Ugly Bikes

[duds2u]

The caption with this photo reads, "Five minutes on this is more relaxing than an hour of Yoga. (photo: Dimitri Hempel)"

Source: The Brooks Blog

Andrew

We have a winner. I've never seen anything that ugly anywhere, drunk or sober.

[notwal]

Another structural abomination.

[il padrone]

For those interested there is more information here.

The real thing, in a Melbourne collection.

[Aushiker]

Andrew

[jasonc]

Andrew

you have to lock that up?

[axix245]

i want to riding on snow. very great images i love the subtle teacup!

[rwibi]

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I've never seen a frame with that much rake on the seatpost before.....

Its super LoL

[Aushiker]

Source: Velospace

Andrew

[Aushiker]

New improved riding position?

Andrew

[Livetoride]

Another structural abomination.

I don't mind that one, wouldn't ride it but it's somewhat pleasant on the eyes.

[Aushiker]

Andrew

[il padrone]

I reckon MTBs are hardly ever designed to be beautiful. They are much more focussed on function rather than form, and hence are always likely to be 'ugly'.

[Aushiker]

I reckon MTBs are hardly ever designed to be beautiful. They are much more focussed on function rather than form, and hence are always likely to be 'ugly'.

It was the cranks that caught my attention ...

Andrew

[jasonc]

I reckon MTBs are hardly ever designed to be beautiful. They are much more focussed on function rather than form, and hence are always likely to be 'ugly'.

It was the cranks that caught my attention ...

Andrew

we need a pic of the other side. that's just silly.

[Nobody]

I reckon MTBs are hardly ever designed to be beautiful. They are much more focussed on function rather than form, and hence are always likely to be 'ugly'.

It was the cranks that caught my attention ...

Andrew

Funny. I hadn't noticed it until you mentioned it. I was too busy looking at all the other retro style stuff, like dual legged fork (for a Cannondale) with fork boots, solid disks, red sidewalled tyres etc.

[wurtulla wabbit]

Used to turn my racer handle bars up like this as a teen and mono round the whole estate only stopping for traffic

That cannondal is a cracker ! , love it beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and all that !

[Mulger bill]

The 'Dale Fulcrum DH bike was way ahead of its time back in the day, even if ugly. No stiffer fork, floating pivot rear end with electronically controlled shock curve and the crank arrangement engineered to provide the equivalent of a pizza plate front ring if the course needed it while maximising ground clearance. Form follows function.

[Sharkey]

I reckon MTBs are hardly ever designed to be beautiful. They are much more focussed on function rather than form, and hence are always likely to be 'ugly'.

It was the cranks that caught my attention ...

Andrew

we need a pic of the other side. that's just silly.

From http://www.pinkbike.com/news/cannondale-fulcrum-old-school-tech-2012.html

There are five rings in all, but it is the ring on the non-drive side crank that drives the system, in the same way that the chainring(s) do on the bike sitting there in your garage. That power is then transferred by the first chain up to the sprocket sitting forwards and above it. A fixed axle transfers that power through to the sprocket on the driveside and a chain connects that to another sprocket sitting behind the larger driveside chainring. There is then a system similar to a freehub engagement to turn the main chainring as it is not directly attached to the crank arm. To adjust the gear ratios the team mechanics could change the size of those four sprockets driving the chainring - although it wasn't too popular with them as it was so complicated.

It certainly has some ground clearance. Not ugly to me.

[khendar]

Has anyone seen Chinese NBA player Yao Ming's bike ?

[JV911]

not a bike, but definately fugly!

[Ozkaban]

not a bike, but definately fugly!

How did we, as a society, get to this point?

[trailgumby]

not a bike, but definately fugly!

How did we, as a society, get to this point?

Selective breeding is my guess.

[find_bruce]

not a bike, but definately fugly!

No doubt the vehicle is fugly, but while you may not think it is a bicycle and I may not think it is a bicycle, in the peculiar way of defining things in the Road Rules, a bicycle is "a vehicle with 2 or more wheels that is built to be propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears"

OK I will get back in my box now,

[JV911]

in-breeding is my guess.

fixed

[PA]

You could ride rings around this one.