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am i missing something? what 😕

Was going to say the same… on this forum it could be anything, unmatched tyres/use of a cable lock/ flat bars maybe.

riser bars & helmet peak on road bike?

That wall is in a shocking state?

Quality – nice flat bar 😉

am i missing something? what

Can’t you see the yellow tyre on the rear, it looks simply awful.

lovely colnago frame bastardised with a flat bar, your mum’s saddle, etc etc

and different colour tyres too.

dear dear dear

There is no spoon?

Bicycle used in getting about the place shocker! Heaven forfend…

It’s not quite as bad as the Kona hardtail I saw on Monday, complete with Rockshox forks and Tri-bars… That was utterly perplexing.

More horror…

http://yfrog.com/04lmjz

High speed corners must be interesting 🙂

n0085 🙄

I noticed it straight away, my mate had one of these I let out a tear that it had come to this

Cynic-al, forgive them, for they know not what they do

tis a sad image indeed…..a moment of silence if you will.

Wait a minute…are those handlebars taped on?

You’re right, road bikes are horrible.

There is no spoon?

What, should there have been a knife?

Or some bolt croppers.

riser bars & helmet peak on road bike?

Helmet peak is acceptable on a hybrid, which is what that bike is.

That post by Allthepies: wow, adjustable handlebars – whatever next? 😯

I’d be more worried that a dog might come along and pee in my helmet. You wouldn’t know until you put it on 😯

That post by Allthepies: wow, adjustable handlebars – whatever next?

You haven’t seen the saddle yet, I forgot to video that, will do an update later 🙂

Best thing for it. Keeps an otherwise tatty old bike on the road, and being useful. Better than just being ridden a few yards to the cafe and ponced about on.

MTB bars are far better for urban riding; better control, safer more upright position.

It’s only a bike. Don’t get too upset by it.

Its a silly bike with proper bars. I don’t see a problem.

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Saw someone riding a BSO on way to work this morning with forks on backwards. Did not look too stable…

MTB bars are far better for urban riding; better control, safer more upright position.

Does this come from the same school of thought that says disc brakes are pointless on the road?

Every time I commute on an MTB, I get annoyed that I can’t filter through small gaps any more, or have more than one comfortable hand position. getting down out of the wind is also more difficult. ‘Control’ seems much the same, as its just riding along the road, rather than doing wkkd sik gnarr.

Wide risers/flats suck on road. FACT 😉

I like it, where can I get one?

Road bike on a MTB forum?

its the toe clips isn’t it, can’t believe people still use them these days, a good set of flat pedals and some 5.10’s would be much more appropriate!

Not knowing anything about roadbikes (as you can see from my post above), would the canti’s work ok with the v-brake levers?
As he has them I kinda assume they’d work but IIRC you can’t use canti levers on v-brakes?

is it a crime to have a non standard gear cable run ? 😕

is it me, or is there something rather vital missing from the stem..

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is it me, or is there something rather vital missing from the stem.

Quill stem so just a rubber bung missing I guess to stop you doing a spud gun impression should you fall on it. I wouldn’t call it vital, desirable would be more like it 🙂

Does this come from the same school of thought that says disc brakes are pointless on the road?

No, it comes from the school of thought that says a more upright position is safer than using drops, in busy urban areas, and that mtb bars offer better control.

Every time I commute on an MTB, I get annoyed that I can’t filter through small gaps any more, or have more than one comfortable hand position. getting down out of the wind is also more difficult. ‘Control’ seems much the same, as its just riding along the road, rather than doing wkkd sik gnarr.

One, you’re not meant to ‘filter’ through small gaps in traffic, as it’s bloody stupid and dangerous, and two, you could use bar ends or something to give you more hand positions. I’m talking about urban riding of all kinds here, not just commuting along an A-road in berkshire or whatever. And hang on, ooh, who might be an expert in urban cycling, having done it all their life and cycled extensively in urban areas? Oh, that would be me then!

So you are wrong.

Wide risers/flats suck on road. FACT

And you are even wronger now.

Ha! I passed that thing on the bus this evening – I had a proper stare at it, I think it was the back tyre that caught my eye, then the flat bars. Bit of a WTF moment 🙂