Bike porn

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Ooof!

Pelizzoli geo looks off.

just to stir a bit

Midget porn @hippy

What thread am I in?..

What thread am I in?

The "wrong colour cables" nit pickers thread :-)

I'm fairly certain that^ is Photoshopped.

Edit: Hm, maybe not:

Still a weird picture. Look at the reflection of the front wheel. Should be round like the wheel, no?

What reflections?

What reflections?

I was talking about @Patfatenough 's picture. :)

They'd save weight by having a smaller chainset.

Multiple light sources?

Exactly, picture was taken under fluorescent tubes.. Which always create weird shadows.

Didn't know lasers where used for stayer track competitions

Multiple light sources?

Doesn't matter. It's a reflection, not a shadow. The reflection of an object should be the same shape (in 3D) as the reflected object, especially when the reflected object is perpendicular to the reflective surface. Heck, the reflection isn't even round/oval. It also looks like the back of the saddle is clipping trough the storage unit. Almost like someone forgot to properly select the bike.

But I digress. I'm not saying the bike isn't real (because of the other shot I posted), this particular picture just looks shoddy to me. I might be mistaken of course. Can't find any other sources of it though, much less a higher resolution picture.

Shadow.

Shadow.

Since when do shadows have colours? :D

Since when do shadows have colours?

Since they started using coloured floor paint.

What you think is a reflection is a shadow. The only decent reflection is of the chainring, and it's clear from that that the floor is far from smooth at any scale.

The only decent reflection is of the chainring

Which just happens to be in exactly the same position (relatively) as the reflection of the wheels would be. The 'shadows' of the wheels are also way too strong and defined to come from any non-spotlight light source we can see in the picture. Why don't the storage units cast a similar shadow?

As long as there is no higher resolution (or credible source), I'm still putting my money on Photoshop, but I'm no expert. Again for the record: this particular picture, not the bike itself.

I'm glad that's settled.

This, I assume there is a "smoothed" ramp that leads to another room/level.
Hence the squished chainring and warped front wheel.

Shadow, definitely. Only bling stuff give enough light to reflect on that floor.

Also: http://mariathereselaub.com/?page_id=194

Also: mariathereselaub.com/?page_id=194­

Hmm, that does look like the (original) source. I stand corrected!

Still a weird looking picture, would love to see a higher resolution/better quality one.