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I’ve discovered that googling bicycle porn is quite enlightening and definitely NSFW

what? 😯 that’s what I’d call selective perception then!

have a look here 🙂 as a mild example

This thread now reads like the RBS pay thread. Disappointed as I had hoped to see some nice bikes. Live and let live. Post up whatever you think is bike porn!

Was trying to come up with a classic/modern car analogy,
classic looks, expensive, feel nice to ride
vs
cheap, more comfy, efficient, better technology

but there’s so many holes I can pick in it I shan’t bother.

Some nice looking old bikes here (and some complete mingers too)

and another thing, I don’t get the towel rail, is it just for show (in which case, OK fair enough) or is there some reasoning behind it – can’t see what considering most bike manage with just a top and a down tube, but would like to hear it.

haggis1978 – Member

This thread isn’t about custom bikes.

i beg to differ as it is mostly about custom bikes as if you read the thread title, WHICH I STARTED! then you will see these are all custom built bike manufacturers.

i apologise for including my merlin, then, as i had not appreciated the custom element was a requirement.

Post up whatever you think is bike porn!

No, that’s not allowed! Custom bikes only.

So is Fat Bike Porn like Big Jugs Monthly then?

@SofaKing

Is that Westbury in your pics on the first page?

I thought it was worthy flatboy.

thank you, sir. 🙂

hahaha, wow. so you know, i really was apologising. 😆

anyway, i don’t want to take away from one of the best posts i’ve ever seen. 😀

I’d deffo like to see some Potts on here

haggis.

Just bear in mind that some of the people on this thread just want to look at pictures of bikes you see leaning agains a wall at a trail centre cafe. 🙂

They have no interest in anything that’s not advertised in MBR/MBUK.

Look at that fillet brazing Deep chain stays and no bridge either.

Choice of paint colour and pattern (or not) is also a personal thing on these sorts of bikes.

I don’t get the twin top tube thing myself and I don’t expect people to understand my liking of curvy top tubes either.

So I might not buy one, but I can still appreciate the craft that goes into a bike with a “towel rail”, and the owners pride.

christ, there are some really minging bikes on this thread, pretty poor showing for a BILF thread.

so show us something nice then klunk

Haha! Post of the day haggis. Chapeau.

I apologise if my comments have upset you, as they clearly have. I have no issue whatsoever with the bikes posted within (a number are very nice), my greatest ‘grievance’ (for want of a better word) is with your absurd policing of the content.

What exactly have I done that makes me ‘jumped up’? – I expressed my opinion in my early posts, which clearly offends, though to be honest you were on the back foot and unnecessarily defensive from the off, as if you expected to counter some resistance (which has not come from me).

If you are going to be so upset when people don’t adhere to your rules may I suggest you register CustomBikePhotosAndNaziGovernedForum.com – probably more up your street!

so show us something nice then klunk

i don’t think i’m allowed, my porn preferences are too run of the mill for the thread police.

@SofaKing

Is that Westbury in your pics on the first page?
no mountainous lincolnshire 🙂

This has been interesting.

haggis, £2300 for the ti implant frame. £1700 on xt group, decent forks etc easily do-able, I’d have thought. The 853 Team SST is £1100. Add a bit for custom tweaks and you’ve still got loads of headroom for a sub £4K build.

CustomBikePhotosAndNaziGovernedForum.com –

I call Godwin’s Law!

Pah, 4k won’t even get you a 2nd tier Epic any more – let alone an S-Works!

I call Godwin’s Law!

😆

Right, thank you for the comment of the day remarks. i am a wee bit calmer now 😉 i am not policing the content just wanting to see some nice bikes as suggested in the thread title. more than you njee20 have popped in and said they’re ordinary or not bike porn and if you dont like then why are you continuing to write in this thread. its like you are goading me same as the plonker a few comments up who says “these bikes are all minging” so i repeat “jog on!”

Why am I still here? Because there are some interesting bikes in here (although there’s hardly any photos on this page now it’s descended into bedlam), and like you I’m not particularly interested in Orange 5s/Cotics/On Ones etc – I appreciate nice bikes, mine doesn’t really ‘fit’ with the STW formula.

What I don’t get, and I did say as much, is why people swoon over them so much. They’re nice bikes, but all they have over mass produced bikes is exclusivity, ie it’s brand snobbery. That’s fine, just don’t pretend it’s owt else!

its like you are goading me same as the plonker a few comments up who says “these bikes are all minging” so i repeat “jog on!”

LOL, it would be goading if i actually said that, miss quoted on the same page, outstanding.

Here’s my Dekerf:

Not sure how this fits with anyone’s idea of bike porn. It’s very ordinary to look at, and not that expensive: it’s the cheaper Generation, 631, not 853. I bought it second hand, too. (equivalent of finding it in a hegderow and peeling apart the pages?)

And actually, I’m emotionally attached to it more than its ride qualities would justify – there are plenty of better looking bikes out there and plenty more that are nicer to ride, but I love it anyway and I don’t want to get rid.

So much more like a long term partner than porn.

That Cyfac is the best yet, needs Di2, but yes.

My old DeKerf. Truly loved this bike. The frame is hanging in the garage and i should get round to getting disc tabs welded on.

Yep, I’ll fess up to brand snobbery, not wanting another “me too” bike.

In the end I chose a Hunter cos I’d already met Rick, and wanted to give my money to someone I knew rather than a corporation. That and he could do wishbone stays and Black Cat dropouts instead of an EBB or the fugly Paragon sliders.

And this quality of brazing…

Edited to add: love that DeKerf above

that DeKerf Solitaire is very nice

I like my dropouts

brakes – Member

so, I’ve always wanted an Indy Fab Deluxe, but doubt I’ll ever buy one.
where do you get the fakes?

I should have one of my fake Indy Fab’s up for sale soon.
Keep an eye on the for sale forum over the next week or so.

is it ti or steel ?

It’s steel.

The guy that builds them hasn’t been able to master faking Ti yet.

Ok so I am curious…. rarely get involved in these threads that turn into a bickering match although ‘Hock’ makes an interesting point re forum mentality etc

I am one of those main stream guys, I run a Zesty, bought before the hype, but I make it work for me rather than ride it as standard and I have an Evil Sov that I put together for winter riding.

What I have discovered is that I love riding the Sov, in the saddle it is ok but once out of it taking on the trails it is fantastic fun….. this has lead me into thinking about a bike that’ll pedal better but be as much fun when attacking the trail.

I am now thinking that maybe a custom geometry HT would be good, possibly in Ti….

My thoughts on the bikes posted… most look pretty uninspiring with the odd exception but the thing that counts is the ride…. it is all about the ride and I am a fan of understatement so whilst they look pretty uninspiring I hope that they ride as thier owners had wished them to when designing/ordering them.

I won’t post any pics of my main steamers… mostly as I have no idea how to attach an image.

Riding = Smiling

Most peoples custom rides take elements of ‘standard’ bikes they really like and recreate them in a posher material with nicer fixtures and fittings.

If you like your hardtail and know what to do to make it ride how you want in that one area without stuffing the rest of it up (or the builder you choose can tell you) then gettign a custom frame made woudl make sense.

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