Weirdest bike setups?

jotko

NapoleonD wrote:

ddraver

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!



or his winter steed.....

Thats the one!!!!

Feck me it's even worse than I remember it!

lef

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!



or his winter steed.....

My god, I remember the scott well but the Jamis makes it look almost normal! I take it his day job is as a contortionist.

alihisgreat

ddraver wrote:

Thats the one!!!!

Feck me it's even worse than I remember it!

+1

Din't even know stems existed at that angle :shock:

Neale1978

jonomc4

NapoleonD wrote:

What is it with Treks?

Brilliant he is the fastest commuter in Milton Keynes

fevmeister

jonomc4 wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

What is it with Treks?

Brilliant he is the fastest commuter in Milton Keynes

All that bike needs is a bloody wicker basket and it would top it off!

ugo.santalucia

To the OP:

There are tasteful metal bands to fit a bottle cage to the down tube, as all 1960s frame like yours had no drillings. Alternatively, you can go for handlebar bottle holders, which would be very stylish. Yours are very likely the most horrendous things I have seen

declan1

ugo.santalucia wrote:

To the OP:

There are tasteful metal bands to fit a bottle cage to the down tube, as all 1960s frame like yours had no drillings. Alternatively, you can go for handlebar bottle holders, which would be very stylish. Yours are very likely the most horrendous things I have seen

I agree - I hate them too. I have tried them on the handlebars, but my bottles kept jumping out. One jumped out at 35mph with a car right behind me. Luckily he stopped.

I might have a look at those metal bands. These holders were only meant to be a temporary measure until I found something else.

Thanks!

kim10

A few of these deserves a mention:


http://funhight.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/ ... -bike.html

bartimaeus

Yours for £125 - get bidding.

lotus49

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!

or his winter steed.....

I'm no expert in lacing wheels but shouldn't they be radially symmetrical? Some of the pairs of spokes are parallel and some cross. It looks like the wheels were put together by a three year old.

This is the winner so far for me.

Secteur

I saw a guy going up over Winter Hill with a rear disc wheel on a *really* windy day! Madness!

fevmeister

lotus49 wrote:

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!

or his winter steed.....

I'm no expert in lacing wheels but shouldn't they be radially symmetrical? Some of the pairs of spokes are parallel and some cross. It looks like the wheels were put together by a three year old.

This is the winner so far for me.

Have to agree with you however I think even a three year old could have done a better job building those wheels. Whoever did build them must not even care about uniform spokes and just threaded them whichever random way they fell! People like that make me angry! At least he hasn't spend thousands and thousands on it to look like that, the guy who has put zipps on THAT trek needs shooting at dawn!

Paul 8v

NapoleonD wrote:

What is it with Treks?

The top one looks like the sort of bike you would have if you were one of those people that thought sticking a fake carbon fibre fuel filler cap on your car was a good idea!

lotus49

Paul 8v wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

The top one looks like the sort of bike you would have if you were one of those people that thought sticking a fake carbon fibre fuel filler cap on your car was a good idea!

If Pee Wee Herman had a time trial bike, it would look like this .

BillyMansell

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!



or his winter steed.....

I'v tried taking decent pictures of my own set up as I often think that it looks like I'm riding a monkey bike. Then I see fucktard setups like these and don't feel so bad.

Paul 8v

lotus49 wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

The top one looks like the sort of bike you would have if you were one of those people that thought sticking a fake carbon fibre fuel filler cap on your car was a good idea!

If Pee Wee Herman had a time trial bike, it would look like this .

I thought this was a joke pic at first but then I noticed all the cables were plumbed in!

greasedscotsman

Fevmeister wrote:

lotus49 wrote:

I'm no expert in lacing wheels but shouldn't they be radially symmetrical? Some of the pairs of spokes are parallel and some cross. It looks like the wheels were put together by a three year old.

This is the winner so far for me.

Have to agree with you however I think even a three year old could have done a better job building those wheels. Whoever did build them must not even care about uniform spokes and just threaded them whichever random way they fell! People like that make me angry! At least he hasn't spend thousands and thousands on it to look like that, the guy who has put zipps on THAT trek needs shooting at dawn!

I reckon Gipiemme know what they are doing. They are radially symmetrical, it's because you are not looking at the wheel straight on. If you do, they look like this...



Whereas at a slight angle they look like his...

thefd

LegendLust wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

That is genius

Surely when you move the break lever to change gear the cable tightens and you also end up applying the brakes at the same time....!?!?

Really genius when you have to change gear for a steep slope and the bike brakes also!!

dynamicbrick

BillyMansell wrote:

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!



or his winter steed.....

I'v tried taking decent pictures of my own set up as I often think that it looks like I'm riding a monkey bike. Then I see fucktard setups like these and don't feel so bad.

The only possible explanation for having your brake levers level with your shins is that you're this bloke;

Paul 8v

TheFD wrote:

LegendLust wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

That is genius

Love the fake headbadge too!

MountainMonster

TheFD wrote:

LegendLust wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

That is genius

Surely when you move the break lever to change gear the cable tightens and you also end up applying the brakes at the same time....!?!?

Really genius when you have to change gear for a steep slope and the bike brakes also!!

That is only connected to the end of the brake levers, not to the shifters.

snoopsmydogg

MountainMonster wrote:

TheFD wrote:

LegendLust wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

That is genius

Surely when you move the break lever to change gear the cable tightens and you also end up applying the brakes at the same time....!?!?

Really genius when you have to change gear for a steep slope and the bike brakes also!!

That is only connected to the end of the brake levers, not to the shifters.

Think that is the point though, the lever is part of the shifter. to shift down the rider will have to push the brake lever in which will cause the cable to tighten and could apply the brakes.

EDIT: unless its SRAM where the shifter does both up and down shifts.

ddraver

Nah thats not SRAM - I reckon that the black elastic holding the "brake lever" to the bar is crucial here....

greasedscotsman

I think the anyone who uses that bar setup will be dead long before they try and change gear.

dynamicbrick

Unless the rider is missing an arm or hand, in which case that sort of setup is logical, if not entirely sensible

Bustacapp

I reckon I'd struggle to get up Shaley Brow hill on this..

outcastjack

Coach H wrote:

joe.90 wrote:

Anyone got a pic of David Millars bike? Saw it not long ago he has a huge stem and his saddle rails filed down so he can push it back further

Ah yes on of those Cervelos that fit 90% of riders with their stock sizes...........................
apart form David Millar and Ryder Hesjedal (see below will silly long, slamed and low angle stem coupled with in line post clamped to very back of rails)

Struggling to see anything wrong with this.

JamesB5446

ddraver wrote:

Flasher wrote:

Surprised this one's not been mentioned yet!



or his winter steed.....

Thats the one!!!!

Feck me it's even worse than I remember it!

I like his backpack though.

Cervelo with bellend bars: