Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

The bike on the right looks to be locked safely?

yea, D lock through front wheel and frame, cable through rear wheel and D?? Seems an almost perfect textbook lock to me. The only improvement that could be made would be to replace the cable with a second D.

agreed the technique is decent enough, it was the poor quality lock I was making reference too. It would make a decent second lock, but they are not very tough as the only lock.

needs rattlecanning™ black

of course

Needs an ower who's not insane.

I hate how people cut down their risers and then add those long grips which go all the way over the bend like a droopy used condom. LOOK AT IT it looks shit you moron.

http://cgi.ebay.com/dark-red-54cm-BRIDGESTONE-track-bike-FRAME-frameset-NJS-/200537208634?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb0f2f73a

^^^^^For the Cannondale Track frame to be treated like that = spanked in the face with a smelly, wet kipper

not bike but a part:

I normally hate coloured chains, but this is cool because half the links are still silver, like an oldschool BMX chain.

This is rad, want!!

excellent for a beater mind.

there's a part of me that does actually like this but still, I think here is where it belongs...

That 24" wheel bicycles is a lots of fun to ride, and the two speeds crank take some time to get used to.

The word slack doesnt even begin........

....not to mention the dodgy knee clearance.

http://www.retrovelo.de/tl_files/bildmaterial/Seitenbilder/galerien/otto_ansicht2.jpg

I'll be at South next week if anyone with some kind of doubt about them would like to have a try with mine.

Joe Breeze own one, so there must be something right about them.

I'll be at South next week if anyone with some kind of doubt about them would like to have a try with mine.

Does the fact that it has 24" make it handle OK, despite the slack looking angles? (actually think the trail is standard).

It does handle pretty well, the 24" probably help in regards.

another anti;

I actually like the pink frame. If they had been in stock at the time, I'd be the proud owner of a bright pink On-one Scandal 29er.

The more I look at it, the huge rake on the forks, works with the slack headtube to give a pretty standard looking trail.

Does the fact that it has 24" make it handle OK, despite the slack looking angles? (actually think the trail is standard).

24" would make it good fun, I used to insist on riding a 24" BMX cruiser off road. While it is more fun to throw around, the 24" wheels are hard to keep going in an opposite of going from 26 to 29. And taking a 20" bmx off road for 10 mile plus rides is really hard work as I used to be stupid enough to do that too!

small wheels for fun, big wheels for the long run

I dunno Kerley, lots of people seemed to like riding their 16" Brompton and their 20" Moulton for a very long distance (oh how I love to have a Moulton TSR).

Perhaps it's down to the bicycle's geo?

No, it is to do with the off road aspect. Small wheels just don't roll over the terrain as well at it is very noticeable.

Is this here yet?

I usually like "one colour" bikes. But that is a bit much to stomach.

24" would make it good fun, I used to insist on riding a 24" BMX cruiser off road. While it is more fun to throw around, the 24" wheels are hard to keep going in an opposite of going from 26 to 29. And taking a 20" bmx off road for 10 mile plus rides is really hard work as I used to be stupid enough to do that too!

small wheels for fun, big wheels for the long run

This is why I went for 29" wheels on my SS. I wanted to be able to carry momentum more, without suspension, on longer rides. If I was building a geared off-roader, I would have stuck to 26" (as I'm a short-arse).

We used to ride our BMX's downhill when I was a nipper (grew up next to Dartmoor). Scares the poo out of me, me just thinking about it now though.

I still lust over the Airnimal Rhino. Which would be great for chucking in the car for family trips into the mountains. Cost a bit more than my fell running shoes I currently pack 'to escape' though.
http://www.airnimal.eu/Rhino/Black.php