Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:10 pm
Now we're talkingandione1983 wrote:Sorry about the screenshots only way I can repost from Instagram... These beautiful bikes caught my eye...
Sent from my Galaxy far far away....
Australian Cycling Forums - Bicycles Network Australia
BNA - For the Australian Cycling Community
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/
Beautiful Bikes
Page 2 of 6
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:15 pm
Spot on, my Kona Dewdrop falls into the same category.VRE wrote:Here's a beautiful bike. It's actually got numerous nicks and scratches, but faithfully carries me at least 300km every week, and has been doing so for almost 5 years
I'll throw this in as well, the pic does not do this bike justice.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:18 am
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:05 pm
To the contrary. Exhibit A your honor:Tim wrote:Aero ain't beautiful.
Its even more beautiful live.
And here's mine, Exhibit B:
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:09 pm
And in case you need more convincing, Exhibit A above does 75km/hr (AT) just 210 W on the flat !!!!
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:00 pm
Rhubarb wrote:And in case you need more convincing, Exhibit A above does 75km/hr (AT) just 210 W on the flat !!!!
yeah but were talking about "beautiful bikes" in comparison to the "Ugly bikes"
not talking about Fast And The Furious 8?
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:02 pm
Trust me, its beautiful and fast.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:04 pm
i like this one:
Audi Bike
Audi Bike
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:09 pm
looks like D.M:Rhubarb wrote:Tim wrote:Aero ain't beautiful.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:45 pm
That's lovely! But I do wonder, how will they hold up? Would laser cut lugs stand up to the forces a bike frame is subjected to? It's unlikely that they were work hardened in the process.Mulger bill wrote:When old meets new, 3D printed Ti lugwork married to cf tubing...
Courtesy Ralf Holleis Design.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:06 pm
You seem to like odd looking bikes and you sure like your "BLING"Mulger bill wrote:
I'll throw this in as well, the pic does not do this bike justice.
heres one for you Mulgs...
gold plated ... (whatever it is, looks similar to the one above)
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:49 pm
Love the look of this one, the BMC Lamborghini bike!
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:05 pm
This thread underlines the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Some of the bikes on here are beautiful and some are butt ugly
Some of the bikes on here are beautiful and some are butt ugly
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:28 pm
I'm really not sure what is so odd about a diamond-frame single speed bike with drop barsDoubleSpeeded wrote:You seem to like odd looking bikes and you sure like your "BLING"Mulger bill wrote:
I'll throw this in as well, the pic does not do this bike justice.
???Bog standard bike really, what I cut my teenage cycling teeth on (metaphorically speaking).
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:29 pm
+1warthog1 wrote:This thread underlines the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Some of the bikes on here are beautiful and some are butt ugly
Well said, on both counts.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:38 pm
Hey ... I said that in post #24 !!il padrone wrote:+1warthog1 wrote:This thread underlines the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Some of the bikes on here are beautiful and some are butt ugly
Well said, on both counts.
Sent from my iPhinger ...
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:47 pm
On a positive note, things I like are single-colour paint schemes, straight-ish frame tubes (no curves or bumps), semi-compact geometry (slightly sloping top-tube) and wheels with shiny spokes and hubs and minimal (or no) aero .... and preferably no or minimal stickers/labels.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:10 pm
different standards and taste right?il padrone wrote: I'm really not sure what is so odd about a diamond-frame single speed bike with drop bars
Bog standard bike really, what I cut my teenage cycling teeth on (metaphorically speaking).
Not that I'm knocking on that bike....
But what may be beutiful to you... could look like 'dogs B@lls' to others
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:19 pm
Bloody awful photo, but I like my bike. It's teh best teh iPad can do at present. Copped a bit of flak from the Velominati for my Rule Violations, but too bad, it's set up for night training rides, not for coffee shop posing.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:26 pm
Do you mean that custom red Gellie in your blog?On a positive note, things I like are single-colour paint schemes, straight-ish frame tubes (no curves or bumps), semi-compact geometry (slightly sloping top-tube) and wheels with shiny spokes and hubs and minimal (or no) aero .... and preferably no or minimal stickers/labels.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:36 pm
Possibly with a bit more bulk in some of the tubes .... it's a bit 'skinny', being steel and all.Uncle Just wrote:Do you mean that custom red Gellie in your blog?On a positive note, things I like are single-colour paint schemes, straight-ish frame tubes (no curves or bumps), semi-compact geometry (slightly sloping top-tube) and wheels with shiny spokes and hubs and minimal (or no) aero .... and preferably no or minimal stickers/labels.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:36 pm
If we're going down that route, here's my contribution.Rhubarb wrote:To the contrary. Exhibit A your honor:Tim wrote:Aero ain't beautiful.
Its even more beautiful live.
And here's mine, Exhibit B:
Yes, it's mine.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:38 pm
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:40 pm
Not talking about beauty there, I was questioning the concept of odd. It doesn't seem very "odd" at all to me (and most people I'd expect) for a bike to have a diamond frame and drop bars.DoubleSpeeded wrote:different standards and taste right?il padrone wrote: I'm really not sure what is so odd about a diamond-frame single speed bike with drop bars
Bog standard bike really, what I cut my teenage cycling teeth on (metaphorically speaking).
Not that I'm knocking on that bike....
But what may be beutiful to you... could look like 'dogs B@lls' to others
Beauty on the other hand, that's a different thing, and very much up to the beholder.
Re: Beautiful Bikes
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:42 pm
hmmm still cant decide whether the S-works looks better than the Trekg-boaf wrote:The red doesn't do it favours - but I do look at the Shiv with a rather envious eye.DoubleSpeeded wrote: i think its mainly the red and white colour that lets down the Shiv. THe trek looks beefy with the plastic Draft pack at the back
I think the 2014 model of Speed Concept range is out.
funny thing is... every manufacturer seems to bring out "the fastest bike in the world" or the "most aerodynamic"
in races theres only room for no#1 but i guess not in bike models and manufacturers
Like some people appreciate fast cars, I do the same with bikes.
Cancellara S-works
