Originally Posted by
Medic Zero
I heartily concur, I think it should be a fun and tongue-in-cheek mix of real aesthetics and points for fenders, bells, horns, racks, and functional Fredly-ness.
Okay, this one isn't mine, and I actually feel kind of bad sharing it, but it's too rich not to. Spotted in the rack at work:
The funny thing is, they just added the rack in the last week or so. I was actually checking out this bike a few weeks ago, trying to figure out what vintage it was, as I liked the looks of the frame, basically because of the triangular shaped down tube. I've only seen that on some Marins before and coveted those as well. And then they had to mount that rack like that!
I'm tempted to leave a note on it, explaining how they could rectify or mitigate the mounting!
I'll give 'em some Fred points for the triple, single front fender and using up that old front tire. Personal points for the old-school fit.
I'm betting the guy didn't tighten the bolts on the rack enough before putting a load on it, then it slid back as far as it could.