Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

From the owner: "It certainly turns heads on the road, but they're often looks of confusion as much as admiration."
I'll just leave that here.

Is that brass pumbling on the rack?

That'd be standard 15mm copper pipe. Soft as hard cheese.

hard as soft cheese.

Is one leg of the rack bent and not the other, or is it just the picture? anyways, that seems a good idea to put a bend there!

From the owner: "It certainly turns heads on the road, but they're often looks of confusion as much as admiration."
I'll just leave that here.

It turns stomachs on here!

Is one leg of the rack bent and not the other, or is it just the picture? anyways, that seems a good idea to put a bend there!

I think it's the angle of the photo. The tube is probably bent in towards the wheel, worst place to put an unsupported bend.

I guess if you put enough weight on the rack, it'll turn it in an extra front brake?

^What, something really heavy like the owners 'ironic' trilby?

http://imageshack.us/a/img580/7158/foto1hsd.jpg

saddens me to see....

amey clearly has no clue!

^What, something really heavy like the owners 'ironic' trilby?

Or its own wheight

Thanks for the nomination for winner. I'm glad it's generating some interest!!!
It's so wrong that I just love it.

Thanks for the nomination for winner. I'm glad it's generating some interest!!!
It's so wrong that I just love it.

Not particularly, we all have different tastes.
It was a mistake to put it in the bike pron thread though, it's generally frowned upon to post your own bike there, Current projects is where you could have posted it.
Once again, the response might not be the one you expected, but it is the friendliest forum on the internet® after all.

Not that bad at all

for a moment there I thought that was a before and after of the cinelli

the grey fork, silver saddle and bartape are revolting.

the Cinelli frame cost like £1500+ if i'm not mistaken...

Its just proof that small bikes will always look shit

I think that's unfair. My sister's 52cm 1978 Merckx corsa extra is a beautiful thing.

Its just proof that small bikes will always look shit

Nah...

Looks shit

^This

Nah...

That's a very pretty frame.

Small bikes usually look shit.

Its just proof that small bikes will always look shit

No it doesn't, to some extend you may be right with tiny frame and large (700c) wheels that blown it out of proportion and limit the frame angle for the builder (putting a very steep 76 degree seattube angle just to shorten the reach and wheelbase).

This example is build with 650c wheels so it look as normal as a medium 700c road frame does;

This is a 49cm square;