Anatomy of a Photo: Lemon Leather

$27,250 for leathery hipness

All I can do is quote @michael:

$27,250 for this POS. Don’t know if it’s worth an article or just a post, but for that price, I’d like my really cheap saddle set back properly.

The beautiful thing for us is that an Anatomy of a Photo piece can almost be the same as a post, which makes talking about such abominations easy. Helps put @Jeff in PetroMetro‘s $3300 Look 595 in perspective.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Rob says:

Feb 12 2011 at 1:13 pm

Thinking on it a bit more this may mean that the fixie skidder thing is peaking. Now that "high Art" has embraced what was a true street kid thing grown from a need - put together a cheap quick bike - and the fashionistas have sucked the soul out of any real spirit left in the art of fixed gear riding it may slowly go back to what it was. That to me was a good winter bike, a travel bike and an experience of riding in a very clean pure form. Not to mention the Track.

So good for some poncy wanker to put $400 of leather on a $800 dollar frame with $500 wheels and a $10 saddle. Yes its Art and he has to split the bucks with the gallery, and maybe sells 1. $11,000 for the year - good luck to him.
Steampunk says:

Feb 12 2011 at 1:51 pm

@Rob
This does make FrÃ¤nk's decal-clad ride more digestible. Actually, maybe this is FrÃ¤nk's bike pre-decals...
Jeff in PetroMetro says:

Feb 12 2011 at 3:18 pm

@Geoffrey Grosenbach
You are sick. Not like sick/good. I mean sick/bad. The ability to find this crap online is just dirty. It's not just the makers. It's the pushers like you. What if children see this? Huh? And how am I gonna get rid of the smell in my brain?
razmaspaz says:

Feb 12 2011 at 4:38 pm

@Frank

Someone hacked the front page, and posted a picture of a really shitty looking bike.
packfiller says:

Feb 12 2011 at 4:49 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that enough money for THREE really nice, fully built, pro level bikes? WTF?

For 27 grand, buy a friggin' lobotomy dipshit.
JFT says:

Feb 12 2011 at 4:52 pm

Ugh... had to V-up so f'ing hard on todays ride and this is the shit I find waiting for me?

Point taken, Frank... but holy shit, I wasn't expecting something like this.

Anyway, that livestrong-looking-P.O.S. needs a belt-drive...
Jeff in PetroMetro says:

Feb 12 2011 at 5:00 pm

Try riding this gem.
Buck Rogers says:

Feb 12 2011 at 5:36 pm

@razmaspaz
Raz: That post actually made me laugh. Well done!
Marko says:

Feb 12 2011 at 6:50 pm

For and extra $4k you can get this matching European Posterior Man Satchel

And you fuckers thought my AoP piece on Simoni and Cunego chillin in the hot tub was bad?
Buck Rogers says:

Feb 12 2011 at 7:18 pm

@Marko
GodDamn! What is it, a full moon or something? This thread is bringing the worst out of everyone!