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[Closed] Form over function...would you want to ride an ugly bike?

tpbiker · 2017-01-05T21:46:38Z

Well not exactly ugly but.. I just bought a Yeti ASCr and have been building it up over the hols. Its almost finished. Its been built up for longer days out and the odd marathon event and to compliment my trail bike. Thing is its almost finished and whilst the Yeti is a lovely lovely frame, and the forks and wheels I have for it work really well...I've managed to make it look bloody awful For a start theres the transmission. I have 1x11 on the trail bike and it looks nice and clean, but given my fitness and the fact that I much prefer to spin up hills I've opted for 2x11 on the Yeti. I can't get over how worse it looks. Secondly there are the tyres. This bike is going to be predominantly used on pretty tame trails, riding round pentlands etc etc. As such I went for XC tyres in 2.1 flavour. They didn't look that bad on my anthem 26er, but on this bike they look ridiculous. They may be fast, and I'm sure they'll provide all the grip I need, but it makes the bike look wimpy Lastly theres the amount of cables out front...it looks like a birds nest with 6 in total. That includes 2 x brakes, 2 x gears, 1x dropper, and the fork lockout. I'm thinking of removing this last one purely for asthetics purposes, but its something I actually use... So form or function, which to go for.. ps...no there are no pictures available at the mo pps...file this one under 'first world problems'

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epicyclo

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There's no point in obsessing about how an mtb looks.

They are all ugly until covered with a layer of encrusted mud.

Posted : 07/01/2017 7:16 pm

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