Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Didn't bother with front spokes - wheel's never on the ground anyway.

^what?

exactly

https://www.lfgss.com/thread52103.html#post1675870

It will be, trust me.

^what?

Th flickr link doesnt work... just picture some fucking ugly green bike with a yellow chain so loose it is almost dragging on the ground. Its leaning up against a flower bed in some country with japanesey looking characters on the bulidings. Bleeeeeaaarrrugh!

http://www.lfgss.com/thread52103.html#post1675870

It will be, trust me.

hahahaha
yes indeed

Hey, thanks for the inauspicious fail ya'all have given my poor pink bikie.

It was custom built for me by Sam Whittingham, for Steelwool Bicycles, located in Ottawa Canada

As some of you have surmised, the bike IS all function. I use what's on there because i race it, and the stuff that is on there works.

The wheels are very popular with cross racers, they are very strong and very light. And they're ES's not SL.

The tires are a Michelin Mud on the front (legendary cross tire, now no longer made sadly, but much missed) and yes it is a godawful green, but it works really really well. The rear is a Hutchinson Bulldog, as fast rolling tire, and yep it's coloured too.

I also have Ergos on there because, as some of you have guessed, the bike is normally run geared, but I had it custom built for me. So I specified long horizontal dropouts so I can run fixed, or single speed as well as gears.

I only was doing the one race, the Single Speed CX nationals, so didn't see the need to change brake levers for one race. As to cross top levers, yep i use em, when racing hard it's nice to have options.
As to the colour, well I have always had a pink cross bike, the first one was a stock size and didn't fit so well, and now this one. What can I say? ya gotta ride fast if you have a pink bike right? So I do!

Now you know, i certainly did not do it to try and look cool, i'm a 40 year old father of two...

And PS we also like fixed wheels at our shop!

http://steelwoolbicycles.ca/bikes/limited_black.html

Rodd Heino
Ottawa Canada

www.talltreerides.blogspot.com

talltreecycles.ca
steelwoolbicycles.ca

This is the bike ya'all were hating on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricaneheino/3963428899/in/set-72157623142124078/

This is the bike ya'all were hating on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hurricaneheino/3963428899/in/set-72157623142124078/

There is no way you can claim that built-up bike to be pretty. Bloody nice though, I love it, ugly in a utilitarian kinda way.

That frame is a thing of beauty though.

Oh it was in anti-porn, but a lots of us debunked it as it's far from porn and actually have an intended purpose.

you didn't even need to defend it!

Thank God for the anti-porn skeptics.

phew

There is no way you can claim that built-up bike to be pretty. Bloody nice though, I love it, ugly in a utilitarian kinda way.

That frame is a thing of beauty though.

Nope never said she was pretty! I know it's a funny looking bike, i'm a funny looking guy so we match! I call it my clown bike.

And not so much defending as simply pointing out it's purpose,
rodd

where did all the anti go?

lets get things back on track...

wow is that a dyed flite?!

^^ i think that lamp looks great with those cranks!

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

where did all the anti go?

just do a flickr search for interbike 2010 and you get:
the Mixie

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootykika/5025370394/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootykika/5024758703/

that's all i can take atm

Wouldn't go as far as putting it in this thread, just looks like a normal bike to me, albiet boring except for the chrome F+F.

Ridiculous stem.

Pretty normal if you were touring.

surly looks nice imo!

orange bar tape ?