I'd be more concerned about what is actually keeping the steerer tube inside that head tubenotwal wrote:No you're right. That's ill conceived. Seat stays are wrong and the head tube arrangement could have been handled much better.familyguy wrote:Undecided on this one:
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"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:03 am
Bbbbbuuttt, it's a 'Dale MTB. Et tu Gumby?trailgumby wrote:These things are even uglier in the flesh...
The original Raven looked much sleeker.
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby CommuRider » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:34 am
It doesn't know if it is a 'bent or not.
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:43 am
Methinks we have a winner here... (You'll have to imagine the sticky puddle under the emoticon.)CommuRider wrote:Ford e-bike
It doesn't know if it is a 'bent or not.
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Marto » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:06 am
That one is fantastically ugly. I would say after market (user-imposed) ugly is trumping design ugly so far.familyguy wrote:Undecided on this one:
Here is one for design ugly:
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby ausrandoman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:18 am
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.trailgumby wrote:These things are even uglier in the flesh...
http://www.dilbert.com/2011-09-10/
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby ausrandoman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:21 am
Was that designed by H.R. Giger?Marto wrote:
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Could be.ausrandoman wrote:
Was that designed by H.R. Giger?
Here's one with wrong looking angles:
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby familyguy » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:44 am
Source: http://velospace.org/node/33558Marto wrote:That one is fantastically ugly. I would say after market (user-imposed) ugly is trumping design ugly so far.familyguy wrote:Undecided on this one:
All the takhion's look like that. A fine example of form follows function?
Source: http://velospace.org/node/10023
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Postby drubie » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:27 am
TT bikes are hideous. No Exceptions.
Concept bikes are hideous: No Exceptions.
Dual suspension bikes: mostly hideous.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby rkelsen » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:28 pm
What's going on there? It's a limo up front, and all business at the back.Marto wrote:Here's one with wrong looking angles:
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby notwal » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:15 pm
This one too has a nice consistency about it.Livetoride wrote:
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....
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Marto » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:28 pm
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.Livetoride wrote:
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby notwal » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:29 pm
Must have been a shock to discover what happens to pizzas when you transport them on their sidesCommuRider wrote:This (half) pizza delivery bike never really got off the ground
That's only second worst so far IMO.
Pure Clingon or bat bike? What an atrocity.ausrandoman wrote:Was that designed by H.R. Giger?Marto wrote:
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
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Marto » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:00 pm
Not a bad ideaCommuRider wrote:Are we going to have a poll? That Eastern European monstrosity - ahem - CEECO - is most definitely eyecatching.
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.
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CommuRider wrote:LTR is biased against folders
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:29 pm
I would like to retract that previous statement in light of Martos image of congealed vomit...Mulger bill wrote:Methinks we have a winner here... (You'll have to imagine the sticky puddle under the emoticon.)
Marto wrote:Here is one for design ugly:
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:40 pm
As for duallies, I care not about appearance once this is under me bum.
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby il padrone » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:15 pm
Been done beforerkelsen wrote:What's going on there? It's a limo up front, and all business at the back.Marto wrote:Here's one with wrong looking angles:
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Ugly Bikes
Postby il padrone » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:18 pm
That's no pizza delivery bike..... THIS is a pizza delivery bikeCommuRider wrote:This (half) pizza delivery bike never really got off the ground
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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