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Good god, there are some ugly bikes on this thread (and this coming from someone who owns a couple of Knollys) 😆
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theres more...
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I love the lines of my Canyon but I'm biased
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I'm a big fan of the mondraker xc bike. The integrated stem looks lush in the flesh.
It looks like a constipated hyena.
That Breezer is perfect.
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Once built a customers Breezer up like that. Just gorgeous.
well the only m has been attached to meh....
beauty is really in the eye of the beholder. Saying that not sure how anyone could think those fat bikes with skinny tubes look anything other than wrong..
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Hipster Stig?
It looks like a constipated hyena.
ferrals - you have to be kidding, that looks like a Wildebeest taking a crap, never mind a dog!
Nah in the flesh it looks fast. Clearly not everyones cup of tea, but I see it more as a raging bull!
Beauties in the eye of the beholder though, I like the look of fast xc race bikes, hash-tag enduro bikes whith lokts of tavel and massive tyres look like cartoon representations of bikes to me.
It's just a shame those inverted RS forks are reputedly so rubbish!
Again I'm biased, but it might look better cos I used to have an Ellsworth!!.
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I guess this thread just goes to show how subjective and personal aesthetics can be. Personally, none of the bikes posted so far have really caught my eye, at least not in a good way. That Mondraker is certainly visually arresting, but it looks hunchbacked to me. The Demon Frameworks head tube works well as an impressive piece of metal sculpture, but I don't think I want or need a bike to look like that.
This makes me cry with desire
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ChrisL - Member
I guess this thread just goes to show how subjective and personal aesthetics can be...
My choice wasn't based on aesthetics, but on the nature of the bike.
A properly constructed laminated wood bike is definitely something I want to try out, ie [i]"Post some pics of bikes you'd like to swing a leg over!"[/i]
Aesthetic considerations aside, I'd really like to try out this 'Dirty Sixer' 36" wheel bike.
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A "Downduroed" 😆 and potentially slackened/custom geo Giant Reign Advanced
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Giant make nice, clean looking bikes these days.
+1 epicyclo
This thread is supposed to be about bikes you want to ride, not look at - init?
Is there anyone who wouldn't want a go on that wooden bike?
Lots of nostalgia here. At the risk of sounding like an old grump, bikes were prettier back in the day. These days seems to be more function over form, particularly when it comes to carbon. Back in the day, the opposite was true. Lots of stunning bikes, but not a patch on today's handling.
BTW Wookster - if you fancy scratching that itch, I am selling my Moots Psyclo X RSL disc........
Sola, thanks mate! But my Ritchley is doing the job at the moment! 😉
solarider - Member
Lots of nostalgia here. At the risk of sounding like an old grump, bikes were prettier back in the day.
I saved this pic from eBay a few years ago because it was a bike I thought was pretty. Does form and function pretty well IMO
1900 Laclede
Or maybe it's a modern gravel bike with relaxed "modern" trail geometry. Note the 2" tyres.
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^^ That is beautiful.