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surely the forks are in backwards or is it an experiment to make the industrys ugliest bike?
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Call me odd, but I quite like that
Those forks looked nice in the uninstalled pics but very wrong attached to a bike 😯
Call me odd, but I quite like that
You're odd.
That reminds me a bit of that BMW bike from a few years back
🙂
i was just a little bit sick in my mouth...
that bike is hideous!
There really is no excuse for that kind of thing.
It's a bike, I like bikes 🙂
Definitely not backwards (check the caliper position), just ugly...
The fork is the best-looking part of this bike.
Kinda odd,back end looks great sort of Whyte 19 looking front end not quite right its maybe a grower or should that be growler
Woah, that is one ugly bike/fork - I also don't like the way the downtube looks like it's sagging. A curvy frame can be nice, but that looks like it's been melted.
Still, if it rides well does it matter?
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Not quite as pretty as an Air 9 but not an “Ugly” bike just a bit different to the norm….
Ticks a few boxes: 29er, SS, Rigid, Carbon…
I like it… it’s obviously a “Poor Mans” Niner, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
On one are just trying to fill a market gap, surely the most important is how does it ride? Anyone?
It looks like a child's bike that's contracted elephantiasis. It just needs an Ickle Pickle basket on the front and some nice bold primary coloured graphics. Possibly with some flowers on
Ticks a few boxes: 29er, SS, Rigid, Carbon…
yep. Same here. All the things I would never ever ever consider paying good money for 😉
I can see why it's £1000 cheaper than an air nine. I think i will continue saving.
alaric - Member
Definitely not backwards (check the caliper position), just ugly...
check Cotic's steel forks
Definitely not backwards (check the caliper position)
Seen a Cotic roadrat?
It is minging though.
great minds, rocketdog!
I think they've made a mistake taking a non-painted frame - a decent paint job would help change the visible shape of the frame/fork and leave it looking a lot better.
The bit that jars for me is where the down tube joins the head tube box - there's a sharp crease that just looks wrong.
I don't have a problem with the rest of it.
(Note: I do own a carbon 456)
I would like to know how it rides.. it looks fast 🙂
I suppose if you buy your Niche machines only on looks alone then it’s probably not for you…
It’s simply a case of: same function + half the price + less pretty = “Function over fashion"…
To be fair Singletrack’s own review of the Air Nine effectively said, it’s a bike you buy based on it’s looks, to be useable on a daily basis you’d need to fit gears and a bouncy fork, which would ruin the aesthetic and half the original appeal of it…
At least with this OO you’d never think it was too pretty to change parts or flog it…
There's always a Scandal 29er (Cheaper and prettier)
Just looks different thats all. I like it!
Will be interesting to see what its like with a finish/decals on the frame, although to me it seems On One are struggling a bit with how to finish the carbon frames but then aesthetics never were their strong point.
I'd love to have a go as well. Bet its silly light.
My son struggles to come out with me when I am on my all black steel 29ner but he would probably leave home if one of those turned up! And I love all (nearly all) pedal machines....
At least I know my carbon 456 is definitely not the ugliest bike out there now.
Looked very nice in the frame only pic....
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Can't say I'm liking the full build in the OP
nuke - it's a different frame - the one at the top of the page is the 'lurcher' and is supposed to be less 'race specific' than the one you've shown.
As I said I think it woudl look better painted rather than in shiney black.
fork looks the same though
[i]nuke - it's a different frame[/i]
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Doesn't look a lot different though when built up...
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Looks OK, would need to change the red clamp and blue spacers, though.
Lurch more like, I thought my c456 was ugly but it's a looker compared to that.the one at the top of the page is the 'lurcher'
that fork's everywhere today, new Scandal prototype;
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check Cotic's steel forks
Learn something new every day...
I don't like SS.
I don't like 29ers.
I don't like bendy, swoopy frames.
I don't like rigid forks.
But I do like that. In fact, it's the only On-One I've ever remotely liked. I'm thoroughly confused.
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?
[swiss tony voice]
bikes are like women, big_n_daft.
It doesn't matter how they ride you still want one you're not embarassed to show your mates.
[/swiss tony voice]
big_n_daft - Member
I would have thought that all that really matters is how does the bike/ fork combo performor do people stare at their bike as they ride along?/ sit in a cafe?
You're new here, right? 😉
that fork's everywhere today, new Scandal prototype;
Yummy. My next bike mebbe.
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.I would have thought that all that really matters is how does the bike/ fork combo perform
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 - MemberThat reminds me a bit of that BMW bike from a few years back
Yup... Equally fugalicious
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big_n_daft - MemberI 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)
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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
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