Forum menu
Best looking bikes
 

[Closed] Best looking bikes

Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I do like that nicholai!

+ 1! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 19/03/2015 7:45 pm
Posts: 417
Free Member
 

Quite like my own as well ๐Ÿ˜€
[img][url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15371579297_81c440a454_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/15371579297_81c440a454_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pqkmZg ]2014-09-06 14.43.51[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/120231558@N03/ ]rlockwood64[/url], on Flickr[/img]


 
Posted : 19/03/2015 8:55 pm
Posts: 87
Free Member
 

My Ti 456 has seen a few incarnations, but looking back I liked it like this

[URL= http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/01012012715.jp g" target="_blank">http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/01012012715.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

[URL= http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/01012012714.jp g" target="_blank">http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/01012012714.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]

[URL= http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/IMG_1400_zpsf2d000e6.jp g" target="_blank">http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/Turner5spot20/IMG_1400_zpsf2d000e6.jp g"/> [/IMG][/URL]


 
Posted : 19/03/2015 11:33 pm
Posts: 87
Free Member
 

To kudos100 what bike / frame is that?


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 12:09 am
Posts: 6
Free Member
 


To kudos100 what bike / frame is that?

[url= http://www.production-privee.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatID=1321476 ]Production Privee[/url]

Lovely thing.


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 2:51 am
Posts: 3382
Full Member
 

BMXs! they look the best. I don't like colours much either so to me any old Murdered out BMX looks way nicer than a ยฃ7k mtb.

Agree on BMX's, but too many look the same - murdered out = unimaginative. Also I hate a slammed saddle on a BMX, need at least a fist full of seatpost.

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 9:02 am
Posts: 6332
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]

That Nicolai ^^ looks good for a full susser.


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 10:18 am
Posts: 2811
Full Member
 

dirt review of the nomad: [url= http://dirtmountainbike.com/reviews/santa-cruz-nomad-review#9EWiXjBMlzD2SiMz.97 ]What makes it special or what standout features does the Nomad have that might warrant the hefty price tag? After much deliberation all I can think of is the paint job and the superb build quality on display. And for many riders that's enough[/url]


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 10:33 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I do like that nicholai!

Me too. I may have bought one.
Production Privees are nice, but that one above isn't a great example IMHO.
BMXs just look like childrens bikes to me.
That Nicolai ^^ looks good for a full susser.

It does but then it bloody well should considering the "money no object" build!!!


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 10:49 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

In its natural state...
[img] ?oh=f2ddbffc1264df92c1630db441be2130&oe=55B69EAC[/img]


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 12:10 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

murdered out = unimaginative.
Yeah, quite possibly. But a fully murdered out bike is actually quite a difficult achievement.
Also I hate a slammed saddle on a BMX, need at least a fist full of seatpost.
not a huge fan of the look myself either but notice even racers often run fully slammed saddles these days. I'm generally the oldest and only rider with a seatpost showing at my local skatepark. I happen to hate overly padded saddles on BMXs as well though. picky, eh?

BMXs just look like childrens bikes
Everyone I've ever actually heard say the above out loud (unless taking the piss) has been a very very dull human being.


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 12:54 pm
Posts: 9296
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 12:58 pm
Posts: 1470
Full Member
 

That Swarf in fresh goods today <3 <3


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 1:02 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Everyone I've ever actually heard say the above out loud (unless taking the piss) has been a very very dull human being.

I'm not sure you're best placed to judge to be honest.


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 1:40 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I've got an incredibly good eye for design/style/aesthetics. The key to a best looking bike is down to dimensions/sizes and balance.

Then it comes down to purpose and functionality. It's got to be made for a specific job; no compromises.

DT's bike, purpose: hook, line, and sinker transport.

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 1:53 pm
Posts: 2006
Free Member
 

Again YT Capra here , sop much so im hovering over one


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 2:08 pm
Posts: 10535
Full Member
 

Pics or it didn't happen!


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 2:17 pm
Posts: 2006
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]

This is the one for me , looks a lot of fun


 
Posted : 20/03/2015 8:07 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

dirt review of the nomad: What makes it special or what standout features does the Nomad have that might warrant the hefty price tag? After much deliberation all I can think of is the paint job and the superb build quality on display. And for many riders that's enough

Jones talks a lot of shit, his reviews read like the ravings of an illiterate mountain biking Russel Brand. His negative marks about the bike - that it seemed to bounce back and fourth a bit..... cuz the weight distribution is a bit wrong seem to have been made up out of thin air. The geometry isn't that far off anything else on the market, whilst the force/displacement curve is very similar to the Capra's so I can't see the rear driving the bike forward more. (Although the leverage ratio is quite different to the Capras - regressive/progressive vs linear for the Capra.... maybe this effects the damping?)

Anyway, everyone else seems to love the bike. Including these guys who rate it second only to the Sanction (it would have come first if it had been equiped with a BOS fork like the Sanction) - the YT didn't fare as well.

http://www.mtb-mag.com/en/comparative-test-15-enduro-bikes-back-to-back/

[img] [/img]

I'd quite like a YT but I've been hearing a lot of reports that they snap. So it's between the Giant Reign (probably out of stock when I have some money), the Sanction (probably rides great and seems bombproof, can't get past it's looks and I have a sneaking suspicion it's actually another heavy freeride bike) and the Nomad (freaking expensive).


 
Posted : 22/03/2015 3:57 pm
Posts: 23334
Free Member
 

I've heard that nomad review was the watered down version...


 
Posted : 22/03/2015 4:02 pm
Posts: 1522
Full Member
 

[img] [/img]
Nicolai 2MXTB

[img] [/img]
Brodie Holeshot Ti

[img] [/img]
GT performer 26"

That's my top 3.


 
Posted : 22/03/2015 6:43 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Reign and Mount Vision

[img] [/img]

[img] ?1389574923[/img]


 
Posted : 22/03/2015 6:47 pm
Posts: 942
Free Member
 

Wear matching turquoise gloves to get that Nico Rosberg feeling
[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 23/03/2015 1:37 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

That Reign color scheme is a little marmite for my tastes, saw one in the flesh the other day and in dam well nearly burnt my retina.


 
Posted : 23/03/2015 1:41 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I know what you mean stewartc. I'd only seen photos, and then saw one for real at Llandegla a couple of weeks back, and it looked just as good in my view, in a sort of muddy tequila sunrise way !


 
Posted : 23/03/2015 2:19 am
Posts: 9097
Full Member
 

All I learn from these threads is that some people like really ugly bikes. Especially when they've paid for them themselves.


 
Posted : 23/03/2015 11:09 am
Page 3 / 3