[Closed] Spot the difference

why? are they not the same bike biut separated by a few years?

The bottom one looks like it was build by engineers. The top one looks like the engineers let the designers have a go?

Bottom one's got funny shaped handlebars

Quite a lot of difference if you know what you are looking at.

enlighten us then al

the top one has no chain 😎

They are both bloody hideous looking crap. That much I can see.

And no pedals! Rubbish design.

...or pedals

the top one has no chain and pedals and prob the biggest error of all time................ his logo's dont match up on the tyres/rims ( plus the bottom one has an uppy downy fork thingy )

seriously though, monocoque construction vs. (welded) tube & casting, much lower shock mount.

Some of the lines are similar but there's [s]no[/s] few bikes in existence that don't resemble something else.

cruzheckler - Member
why? are they not the same bike biut separated by a few years?

Not at all the 'same' bike. The new San Andreas is quite possibly the fugliest thing I've ever seen. The Empire (1st pic) is just a lookalike.

[i]but there's few bikes in existence that don't resemble something else[/i]

Do I need to resurrect my "Do All Bikes Look the Same?" competition thread? 🙂

TBF the SA was way ahead of its time, monocoque, full suss and discs in the early 90s, it is owed a great debt by mtbing IMO.

I think that I actually prefer the look of the mountain cycles one. By that I mean that it makes me feel less ill.