Fixie mod or ninja trainer? (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by TauZero@mander.xyz to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 18 points 4 months ago

This would be 10x better uncaptioned.

[-] simbico@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Image caption from an interview with the frame builder for the original photo:

White Industries custom six-bolt crank for integrated bottom bracket disc brake- built when track bike riders were being ticketed for riding on the street without a brake.

[-] TauZero@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Ahh! Malicious compliance. Beautiful.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Well, it's both isn't it?

Useful as a fixie mod but also doubles for leg day (I hope the modulation is delicate)

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Rock Lee's bicycle

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

You wear shark fins on your teeth and call them shark's teeth; I wear shark's teeth on my teeth. We are not the same.

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