[Closed] Best looking bikes

Does it count if it only looks good from that angle? 🙂
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I must admit, the lev and the renthal bars/stem needs to go...as do the purple pedals that don't match the decals...that will satisfy my slightly autistic side. 😆

Also, the above is just a bad picture. 😛 I don't know what you're on about, I don't usually like Santa Cruz's but with the yellow wheels on, I'd be hard pressed to choose between this or Jennifer Lawrence. My head would explode.

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I think it would look even better in the large size 😀

prefer the more subtle look myself...

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If you're going to blow 6 grand on a bike, why be subtle about it? 😛 The black ones look a little bit to much like a prototype motorbike that's been blacked out for road tests to keep the journalists away!

So it matches the other one 8)

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Well Tom, I know why your flat/house is so bare! I see you have your priorities in order! 😆

Not my house 😉

It certainly looks a little less 'playskool' in black I think, but then, all my bikes are stealth, too. Just need to find a way to properly black out the tyre logos and I will be happy.

Nahhh, the blue one has a WSBK/motorsport kind of look going on.

Orange Decals and Orange Wheels would be pretty cool = eg Gulf Racing. If you think otherwise then you are a blasphemer.....

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This has been done recently . I remember Tom Howard's upsidedown bread and electric toothbrush in the kitchen

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Mamadirts' BMX with its wee Yankee accompaniment. Lovely wee bike!.

that santa cruz is waaaay #tooenduro

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There is something about this that torques my stem bolts.

Mtb, something like this just looks right to me...

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*runs off to sign up for a paid phase 1 potentially life threatening clinical trial*

That Van Nic! 😯

firestarter - Member

Drool....

this is for sale....

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(for the right price of course)

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Do it. I design them as part of my day job. I'm afraid expenses might just about cover the frame if you are lucky.

I've always figured that as someone at an early career stage in medical research, that I should probably be on the receiving end of it at some point anyway. For science and all that.

The one I've looked at will give me a grand left over after the frame. That's the wheels and most of the fork covered. Then it would just be the drivetrain and finishing kit, I'd save a bit by going 1*10 instead.

Got an interview coming up with a well respected financial firm as well, so I might be tempted to ditch the science career for the time being until I decide I can be bothered with a PhD. Maybe I will be able to afford the bike without having to give myself an infectious disease for science! 🙂

Fingers crossed, I just printed out a photo of the bike and pinned it above my computer to help keep me focused on interview practice/revision. 🙂

ahwiles - has that bike frame been made from the railings?!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder n all that but I really admire my Stooge

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That fatbike is cool in a utilitarian mad max/walking dead post apocalypse kind of way.

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This is my favourite at the moment...which is why I've bought one.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder n all that but I really admire my Stooge

It truly is. I'm always amazed at the number of, imo, butt ugly bikes that appear in these threads. I think often it's a case of 'I own this, therefore it's beautiful'.

So, apparently you can get the ohlins shock with the yellow spring valved for the Nomad. Ahem....there goes another non-existent 700 quid....cuz it's yellow. 😆

Too much yellow?

Jeeze, I need to become a banker.

Open looks good. MTBs need suspension forks though.

Presumably the majority of people buy one for both form and function...so you would find it beautiful before buying it?

Oh totally, I can ride round the quirks of VPP bikes. 😆

I'm a magpie...

spectabilis - Member

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

It is, which is why I've tried to refrain from posting, but looking at that first Santa Cruz makes blood come out of my bottom.
That yellow simply does not go with the colour scheme of the frame.
Works with the pink and black wheels though.

It is, which is why I've tried to refrain from posting, but looking at that first Santa Cruz makes blood come out of my bottom.
That yellow simply does not go with the colour scheme of the frame.

Pah!

Nomad looks too much like a cheap toy in that colour scheme
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Nomad looks too much like a cheap toy in that colour scheme

^^^^ Roughly my response to this 😛

Open looks good. MTBs need suspension forks though.

here you go, this time, its mine.

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This bike is so good looking I can't post a picture of it

This bike is so good looking I can't post a picture of it

here you go, not my bag though.

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I lean towards DH bikes when I think of good looking bikes. Can't think of anything stunning at the minute though. This is pretty nice,
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Can I have one of these please .
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Thanks mashiehood

There is something very pleasing about these:

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Indyfab tend to tickle my fancy pretty reliably too, one day, one day.

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Shredder - what is that?

Looks like the rear stays are pencil thin!

The only truly good looking bikes are either hard tails or road bikes.

@matther01 [url= http://dirtmountainbike.com/longform/homemade-bikes-starling-cycles-bristol-uk#kJHxppeW2ZUT2err.97 ]Starling Cycles[/url]

From a pure simple form of bike, that starling is lovely.

This still looks good IMO

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(apart from the bent seatpost)

Same bike different colour. Hubba hubba

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Anything with rear suss is immediately disqualified.

I've got an incredibly good eye for design/style/aesthetics. The key to a best looking bike is down to dimensions/sizes and balance.

Then it comes down to purpose and functionality. It's got to be made for a specific job; no compromises. That rules out most of the bikes on this thread; and with good reason.

That Santa Cruz Bronson, it looks like it was designed around a colour scheme! The only thing it's missing is matching anodized headset and seat clamp. It doesnt surprise me though, afterall, their target market are the sort of people who have VW transporters with lowered suspension and alloy wheels (chavs?!)

