Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

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If that wasn't so tiny it might be ok.

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Liking that Pink Colnago.

constant downhill t-rex

Bike cad anti. Lets hope this was never brought to life.

for fuck's sake

This is rad. Would ride etc.

howard's going for the pink jersey on the Japanese champions bike

This is rad. Would ride etc.

Paint needs to be flouro with flouro yellow bar tape or visa versa.

Fashion victim dollar-build

Spot the dumb stuff.

Fashion victim dollar-build

Spot the dumb stuff.

The builder's answer is more baffling than anything:
"ABW, that was the only way to use the Paul center pulls. If the brazed on stop was used, turning the bars would lock the front brake.
Paul brakes were really important to the customer. The cable stop is kind of a shame, but he's happy and I'm happy..."

Get longer cables and avoid running above the bars? Am i a moron for not understanding how it is impossible to run a longer cable without the fugly clamp and brake pulling problem?

Edit: on second look, it is a bit tight I guess but still, could have polished/sanded the fugly clamp...

Fashion victim dollar-build

Spot the dumb stuff.

Also, look at the redundant cable stop on the frame. Awful.

That's part of the 'dumb stuff'.
It basically comes across as either

• a custom frameset originally built for somebody else, then sold to an idiot
  
• a hasty shop build with free stuff from Paul Components
  
• a posh café/beer bike for somebody who works at Paul Components
  

^^^^ That bianchi is awesome and tied to Paris-Roubaix history

Just seen this beauty on the 'bay...

BIANCHI-MEGA-MAX-PARIS-ROUBAIX-RACING-BIKE

That's an interesting bike, very typical for its time. Late nineties experiments with suspension forks on road bikes for Paris Roubaix. Wouldn't call it anti.

Another 'that Bianchi is really fucking cool' vote here.

Bianchi seem to have been keener than anybody on fitting suspension to road bikes for Paris-Roubaix, that ebay one is probably their least offensive effort.

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Just seen this beauty on the 'bay...

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Rare-BIANCHI-MEGA-MAX-PARIS-ROUBAIX-RACING-BIKE-SHIMANO-DURA-ACE-ULTEGRA-TOP-/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/z/bmQAAOxyYANTbRut/$_57.JPG
A classic right there, wonderful. Would come in useful for London roads too

yes its a caad 5

Fashion victim dollar-build

Spot the dumb stuff.

Also think 1x spoke lacing ought really be all head-out or all head-in through the flange, otherwise they don't touch and look wierd.

That's an interesting bike, very typical for its time. Late nineties experiments with suspension forks on road bikes for Paris Roubaix. Wouldn't call it anti.

Typical for its time? This bike has absolutely nothing to do with Paris-Roubaix or experiments.
Following the introduction of the Rock Shox Road fork by Greg Lemond and Gilbert Duclos Lassalle and the victory of the latter in 1992, Bianchi, like most other manufacturers, started to experiment with suspention too. In 1993 Franco Ballerini used a Allsop Softride stem with elastomere suspensionin his steel Bianchi frame and rode it to a second place behind Duclos Lassalle (who scored his second win with a Rock Shox equipped bike) and in 1994 Bianchi headed to Roubaix with several bikes equipped with Rock Shox forks, including Museeuws fully (which he ditched in the race final while Tschmil rode to victory with a Rock Shox equipped steel "Caloi" Merckx). After that Bianchi kept experimenting with titanium framed Rock Shox equipped bikes untill 1996 when suspension disappeared from the peloton as quickly as it came, because riders realized that the extra comfort on the 55km of cobble stones did not compensate the loss of stiffness and the weight penalty on the 200km of tarmac. From 1995 till 2014 Paris-Roubaix was won with bikes without suspension forks.

The bike in the picture is a late nineties mid-range aluminium bike with a non-professional groupset and non-Paris Roubaix wheels and tires to which somebody added a Rock Shox fork.long after these forks were used by the pros.

Chill we're only off by a few years. Call it a tribute bike then :D

Thanks for the story.