[Closed] Fugly bikes pic thread

holy mother of god, i'd forgotten how ugly they were 😯

isn't it just...

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[s]Cannondale Super V 3000[/s]

Read the OP 🙁

Sorry its horrible but I didn't own it - FAIL

And loving the Panaracer magic tyres - i had a set of those.

I used to sell the Cannondales - easy to sell despite them being fugly - guess it was the 'different' looks that attracted people to them...

Awww, Rich, and I was going to give you bonus points for the gum coloured tyres too!

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yes it has a big fugly/gumpy rocker, but it does ride fantastically well

i think i will wait a couple of days before producing my top trump card

Ah, c'mon bring it out now...

is it a Whyte?

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The mighty Big Dummy. Because chicks dig it*. And because it can carry all sorts of things. Still hideous. 🙂

* in theory, in practice their enthusiasm doesn't blow me away.

There's no way that Elsworth should be allowed on this thread.

Sunn Crosss rigid singlespeed.

Ugly points:
Built in crudguard
Yellow paint with red anodised bits
Mary bars that are actually pink rather than the red I wanted
Odd cross pattern wheels
Glow-in-the-dark grips

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It looks better in the flesh - honestly (though only by a bit!)

It rides & handles excellently, stops on a dime, and climbs like a bas**rd......and keeps on going whatever gets thrown at it.

this isnt my top top trump card , but i could come close to winning with this,

ladies and gentlemen meet my very early Marin,, mount vision,, in single speed,, we came 111th in the ss worlds in 2001 ,

it's paint job is hazard tape from work , it sports fetching answer riser bars with bar ends and orange grips,

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Put this up on the Frankenbike too. Had to sell my 456 and bought this as a very cheap replacement. Now has non matching wheels, it has double+ bash at the front with mech and shifter still attached, although it only works on the bigger ring. Does occasionally get suspension forks, bigger tyres and gears but it spends most of its time like this for commuting. Had a big crash last week and I just need to clean the blood off and "good as new".

It is pretty heavy even as rigid SS, but good fun to ride. Although it is rated for 5" forks it doesnt feel right at 130mm, much better at 100mm

stooo - Member

There's no way that Elsworth should be allowed on this thread.

yep agreed 😡

A mate has an Elsworth with triple clamps and that is fugly ,it's blue and looks like a Halfrauds special

WTF is that tensioner on the marin doing there--->

That Marin and the Sunn appeared while I was typing - not sure mine is Fugly enough!
I will eventually try and make it look a bit better, but not entirely sure where to start

not sure if mine is up with some of that top totty but fugly is the only way to describe it

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I really liked my Super V and thought it rode nice. How opinions differ 🙂

bigyinn it's a very old skool sunn dh thing ,, a normal ss tensioner doesnt pull enough chain to take into account the difference in chain length between full topped out and fully compressed 17mm i think,

i could have put a rear mech on but didnt like the look

hmmm... are my bikes fugly or not?... do I admit it and post them for derision, or defend their honour and refrain?...

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epicyclo i actualy like that,, it's a great solution to belt drive niggles, but,, there always is a but you must have the longest hose in the world on those front maguras

it's too nice for this thread!

Is that a B-twin Epicyclo? Loving your experimentation, how's the recumbent "thing" going?

Anyhoo... here are my fugly bikes (in the opinion of some, personally I like the looks of them all!) Which will be voted the fugliest I wonder?

Bow-ti
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Orange Frankenbike
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Indy-Fab 69'er
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epicyclo wins, with extra kudos for stupendous front hose!

ok here it is my top trump ugly bike,,,, ta da it's preston

some of you maynot have had the pleasure before,,

he has a 24" front wheel and 26" rear a 64er? single speed in this picture but more recently with a alfine 8 speed set up

you can see he is the love child of my old marin ss bike

matt grey paint with banksy style graphics,,

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Dear mother of god, that is bad...

What .. no pictures of the new On One carbon yet ??
That is well fugly !!

Pmsl! Ade that is truly awful lol. It shouldve been smelted down at birth 🙂

ade ward, thats just confusing to look at

i wouldn't ride that thing into battle...

Ade, why the small front wheel?

(like that's the only thing wrong with it!)

ade ward always liked the preston but glad i never owned one yours looks as though it has had a shunt up front hope it handles better than it looks 😕

i actually really like that orange frankenbike, is that an alfine of the back or just ss?

I love Preston. Just think, a slight deviation in the evolutionary road and we could have all ended up riding bikes like that. Well, maybe not quite like that.

I'm with Tazzymtb re the elsworth - it mings. I'm sure it rides well, but boy is it a case of function over form.

It's fair to say that most of the bikes I've owned have looked a bit grim due to their gateishness, but this is the one that has drawn the most criticism aesthetically.

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looks much nicer with the sticers on, strangely.

I think ade is comfortably in the lead atm...

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My old Preston. I loved that bike, because it was different. People would stop me and ask about it, which no one does on my 'normal' bikes

Rode nice too, anyone that said they were crap hadn't ridden one IMO

Admit it, Kato, they were pointing and laughing...! All well with you, old chap? Must try and dig out your email....!

I rode one (not mine I hasten to add). Nice enough but funny on hard cornering (where it seemed to fight against you
if you hit a bump) I found and nothing to make up for the way it looks 😉

the 24 " front wheel was to get more weight on the front,, i thought the production bike didnt handle as well as the first two prototypes,,
it seemed to understeer and i was loosing the front end a lot at mid corner,,
the easyest way to get more weight on the front was to drop the front so i just put a smaller wheel on it,, it was so much better,
turns in realy well ,,

poor preston was never pretty ,, it;s a shame it didnt get a redesign i still think the design has a lot of merits ,, it could have been great with carbon legs , wishbone and cnc'd links,,

poor preston was never pretty ,, it;s a shame it didnt get a redesign

If Mr Whyte had remained, I think it might have done.

