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02-18-13 | 09:02 PM
#277
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02-19-13 | 03:07 PM
#279
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saw this winner today
26" mtb department store frame
26" coaster brake rear wheel
20" bmx front from a girls bike
duct tape reflectors from the hardware store
****ty 3 color spray job
including priceless conversation between owner and other fred about how he loves it, and how its so light, and how he wants one of those "cool color front wheels"
i was stuck behind this guy for like 3 miles on a one lane street, not only was he going incredibly slow but every 100 feet he would look back to see if i was still there, friggin weirdo.
26" mtb department store frame
26" coaster brake rear wheel
20" bmx front from a girls bike
duct tape reflectors from the hardware store
****ty 3 color spray job
including priceless conversation between owner and other fred about how he loves it, and how its so light, and how he wants one of those "cool color front wheels"
i was stuck behind this guy for like 3 miles on a one lane street, not only was he going incredibly slow but every 100 feet he would look back to see if i was still there, friggin weirdo.
Ugly? Yes.
Ridiculous? You bet.
But there's something strangely utilitarian about riding something like that. I don't know why but it seems a lot more forgivable than an aerospoke on a MB or sawed off carbon fiber drops on a street bike.
I wouldn't be caught dead on something like that - but for some reason I can picture someone like my out of touch father doing something like this. He's a jack of all trades but knows nothing about bikes and I can totally imagine him pulling something like this out of his workshop and saying "check this out!"
Who knows, maybe I'm just in a good mood today.
02-19-13 | 03:49 PM
#280
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I'm probably alone on this but - ghetto frankenbikes like this aren't really "jackass" to me in the spirit of this thread.
Ugly? Yes.
Ridiculous? You bet.
But there's something strangely utilitarian about riding something like that. I don't know why but it seems a lot more forgivable than an aerospoke on a MB or sawed off carbon fiber drops on a street bike.
I wouldn't be caught dead on something like that - but for some reason I can picture someone like my out of touch father doing something like this. He's a jack of all trades but knows nothing about bikes and I can totally imagine him pulling something like this out of his workshop and saying "check this out!"
Who knows, maybe I'm just in a good mood today.
Ugly? Yes.
Ridiculous? You bet.
But there's something strangely utilitarian about riding something like that. I don't know why but it seems a lot more forgivable than an aerospoke on a MB or sawed off carbon fiber drops on a street bike.
I wouldn't be caught dead on something like that - but for some reason I can picture someone like my out of touch father doing something like this. He's a jack of all trades but knows nothing about bikes and I can totally imagine him pulling something like this out of his workshop and saying "check this out!"
Who knows, maybe I'm just in a good mood today.
I hear what you're saying. IMO, there's "designer jackass" and "utility jackass."
Needing a bike and using whatever falls to-hand makes sense, although there is room for jackassery in this scenario as well. Things like multiple sets of bar end extenders all bolted together to get an upright position, bum bars, generally cutting things up, welding crap together, using mop handles for handlebars, etc. all push even the most utilitarian build into jackass territorry, IMO.
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02-19-13 | 06:05 PM
#283
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I hear what you're saying. IMO, there's "designer jackass" and "utility jackass."
Needing a bike and using whatever falls to-hand makes sense, although there is room for jackassery in this scenario as well. Things like multiple sets of bar end extenders all bolted together to get an upright position, bum bars, generally cutting things up, welding crap together, using mop handles for handlebars, etc. all push even the most utilitarian build into jackass territorry, IMO.
Needing a bike and using whatever falls to-hand makes sense, although there is room for jackassery in this scenario as well. Things like multiple sets of bar end extenders all bolted together to get an upright position, bum bars, generally cutting things up, welding crap together, using mop handles for handlebars, etc. all push even the most utilitarian build into jackass territorry, IMO.
It's like comparing a truck with a home-made wooden tailgate, bare steelie wheels, and duct tape holding the mirrors on VS. a lancer with lambo doors, gaudy body kit, giant useless wing on the back etc.
They're both "jackass" but, the latter is infinitely more hatable.
02-19-13 | 06:56 PM
#284
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Agree with what you're saying SSbalt, and are you going to Bike Party at the end of the month in B'More?
02-19-13 | 08:42 PM
#285
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This probably shouldnt count... but check out the title of the posting.... Perfect...
https://greenville.craigslist.org/bik/3629836083.html
https://greenville.craigslist.org/bik/3629836083.html
02-19-13 | 11:17 PM
#286
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I can't tell . . . https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/3613060812.html
02-20-13 | 11:15 AM
#288
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I'm not sure, my buddy who lives in the city is gonna let me know this week, I guess it's a ravens themed one, not sure how i feel about that.
02-20-13 | 11:20 AM
#289
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From: St. Petersburg, FL
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I can't tell . . . https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/3613060812.html
Not a bad bike, but that top tube is just being gratuitous for aesthetics' sake. Which is too bad because it looks ugly.
02-20-13 | 08:54 PM
#291
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Bikes: Click on the #YOLO
02-20-13 | 09:58 PM
#293
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No your not the only one, but I'm of the mind that it's messed up so often nowadays, you minus whale learn to live with it. For all intensive purposes it means the same thing.
02-20-13 | 10:14 PM
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02-20-13 | 10:22 PM
#295
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02-20-13 | 11:56 PM
#297
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Check out the Deep Vs on this thing....Not sure it is a bike though....
https://charleston.craigslist.org/bik/3630791385.html
https://charleston.craigslist.org/bik/3630791385.html
02-21-13 | 12:16 AM
#298
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From: Bellingham
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I'm being a nitpick, but this always ticks me off and I see it all the time. I'd love to see this thing set up for someone who is 6'1"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Special...item20cf6eeb2d
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Special...item20cf6eeb2d
FRAME: 52cm '06 Specialized S-Works Langster
can easily accomodate for riders from 5'5" to 6'1"
can easily accomodate for riders from 5'5" to 6'1"