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1. BoardinBob - Member

   A little bit of sick in my mouth at the sight of this

   http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/specialized-fate-mountain-bike-launched-30447

   

   Posted 11 months ago #
2. yossarian - Member

   Special bike for a special person

   Posted 11 months ago #
3. Teetosugars - Member

   A little bit of sick in my mouth at the sight of this

   Yup.

   Can understand that...

   Its FUGLY...

   Almost make the On One Carbon 456 look good.

   Almost..

   Posted 11 months ago #
4. fadda - Member

   My c456 is gorgeous, i'll have you know.

   That thing, on the other hand...

   Posted 11 months ago #
5. buzz-lightyear - Member

   It gives the impression (to me) that geometry has been compromised to accommodate large wheels.

   Posted 11 months ago #
6. oldgit - Member

   S-Works?.....not in this case.

   Posted 11 months ago #
7. Mental Mickey - Member

   Proves it's not just men that care about having more inches.

   Posted 11 months ago #
8. alfabus - Member

   blurb on the link suggest geometry compromised to allow short people (women are people too) to ride clown bikes without banging their tootsies on the stupidly large front wheel (toe overlap).

   Posted 11 months ago #
9. forzafkawi - Member

   A Fate worse than death?

   Posted 11 months ago #
10. nixon_fiend - Member

    buzz-lightyear - Member
    It gives the impression (to me) that geometry has been compromised to accommodate large wheels.

    You can pretty much apply that to most 29ers

    650B all the way!

    Posted 11 months ago #
11. jontydewolfe - Member

    Looks ok... For a spesh

    Posted 11 months ago #
12. j_me - Member

    *Dry Boak

    Posted 11 months ago #
13. PeterPoddy - Member

    I've seen worse....

    

    Posted 11 months ago #
14. CaptainFlashheart - Member

    Mental Mickey - Member
    Proves it's not just men that care about having more niches.
    

    FTFY

    

    Posted 11 months ago #
15. 29erKeith - Member

    agghhhhh my eyes!!!!

    that's bloody awful looking
    and if you hadn't guessed I like my 29ers ^

    almost looks like one one of those stupid 36ers

    29inches where 29inches makes sense, not for the sake of please
    I think mine at least look in proportion to me and its self

    
    Niner Build by KeithHarris, on Flickr

    Posted 11 months ago #
16. Mental Mickey - Member

    CaptainFlashheart - Member
    Mental Mickey - Member
    Proves it's not just men that care about having more niches.
    FTFY

    Inches -> Niches

    I see what you did there.

    Posted 11 months ago #
17. CaptainFlashheart - Member

    That's why they pay me the big bucks on tour....

    

    Posted 11 months ago #
18. rOcKeTdOg - Member

    is it made of melted wellies?

    Posted 11 months ago #
19. tazzymtb - Member

    I like it and as long as it's as fast a hell, who cares if some lardy weekend warriors are offended by it.

    Posted 11 months ago #
20. topangarider - Member

    Without meaning to drag up the whole 'why 29er' thing again - that bike has blatently been built just for the sake of it! Who would buy a 15" one of those? Plonkers, thats who.

    29er Keith has is right - tall folk on 26ers look awkward, same as minime on a 29er - it's all about scale.

    And its fugly.

    Posted 11 months ago #
21. Elfinsafety - Member

    I've seen worse....

    What d'you have to go and do that for?

    

    Flashy; are you available for bar mitzvahs?

    Posted 11 months ago #
22. jameso - Member

    buzz-lightyear - Member
    It gives the impression (to me) that geometry has been compromised to accommodate large wheels

    or, to accommodate fixed fork design.

    Posted 11 months ago #
23. nicko74 - Member

    buzz-lightyear - Member

    It gives the impression (to me) that geometry has been compromised to accommodate large wheels.

    
    Well quite. There's a reason why kids' first bikes tend not to have 29" wheels, for example...

    Posted 11 months ago #

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