What's the most beautiful race bike, MTB or Road – no questions asked?

Baums FTW, but Cannondales a close second. Anyone posting a Pinarello is blind or psychologically damaged. FACT.

My favourite off-the-peg contender:

I’ve never seen so many stinking bikes in one thread.

man is this the ugliest race bike thread!!!

Road bikes just do nothing for me ;-/

Forever imprinted on my soul..

And forever under my ass..

Oh, all right. Engraved Ti loveliness. Not a sticker in sight. Never seen another in real life. Needs some newer blingy bits to make it a seriously blingy thing.

Bikebouy’s Klein defines a whole era of mountain biking. Beautiful.

you got enough stem spacers there ^^^?

that Merlin frame…..hmmmm

+1 for the look Roadbike ,however the look Mtb reminds me of a dog taking a $hit.

Bars have been dropped since I took that, I just have’t brought myself to cut the stem yet! 😳 It’s currently hibernating…

It’s the only bike I’ve ever owned that total strangers, with seemingly no interest in cycling have commented “nice bike”. Often.

Merlin… RIP

djaustin I like your bike so don’t take my comments as offensive.

For looks only, though I assume you use that I’d say
Nice proper road pillar instead of the mountain-bikey Easton.
For photos only remove the pump, saddle bag and light.
And I can’t bear to see a bike with a computer fitted, horrid ruins the lines.
And if that’s where you need the spacers then so be it, shame though.
Seen one at a show, very nice.

Parlee looks stunning

If it was about 2006, you probably saw mine. I bought it from Fatbirds after they’d built it up for the shows. I now can manage with one spacer, but to be honest, I’d have been better with the longer head tube of the more recent version. I just like the horizontal top tube.

If you look closely, you will see that it also sports Campagnolo Centaur in grey to match the Ti frame. Pedals will be replaced with white, and I’m seriously thinking Brooks leather bar tape and a Swallow saddle. Anyway, the finance controller has approved new wheels this spring 😀 .

that Merlin frame…..hmmmm

We had one of the very first Cielos they did, carbon tubes, ti lugs with all the intricate detailing. Looked fooking horrible IMO!

English Cycles is a good shout (C-Ls road bike link, less that clown bike), really like what Rob’s doing there, the integrated Exposure Flare mount is great!

Now that I like. What is it?

And the Niner again

hmmm, I thought about the Venge, and whilst it is AWESOME, it’s not quite beautiful

Very few look elegant! Some of those road bikes just look cheap tat, even though they’re carbon.

Understated is always the way to go. 🙂

resists posting up a pic of mine

Like all the swoopy carbon and technology, but for a roady this one…
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Or for a mountain bike, this one. Every time I look at it I have to go for a ride, it’s becoming a serious problem!
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A race bike… with a bell on it? Surely disqualification there.

Posting road bikes on Singletrack? Come on, you should all be ashamed… Go join Roadracer.com or some other shaven legged bollockx. 😉

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The Venge looks awesome from both angles, not usually a fan of carbon road bikes but that is a stiking design.

Obviously it should have white Onza porcs on it.

Cannondale do have some lovely bikes! For off-the-peg they’re hard to beat… Mind you. this is about $25k worth… 🙄

I protest my disqualification…

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And no more road bikes from me, promise!

I agree with theswede, that carbon v10 is lovely, surprised noones posted a jones.

That round bike actually made me shudder and be a little bit sick in my mouth…

DrP

i have always lusted after a klein attitude in the purple linear fade colour scheme (after seeing/picking up a fuselage at 1992 earls court bike expo 😯 😀 sums up my reaction to it 🙁 sums up my reaction when hearing how much it cost to buy 🙁
here’s a pic of the one i’m on about

all the mtb’s that look half decent are racey hardtails with rigid forks – mostly just a pair of drop bars away from looking really nice 😉

a klein attitude in the purple linear fade colour scheme

Drools over keyboard … apart from the yellow cable outer, which is a crime of heinous proportions.

Thanks to all the oldtimer classic bike fans! It’s like a history lesson – incredible! Check the Klein out, the Headtube is as wide as a 1.5″ now !! To me, one of the most beautiful bikes is this one underneath. It’s a one-off which adds to the exclusivity, and the story behind it, is worth a read-up if you don’t know it already. Built at home, Obree used a Washing Machine drum bearing for the BB…that’s sheer genius![/url]
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I have seen a nicer one in the past, but the owner has removed the pics. This is the closest I can come to what the original looked like:

Actually, scratch that, I found it!

And this one:

Brakes, what is that ti MTB? beautiful!!!

man is this the ugliest race bike thread!!!

Road bikes just do nothing for me ;-/

+1. these threads always turn out to be junk.