File this under, "What the heck?!?"
11-24-12 | 06:46 AM
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File this under, "What the heck?!?"
Fixed gear, hipster lunacy.
As stumbled upon on Flickr. Yeesh.
As stumbled upon on Flickr. Yeesh.
11-24-12 | 07:02 AM
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11-24-12 | 07:34 AM
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11-24-12 | 08:55 AM
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11-24-12 | 09:06 AM
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I remember reading about these "twisted bikes" about four-five years ago, the guy that makes them is a blacksmith by trade, and he is rather short, so he took a larger frame and cut the top and down tube an inch or two from the end, and then attatched the twisted gaspipe he shaped with a propane torch. It is rather heavy from the twisted tubing being thick enough to survive the twisting process.
11-24-12 | 09:11 AM
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Looking at the "downtube", after it leaves the steering head tube, there is a kink/crease, not a tubing bend. Even with the twists of the two tubes this is where it is going to fail. Not me, no way, no how, not gonna do it, wouldn't be the prudent thing to do.
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11-24-12 | 09:30 AM
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its kinda cool,
now you know what to do with bent frames-give them to artists
now you know what to do with bent frames-give them to artists
11-24-12 | 09:40 AM
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Ive seen a pic of this bike before But couldnt see the crimp.
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11-24-12 | 09:43 AM
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The fork is the only thing that is not bent:-) None the less, I applaud creativity. Would I ride it? Nope!
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11-24-12 | 01:55 PM
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Somebody was desperate to own an SLX framed bike, so he went ahead and added helical reinforcement to his Hi Ten tubed bike.......
11-24-12 | 02:06 PM
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You know, I'm not sure that's a gaspipe frame at all. In fact, the rear dropouts - at least from the detail allowed in the pic - seem higher-end. This might've been something really nice before the "artist" got hold of it.
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11-24-12 | 02:16 PM
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11-24-12 | 02:59 PM
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I've got the perfect wheels for that bike - 'Snowflake laced' twisted spokes!
11-24-12 | 03:36 PM
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I AM an artist - no friggin' way I twist up a frame for any reason at all... and no friggin' way do I even consider riding something like that. Which, by the way, it appears the guy actually does do. Stark ravin' nuts.
11-24-12 | 07:35 PM
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Well...hmph. Hope that doesn't catch on. The ultimate Drewing.