Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

And a black thompson seatpost

And junk the horrible DA crankset.

What he said^

I'd prefer something more subtle

Needs some valve caps too. Attention to detail.

all the cool kids ride no-capped..

Are you telling me that this Colnago is completely unrideable?!

Not sure what's 'crappy' about the Deda Zero stem.

I said crappy set up, not the components were crappy. The bars are old bars and not made to take modern shifters, hence why the hoods point up. The frame looks too small for the rider, so a higher rise stem would better suit the seatpost extension I think.

It's always difficult to see past differing post and stem colours too. Just not right; it's the lore.

The frame looks to be the right size. 100/120mm stem looks just right.

Thompson seatposts are overrated and the ones without any layback look gash

Ru looking at the photochopped one on this page or the real one on previous?

Ru looking at the photochopped one on this page or the real one on previous?

This. Look at the original and that massive stack of spacers. Just replace with a high-rise stem.

This. Look at the original and that massive stack of spacers. Just replace with a high-rise stem.

And then somebody would start complaining that rising stems are always anti, it's a no win situation if you want your bars higher than the pros.

Original.

High rise stem doesn't look anti on that orange klein in porn though.

And junk the horrible DA crankset.

At least it's not a 7900

Example of high rise stem looking perfectly normal:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5062313855_f24395f402_b.jpg

But then that's just an affront to taste all round.

That's not really high rise at +6 or +8 compared with what the Colnago would need to eliminate the spacer stack.

Well yeah I suppose. But you could take two out, whack a 6/8 on, and leave one below for a more elegant look.

And then somebody would start complaining that rising stems are always anti, it's a no win situation if you want your bars higher than the pros.

Pffft. If you're nose isn't on the front tyre, you're not in the game.

The bars are old bars and not made to take modern shifters, hence why the hoods point up.

Are you sure it's an old bar? there's quite a lots of modern bar that has a classic shaped, least I know that the one in picture have a 31.8 clamp.

I think it's a Deda Campione, not sure though, nothing wrong with the set-up really, seemed to work for the owner.

^Pretty sure it's a Panasonic too... WTF!?