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Broid
06-19-2016, 12:12 AM
Seeking the outer limits of bad taste and worse engineering...


http://www.ebay.com/itm/VISP-RD-Machete-14-Speeds-51-54-cm-700C-3-Spokes-Road-Bike-Speed-Road-Bicycle-/171717953805
AllanVarcoe
06-19-2016, 12:35 AM
Wow! *** is that thing on the brake side? A seatstay brace?

And not to mention the levers! :crap:
Hilltopperny
06-19-2016, 12:40 AM
Lol there has been a thread on this before!:beer:
Willy
06-19-2016, 12:46 AM
Don't get too excited - it does not ship to the US!
YoKev
06-19-2016, 04:34 AM
Wow! *** is that thing on the brake side? A seatstay brace?

And not to mention the levers! :crap:

kickstand!
Cicli
06-19-2016, 05:04 AM
Wow! *** is that thing on the brake side? A seatstay brace?

And not to mention the levers! :crap:

kickstand!

All the cool kids have them.

Good reading here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B00RQNRTUS/ref=mw_dp_cr
dave thompson
06-19-2016, 09:56 AM
All the cool kids have them.

Good reading here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B00RQNRTUS/ref=mw_dp_cr

Read the 5-star reviews, a real hoot!
Red Tornado
06-19-2016, 09:58 AM
Lol there has been a thread on this before!:beer:

The comments (I believe these were on Amazon at the time) were hilarious!
Dead Man
06-19-2016, 10:02 AM
hack and slash your way through the peloton with Machete!
bcroslin
06-19-2016, 10:31 AM
I knew what it was before I even clicked. This wonderful piece-of-****e has been covered multiple times here before. I would love to buy one to do a ride report.
oldpotatoe
06-19-2016, 11:25 AM
I knew what it was before I even clicked. This wonderful piece-of-****e has been covered multiple times here before. I would love to buy one to do a ride report.

Too bad it's so expensive. Be fun to buy one, tear it down to parade rest, reassemble correctly, levers where they should be, etc, and see if it worked at all. I'll bet it would 'work', shift, brake, etc. Bikes are pretty simple.
bikingshearer
06-19-2016, 12:39 PM
Don't get too excited - it does not ship to the US!

Aw, poop. I was all set to get one. :rolleyes:
ultraman6970
06-19-2016, 01:44 PM
This bike came up in a thread a few months ago, honestly looks nice in the pictures, looks like an alien but looks good, weight? a lot for sure.
weiwentg
06-19-2016, 01:53 PM
One has to love the Sky: Believe in Britain poster. A complete non sequitur.

http://www.cdnclouds.net/p/1ee5f9226888c71b4c71-584044a691bd1ad3c61af59c200cb1e9.r21.cf6.rackcdn.c om/b571e11b3d5d6d1709b52d4914a18a90_QQ%E6%88%AA%E5%9B %BE20150625172336.jpg
Ronsonic
06-19-2016, 09:23 PM
I'm reminded of that artist who asks non-artists / non-cyclists to draw a bicycle and then renders it. (http://twistedsifter.com/2016/04/artist-asks-people-to-draw-bicycle-from-memory-and-renders-results/)

This is one done by someone who had seen an aero bike but had no idea just what it was he was looking at.
Hilltopperny
06-19-2016, 09:42 PM
The comments (I believe these were on Amazon at the time) were hilarious!

Yes solid gold:D:banana:
SpokeValley
06-19-2016, 11:22 PM
Read the 5-star reviews, a real hoot!

Those are some happy customers. 188 MOM's and a speeding ticket. :)
jmoore
06-20-2016, 01:37 PM
Too bad it's so expensive. Be fun to buy one, tear it down to parade rest, reassemble correctly, levers where they should be, etc, and see if it worked at all. I'll bet it would 'work', shift, brake, etc. Bikes are pretty simple.

This exact thing happened on RBR a few years back. A bunch of people chipped in and bought a $250 Walmart road bike. The recipient tore it down and reassembled and rode it for a month or two. It was a tank but it rode OK. He put 3-400 miles on it and then donated it.