I would have thought that all that really matters is how does the bike/ fork combo perform

I would buy and ride an ugly bike (in fact I have) it wouldn’t bother me, but when asked I would concede it was ugly.

bowed-out downtube scares me a bit – looks like the wheel will come pretty close when a sus fork compresses. Presumably somebody’s measured it

Some bikes and cars look ugly in photos, when you see them in the flesh they are fine. The carbon 456 is a bit like that and I suspect this one will be the same.

A curvy frame can be nice, but that looks like it’s been melted.

I agree
DONK nowt wrong with an ugly bike if it rides well but that has gone too far for me to even consider I take back everything I said about it’s little brother itis the looker in that family

Lovely, looks awesome, want one (with gears though)!
Will match my 456c, and anyways, looks are subjective, you don’t see the thing when you are riding it and if you are that bothered about whether folk think your bike looks nice just put on the full face lid you undoubtedly have for canal tow paths and your anonymity will be preserved. 😉

horrible looking

Well sir, I don’t like it, and neither does my dog.

piedi di formaggio – Member

That reminds me a bit of that BMW bike from a few years back

Yup… Equally fugalicious

big_n_daft – Member

I would have thought that all that really matters is how does the bike/ fork combo perform

or do people stare at their bike as they ride along?/ sit in a cafe?
stare at bike while riding along – NO
stare at bike while sitting in cafe – YES 😳

Bloody awful, more like a Blind Mans Air Niner

New scandal=Replacement for my old scandal+some carbon forks 😀

I think it’s a nice looking bike. I’d definitely give it a razz around a forest to see if it’s worth buying one……

That bikes so ugly it evens makes me consider giving it to my wife tonight

Looks very nice, but I can’t see any rack or mudguard eyelets. All hybrids should have those, IMO.

If I had to buy a one geared hybrid, I would rather it be cheap, I’ve seen a lot worse.

I like it a lot. If I had the space for another bike, and could overcome my idealogical 29er aversion, I’d have one. The perfect aesthetic yin to my Soda’s yang.

doesn’t look much better in action (well the forks don’t at any rate)

Tunnelvision by wunnspeed, on Flickr

I need some eye bleach please.

It looks like a road racer, except that the front end has to be messed about with to accommodate a suspension fork. Look at pictures of Pinarello road racers for the fork shape. To my taste it’s be alright without the stem spacers, but I like it less than I like straight-tubed steel bikes.

It looks strange, in a stealth bomber kind of way. I like it though!

The new scandal looks yummy. Will it be for sale in that orange? As for the lurcher…. Not sure. Not really a fan of curved tubes 😕

reminds me of this