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This thread ended after the first Whyte PRST was posted.
Haha yeah, ugly as a badly loaded skip and creaky as a silvercross pram.
They were even worse when the ball joint started to get play...
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Aren't we all...
I'm afraid to ask, but is there a bigger picture and more info about that Trek? I suppose it's like reading those "worst ever disaster/murders" books - it's grim but fascinating.
I recall one of the team riders having his painted blue on one side, white on the other which caused a lot of confusion for the course marshals. As if it wasn't bad enough.
I haven't looked at this thread all day and now I'm back I realise I'd forgotten just how truly, sick makingly aesthetically catastrophic that thing really is. Sweet bloody jesus.
Dear God I was hoping no one would post a Whyte Preston.
I owned a Kirk Revolution too and I have a Orange 7+ but I would never buy something as ugly as those whytes.
I quietly sobbed when I saw the B 17 nominated. How could you! I remember buying one cira 1997 having done a "test ride" out the back of the shop which consisted of riding up and down a curb twice!!
Having carried out an exhaustive test, I bought the thing. It was a beauty and looked after me ever though it was totally taken for granted and never given any TLC!
LOL @ Bristolbiker - uncannily accurate on all points 😆
Not much info on them I'm afraid but [url= http://www.mtbr.com/mfr/trek/bike-full/1999-pro-issue-dh/PRD_349965_95crx.aspx ]CLICKY HERE[/url] for some MTBR reviews and find out what a magnificent animal it is.
I've only built it up and ridden it once round the woods many years ago as I couldn't find a rear brake adaptor, but I can confirm it is the stiffest/plushest bike I have ridden.... and also the heaviest! I'm pretty sure it also has the blue on one side, white on the other.
I have a few days off at the end of the week and probably have enough bits lying around to build it up. I will also post a series of large pics unless I receive considerable donations via Paypal gift. Email in profile 8)
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this is well up there in the ugly stakes, and all for only £5000
But do you own it. Read the rules at the start of the thread. 😉
they are fugly of course though.
These beautiful creations supposedly cost around £50,000!
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No i dont own it............... i can only dream!
Surprised a Jones didn't find it's way onto this thread earlier! I'll stand up, i have a Whyte E5
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I really like it, and wouldn't have considered it until i saw it in the 'flesh' By god, that trek is foul! pass the barf bag, i just clicked on the Jones link above, wow, hope the rider survived the crash...
excellent thread , the trek and whyte Preston win hands down. don't agree with the ellsworth being ugly and joey wrong with the above e5 ! I like it ..
*nothing not joey damn phone spell checker 🙂
Here's my old PRST4 (taken a few years ago after returning from a SPC)
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2. Because it rides much better than I can
strange that a 24seven DH hasnt been mentionned. I haven't got a picture of my old one, but here's a stock...
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i loved the bike, but i accept that it's made of the finest scaffolding
I'm not sure that that's really fugly - just extremely functional. It doesn't come close to the Trek or Whytes
Although the one in the pic isn't mine - I did used to have one, I'm afraid to say:
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And, I NEVER had one of these, but for some strange reason I always wanted one. Still do if I could find one that looked like this little beauty!:
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Whats that colourful thing? I want one and I want one right now.. 🙂
Corratec, or corrotec??
Edit, never seen one before but loads about and still making them, but sadly not in those colours..
Corratec - as raced by Jan Ostergaard in the late 90s
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I thought this was for fugly bikes.........that Corratec is stunning and I would love those wheels without the tyres!
RE: That Corratec. I still have my Grundig W/C T-shirts from Newnham in the mid-90's when that bike was the stuff of ([s]wet[/s]) dreams!!! 😉
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WTF is that saddle?!?! AND 2 steering dampers?!?! WTF????LOL!!!!! OMG!?!?!
Says it all, really.
+1 for the lovely Corratec! lol @ "joey"!
come on guys you should read the original post,,, it's only bikes you have owned and loved,,
My cousin got hold of a kirk magnesium road bike with a white frame
it was christened 'the fridge' 🙂 I always thought they were cool and at least they had a go at doing something original
it's the black marin that's ming
That Whyte E5 is NOT ugly
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She's a moose but I love her
That Whyte E5 is NOT ugly
You're right, its hideous.
And yes, didn't see the rules! Sorry 😀
Whyte PRST wins - ****ing horrid, and thats just the thought of 256 grit filled bushes.
Is it my imagination or did someone post a '06 Specialized Enduro on a fugly bikes thread...? How very foolish.
I've never owned a fugly bike so have nothing to contribute. Looks are everything.
They did, Demo 8 i can understand, but an enduro??
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This ugly enough? 🙂
Hmm, where's that vomiting smiley?
Here's a couple for you DezB
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Cheers, I think that covers it.
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well the news from my garage is the preston has now ditched the alfine setup in favor of a single speed one,, so he may make an appearence at the ssuk (not) race ,, or should i ride my very nice , light full rigid ragley td-1 ( how can i even mention that bike in this thread)
I will buy your Alfine for 5 new pounds