Good looking full suss bikes?

Even down to the fact that they’ve written ‘pull-shock’ on the rear triangle 🤮

They always did that, it was a reference to the linkage under the BB that is ‘pulled’ by the swingarm to actuate the shock, hence “pull shock”. I quite like old and new Ancilloti both aesthetically and functionally.

They always did that, it was a reference to the linkage under the BB that is ‘pulled’ by the swingarm to actuate the shock, hence “pull shock”. I quite like old and new Ancilloti both aesthetically and functionally.

I know what a pull shock is.

Writing it on the seat stays though is the equivalent of a ‘5 speed’, or ‘ABS’, or ‘Turbo’ badge on the back of a 1.3 Astra

Nice to log into STW for the first time in a few days and find out you own the worlds nicest looking FS 😉 

Writing it on the seat stays though is the equivalent of a ‘5 speed’, or ‘ABS’, or ‘Turbo’ badge on the back of a 1.3 Astra

I find it hard to fault for that alone, that’s pretty prevalent in mountain bikes (dw-link, fsr, etc.). They could have done it a bit less garishly, though.

I can never decide whether Ancelotti bikes look like amazing works of art, or remind me of cheap BSOs.

Maybe both can be true at the same time. The yellow stickers don’t help though.

Nice to log into STW for the first time in a few days and find out you own the worlds nicest looking FS 😉

Not with that bottle cage and light you don’t

The original Mojo SLR in liquid silver is still very pretty to my eyes.  The liquid silver highlights all the details of the carbon from the original topology optimisation which gave it its shape.  Lovely.  It’s one of the few 26ers which looks really right.  It also highlights how much internal routing really does tidy up a bikes lines.

Not with that bottle cage and light you don’t

You missed the saddle *puking emoji

Oh and the horrendous amount of dropper to collar out of the ST 😉

Q. Good looking full suss bikes?

A. No

You missed the saddle *puking emoji

My ladies bottom doesn’t care about aesthetics 😜

Oh and the horrendous amount of dropper to collar out of the ST 😉

My bikes suffer from this too

seat tubes designed for stumpy legged/long torso people, or those who wish to size up for more reach, mean its unlikely I’ll ever get a flush collar unless with a very long post on a straight seat tubed hardtail.

As a lanky person, the perceived beauty aspect is usually centred on a medium or large. XL or XXL bikes always look shite, in my opinion. It’s a funny thing.

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You missed the saddle *puking emoji

Saddle is fine. Valves not being lined up, however…

Not whatever messed up criteria people are judging everything else by.

Full suss bikes they think are good looking I’d imagine?

That modern Ancilloti looks decent to me tbf, as does the latest Transition to grace the thread. Pretty sure the Mojo looked ace at the time but the years (and geometry) have not been kind.

Can’t get on with the top section of the Cotic rear triangle, especially around the seat tube and shock. Looks like a BSO.

each their own

Yep, what a pointless thread.

i always loved the look of the ibis bow ti bike (i tried adding a pic but the pic link was weird when i tried to link it for some reason).

It’s a pity Ancilloti don’t have a UK presence – I tried & tried to buy one direct but they couldn’t be arsed to reply to either emails or Facebook messenger. The French dealer (Nini Adventure) had a stand at this year’s Megavalanche  & they’re just stunning in the flesh. The Nini guy was a real nice fella & would’ve bent over backwards for me. He did suggest a riding holiday near is HQ in Annecy whereby you could bring a bike from the UK, & return with a bike (that may be slightly more polished with yellow stickers), to help with post Brexit funding 😂.

Capra looks ok .. for a soul-less carbon CAD station product ; )

(more than OK I’d say.. quietly and off-record)

I think for me it boils down to two triangles with a nice unbroken line through the toptube and seat stays with a barely visible vertical shock and mount. So basically a steel or Ti HT 😂

That or something that resembles a grumpy tractor.

I don’t like it when extra bits are added to the triangles. That Capra could look alright without the shock basket.

Not with that bottle cage and light you don’t

I can beat that 🤡

Clown indeed 😂

For me anything with external cabling is a no no .

I do like the Santa cruz lines and the cleanliness of the Bold /Scott bikes  but like most the lines on the Transition Smuggler are one point  as are the colours. High pivot bikes  hurt my eyes. I think a lot of people are drawn to colours before style.

Just to pile on about that otherwise lovely looking Transition, doesn’t that hefty deore cassette go against the lightish nature of the bike.

I’ve always liked my Canfield, which for a 230mm travel DH bike with idler has simple lines and some nice bits of CNC. Anodised finish still looks good 15 years later as well.

@noeffsgiven sorry I should have gone for the higher spec build! As it is that bike cost more than my car 😅

As it is that bike cost more than my car

Yes… how it should be.

Fork needs to be boxxer red…

Those orange Fox forks have ruined so many nice bikes eh

DHO red…

Showing my age!

My antique Kona. Sadly stolen these many years.

I like the way the seat stays are where they’d be on a hardtail.

I like the straight tubes as well. It looks purposeful. Perhaps the mud helps. I have a Giant NRS now and it never looked right until it had some mud on it. Then it looked proper. It’ll never be as pretty as the Kona though.

I like the way the seat stays are where they’d be on an old fahioned hardtail.

FTFY 😉

It’s one of the few 26ers which looks really right

It really isn’t.

I think generally bike looks are more dependent on geo than wheel size, but on the whole I think 26ers looked better. 29ers too often look like they’re a tiny frame suspended between giant wheels.

Does depend a lot on frame size though, very large frames on 26″ wheels does look odd.

Big fan of the Spur.

29ers too often look like they’re a tiny frame suspended between giant wheels.

They did when they first started being a thing, not so much now. Most 29’ers tend to look well proportioned now I think

“ For me anything with external cabling is a no no”

Aha, so it’s all your fault!