It doesnt surprise me though, afterall, their target market are the sort of people who have VW transporters with lowered suspension and alloy wheels (chavs?!)

Don't think chavs can usually afford them, new rich maybe. Anyway, I like the color scheme - then again I like bright/complementary or slightly discordant colors.

I take my nomination back. Candodavid wins. By miles. Had forgotten about that.

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Nicely understated. Lovely.

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Obvs....

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No worse than that Morewood IMO

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Just coz I own one and love it 😀
Mind you it now has a black saddle,Reverb,and tyres brakes and wheels have been up graded.

A few on here might benefit from this 😀
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Tom_W1987 - Member
Don't think chavs can usually afford them, new rich maybe...

You're making the mistake of thinking that chavs are poor. They're not. The Range-Rover Evoque was specifically designed for Chavs.

DaveyT is right, it's a bike for chavs.

(Chavs love a logo)

Tom's BMX is the winner for me.
But then I am not as awesome as: [quote=davidtaylforth ]I've got an incredibly good eye for design/style/aesthetics.

I think this looks ok - a pity that I can't ride it hard enough to really do it justice.....

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This looks ok as well - and apparently I ride it better too, which is a bonus I suppose

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Yep like the look of Singulars not sure about that saddle or Wtf it's mounted to a dildo...

spectabilis - Member
Yep like the look of Singulars not sure about that saddle

It's just an SDG Bel-air, I like them - that's why it's on there.

'Dick Focks Common'

I bet that's a popular spot

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The key to a best looking bike is down to dimensions/sizes and balance.

Then it comes down to purpose and functionality. It's got to be made for a specific job; no compromises. That rules out most of the bikes on this thread; and with good reason.

He is right. It's why that Nicolai up there is so right. Form follows function and all that.

I like the clean lines and Tonka looks of my own bike 🙂

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It's all but impossible to make a good looking bike which has rear suspension and a rear mech imo

You're making the mistake of thinking that chavs are poor. They're not. The Range-Rover Evoque was specifically designed for Chavs.

DaveyT is right, it's a bike for chavs.

(Chavs love a logo)

Most bikes have a logo and you're buying into a brand image with almost all of them.

In fact, other than the fact that the Nomads VPP has a few quirks, I'm not sure you are buying into an image as much with a Santa Cruz/Giant/Specialized as you are buying from a company with actual racing engineering experience as opposed to YT who sponsor a load of freeriders.

I like understated raw hardtails, there is a time and a place for them. There's also a time and place for something fun, I assume you buy all your bikes in beige or black....because people might think you're a chav? 😛 Not everyone buys bikes based on what others think about them (wanting or not wanting to be seen as a chav).

Thought this was pretty nice - understated bling (well, as understated as you can be with a bright yellow shock)

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[i]I've got an incredibly good eye for design/style/aesthetics. [/i]

look out for my new book, "Modesty, and How I Achieved It" coming to a book-shop near you... 🙄

I like understated raw hardtails, there is a time and a place for them. There's also a time and place for something fun,

Hardtails aren't fun? Really? or was that a reference to 'fun colours'?

Tbh, I never thought it was about being a chav / anti-chav, however, purposely buying the brightest, most OTT paint job in the range certainly suggests an 'Everyone look at meeeee' attitude.

(Which might be a little bit chav) 😉

He is right. It's why that Nicolai up there is so right. Form follows function and all that.

Except most people buy Nicolais as they like the "industrial" form, completely forgetting that straight tubing has it's downsides and that swoopy hydroformed tubing or carbon actually has a function beyond it's aesthetics.

People who buy Nicolais are aesthetics whores to the same extent Santa Cruz buyers are.

Hardtails aren't fun? Really? or was that a reference to 'fun colours'?

Tbh, I never thought it was about being a chav / anti-chav, however, purposely buying the brightest, most OTT paint job in the range certainly suggests an 'Everyone look at meeeee' attitude.

Nahhh bright colors are just fun, some people might want them to big it up - I like them because they put a smile on my face.

Raw hardtails are fun to ride and pleasing to the eye, I wouldn't say the color scheme amuses me though. 😉

Anyway, most chav mobils are usually either chrome, matt black or white. 😀

Why people post pics of road bikes here I don't know.
I mean, they're all the same shape, just different colours. 🙄

Anyway, most chav mobils are usually either chrome, matt black or white.

Actually, looking at them has made that Santa cruz look positively understated!

As in cars not bikes, those Specialized bikes are a little/wayyyy to moto for my tastes. The rear bike is Gwins old Demo right? So it makes total sense it's styled like that.

Tom_W1987 - Member
Orange Decals and Orange Wheels would be pretty cool = eg Gulf Racing.

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See, that is how you do bright colors!

Lovely!

In regards to the Santa Cruz - short of respraying the frame, I'm thinking that removing the black decal on the underside of the frame in combination with orange decals and orange wheels would be the best option. Black everything else, perhaps a few more hints of orange could be added to the frame with a few more well placed decals.

I'm thinking that removing the black decal on the underside of the frame

Best of luck with that. IIRC it's paint, or at the very least, laquered over.

Best of luck with that. IIRC it's paint, or at the very least, laquered over.

Balls! Oh well. What about the side logos?