I've never ridden one of those Whytes, how do the forks compare with something intended for purpose?
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A rocker link longer than the forth bridge doesn't help matters 😆
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Hand crafted by a blind hobbit maybe?
It's not just the design of the Paperclip, it's also the spiel on the webpage.
http://www.geocities.com/sjodesign/
Made from aluminium the frame is light and beautifully balanced giving a more enjoyable ride. This balance coupled with the positive flex, which propels the bike forward with greater ease than a normal full suspension frame, has given me my ideal mountain bike.
Winning this should be easy. Just combine the two things responsible for the ugliest bikes ever in the world and combine them, search for biks of that nature and bob's your uncle, ugly bike ahoy.
so, google..... 'German' '29er' here we go.
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I've never ridden one of those Whytes, how do the forks compare with something intended for purpose?
think braking on a waterbed
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44 posts before someone uses the words shopping trolley to describe the look of a Jones.
STW ain't like it used to be. 🙄
Flatboy - I still want one of those Alpinestars
me too 😀
the girvin forks worked pretty well consider what else you could get.
yep i had some of the carbon ones on my bike for a while, they were really good despite some peculiar brake dive.
Had an Alpinestars raised chain stay bike though can't remember the model, bright yellow though. Great to ride and climbed well (Mind you I was thin and fast then). Had replacment frame as all welds cracked at head tube, seat tube, stay and top tube. Importer said we've not seen this before, had to remind the them that Tim Davis (Alpinestar Pro) had got through eight frames already. Sold it as soon as frame arrived.
That Nicolai is something to behold isn't it?
Hi Ade!
Sorry, but I think the PRST has a brutish charm about it! Pure engineers beauty!
Paul
I'm still refining that design me, you and Brant were looking at btw!..
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[i]Part[/i] of me thinks this is a good look.
Right then...
Please tell me you mean the hat?
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Samuri - You have to wonder why some one would build a purple single speed with lefty and red side walls.. but then you see the Garry Fisher name on the frame and it all just make sense and is no longer ugly.
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but check out his other creations
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WTF is that saddle?!?! AND 2 steering dampers?!?! WTF????LOL!!!!! OMG!?!?!
To stop the bars from spinning round either way/keep control I guess?
We were taling the other day- how come you dont see Ellsworth Jokers/Isis anymore? They all snapped?!!
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That forkless cruiser is odd, but not ugly. 🙂
I like that..
That forkless cruiser is odd, but not ugly.
WANT!
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Looks like someone got their frame broken on the plane, so decided to build the bike up using the bike box. And forgot to put a chain on it.
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LOL @ Darell
How far down Spooky Wood do you think you could get on the forkless crusier ? Could it do the red downhill at fort bill ?
full suss clown bike
quality 😆
How far down Spooky Wood do you think you could get on the forkless crusier ? Could it do the red downhill at fort bill ?
i doubt some of the "mountainbikes" on here could either
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google..... 'German' '29er' here we go
PMSL! Classic!
😀
singlespeedstu - Member
44 posts before someone uses the words shopping trolley to describe the look of a Jones.STW ain't like it used to be.
Just what I was thinking Stu
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Some of Sheldon Brown's work was a bit minging. He came up with a Karate Monkey with 2 lots of everything once.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/surly-rohloff/pages/1-rightside.html
ahhhhhhh my eyes, take it away
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The Whyte PRST-4 can't be the ugliest
The PRST-1 is worse:
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awesome some really ugly bikes
james i actualy prefer the preston 1 swinging arm to the look of the jw4
the jw4 one seems to look to heavy ,,,, not too sure about your hose routing for the rear brake
it's great to see an early preston still being used,, my geared preston one has the same set up straight bars with bar ends
they are ugly stunning in that unconventional way,, not to everyones taste like Drew Barrymore that is drew not michael
Having seen a Ellsworth dare in the flesh imo they are very nice bikes,owned a Cannondale super V and remember when Proflex first came out how I wanted the 959.
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I really like K2, Proflex, Whyte Preston and the Scotts. Should I seek help?
I rode one of the PRST1 prototypes at Cheddar when it was doing the rounds (I think Dave Hemming was still the rep for ATB back then), the lads had a railway sleeper on the ground and where encouraging people to ride over it to show how plush the fork was. It worked for me, I ordered one next week, also had a PRST4 which was a better bike to ride due to the better back end.
Dibbs i was there working with Dave,, glad you liked the demo imagine trying that on any tele fork
StuE has found the winner
