"Specialized Bicycles recently posted an image promoting the new Roval Rapide CLX III wheels, but what everyone is calling "AI Slop" might actually be a joke about "flipping the script" that no one caught on to right away. After inspecting the image and looking for some of the mistakes AI typically makes when generating detailed photos like this, I don't think it's artificial intelligence; it might just be an organic editing error - by a human."
"The image shows a Specialized Tarmac road bike with the new Roval Rapide CLX III wheels installed backwards. The cassette is on the front wheel, and the brake rotors are on the wrong side, which one would assume is just some lazy editing and a huge fumble as Specialized decided to go the artificial intelligence route for this latest launch."
Specialized posted an image promoting the Roval Rapide CLX III wheels that shows a Tarmac road bike with the wheels installed backward. The cassette appears on the front wheel and brake rotors sit on the wrong sides. The launch literature frames the Rapide CLX III as "flipping the script" with a 51mm front and 48mm rear, implying a deliberate role reversal of front and rear wheel characteristics. The image may have been intended as a visual joke but failed to land with most viewers. Inspection found no clear AI-generation artifacts; the error is likely human editing or a rushed studio manipulation.
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