Not Images of Beauty

Raam

DualFrontDiscs

That is a small rear wall.

DFD.

corkandproud

Good God Above, what is it?

peterako

Could be a closet with a Parquet floor?

Chips Lovell

Yesterday I saw someone who had made their own bladed spokes by putting red tape on them.

I should have taken a picture.

flickerx

Christ. Thats shocking.
The front wheel is just about tolerable.

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

DFD.

You dont have to keep putting your initials at the end of each of your posts, we know its you from your username on the left side of the posting. I keep thinking that you're saying some three letter acronym, like BTW, IIRC, IMHO, etc. I was trying to work out for ages what DFD was.

Raam

flickerx wrote: »

You dont have to keep putting your initials at the end of each of your posts, we know its you from your username on the left side of the posting. I keep thinking that you're saying some three letter acronym, like BTW, IIRC, IMHO, etc. I was trying to work out for ages what DFD was.

Meow!

flickerx

el tonto wrote: »

Yesterday I saw someone who had made their own bladed spokes by putting red tape on them.

blorg

Looks very like a triathlete to me, I can tell from the pixels and from having seen a few triathletes in my time.

Chips Lovell

Lumen

I quite like it (the first one, not that Litespeed abomination), apart from the ugly saddle and the ABMBL which is a silly concession to practicality.



The stem area needs a bit of a tidy up though.

Raam

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

I quite like it (the first one, not that Litespeed abomination), apart from the ugly saddle and the ABMBL which is a silly concession to practicality.

ABMBL?

I'd agree with you though, it actually looks quite practical for the purpose. I've seen saddles like that on TT bikes before, I think the idea is that you have extra padding on the front of the saddle because that is where you are going to be spending a lot of your time.

The only real possible areas of criticism, which are slight, is that (and I take this from tunney) bottles behind the seat may not actually be more aerodynamic than in the usual place... Certainly with round tubes you are better off with a bottle on the seat tube (or downtube.)

Lumen

blorg wrote: »

ABMBL?

Aero Bar Mounted Brake Lever.

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

Aero Bar Mounted Brake Lever.

But of course!

Raam

stopped_clock

flickerx wrote: »

some three letter acronym... IMHO...

Sorry!

My favourite three-letter acronym is TLA!:)

DualFrontDiscs

flickerx wrote: »

<snip> I keep thinking that you're saying some three letter acronym, like BTW, IIRC, IMHO, etc. I was trying to work out for ages what DFD was.

Confuse you once, shame on me. Confuse you twice, shame on you

DFD.

Vélo

Vélo

This is uglier than everything so far!!!!

Chips Lovell

el tonto wrote: »

Yesterday I saw someone who had made their own bladed spokes by putting red tape on them.

I should have taken a picture.

Twas there again today:



Also noticed they'd painted their chain red.

ednwireland

el tonto wrote: »

Twas there again today:


Also noticed they'd painted their chain red.

el tonto , thats a fixie, didnt you know thats street fashion its cooooool

flickerx

Are people just completely thick when it comes to locking their bikes or what?

Hey el tonto, where is that bike? I'm sorely tempted to go down there, take the back wheel off it, and leave a note on the bike telling them they can call me to get it back off me for free, now they've realised how stupid they are to use their lock in such a thick fashion.

flickerx

Christ. Its on the fixed sprocket as well, but riding around with no toe clips. I guess there's a rear brake there so its marginally less dangerous.

I concede that you road bike snobs potentially may have a point about the growth in morons riding fixed around the city. A minor, refutable, barely worthy of mentioning point, but a point none the less.

Harrybelafonte

el tonto wrote: »

Twas there again today:



Also noticed they'd painted their chain red.

The chain with the Mashup can come in red, it's not necessarily painted, and I doubt that bike is fixed, or if it is it's not done for fashion reasons or they would have removed the rear brake? Jumping on fixed gear riders as being unoriginal is almost as lame as being a fixed gear fashionista

Chips Lovell

I think we should have a stickie for daft looking bikes spotted around town.

