misterherman

https://www.flybike.com/modelli.html

H23

Geez!

That must have been some accident!

Wait, all of their bikes are f'd up the same way!

kurremkarm

And it's ugly too.

misterherman

yeah these dudes need some serious counselling. check out the videos.

Ya Tu Sabes

I can't read Italian, so can someone please tell me: What the hell is good about this ill set-up?

pitboss

I know a common practice in Motor Paced Racing is to turn the fork around to allow for the closest position possible behind the pacing vehicle (motorcycle/derny) to maximize drafting.
Although I am not sure on the ones above. Those look F-ing sadastic. Did Kafka design those for the damned?

bostontrevor

Whoa! Zoinks!

I was going to guess stayer, but they've got a full range of screwed up bikes!

sohi

they should not be allowed to waste steel for this. thats like catching
precious fish and use it for "fish&chips".

bostontrevor

They claim it improves efficiency and comfort. I'll buy the efficiency because of the insanely steep frame angles. Comfort is a different question. The fork has tons-o-rake obviously and the stupid-long frame may flex more, but that seattube is just gonna smack you upside the base of the spine all day.

Russell Jobs

Just because you can do something different doesn't mean you should.

sohi

but they are the first solid argument AGAINST a front brake

cicadashell

straight up and down...good design for a pile driver. but ouch.

i'd like to ride one, for a while, just to get a feel for it, because i cannot imagine how weird it would be, just from looking at its whacked out ugly self...

dabern

Talk about lots 'o' trail...I'll bet they won't turn without violently turning the bars.

Fugazi Dave

Not quite, but close. As was recently discovered, these bikes were mentioned in a chapter of Dante's Inferno that was cut out by his editor prior to publication because, in the editor's words, "Even God can't punish someone that much."

Thorson

Can some one post the pics? I can't get them to load.

SamHouston

Fun in the components section! I cannot pretend that there may not be a reason behind their frame/fork/stem configs but I cannot pretend to understand them either.

But I really dont get the advantages of the
"Punch you in the f***ing face if you hit anything larger than a flat dime training stem/bar assembly"


It'd be fun to buy some components and take them to the LBS for installation though, hehe

"No. NO You don't know what you're doing! You're putting it on wrong, that stem is supposed to face ME"

bostontrevor

Hahaha!! I *GET* it! The whole freaking thing is a joke! Nobody could have possibly designed that seriously! They're just waiting with baited breath for the first person to mail them about how that setup revolutionized their riding experience so they can sit around and laugh at the poor moron.

cicadashell

pretty elaborate joke...did you look at all the videos and whatnot? but maybe...some folks do have far too much time on their hands for the internet.

vomitron

I actually kind of like their stems (not the crazy time trial one). They have a quirky look to them.

Those frames look ********, though.