Ugly Bikes

[Dan]

Plus its ugly.

[HLC]

Pretty much anything built by this lot: http://www.facebook.com/justrideit?fref=ts

[HappyHumber]

Pretty much anything built by this lot: http://www.facebook.com/justrideit?fref=ts

I didn't know you could buy congealed vomit in a bicycle shape. Their "Teny" rims look like some Wheelchair Factory seconds.

"Were $599... Now only $150!!!" Yeah, right.

[munga]

wouldn't be surprised if they're the newest fixie thing to come out of china.

[HappyHumber]

Some kid in the "post your fixie pics" thread is contemplating some.
Youth of today.... tsk.

Time to go hide in the lantana with my blunderbuss in case any of 'em want to cross my lawn.

[il padrone]

Upside down bull-horns

Nearly as sensible as back to front trekking bars

[Aushiker]

More this type of bike here.

Andrew

[Crowz]

More this type of bike here.

Andrew

noooo!

[il padrone]

[singlespeedscott]

Steve Bauer's Eddy Merckx from the 93 Paris-Roubaix.

[ldrcycles]

Woah that's weird. I can see the point, but with the chainstays so long, wouldn't it be a matter of either making them strong enough that they don't provide a lot of comfort, or light enough to be comfortable but then flexy as hell?

[il padrone]

Long chain-stays aren't any really major disadvantage, but in that format they will not add any great frame suspension flex - look at those short, steep seat-stays after all . Long chain-stays give extra comfort mainly because they extend the wheelbase and you feel the movement of the rear wheel less. In this case the wheelbase is not significantly lengthened and the riders butt is way back over the rear wheel. At the same time he has a very poor position on the bike with his feet well forward and he's still trying to reach those bars - looks darned awful to me.


My Thorn Nomad has long stays - 47cm. But the seat tube is still the normal sort of ~72 degree angle. It's a great bike to ride over rough stuff.

[Dan]

[lochie scours eBay for a Merckx stretch limo]

[landscapecadmonkey]

Wouldve thought the main issue with that Merckx aberration would be a biomechanical one..... the weird leg forward 'throw' ?

Like a drop bar recumbent ?

The Thorn is well within spec il padrone, and 'looks' so much righter than that unfortunate Eddy bike

[Dan]

Let's not get off topic its ugly!

More (my) goodness.

[singlespeedscott]

Let's not get off topic its ugly!

More (my) goodness.

Any bike with a sloping top tube is ugly.



Flame away

[singlespeedscott]

Sorry

I mean any road bike with a sloping top tube is ugly. They look like girls bikes.

[Dan]

You know, I was thinking of you whilst posting that, Scott

[landscapecadmonkey]

Let's not get off topic its ugly!

More (my) goodness.

almost as bad as the Merckx aberration

[Dan]

Aye....the Merckx La-Z-Boy.

[WestcoastPete]

Apparently it's more aero...

[ldrcycles]

The ugliest thing on that bike to my eyes is the disc brakes .

[wurtulla wabbit]

Rancid

[jasonlheath]

Apparently it's more aero...

Wow that's just wrong

[bychosis]

Surely tht would have to be really heavy to be strong enough not to fall apart when you hit a bump. Forks aside its a little reminiscent of a slingshot bike (no down tube)