Ugly Bikes

[il padrone]

Undecided on this one:

No you're right. That's ill conceived. Seat stays are wrong and the head tube arrangement could have been handled much better.

I'd be more concerned about what is actually keeping the steerer tube inside that head tube

[trailgumby]

These things are even uglier in the flesh...

[Mulger bill]

These things are even uglier in the flesh...

Bbbbbuuttt, it's a 'Dale MTB. Et tu Gumby?

The original Raven looked much sleeker.

[CommuRider]

Ford e-bike



It doesn't know if it is a 'bent or not.

[Mulger bill]

Ford e-bike



It doesn't know if it is a 'bent or not.

Methinks we have a winner here... (You'll have to imagine the sticky puddle under the emoticon.)

[Marto]

Undecided on this one:

That one is fantastically ugly. I would say after market (user-imposed) ugly is trumping design ugly so far.

Here is one for design ugly:

[ausrandoman]

These things are even uglier in the flesh...

A lefty is what you get when creative marketing types tell engineers what to do. You get a kludge that works despite the creative marketing types.

http://www.dilbert.com/2011-09-10/

[ausrandoman]

Was that designed by H.R. Giger?

[Marto]

Was that designed by H.R. Giger?

Could be.

Here's one with wrong looking angles:

[familyguy]

Undecided on this one:

That one is fantastically ugly. I would say after market (user-imposed) ugly is trumping design ugly so far.

Source: http://velospace.org/node/33558

All the takhion's look like that. A fine example of form follows function?


Source: http://velospace.org/node/10023

Jim

[drubie]

The emerging theme:

TT bikes are hideous. No Exceptions.
Concept bikes are hideous: No Exceptions.

Dual suspension bikes: mostly hideous.

[rkelsen]

Here's one with wrong looking angles:

What's going on there? It's a limo up front, and all business at the back.

[CommuRider]

This (half) pizza delivery bike never really got off the ground

[Livetoride]

[notwal]

I quite like that little bike. It looks a bit performance challenged but its a nice piece of sculpture.
Its a bit cartoony in a nice way.


hmmmm....

This one too has a nice consistency about it.

[CommuRider]

LTR is biased against folders

[Marto]

Actually, this bike looks okay. Something about the combination of black and the square shape/s. And the wheels look kinda cool. I would consider it as a folder.

Edit: linky

[notwal]

This (half) pizza delivery bike never really got off the ground

Must have been a shock to discover what happens to pizzas when you transport them on their sides
That's only second worst so far IMO.

Was that designed by H.R. Giger?

Pure Clingon or bat bike? What an atrocity.
There are a few mostly TT frame sets among the Chinese clean skins that belong in "try hard to be different" school.
They all fail but that one takes the cake.
Worst so far IMO

[Oxford]

I thought I needed to see an optometrist as my eyes were hurting, then I realised its just this thread that make my eyes hurt.

[CommuRider]

Are we going to have a poll? That Eastern European monstrosity - ahem - CEECO - is most definitely eyecatching.

[Marto]

Are we going to have a poll? That Eastern European monstrosity - ahem - CEECO - is most definitely eyecatching.

Not a bad idea

How about by categories as suggested by Drubie?

TT bikes:

Concept:

Dual suspension:

Folder:

Fixie:

User induced ugliness:

Hire:

That could be over the top, and they should be lumped under Ugly.

[Livetoride]

LTR is biased against folders

[Mulger bill]

Methinks we have a winner here... (You'll have to imagine the sticky puddle under the emoticon.)

I would like to retract that previous statement in light of Martos image of congealed vomit...

Here is one for design ugly:

[Mulger bill]

Without a doubt, TT and Tri bikes are ugly. However I find a certain purposeful elegance in this...


As for duallies, I care not about appearance once this is under me bum.

[il padrone]

Here's one with wrong looking angles:

What's going on there? It's a limo up front, and all business at the back.

Been done before