[font=Arial]Why not go the whole hog with the worst wheelset thread. Lets all build the worst bike. A bit like when Homer designed that car on the Simpsons. With our experience at buying [censored] gear over the years, it's time to get back at the equipment suppliers and put their name in lights. [/font] [font=Arial][/font] [font=Arial]First we need a frame. In going through the old threads, it would be hard to beat the [font=Times New Roman]Fissure in titanium frame[/font][font=Times New Roman] [font=Arial]thread[/font][/font]. The manufactures response to a cracked frame was[/font]
[font=Arial] "Don't ride or repair it, throw it away and buy a new frame from us". Pure GOLD ![/font] [font=Arial][/font] [font=Arial] So, unless anyone else can top that, the No1 component on 'The Worlds Crapiest Bike' is the Fissure Titanium frame.[/font] [font=Arial][/font] [font=Arial].........................or is it ?[/font]
Or you could take any of the "carbon frame failure" frames.
[runs and hides...]
Joking, joking. Nothing against CF, but a two piece frame might be better for our project than a simple crack, no?
For components, I suggest any of the big box store gruppos that don't have a real series name, no 105, no Ultegra. Let's just have it say "Pure Shimano Guts" on a sticker on the frame.
A lesson I learned the hard way when getting back on a road bike - one of those cheap, overpadded saddles. Looks comfortable in the store to a newbie, but on the road it's the Butt Buster. Add to that, a T shirt and cheap shorts, so you're both sweat drenched and chafed in unmentionable locations.
It would have to be a department store bought full suspension bike.
Big soft saddle 40mm travel front forks Single pivot unified rear end fulling rate spring shock, but no damping plastic cantilevel brakes with the pads installed backwards big knobbly tires (because then you can go round corners faster) steel rims that aren't straight 40 spokes but none of them tight so the wheel still isn't straight 7 speed chain and cassette already rusting triple crankset that will never have the big ring used (dangerous to go that speed on that bike!) Bar ends pointing vertically so you can ride more upright (instead of spread out)
Oh and if you ride this bike you must still dismount to ride up or down a kerb because you really don't know how to ride a bike, or maybe you're scared of braking something.
My nephew went on a Boyscout ride through Maryland to Washington DC. The bike his parents bought him several years ago is a department store Kent with the undampened suspension. He asked me to tune it up for him so that he could log miles to prepare for the ride. This bike weighed 40+Lbs, made of all thick walled steel! It nearly gave me a hernia lifting it into the bed of my truck.
I got it home and couldn't believe how cheaply it was made, and how heavy everthing was. It had no name everthing on it. I went ahead and lubed it and adjusted everything to the best of my abilbity, but in the end I loaned him my old Mongoose. It is nowhere near top of the line, but it has an aluminum frame and a decent Shimano groupset on it. The seatpost is the only suspension on it. He made the ride a month ago and I have yet to get my bike back. I guess I need to remind him that it was just a loan, not a gift.
By the way Russ, where've you been? Didn't see any posts from you for over a month. Hope everything's OK! Great to have you back as your posts are always entertaining and informative.
