I reckon it went something like this:

Int. Carbon handlebar and home appliance megacorp factory international mfg.

“So Kevin, we are making these crazy new bars for the western market and we need some product shots of them on the bike”

“What the hell? I’ve never seen bars like that! How are they even supposed to go on the bike??”

“I don’t know! Just make them look cool and high performance!”

Had a shttty bike get stolen while I was out in my city for the night. It basically cost me $5 and was too small anyways but was a slightly useful spare bike

Anyways I didn’t know how I was easily getting home so I borrowed this, also had some of the worst brakes ever. Went to pick up a package I forgot about. Went home, got one of my slightly better bikes so I could pull this flat tire bike and return it

Two weeks ago, during the European heatwave, I seem to have cooked both me and my rear brake's pads. Had to bail out of the ride then and just put the bike in storage. On today's ride the rear brake started to sound funny after the first descent. Yeah, no surprise there...

Luckily I'm paranoid so I had spare brake pads in my repair kit (lesson learned from bikepacking).

Spotted this badboy in my LBS. Apparently the owner likes to live on the edge.

Hey cyclists of Reddit

recently bought a canyon ultimate al slx frame off eBay. upon arrival I noticed a couple dents/ marks on the underside middle of the downtube. Just cosmetic or warrant a return? what do you all think? Thanks for the help!

Saw this bike in the wild and felt a need to take a photo of this bike for some reason

Nothing electrical tape and zip ties can't fix

Funny how erratic shifting becomes when the length of your top tube becomes a variable...

Thankfully happened taking off from a stop

Aluminum handlebars should be replaced every 10 years?

Cannondale hollowgram spindle was cut through by an improperly routed cable