Trafitional cotton cyclist caps look absolutely foul, and that's being polite. I work with a buck tooth danish guy who wears them and it is a sight I'll never quite forget. High brim helmets like the Specialized though look awful and see, a deliberate attempt to keep syclists socially excluded.
Here's an odd one. I like the look of gravel bikes in steel and carbon, but Ti ones all look the same to me , and not in a good way.
Here's an odd one. I like the look of gravel bikes in steel and carbon, but Ti ones all look the same to me , and not in a good way.
Yeah I've always thought that, a nice Ti bike is a lovely thing but there's too many of them now, and at the end of the day they're all just dull grey frames with black forks 😂
I do like it when they do one of those paint jobs that is raw Ti in parts and painted in parts.
Long, low, and slack bikes where the rider has slammed the seat as far forward as it will go (looking at you @GMBN). Go down a flipping size!
Long, low, and slack bikes where the rider has slammed the seat as far forward as it will go (looking at you @GMBN). Go down a flipping size!
That's about getting the riding position to be further forward on climbs so the front end doesn't lift (equiv of a steeper seatpost) rather than a fit thing per se.Â
I'll raise you with downward angled seats a la Chris Porter - I don't care how practical it is going uphill, it must be awful on the flat and just looks shite.
I'll raise you with downward angled seats a la Chris Porter - I don't care how practical it is going uphill, it must be awful on the flat and just looks shite.
There seemed to be a recent trend for doing similar on gravel and road bikes but I couldn't figure out how it wasn't torture, I imagine if you're light, putting out big watts AND pedalling high torque/low cadence everywhere, then you might not give yourself ulnar nerve damage.... 🙄Â
Oh, and it looked awful (staying on topic!)
Hmm...
Vertically mounted shocks.
Any pedal that's not black.
Tri-colour bikes, to my eyes the frame should be one colour (or design) and I'd prefer a single secondary colour for 'bits' black works best, but if you want an Orange stem, forks, bars etc fine, but I can't mix them and if I'm honest, if you're going to do that, a black frame works best because the parts you can't (or shouldn't) get in colour will need to be black.Â
Coloured fork lowers, RS Red or all the colours Fox have done. I hate the peachy orange, and the gold is appalling. The Green with gold flakes they do is nice in isolation, but you have to be really careful with frame colour so it doesn't look like a dogs dinner.Â
Kashima, I just don't like gold. It's gaudy, which rules out all the coloured Fox stuff for me anyway. I think the green lowers with black stanchions would look great.
I really struggle with the Spesh asymmetric frame braces.Â
I love tanwalls, but again, you have to have the right frame colour to go with them. Blue frame, tan walls and coloured parts... oh no.Â
**Obvs this is just personal preference, and doesn't represent a judgement of others tastes or the ability/performance of any of the stuff mentioned. Â
Any pedal that's not black.
Meh, silver are loads better for not getting beaten up. And look better on the right build - imo if course
Silver pedals look good on certain frames (solid colours like black, red, dark green, blue), along with a silver stem and silver hubs.
Also not a fan of coloured fork lowers, other than silver Pikes (again, only on certain frames).
Kashima would be nice if Fox could stick to one specific shade, but even then it would have to the Holy Trinity of Kashima for it to work aesthetically on a bike (forks, shock, dropper).
Long, low, and slack bikes where the rider has slammed the seat as far forward as it will go (looking at you @GMBN). Go down a flipping size!
It is quite likely the bike fits perfectly for it's intended purpose - descending.
But for winch and plummet riding with steep climbs (aka FOD where GMBN do a lot of filming) having the seat slammed forward makes sense.
Agree it looks shit, but riding a bike that is too small is far worse.Â
Exactly, it's not really sizing, it's effective seat tube angle. Some people like it steeper than a frame might be built with for steep climbing, and it doesn't affect reach when you're standing on the pedals.Â
And as a bonus, it helps a dropper work a bit more smoothly as your weight is more in line with the post.Â
Also not a fan of coloured fork lowers, other than silver Pikes (again, only on certain frames).
For some reason, I really don't like silver Pikes. But then, I have green Lyriks, so what do I know 🤣
Speaking of coloured fork lowers, Tommy C Hypes new bike, a bright pink orange stage with red zebs 🤢Â
Mind I suppose quite fitting for a bloke who spits everywhere on camera like its still 1996 and Gascoigne is still cool
Any pedal that's not black.
Meh, silver are loads better for not getting beaten up. And look better on the right build - imo if course
yeah im with you on this. silver is the colour for pedals because they dont look scratched, any anodaising including black quickly looks crap after riding somewhere rocky
components other than this should be black though.Â
only on frames that are white, grey or black will I accept coloured components can look good.
The Thomson set-back (i.e. bent) seatpost on my gravel bike..
components other than this should be black though.Â
Dunno, I got bored of all black components. Apart from the gaudy orange Hope stuff on my Kenevo (goes with the baby blue) most stuff I add to my bikes lately has been silver, not just pedals
I think coloured components can look good as long as you don’t go silly with them. My stem, hubs and two of the pivot bolts are a matching blue, everything else is black.Â
Whenever a new bike trend comes in, it takes me ages to get used to it. Things like super slack head angles, steep seat tube angles, 29" wheels to name a few.Â
I'm also not too keen on a few things that seem to be on newer bikes like:
- Downtube beer bellies, I understand it's to get a bottle in. Some are worse than others.
- Suspension pulley wheels so you end up with a high chainline.Â
- Dropped chainstays, especially when the rear of the bike is asymmetrical.Â
- Slack looking seat tubes
