Possibly the ugliest bike I've owned. The headshok was replaced with a lefty, which improved things a bit, but not much.
it was a great bike though. If it didn't eat rear dropout bushes I'd have kept it for longer and probably put some gravel bars on it. that would keep everyone away as they'll be busy vomiting into bins at the sight of it.
This just popped up in Instagram and I immediately thought "I know just the thread...". Not a fan of Pinarello wavy forks either, but this is an aesthetically displeasing triumph!
Not quite sure this is the best thread for this, but it's got to be a bit rogue to do bike packing on a BMX!
… with no brakes 🤯
at full compression on that pinarrello your hands will be level with the top of the tyre if riding in the drops.
for anything that is going to come close to bottoming out even a XC fork, I want (or need) some way of holding on hard enough. on a drop bar bike, thats the drops.
and the follow up point, how am I going to hit something hard enough to do aformentioned fork bottoming, with my hands that low and my arse that high?
and thats before we get to the non matching seat stays and the top tube that gets a bit lost on its journey from steerer to seat post.
@northwind to the forum please
WHAT? Oh yeah, this? Yeah I know, mismatched tyre brands, it's a sin.
Did you make the rear triangle in metalwork class?
I think your first mistake there is your concept of the word 'triagle' 😉
on that pinarrello...
I rather notice the humungous rear mech, the pointlessly purple solid chainring and the top tube hump meself. Gopping, as I heard a yoof say once.
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When geometry goes wrong!
… here’s one I spotted at work the other day. Happens to be my mate’s bike, but it could definitely score some points for the wheels and fork at least.
Fill your boots on this one.
I have no idea what I was thinking with that colour scheme (or the build TBH), but at least it was tougher than the tissue paper strength matt silver it came wit
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The angle of the brake levers on those bikes (and the saddle on the Zen), must have required some serious contortion to use!
This is probably love/hate.
Some people dislike matchy bling (fwiw I think it's cool) + added handguard nastiness.
Some people dislike matchy bling (fwiw I think it's cool) + added handguard nastiness.
Could just be the photo, but if not, extra points for Hope managing three different shades of orange across five components.
Handguards can get in the bin 👍
Red bike, tan walls, matchy to grips and saddle, massive cassette, tiny chainring, wireless seat post, modern geo, skinny tubed steel, big AXS mech.
Truly hideous.
"I applaud the effort to build a bike whose sole purpose seems to make Orange single pivot full bouncers look elegant.
[I love Orange single pivot full bouncers - got 3 downstairs but I love the fact they seem to make people froth at the mouth]"
Admittedly it does look a bit 'busy' at the back end.
But it was the most cost-effective way to get my hands on a bike built around my own ideas about what an all-rounder UK MTB ought to be. It rides REALLY well. There's a (quite big) bit of me that loves the fact its looks are Marmite - took it to BPW not long ago and spent the day inwardly giggling at how many drawn out 'WTF' stares it got from other riders.