Best looking MTB

Prior to the mass rape of purple by Hope/Santa Cruz.

Still very happy with how this looks after a couple of years ownership.

Lovely to ride as well.

Thanks for rectifying my lazy post Cokie. I agree the direct stem accentuates its ‘bullish’ qualities but am utterly in love mate. Have always loved/ridden hardtails but this lal minx turned me. Bikes with longer stems already look gawky to me.

@Jobro How much does it weigh? That is a very good looking Mtb indeed! The tyres/rims just need a little more colour and then it would be spot on 😀

jobro – Member

Still very happy with how this looks after a couple of years ownership.

Lovely to ride as well.

Hmmmm, valve and tyre logos are aligned, fence doesn’t need painting, and the hedge looks reasonably well trimmed….aha, I’ve got it: wheel of trailer looks a bit rusty 😈

Nice bike btw.

This, but only really because mine should be arriving in a few days 😀 😀 😀

Otherwise, got to love English bikes.

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^^That’s rather nice 😀 ^^

Another Engin, his personal bike in fact. If I had the cash I have this exact same bike….but with 29er wheels.

Thanks for rectifying my lazy post Cokie. I agree the direct stem accentuates its ‘bullish’ qualities but am utterly in love mate. Have always loved/ridden hardtails but this lal minx turned me. Bikes with longer stems already look gawky to me.

I can’t comment to be honest, I posted an Orange Five 😆 !
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, etc. I think its the large stack height of the direct stem that offends me 😛

This but with some minimalist decals

Yup, the slightly less angular but simple looking current-version 5 compares well with the more complex-looking sussers these days. All black always suited it.

Has no one noticed that all the full suss bikes look exactly the same? Tubes bent in the same places, just different angles and derivations of the same style of computer drawn graphics.

Er, and the hardtails look more different from each other how? Different colours??
That’s just silly talk.

One of these, in this colour:

No idea why, but just love at first sight.

In true STW style, I’m going to suggest my own bike.

The best looking bikes are simple. The best looking bikes of all are probably fixies due to their having no cables or levers, derailleurs etc. They are good looking and have become fashion items for that reason.

The reason top end full-sus bikes crop up, is that people can’t distinguish between the ‘want’ instilled in them by marketing, and true aesthetic qualities.

But my bike is still the best…

Has no one noticed that all the full suss bikes look exactly the same?

No, because they don’t.

The reason top end full-sus bikes crop up, is that people can’t distinguish between the ‘want’ instilled in them by marketing, and true aesthetic qualities.

Don’t talk shite.

The reason top end full-sus bikes crop up, is that people can’t distinguish between the ‘want’ instilled in them by marketing, and true aesthetic qualities.

That’ll be those wicked “marketing people” again, manipulating poor Joe Public who can’t make his own decisions, and forcing him to buy something he actually hates.

What a load of bollocks.

Blimey, everyone’s a bit shirty today, and with being so close to Christmas I expected a bit more cheer!

I think I make a reasonable point. Do the latest generation Crossmax look much better than older generations ones. I think you’d be hard pushed to justify it. However, I bet in a poll, people would definitely say the newest generation look better. Perhaps it’s not entirely marketing, but people are drawn to new technology.

In my opinion that draw to technology doesn’t count as good aesthetics. This is a thread about what looks good, not what is desirable. All I was trying to point out what that a large number of the choices seem to be what people want, rather than what looks good.

Someone back me up….?

Someone back me up….?

I think all Crossmaxes look rubbish

Totally agree. From a purely aesthetic point of view rigid singlespeeds look better.

It wouldn’t make me ride one though.

Can people stop posting fat bikes and 29ers in anything smaller than XL please.

And SB66s, nice bikes but the angle of the shock in comparison to the top tube when viewed side on sorts of wrong.

All crossmax have been a bit Ming since they stopped the silver/ grey sx.

Someone back me up….?

I can’t.
I prefer the look of this;

And/or this;

Over this

Any day of the week. It’s not because I know they will be better to ride, or because mr Cruz or Mr Stanton has told me to. I just prefer it.
Some people prefer Lamborghinis to E types and vice versa. It’s not a lack of understanding or market conditioning, it’s personal taste.

You’re all wrong.
It’s these…

The Curtis in the third pic is ace – everywhere you look the build looks as if it’s all been carefully considered.

Weirdly, the background sets it off, too…

Makes everything else on this thread look puny!

suburbanreuben – Member

Makes everything else on this thread look puny! beautiful in comparison

FTFY

I have to admit to being strangely drawn to those giant monster truck tyres. Must be the same thing that made me want Tonka toys as a kid 😀

Nice Litevilles Ecky-Thump. They look predatory in your pic.

Makes everything else on this thread look puny!

The Elephant man of mountain bikes.

Nice Litevilles Ecky-Thump. They look predatory in your pic.

they go KOM-hunting in a pack 😆