Just why?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMMELLE-PRESTIGE-VINTAGE-ROAD-Road-Racer/174826788024?hash=item28b47d14b8:g:bgEAAOSw0uNg4c0K&pageci=be182f0d-162f-4611-bbc2-e45f5eb03508&redirect=mobile

It’s the dynamically balanced wheels I’m looking at …..

Dafuq. He go to a car garage or something and get it spun up on their teco….

“REAR DERAILIER COLLISION PROTECTOR GAURD“

Condition:
Used: An item that has been previously used. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or an item that has been returned to the seller after a period of use. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.

I wonder if the pump has become a structural frame member.

He’s just been hired by On One’s design department.

It goes so fast I felt restricted with a high cross bar , so I had it lowered and professionally BUTT welded, as seen in photos.

Yeah it does look like it was welded with an arc rod held between someone’s arse cheeks

I’ve ridden worse !!

I saw the thread title and thought it was going to be about Orange bikes.

Excellent. Funny on many levels. I’d like a close up of that strange, sharp bend in the top tube just behind the headtube, though.

Lethal. Headtube is compressed under load, so the stress on that weld could be considerable.

My old commuter bike looked a bit like that after I hit a deep pothole at speed.

Makes Raleigh Burner welds look tidy. Really showing my age, here…

Lethal. Headtube is compressed under load, so the stress on that weld could be considerable.

They’re one step ahead of you there with those considerable welds.