Crimes against bikes

Aidy
Aidy Posts: 2,015
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
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It just makes me want to cry. Some people shouldn't be allowed near bikes.

If it wasn't an actual gate, I'd completely end up buying it to unhorrific it.

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I've seen that bike before. I'm almost certain that Il Prince took a picture of it chained to a lamp post.... :shock:
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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Ewww its a fixed.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I've seen that bike before. I'm almost certain that Il Prince took a picture of it chained to a lamp post.... :shock:

    Looks like the same bike eh! Hang on...

    *rummages

    Here we go:

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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Just so us numpties can go to sleep at night - what exactly is the heinous crime being committed here? :)
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Just so us numpties can go to sleep at night - what exactly is the heinous crime being committed here? :)

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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    So it doesn't look the a proper set of dogs danglies without gears then... At last I can sleep!

    I'll get my pillow... 8)
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    So it doesn't look the a proper set of dogs danglies without gears then...

    I assumed it was more the flat bars.
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  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    So it doesn't look the a proper set of dogs danglies without gears then... At last I can sleep!

    I'll get my pillow... 8)

    It's so much more than that ... The handlebars <retch> ... the way the brake cable's routed <retch> ... the whole idea of getting hold of the result of 150 years of engineering endeavour and turning it into something Edward Elgar would have ridden ...

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    If he likes a flat wider bar...
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    So it doesn't look the a proper set of dogs danglies without gears then... At last I can sleep!

    I'll get my pillow... 8)

    There's so much more than that.

    Riser bars and a stubby stem on any kind of road bike is wrong - it's even wrong on hybrids. I could accept flat bars with a long stem, maybe. On a good day.

    The saddle's too low for the geometry it's designed for, and it makes all the angles of the bike look wrong.

    I think the main issue here is that that frame is clearly too big for whoever's set it up to ride it.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Lol, but maybe he just likes it that way?!

    I imagine it is very fast handling and suits busy areas and a skilled rider quite well. I have rode similar in the past.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Slack chain :P

    Has it stopped raining yet ...? :P
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  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    Worse things have been done...

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    AidanR wrote:
    Worse things have been done...

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    Oh my :lol:
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Haha, I can find no excuses for that!
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    AidanR wrote:
    Worse things have been done...

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    Haha, I really like that!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    :lol:

    Imagine that in a side wind... well, in fact, imagine riding it at all!
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    :lol:

    Imagine that in a side wind... well, in fact, imagine riding it at all!

    It's got a licence plate! Imagine triggering a speed camera on it, that would be all kinds of awesome :)
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Aidy wrote:
    AidanR wrote:
    Worse things have been done...

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    Haha, I really like that!

    I think it's superb
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  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Aidy wrote:
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    It just makes me want to cry. Some people shouldn't be allowed near bikes.

    If it wasn't an actual gate, I'd completely end up buying it to unhorrific it.

    I actually saw this very bike for sale at a car boot sale in Woodford a couple of Saturdays ago - geezer wanted £400 for it. Told me that if I followed racing I'd know that they all ride these 'even the world champion'.
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  • nielsamd
    nielsamd Posts: 174
    oscarbudgie wrote:

    I actually saw this very bike for sale at a car boot sale in Woodford a couple of Saturdays ago - geezer wanted £400 for it. Told me that if I followed racing I'd know that they all ride these 'even the world champion'.

    Heh. Well...almost:
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  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    I think the bottle cage is a Tesco's one
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    That kawaslacky is pure genius.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I don't think there's anything wrong with turning a nice light road frame into a fixie. Bars are to an individual's taste, ditto saddle height. Matching wheels and a properly routed brake cable would be nice, but it's not the end of the world.

    I think this bike defines the word hybrid in the same way as Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly" :)
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  • mkchu84
    mkchu84 Posts: 41
    The guy clearly regrets butchering the bike. He's not trying v.hard to stop it getting nicked

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