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Posted : 13/01/2013 8:40 pm
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My current fav's

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Yup.

Yup.

Also the Tallboy C really tickles me


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 8:41 pm
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fizzcist those bikes are grim....like granny pron with added scat. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
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the attractiveness of a designers bike was proportional to the amount of sex they got.

with the general conclusion that Cy was a very tired man.

Presumably there was a bit of a drought while he was designing the Hemlock (I love how mine rides, but it does look like a trebuchet)

Two triangles is the way to go, but I do like the Trek Sawyer posted up the page. The standard fork's a bit weird and the very modern finishing kit is all wrong, mind.


 
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I'm devastated.

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At least its not sporting some matching fuddyduddymamil brown leather effect bar tape.

Don't let make it happen!


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 8:50 pm
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Ooh I've got a reet stiffy looking at all these ere' niners.

That yellow one looks proper light and stuff! duntet! ?!


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 8:57 pm
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Saw one of these at FoD on Friday and it looked properly nice....

http://www.pipedreamcycles.com/product/skyline-r931/

Need to save up lots of pennies though, and hope they can be convinced to do an XL size...


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 9:13 pm
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Having looked at all those posted...beauty is definately in the eye of the beholder!


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 9:39 pm
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Two that spring to mind

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Posted : 13/01/2013 9:49 pm
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This isn't mine, but ever since I've seen these I've wanted one based purely on how amazing they look:

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Posted : 13/01/2013 9:55 pm
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I'm torn by this one... think it might be the stormtrooper thing reminding me of my childhood:

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and this one has a retro futurism thing going on:
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Posted : 13/01/2013 10:04 pm
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Niners just look right ( I have one ๐Ÿ˜† )

Engins, luvlie..

But there are so many bespoke builders out there that this thread could get clogged up with pron.. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:07 pm
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^ yes jive, reminds me of some Hepworth sculpture

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The Kleins unfortunately, remind me of this

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Some people seem to be confused what a mountain bike is. It's easier to make a bicycle beautiful if it doesn't have to work off road?


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:09 pm
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Was just working through this thread and thinking 'good grief, no Kleins' when that post blew it.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:10 pm
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[img]"http://www.bike-magazin.de/test_technik/komplettbikes/enduro/einzeltest-liteville-301-mk-10/a12323.html"[/img][url= http://www.bike-magazin.de/test_technik/komplettbikes/enduro/einzeltest-liteville-301-mk-10/a12323.html ]liteville[/url]quite partial to the liteville 301

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I give up - how do you put images in posts here?


 
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Posted : 13/01/2013 10:18 pm
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Its a bike Jim, but not as we know it:

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also, this is without a doubt aesthetically pleasing:

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Posted : 13/01/2013 10:20 pm
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The Liteville looks right, until the suspension moves....
Doesn't bother me though, i seriously considered one


 
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Yum.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:23 pm
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@ M1llh0use - ta muchly!


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:28 pm
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and the thread-winner:

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And it bucks the trend by going for function over form and achieving none.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:29 pm
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Easy for me to say this, but:

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Posted : 13/01/2013 10:35 pm
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Alpine 160
Cotic Soul.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 10:40 pm
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I love the look of my Fat bike... I guess it's just how' I'd imagined a bike for off road fun would've looked like as a kid.. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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Posted : 13/01/2013 10:40 pm
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Cotic soul in orange.

Old kona HTs (which cy followed), especially the hei hei Ti.

For curvy new stuff the Ibis Mojo HD in white.

Quite like the flowy top tube of corratec HTs, which the OPs first and third pics followed, only to be ruined by having front ends looking like they've been crashed into a wall.


 
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I always loved the look of these so i decided to get one this year!!
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Posted : 13/01/2013 11:02 pm
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Well I think the thread is just about ready for...

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(well, people keep posting hideous bikes that they think look good, at least we can all agree this one's disgusting)


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:06 pm
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i like ellsworths even that dare! but then I'm a wrong'un


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:09 pm
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The innertube wrapped round the chainstay finishes it off nicely.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:10 pm
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This is like a rorschach test- anyone who looks at that bike and notices the innertube is obviously diseased.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:23 pm
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Probably not far wrong.


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:38 pm
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Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet....


 
Posted : 13/01/2013 11:43 pm
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A bike [b]cannot[/b] be aesthetically pleasing if it has:

Black seatpost, headset, pedals, bars, stem or rims. They should of course be polished or silver.
Any type of hydroforming (or ming-butting, which is the correct technical term).
An inline post.
Rear suspension.
A saddle, grips or cables in any colour other than black.
A suspension or dropper post.
A rear tyre wider than the front.

Come on folks, it's not rocket surgery, let's put a bit of effort in, eh?


 
Posted : 14/01/2013 12:05 am
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This made me buy my Soda


 
Posted : 14/01/2013 12:11 am
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Find myself lusting after the Swift lately. And find myself swooning at those Niner forks, it's only a fork.... but they are lovely.


 
Posted : 14/01/2013 12:18 am
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In true STW style I'm going to put forward my bike. I think it looks well nice!

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Could do with matching rims though I guess.


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 1:11 am
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i wouldn't normally like a bike with that much welding, but the proportions are right, so it looks great. silver helps. classy photo too.

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that frame and that fork don't belong together at all. look like they're from totally different bikes. imho.

and Rusty Spanner?

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your last point, yeah a bigger back tyre has this dragster thing going that's just wrong.


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 1:51 am
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