I’m sure this has been done a bazillion times before….but

*runs off to sign up for a paid phase 1 potentially life threatening clinical trial*

Does it count if it only looks good from that angle? 🙂
Looks a little different from the side

I must admit, the lev and the renthal bars/stem needs to go…as do the purple pedals that don’t match the decals…that will satisfy my slightly autistic side. 😆

Also, the above is just a bad picture. 😛 I don’t know what you’re on about, I don’t usually like Santa Cruz’s but with the yellow wheels on, I’d be hard pressed to choose between this or Jennifer Lawrence. My head would explode.

I think it would look even better in the large size 😀

prefer the more subtle look myself…

Stealthmad by tomhoward379, on Flickr

If you’re going to blow 6 grand on a bike, why be subtle about it? 😛 The black ones look a little bit to much like a prototype motorbike that’s been blacked out for road tests to keep the journalists away!

So it matches the other one 8)

Untitled by tomhoward379, on Flickr

Well Tom, I know why your flat/house is so bare! I see you have your priorities in order! 😆

Not my house 😉

It certainly looks a little less ‘playskool’ in black I think, but then, all my bikes are stealth, too. Just need to find a way to properly black out the tyre logos and I will be happy.

[video]https://youtu.be/u6d8eKvegLI[/video]

Nahhh, the blue one has a WSBK/motorsport kind of look going on.

Orange Decals and Orange Wheels would be pretty cool = eg Gulf Racing. If you think otherwise then you are a blasphemer…..

This has been done recently . I remember Tom Howard’s upsidedown bread and electric toothbrush in the kitchen

😆

Drool…..

Mamadirts’ BMX with its wee Yankee accompaniment. Lovely wee bike!.

that santa cruz is waaaay #tooenduro

There is something about this that torques my stem bolts.

Mtb, something like this just looks right to me…

*runs off to sign up for a paid phase 1 potentially life threatening clinical trial*

Do it. I design them as part of my day job. I’m afraid expenses might just about cover the frame if you are lucky.

That Van Nic! 😯

firestarter – Member

Drool….

this is for sale….

(for the right price of course)

(railings not included)

Do it. I design them as part of my day job. I’m afraid expenses might just about cover the frame if you are lucky.

I’ve always figured that as someone at an early career stage in medical research, that I should probably be on the receiving end of it at some point anyway. For science and all that.

The one I’ve looked at will give me a grand left over after the frame. That’s the wheels and most of the fork covered. Then it would just be the drivetrain and finishing kit, I’d save a bit by going 1*10 instead.

Got an interview coming up with a well respected financial firm as well, so I might be tempted to ditch the science career for the time being until I decide I can be bothered with a PhD. Maybe I will be able to afford the bike without having to give myself an infectious disease for science! 🙂

Fingers crossed, I just printed out a photo of the bike and pinned it above my computer to help keep me focused on interview practice/revision. 🙂

ahwiles – has that bike frame been made from the railings?!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder n all that but I really admire my Stooge

That fatbike is cool in a utilitarian mad max/walking dead post apocalypse kind of way.

This is my favourite at the moment…which is why I’ve bought one.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder n all that but I really admire my Stooge

It truly is. I’m always amazed at the number of, imo, butt ugly bikes that appear in these threads. I think often it’s a case of ‘I own this, therefore it’s beautiful’.

So, apparently you can get the ohlins shock with the yellow spring valved for the Nomad. Ahem….there goes another non-existent 700 quid….cuz it’s yellow. 😆

Too much yellow?

Jeeze, I need to become a banker.

Open looks good. MTBs need suspension forks though.

Presumably the majority of people buy one for both form and function…so you would find it beautiful before buying it?

Oh totally, I can ride round the quirks of VPP bikes. 😆

I’m a magpie…

spectabilis – Member

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

It is, which is why I’ve tried to refrain from posting, but looking at that first Santa Cruz makes blood come out of my bottom.
That yellow simply does not go with the colour scheme of the frame.
Works with the pink and black wheels though.

It is, which is why I’ve tried to refrain from posting, but looking at that first Santa Cruz makes blood come out of my bottom.
That yellow simply does not go with the colour scheme of the frame.

Pah!

Nomad looks too much like a cheap toy in that colour scheme

Nomad looks too much like a cheap toy in that colour scheme

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZh_dfuqQUo[/video]

^^^^ Roughly my response to this 😛

Open looks good. MTBs need suspension forks though.

here you go, this time, its mine.

This bike is so good looking I can’t post a picture of it

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[/quote]This bike is so good looking I can’t post a picture of it

here you go, not my bag though.

I lean towards DH bikes when I think of good looking bikes. Can’t think of anything stunning at the minute though. This is pretty nice,