It's so you can hold your cranks in place once your chain breaks.

It is a parkng brake, duh!

I had a Suzuki Titan that I had to ride like this for a little while (hand clutch/foot shifter tho), after the front wheel locked up on a wet street and the lever broke off. Was interesting.

lol

My first time posting in this thread. I normally try not to hate, but this build deserves to be scorned.


BIANCHI CLASSICA PISTA

JA? Unsure...

It's odd seeing a 650c front wheel on something other than a pursuit frame or Terry bike (which also look odd -- but at least you know that they're supposed to look like that).


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The bars on the Bianchi match the pedals and it has dice valve caps. I give it five stars.

.are also seemingly wide enough to sweep both lanes.

I dunno about that one. It's too busy for me, so it fits the thread. Definitely more cluttered than most of your builds, Squid; I'm surprised at the five star.

Five star as in, The highest possible Jack Ass Rating.

I had a Yamaha XS650 with a suicide shifter, but i had a front brake. Tricky at first, but after that was simple as pie.

Try it with no front brake......on a hill. It's a challenge.

Right foot needed for brake so you don't roll backwards. Left foot needed to disengage clutch. How do you balance 600lb Harley chopper with no feet on the ground?

Yeah, NO thanks!

****in crack that throttle, dump the clutch and haul ass!

And hope the girl in front of you doesn't slam on her brakes while putting her make up on and talking on the phone......

Impossible.

The only method that works for stopping at a red light on a hill is, NEVER put it into neutral. Roll to a stop pressing in the clutch with your left foot and finding first gear with your hand, put right foot on the ground for balance, and feather (constantly ) the clutch to keep from rolling backwards. You never need the brake and you're ready to go when the light goes green.

Stupid. PITA. Plus you go through clutches fast.

thats pretty much how i wait at lights anyway, i only put it in neutral if i know im gonna be there a while or im bsing with someone while were waiting

oh i never wait behind cars at a stop, i pull around to the front. im not a caveman.

Only $200 for this sw8 Thruster "Fixe", with backwards fork...

No low ballers, tho.

Gross. It's like somebody ate a box of crayons and puked all over a perfectly good bike.

The real tragedy here is that some of the parts are actually decent, if mismatching (Brooks saddle, Brooks grips, Pista Classica frameset), but the whole is way, way less than the sum of those parts.

ive always hated that frame, the off-white lugs just look bad IMO

its like they primed the lugs but forgot to paint them with the rest of the bike

I feel bad doing this since it belongs to someone I know, but I can't help it.

That is one heck of a stem.

You are a terrible friend. Not for posting yer friends bike. But for allowing them to do THAT to it.

Shame, shame.....

now i want watermelon jollyranchers.