Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

Yes the proportions look a little wrong to me too, but's primarily a hill climb bike, so a smaller frame (lighter and stiffer) makes sense, plus the owner may have asked for a little steerer to be left out so he can tweek his position.
I'm no Isen fanboy and this bike doesn't particularly appeal to me but there's a lot of assumptions being made here...

The only assumption I am making is that it looks terrible

Literal dog shit in bike form

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10/10 - would ride.

That seat tube. Madness...

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I guess a mid-00s freeride bike? Quite tame compared to some

Giant Acid. Different for the sake of it I think. Someone on the forum has one ( @pdlouche ?)

I had a mate with one who used to only use it at Esher Shore. When they bulldozed Esher Shore I think he stripped the parts and put the frame on the wall.

@umop3pisdn is correct. Giant Acid 2. Seatpost is all kinds of wrong. They bend when you have them like that.

Mine is also a bit anti at the moment as it’s a parts-bin build… the Kenda tyres were the only spares I had. Mine’s a single speed knee-killer.

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I agree re; that bike but according to MIT's Bicycle Science, heavier bikes have an advantage in hillclimbing. As far as I could understand it, I think it's due to momentum, but it sounds on the face of it like a bizarre assertion to me, too.

Errrrmm... If that's where the case heavier riders will climb better too because of "momentum". Maybe they're speaking about going down?

Pretty "tracklocross"

eBay special

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The cable game creates a turbulence that makes your body cut through the air like a knife through butter. Not sure if uci legal though...

given the price of outer cables that bikes got to be worth at least £100

You can play harp too, or launch projectiles. A winner in my book.

Lets not forget safety net in case of head on collission

you can hang your roll matt, sleeping bag and dangle mug from them when touring

Electric fixed gear, haha wonder if there’s a mash collab in the making..?
“Andrey took the hilly landscape of San Francisco as the starting point of his design inspiration, as he wanted to take care of cycling with fixed gear bikes in hilly cities”

https://www.yankodesign.com/2021/12/27/sleek-electric-fixie-wheel-bicycle-fearlessly-climbs-hilly-roads-using-its-assistive-riding-feature/

"since the bicycle pedal and rear wheel are directly connected as they have no flywheel". Do any bikes have a flywheel?! (except exercise bikes)

flywheel

That's our old German friend Otto Korekt not knowing that freewheel is a valid word. Either that or the writer is a moron, which on reflection seems more likely.

the bicycle pedal and rear wheel are directly connected

??

@larsulrich should sue them

Another steamer inspired frame shape

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