Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

your right, red bar plugs, ruined.

The first time I've seen Ogniki get it right in the porn/anti threads

And failing.
That trek is not the prettiest of bikes, just like any second bike in the GIRO/Tour/etc...

+1

It's not pretty. But it does a job ( fuuuucking fast billboard for the sponsors ). They're quite amazing to ride.

These pro bikes are also what the hipsters of 2040 will call are bike porn.

errmmmm....

Not really anti, but belongs in epic fail for the spelling mistake on the top tube

Ogniki. Explain why you've put that ^^ in here. To us there isn't much wrong with that

Alias..

Real Porn = Tan wall.

not really, accordng to our mutual acquaintance

The wheels on that Madone match the frame a little too well.......

Still an awsome bike.

Meh of epic proportions.

Miche is mostly fail, not anti-porn though.

Shop I work in bought something very similar in ages ago.
Think it was a Project1 bike that got returned because some of the stickers said Madon instead of Madone so it was reduced by 50p or something stupid. (shop owners are the type that very often get seen coming).
It's mental small too, like a 52 or something.
Needless to say it never sold and has now been stripped and parted out.

Red bar plugs are Bonty vibration damping and I don't think they come in any other colour so are almost acceptable.

shepard fairey x team radioshack x trek

What, they actually wrote MOCOW instead of MOSCOW on the top tube?! Other than that, I'd say the Ciocc would be porn if it wasn't for the ugly chainring (crank could even stay, maybe).

Far from his best work. Russian bear with star butt? Wtf?

Far from his best work. Russian bear with star butt? Wtf?

Presumably a Californian bear

Wow. The iconography, colours, even the condensed type are the same as the soviets.

How did that get through? Has anyone told them they look like 'commies'?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/may/16/fixed-gear-bike-no-logo

LFGSS [London Fixed-gear and Single-speed, the sometimes ferociously snooty online forum for such bikes]
love it

Well, yes for practicality.
Real Porn = Tan wall.

+1000

Got a real thing for clear coated frames with tan wall tyres at the moment. I can't get enough.

Red bar plugs are Bonty vibration damping and I don't think they come in any other colour so are almost acceptable.

I had some on my Lemond. Weren't vibration damping but they were reflective. I'm guessing that's why they're always red.

"We're not pretending these are bikes with snob value. If you turned up at an LFGSS [London Fixed-gear and Single-speed, the sometimes ferociously snooty online forum for such bikes] meeting on one of them you'd probably be turned away. But they're simple, well made, and ideal for urban riding."

Fairly accurate I'd say. I bet the bikes are shit.

:D

The first time I've seen Ogniki get it right in the porn/anti threads

A Madone will never, ever, be porn so it's not that difficult.

For me, the way I view real bad anti is that if someone tried to give me the bike, I would refuse to take it and ride it. Those madones are ugly as sin (particularly the red one) but I'd have a hard time walking away if someone tried to give me one.

I wish I was a fast enough rider that (a) someone would give me one and (b) I wouldn't look like a twat sat on top of it.

They fly.

And there are loads on club rides. They don't look silly with non-aero/normal training wheels though. They just look quite plastic, with cheap graphics – like the yoghurt shelf in a supermarket.