Beautiful Bikes

[Lukeyboy]

Those new BH TT bikes look the part. Needs some work on the seat though...

[singlespeedscott]

Those new BH TT bikes look the part. Needs some work on the seat though...

I think you put that in the wrong thread Luke

[Lukeyboy]

Haha. Fix up the seat and a change of bars and it would be a pretty sweet bike. It would be one of those bikes that looks better in person than on a computer screen.

[The 2nd Womble]

That's the home dentistry equivalent to the bicycle.

[Mulger bill]

That's the home dentistry equivalent to the bicycle.

Spat me tea...

[DoubleSpeeded]

might not be everybody's taste, but I like this:

yeh, Zipp came up with a similar bike at some point.

[il padrone]

The concept goes back a long time.







I do not rate any of these as beautiful bikes

[ldrcycles]

The concept goes back a long time.

But i'd say it shows the difference between concept and execution, the softride and y-foil look awkward to me, whereas the falco just gets it right.

[DoubleSpeeded]

The concept goes back a long time.


I do not rate any of these as beautiful bikes

same

[The 2nd Womble]

Guys this is the Beautiful Bikes thread. No place for munters here.

[Mulger bill]

That Zipp (nothing, not even Sheldons ghost could make me repost that pic) What The???
SPuDs, a saddle stolen from a German "bike ballet" machine and the stem higher than Cheech and Chong on a good day.

I can accept ugly if it fills the "purposeful" mould nicely (See Giant Trinity) but you couldn't pay me enough to make me to go berko on THAT with an angle grinder...

[The 2nd Womble]

That Zipp (nothing, not even Sheldons ghost could make me repost that pic) What The???
SPuDs, a saddle stolen from a German "bike ballet" machine and the stem higher than Cheech and Chong on a good day.

I can accept ugly if it fills the "purposeful" mould nicely (See Giant Trinity) but you couldn't pay me enough to make me to go berko on THAT with an angle grinder...

Triathletes loved it.
1) It looks hideous. Ugly bikes get more broadcast coverage on the lava fields of Kona.
2) It had numbers for a name.
3) At the time it was easily light enough to throw on the concrete in the transition area (and looking like that who'd notice any difference?).
3) It was as expensive as anything else out there.
It ticked all the boxes.

[DoubleSpeeded]

That Zipp (nothing, not even Sheldons ghost could make me repost that pic) What The???
SPuDs, a saddle stolen from a German "bike ballet" machine and the stem higher than Cheech and Chong on a good day.

I can accept ugly if it fills the "purposeful" mould nicely (See Giant Trinity) but you couldn't pay me enough to make me to go berko on THAT with an angle grinder...

Triathletes loved it.
1) It looks hideous. Ugly bikes get more broadcast coverage on the lava fields of Kona.
2) It had numbers for a name.
3) At the time it was easily light enough to throw on the concrete in the transition area (and looking like that who'd notice any difference?).
3) It was as expensive as anything else out there.
It ticked all the boxes.

Lol Mulger doesn't prefer Tri bikes... he prefers vintage bicycles from Europe that look like something out of the Mary Poppins film

yeh
Basically it has been said:

"they are still considered one of the fastest time trial frames ever made" , Interestingly, despite 7 years of development after Zipps were shut down, it still seems that there are few or no frames as fast as a Zipp

[il padrone]

Classic from the 50s-80s - the Raleigh Roadster







Pashley's modern interpretation of the roadster - the Sovereign.

[munga]

the falco looks like the free bike you get when you buy a lamborghini aventador

[il padrone]

Slick! This is more like the Lamborghini of bikes

[cyclotaur]

Thread title now completely ironic.


Sent from my iPhinger ...

[il padrone]

Thread title now completely ironic.

I know that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' but I find it really strange how some seem to be so one-eyed.

I can see beauty in many bikes, including those that I do not ride, nor even wish to ride. A bike that is built with quality, works well to perform its design function, and is broadly comfortable to ride is something that I believe has intrinsic beauty. Heck, even though I loath the TT/Triathlon bikes, and some of the anonymous, repetitive-design carbon road bikes, I can still see some basic beauty in many of them.

[ldrcycles]

Pashley's modern interpretation of the roadster - the Sovereign.

Or better still, the Guvnor.




And one that's very high on my want-to-own list, the Dawes Clubman.

[DoubleSpeeded]

Slick! This is more like the Lamborghini of bikes

yeh, a and "lamborghini" up-hill too?

[il padrone]

Like I said earlier, fit for purpose and likely to excel at that.

I think your carbon wunderbike Falco is going to be really crap at carrying my 25kg of camping gear across the high country gravel roads. So what? Horse for courses.

[il padrone]

Pashley's modern interpretation of the roadster - the Sovereign.

Or better still, the Guvnor.

Personally I don't actually like the look of the Guv'nor very much - seems all too gangly and limiting. I prefer the classic style and thorough all-weather equipment of the Sovereign.

That Dawes Clubman is really nice though.

[DoubleSpeeded]

Like I said earlier, fit for purpose and likely to excel at that.

I think your carbon wunderbike Falco is going to be really crap at carrying my 25kg of camping gear across the high country gravel roads. So what? Horse for courses.

true

carbon aero bike doesnt do well carrying a Mary Poppin's basket either








im wondering where does the Umbrella go?

[il padrone]

There are a couple of beautiful bikes there as well Pashley Princess Sovereigns I think.

London Tweed Ride.

[DoubleSpeeded]

There are a couple of beautiful bikes there as well Pashley Princess Sovereigns I think.

London Tweed Ride.

seems like the basket, is a popular trend.. it must add swag, to it

(its funny you PM me but disabled your PM options..... dunno what your trying to gain out of that dude..... )