Porn for me at the mo: