I now recognise that those of us with thoroughly inelegant but highly practical and dependable bikes need our own thread so as not to feel left out, having reprehensibly posted a picture of my ill-proportioned but much loved Trek in the other thread.
So let me start: here's the one I cobbled together for my girlfriend:
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Horrible forks, I know. The Claud Butler Pagan frame I found dumped in the street. It had been painted with some thick black uneven nastiness which I stripped off, hence the (mostly) bare aluminium. Note also the unmatched handlebar grips, shifters, brake levers, brakes and everything else. Unfortunately this was taken before I had to gaffa tape a stick to the rack to stop one of the panniers from catching in the spokes which contributes immeasurably to the effect of a bodged monstrosity.
The rear mudguard is made from a strip of an old tyre I butchered with a stanley knife. I also made a real effort to make sure that the cable ties clashed with each other and everything else.
Lets see some ugliness, people.
Wait.... That's a trike! And other than the spacers, I've seen plenty worse.
Oh oh, I have two ugly bikes not quite that bad but they arnt lookers. Will post pics in the morning.
Here's the stick bodge:
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I'm sure you'll agree that the plastic chainguard also contributes to the overall aesthetic je ne sais quoi.
Still, it coped with 4 weeks of Ghana's "roads" admirably.
Wow - that's bad. Reflectors still in place. V and disk brakes front and back still in place. Bars higher than saddle. Luggage rack. Helmet. Garden in tatters. Cheapo / pointless forks. Warts all over the bar / stem - or are they lights, etc. Still better than mine. And there's no way I'm posting a picture of mine!
Seeing as everyone else thinks its so ugly...
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I love it, but hey, who says I have any taste! 😉
Pictured here though with an even uglier beast belonging to my mate Jon...
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The "garden" is actually not bad considering all they have to work with is sand and dust.
Not sure what you mean about "V and disk brakes front and back still in place" - the frame isn't even V-brake compatible (though the wheels and forks clearly are). Also don't quite agree about the forks being "pointless" - the roads would probably have hurt more with rigid forks - but they are truly cheap and nasty. I'd probably rather have rigid forks for general use on balance.
Anyway, I'm not here to defend it, I'm here to see if anyone can out-ugly it. G'wan, lets see yours 🙂
My Dare... I love the effort that's gone into making it this horrible, there's no 2 angles anywhere on it that complement each other at all.
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The attention to detail on it is superb too, and somehow these little details manage to make the overall ugliness more absolute.
Pictured here though with an even uglier beast belonging to my mate Jon...
Is that other one a Pronghorn?
My Dare... I love the effort that's gone into making it this horrible, there's no 2 angles anywhere on it that complement each other at all.
Wouldn't say no to it though 😉
Is part of an inner tube protecting the chain-stay? That definitely scores points if so.
Ellsworth make some nice frames. That one, as you said, is not in that club.
they look ok ,why saying that "ugly" in the title !
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Made worse with gears
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Is that other one a Pronghorn?
This is, the day I picked it up:
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[/img]And I think it's gorgeous, so ner 😛
I'm assuming it would be less fugly in the correct size?
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I still miss my Eli - rode brilliantly, but cracked where they all did 🙁
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One of the current flock:
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highly practical and dependable bikes
Well it's never let me down...
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I always forget what brand mine is, what it needs is some bigger Trek decals.
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I'm assuming it would be less fugly in the correct size?
❓ It's a 20.5" frame... Is this some underhand, scandalous remark about it not being a 29er? Cos I think that [i]would[/i] make it fugly
Ah ha a pic thread I can contribute to
Reckoned this looked nice with black vanillas and finishing kit, this spec less so, note the seatpost not quite the same angle as seatube, destined to snap mid commute some months later, I shouldn't really do lightweight parts.
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Ooh look its replacement, niiiiice
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And finally the big one
mismatched everything check
3ft of seatpost check
valves/logos misaligned check
handle bars in different postcode to headtube check
uncut steerer (!) check
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Trek Y DH-pro issue
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and Nicola, she was ugly and a little over weight.
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*wonders if he could post the same pictures in this thread as well*
can't remember what yours was but quite a lot from that [i]other thread[/i] should be in here.*wonders if he could post the same pictures in this thread as well*
think the trek DH is just ahead of the pivot hell Whyte.
D0NK - there was a carbon 456 in there 😉
Tazzy to the forum!
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first ever mtb.
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tank cycles... some are quite pretty, some not. The latter one, i love and retch equally for
D0NK
uncut steerer (!) check
Apart from any aesthetic consideration, I'd be worried about giving myself a kidney-ectomy if I came off over the handlebars.
Donk, that was excellent. Particularly liked the last picture, with the bike leaning against a gate to more fully demonstrate the gatenicity* of the swingarm...
* Yes, that's a real word. Probably.
Surely RV has won this thread so far?
This feels like the day I accidentally clicked on a faces of death video. I'm changed.
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I win
rOcKeTdOg - can I ask about your frame bag? Who makes it, what do you think of it? Thanks. 🙂
trust c-g to think about handbags 😉
michaelmcc - MemberWouldn't say no to it though
Just became officially for sale... Frame, anyway.
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trust c-g to think about handbags
😆 @ tazzy
*should I post a pic of my non-beautiful bike?*
all your bikes are lovely c_g with normal sized wheels and sensible stuff, not the blinkin terrifying gop fest of munters that we have here.
stoner, where's the pic of your truss forked swamp donkey? I've put mine up 😀
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Turner Rail.
I loved it - but there were/are many haters.
i like that turner, it's similar to a sinister, build it strong let the fashionistas fall by the wayside with their fragile tat
Ugly bikes?
There's a big pile of them here.
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most of these look better than the bikes in the beautiful thread 😆
sofaking - Membermost of these* look better than the bikes in the beautiful thread
*Apart from the megauglycreakymaverick POS. 😆
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Well I like it............
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I can't see it when i'm on it...
Swampdonkey for tazz!
Will be on show in all it's fungible munificence at Real Ale Wobble this weekend 🙂
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When you open this thread it should play the X factor/Omen music in the background.
Some say this is ugly, but I love it and think it has a certain beauty 😀
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This on the other hand is definitely ugly, but cool nonetheless:
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And this is not the most attractive of bikes, but was great fun to ride (once I'd moved away from the alfine/hammerschmidt combo!)
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I hope I don't see that on saturday mornin when I'm hung over Stoner.
I think it'll make me gag. 😉
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Practical or ugly??? Well it works for me.
there'll be more [i]pressing[/i] things to look at on Saturday morning sweet cheeks. Come on, giz a cuddle 😛
Best thread in ages )
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Rode great, looked awkward and embarrassed for itself. Coyly hiding it's 50mm of spacers.. I liked like a pet dog with a case of mange.
Flashes - that frame and fork with different kit on it would be one of the prettiest bikes around? In fact I'd make you an offer but it looks safely a bit too small for me...
Stoner - I think that works, it has potential ugly duckling quality.
Nicola however, well it's not good is it? : )
Stoner - I think that works, it has potential ugly duckling quality
It aint getting any older! 😉
I just double-taked seeing that Maverick's seatpost ) nearly spat my beer... : )
psychle - did you do a piece for pinkbike on that Orange Alfine/Hammerschmidt bike - or did idream that....
Stoner.
If you don't want people to point and laugh at your mongobike just park it behind mine. They won't even notice it then. 😉
what with my svelte new idave physique, if I stand behind Sheldon, I might gain the same benefit 😉
The town hall could stand behind wokboy and look slim. 😆
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It aint getting any older!
so why the zimmer-frame holding it up?!
*claps*
so why the zimmer-frame holding it up?
it's a tuning fork of niche, once the vibrations get to a specific level of beardie (approximately 0.88 of a Jeff or an B flat minor if you tune by ear) the bike transforms into the most awsomist riding machine ever and eats gnarcorists for breakfast.
shit, Im a semitone flat. That'll be why I ride like a wheezing walrus.
Stoner I'll post you my lungs as long as I can borrow a liver that's not too booze sodden in return
*hic* not a fuggin chance.
Since your introduction to Gunns...well Im rarely sober.
I shall repay the favour on Friday night with a bottle of Wye Valley HPA 🙂
Thanks guys. I laughed so hard I cried. D0NK wins it for me.
Apart from the megauglycreakymaverick POS
i might chuck it on the back of the van and ride behind you all day on Sat 🙂
You'll only get a few miles before something falls off it. 😉
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: ) Niche expressed in units of Jeff.. like the roadie's unit of hardness, the Jens. A diamond is somewhere around 0.6 Jens.
Imagine if you could reach a full 1.0 JeffJens.. Could you ride Iditarod in your pants on ss half-fat monstercross bike?
: ) [s]Niche[/s] awsumness expressed in units of Jeff
That's more like it.
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speechless.