Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

I think it looks great, but then again I only eat artisans.

shake one's head

= smh on the internet

it's a fucking track frame for track performance shake one's head

this fact doesnt make it a beauty !

from that wierd french bike thread with the strange title

sorry but

admittedly not as bad as that unholy trek, but still

tried too hard i guess,shame

^^^The fuck is going on with the rear brake cable path?

I don't mind it too hard, but by posting it with the "enjoy" he was really asking for it.

#sorrybut

^^^The fuck is going on with the rear brake cable path?

Centre-pull brakes, innit?

Money doesn't buy taste...

^^^^Change stem and saddle and I'd love that as a commuter and for the odd weekend trip to me Da's house (140 miles away).

Change bartape and it's ok with me. Not a fan of white spokes but I can live with it in this combination.

Not sure if Fizik or Sybian. The Bolide is pretty ugly in any colour, Wiggo's JPS paint job only makes it worse.

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from DD faceook

56x17 ffs... he's also using one of those fixie converters

we can close the thread now, right?

also:

Only joking yeah your right I am going to gear down for next winter I spend must of my time riding around at 70 rpm, not a lot of good when I am trying to spin at 90 for a TT.

Centre-pull brakes, innit?

Well yes, but the cable is not usually trying to pull the brake outwards off its mounting stud. It looks bloody awful, even if it technically works.

sorry but

Fair enough I feel. This is the internet and when building this bike I knew many people would hate it, hence I love it so much more.

It rides incredibly though, Win in my book. Ive had my time with bikes that look good, Much more fun to ride bikes that ride good. or Have both!

Problem with the brake path is the decision to mount the seat stays so far down the seat tube without thinking through what kind of brake would work best with that angle.

tl:dr - disc brakes

Problem with the brake path is the decision to mount the seat stays so far down the seat tube without thinking through what kind of brake would work best with that angle.

tl:dr - disc brakes

Yea we had a completely different design for how the rear brake was to work, A small tube through the seat tube and a slot cut in the seat post, so The cable would run up the wishbone,

But it never quite happened. I guess building frames in your shed never goes according to plan. haha. still works this way, just looks ugly. This bike was never ment to be pretty. Otherwise I would have just built something similar to what i already have. there is no fun in that.

Tl:dr FUCK YEA BIKES, I would be riding if I wasnt stuck at work.

Knock yourself out. Seriously.

sorry but

Ooof, new bike day straight into anti.

Knock yourself out. Seriously.

This guys bikes are not anti

Well they might be, but I thoroughly enjoyed looking through them