GENESTARWIND

courtesy of vegascyclist on fb, a bunch of hipster dingles in vegas.

seau grateau

There are so many confusing things about that photo, and the bike is only like three of them.

GENESTARWIND

GENESTARWIND

I posted a comment on a bike photo, pointed out no foot retention, wonky bar angle, lack of tape on half the bar and no lock and dudes started freaking out so I started trolling them out of boredom because I hate Facebook and the majority of riders on fixed bikes are hipster kids/teens.

seau grateau

The internet is a wonderful horrible place.

Route 66

This thing would work better if you rode it backwards over the pizza with your index finger on the saddle.

GENESTARWIND

you should see it, one dude in particular has taken it upon himself to insult me left and right. it's kind of funny really.

jlafitte 

Word.

T13

Is that an inner tube wrapped around half the handlebars?

prooftheory

No, it's only wrapped around one bar.

T13

Well, i know it's only wrapped around one side, but its so bulky in spots. I don't know how you could get one length of bar tape, meant for one side, to be so doubled up and bulky, and still make it from the stem to the end of the bar.

JeremyLC

That Leader 722 up there spawned a search that lead me to the following blog post:

Bike of the Month : Leader Bikes 722 Heritage Edition ?The Drainage


Highlights include:

"...One thought is that a bike shouldn’t be over $1200. Most people can buy a car for that price..."


"The faux lugged chrome fork makes the bike feel vintage but with modern technology. You really don’t see real lugged forks on bikes anymore because it is an old and expensive process. Making it look lugged like this is a nice design feature to do."

SquidPuppet

I nominate this find for the 2015 JA Award.

Unkle Rico

But he built it with his own 2 hands

Flatulentfox

"I used to ride to work but I got a new job that's 18 miles away and that's too far for a fixed/single speed."

He's got a point here.

T13

Sometimes it kills me at how awful peoples ideas of what colors look good on a bike. I mean, yeah we can all say something about parts, components etc, but most "fixies" you see on craigslist for sale, are just so ****ing hideous.

Unkle Rico

I guess some people arent as gifted at the concept of "style" as you are good sir!

I agree though, that bike is awful.

T13

I suppose. There's "not gifted" and there's just plain ugly though.

Unkle Rico

....and this bike is the latter

iTripped

You hit the choicest quotes right there. Now where do I go for my $1200 car?

jlafitte 

dude, $1200 is a luxury model.

JeremyLC

I've actually had two cars that would only just pass $1200 if you combined their prices. A $550 1988 Toyota Tercel that got totaled in a collision with a Ford F150 (dude ran a light), and a 1989 Ford Tempo that I got for $700 of the $950 settlement from the Tercel. I don't miss either of those. (their combined mileage would've been pretty close to 400k)

That said, when my current 17 year old Miata finally kicks off I expect to spend a tad more than $1200 replacing it.

murrellington

My 1991 Honda Accord can't be worth more than $1,200. And I just this week finished buying the parts for my new bike which cost more than $1,200. Expensive cars are over rated.

Mumonkan

****, who wants a 2000 ford focus sony edition? 83k miles. ill sell it to you for 1200 right now

Leukybear 

You're better off keeping that car. Champion of reliability.
Protip: use a club if you haven't already; the key cylinders to the ignition are one of the first things that wear out on those and we all know another country that is conveniently located right next to us that loves them as well that's not canada.