Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

They're gash, appealing to a chintzy non-comittal penchant for forward sloping top tubes.

There is a sense in which all lo-pros are anti porn, since they represent a failure of imagination on the part of road bike manufacturers. The short head tube and upturned bars were a good idea for bikes which would only be ridden with the bars held in the drops position, but it took MTB folk to show that the sloping top tube was silly; just because seat posts had been about 220mm long for decades, there was no law carved in stone that said they had to remain that length forever. Even without tri-bars killing off the need for small front wheels, horizontal top tubes and were always the way to go as soon as 400mm seat posts became available.

I think there is something poetic about the re-use of an old frame, in the same way there is something poetic about riding a fixed wheel bicycle when you can easily get a bike with gears.

There is an appeal in riding something unsuitable, it's the added thrill of having to work hard at something that should be easy. this is why I like riding my track bike with a jaguar stem and stupidly deep drops round london. It makes everything faster and harder*. It's like people who buy an old car, which breaks down and doesn't stop properly, when they could easily afford a perfectly reliable hatchback.

However, purposely integrating this design flaw into the manufacture of a bike is just daft, and appealing to fashion, while simultaneously killing the appeal. for me, anyway.

*i don't do it often though, as it requires a lot of concentration, and bad things consistently happen to me with them!

fo' real?

hipstermobile

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/41.jpg

that's a nodders bike.

Could've been a contender, it's a lovely frame.

I'd love to own that polka dot 'nag, but I'd tone it down somehow. SOMEHOW.

I'd love to own that polka dot 'nag, but I'd tone it down somehow. SOMEHOW.

That's all very well, but would your Manolos fit in the toe clips?

Also need these Deep V wheels to complete the effect

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That's the 26" PK Ripper!

Terrible paintjob but I'd have one in a heartbeat (if it was all black)

Why build a 26" PK Ripper when they already made (and still make) the OM flyer.

Anyway fuck owning a post 1999 SE.

fo' real?

hipstermobile

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/41.jpg

repost, but i still wanna try riding it

radial rear wheel fail

http://www.w-base.com/mt/bike_check/images/ishikawa-surly-part.jpg

here's some more pics

Christ, what a mess

Ew god that* is* sloppy.

A fail on many fronts

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3867207526_f795f2a684.jpg

^wow! someone got into a lotta trouble to find every part in a diferent colour!

Joao had you ear of powder coating

radial rear wheel fail

? how does that work. surely they would snap or bend out from the twist in radial

all the bikes in india had radial rear wheels, although the spokes were as thick as a pencil

that red cinelli upthread is lush except for the laughable wheelset (inc. tyres) IMO.

Yeah, change the wheels and it's teh sex! :)

That's all very well, but would your Manolos fit in the toe clips?

Also need these Deep V wheels to complete the effect

I very rarely wear heels, and those wheels look fugly.

A fail on many fronts

Looks like my ex Dan's bmx that I posted a while back in here!

fo' real?

hipstermobile

http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/images/gallery/41.jpg

Fucking stupid. negates the point of having a lo pro. Clearly too small for the rider.

'Originally Posted by Buddha Fingaz
A fail on many fronts'

but, not on the hi-viz issue........ teeeheeeee !

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Umm, your mate is an idiot. Stop being friends with them!