Harrybelafonte

flickerx wrote: »

Christ. Its on the fixed sprocket as well, but riding around with no toe clips. I guess there's a rear brake there so its marginally less dangerous.

I concede that you road bike snobs potentially may have a point about the growth in morons riding fixed around the city. A minor, refutable, barely worthy of mentioning point, but a point none the less.

Is it definitely on the fixed sprocket? That bike comes with toe clips, why would you take them off????

furiousox

The photos on this thread are making me feel quite ill.....:(

flickerx

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Is it definitely on the fixed sprocket? That bike comes with toe clips, why would you take them off????

Looks like it from the photo, looks like a larger sprocket, around 17 or 18t.
el tonto, can you confirm?

Whats the bike? A Giant Bowery?

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

Twas there again today:



Also noticed they'd painted their chain red.

To be honest to me that doesn't look so bad at all, quite tastefully done compared to some of the stuff you see...

As regarding the locking technique, he is going to leave one or other of the wheels unlocked with only one lock... They aren't quick release and in many parts of the city this will be generally fine if you aren't leaving it there for weeks...

@flickerx- yes, it is a Bowery.

Harrybelafonte

flickerx wrote: »

Looks like it from the photo, looks like a larger sprocket, around 17 or 18t.
el tonto, can you confirm?

Whats the bike? A Giant Bowery?

Yeah, the Mashup one. I don't think locking in that situation is too bad. Nothing quick release on it anyway. personally I don't see the point in putting up other people's bikes so people can point and laugh at them. Positivity people, c'mon

Chips Lovell

blorg wrote: »

To be honest to me that doesn't look so bad at all, quite tastefully done compared to some of the stuff you see...

Heading off to the arts & crafts shop to beautify your Bowery?

blorg

el tonto wrote: »

I think we should have a stickie for daft looking bikes spotted around town.

Do I win?

flickerx

blorg wrote: »

Do I win?

Mother of god. With flying colours.

Those colours being yellow and green.

flickerx

PS as a quick reminder for positivity and all, I love all bicycles.

Chips Lovell

blorg wrote: »

Do I win?

Unfortunately not. You see your alterations have to be purely cosmetic. Bonus points if they actually make the bike less practical to ride.

Chips Lovell

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

personally I don't see the point in putting up other people's bikes so people can point and laugh at them. Positivity people, c'mon

It's your bike, isn't it?

ednwireland

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Yeah, the Mashup one. I don't think locking in that situation is too bad. Nothing quick release on it anyway. personally I don't see the point in putting up other people's bikes so people can point and laugh at them. Positivity people, c'mon

isnt that, in general, the whole point of the internet ????????

Piste

el tonto wrote: »

I think we should have a stickie for daft looking bikes spotted around town.

Mine would probably be up there, I have stickers of a lizard, butterflies and flowers on mine in an effort to make it more girly-looking and distract from the putrid green/brown colour.

Harrybelafonte

el tonto wrote: »

It's your bike, isn't it?

No? Seriously, it's not. I just appreciate someone's ability to personalise their possessions with the electrical tape I got in Woodies

niceonetom

I have tape on the rear wheels of my fixie and I am not ashamed.

I'm also all in favour of a point-and-laugh thread.

rottenhat

blorg wrote: »

Nice balls.

ednwireland

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

No? Seriously, it's not. I just appreciate someone's ability to personalise their possessions with the electrical tape I got in Woodies

admission of guilt methinks

blorg

I subsequently got a commuter designed to take a rack and mudguards and so was able to take all that stuff off the Bowery.



It is now far more sensible:

Harrybelafonte

ednwireland wrote: »

admission of guilt methinks

Eh, yeah? That was the joke? Whoosh?

ednwireland

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Eh, yeah? That was the joke? Whoosh?

damn got me there wasnt paying enough attention

petethedrummer

flickerx

petethedrummer wrote: »

Whats going on with the front wheel?

Lumen

From BikeSnobNYC, of course...

Raam

When I saw those handle bars, I died a little

niceonetom

Lumen wrote: »

From BikeSnobNYC, of course...

How is that brake lever attached?

edit: IS THAT A RIVET?:eek: