Originally Posted by
Giacomo 1
Exactly.
This is not my cup of tea, but being in Brooklyn NY everyday, I see bikes like this all the time. It's a hipster bike, plain and simple, colorful, outlandish, in-your-face, different, and individual, and if I'm not mistaken, being a "hipster" is a very American thing. Do we have here a case of road bike snobbery? In the hipster crowd, a bike like this would be talked about like us C&V guys talking about a Basso Gap or Colnago Sport or maybe an accurate, period correct rendition of a 70's or 80's Tommasini or Ciocc. That's our thing, but a hipster wouldn't care about that at all. This bike however, would likely get them buzzing...
You're WAY off the mark here. In the "hipster" crowd, a proper C&V bike would get much more attention than that ugly badly done conversion. If anything, this bike would get made fun of more than it is here on this forum. There's conversions done right, and there's conversions done wrong. This bike is an example of someone, who like you, is way out of touch with a certain 'scene'. The only difference is this guy built a crappy bike to try and capitalize on his misinterpretation of what these kids want. That's why it hasnt sold duh