All good Flash, have popped my email in my profile for you. Drop me a line and we'll met for a beer. Bring the dog, he's got an eye for the ladies

Dog RIP, Kato 🙁 ....but beer a plan! Will email shortly...!

If Mr Whyte had remained, I think it might have done

no he was put to sleep before Jon left Marin/whyte apart from the quad rear end nothing changed from the first production bikes ,, shame as i thought there was a lot more to come hence the small front wheel

ooops! Foot in mouth there, but it shows how long it's been since I've seen you. Ah ha, an email

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I had an old 1994 Green Halfords Carrera - rode like and looked like a dog 😉

the ellsworth and that belt drive bike are too sweet for this thread (ignoring the brake hose).

Ade Ward's efforts smack of too much wilful effort to create a gopping bike, rather than one that just ended up like that (though Mr Whyte also gave him a head start) 😀

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This one isn't mine but I owned one. I liked it back then, when 3.5 inches of travel was classed as a DH bike.

Ellsworth Epiphany - the biking equivalent of Kylie sporting a beard. Nearly so beautiful but [i]ruined[/i] by that gawping great big linkage

not mine or MTBR

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i sort of like it in a ugly way

I like that Chumba. I like it a lot...

[edit] the front looks droopy, like it's hanging it's head in shame.

my recently retired Mong

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ooops didn't read the rules... 😕

*chortles at "mong"*

I love the thinking behind the suspension, but the execution reminds me of a Tate Modern sculpture gone hideously wrong.

I have always wanted a bike like Ade's. I think it's beautiful - form follows function. It's the only way you could convince me to have a full sus bike.

Also there's no way a Bow-Ti is ugly. Even if you painted it with Manga graphics 🙂

My latest creation isn't all that pretty but it's very popular 🙂

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From this ...
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... to this ...
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... as it morphed to a commuter. Bit of a waste of the frame TBH but it allows me to tackle the challenges of London's towpaths fearlessly and manfully. Fleegles now replaced by boring risers.

psychle - Member

Orange Frankenbike

it's bad enough seeing that bike in the mag, let alone on the forum...

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On eBay from Monday.
Form an orderly queue.
A Works Special - whatever that meant at the time.

I'm afraid this is fugly without the f. Frame remains buried in my garage 8)
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My eyes are bleeding now.

My latest creation isn't all that pretty but it's very popular

,,,, wrong side of road is a bit worrying but kev is obviously in bed

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Monster-cross-tastic, ON/OFF road commuter .. speed from the rear, cush from the front - great fun! Except the roadie campy cranks - flexy as fuq under power

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Jeezus H. Christ fella, there's limits y'know.

Ginger hair AND a ginger beard? That's scandalous...

not just ginger hair .. ginger dreads! O my Jah!

nixon_fiend

ps v fugly

Woody's winning.

Here's my Maverick, with looks only an owner could love...

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It's my 2nd Maverick, and personally I absolutely adore them. I rode one years ago, when they were still fairly new on the scene (about 2003) and thought they looked a bit odd. But to ride it was to be in awe of its ability, and the looks began to grow on me.

Most people hate them, but to me they're a design classic.

mboy - sorry, but for me, that takes the win. Most of the previous bikes have had a quirky or interesting quality (with a few exceptions) but that just plumbs the depths of fugliness.

It's the way it bulges out in unexpected places and bends in all the wrong places too.

And I say this as an ex owner of a Halfrauds GT i-Drive.

The Sanity Assassin - Member
Jeezus H. Christ fella, there's limits y'know.
Ginger hair AND a ginger beard? That's scandalous...

The Maverick is nice!

I've always thought of ellsworths and mavericks as a bit like a fat lass, great fun to ride until your mates see you with one

Ive also owned a new shape Marin munter vision (ugly as sin and a bit crap to ride)
A sinisiter splinter (redneck engineering at it's best and another case of function over form)
A felt virtue (super quick, gumpy rockers with added red bits! did go up hill over technical rocky stuff like a doped roadie though)

oh and I love 29ers.....someone fetch me my white stick and dog 😀

This is my wifes bike. An old Kona Roast stripped and left bare with 24" wheels for extra stability. Im not entirely sure why I have an XTR mech on her bike and only a Deore on mine tho?

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This was my baby back in 1992, Kurk Revolution Magnesium:

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After the 2nd frame snapped the head tube off I sold out and bought a Marin 😉

Well here's one for debate.

In 1997 I got a Marin DH-FRS frame (same as the Marin B17 of that year) - 6" travel at the back but I mated it to a set of Pace RC36s with 80mm travel. It originally had a pearlescent white front 'triangle' and a mango swingarm which really looked awful so I stripped the paint off the swingarm and repainted the front as below. I could never decide whether it was ugly or industrial (though I have an inkling which was this thread will go 😉 ) but I quite liked riding it despite the fact that the travel was so mismatched. In fact I did rather well on it at some enduro type events back then.

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oh! oh! can I play!!

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That's not really fugly though - just a bit chunky.

I think Woodys Trek is so ugly people are afraid to discuss it and are going off topic a bit.

Seriously people, that is the most appalling bike I have ever seen. We now need some sort of support group to help people who have seen the picture. 🙁

Clubber - I think that Marin was really nice. When built I'm sure the dated geometry makes it look a bit spoddy but I like it.

Woody is winning so far, and by quite some margin IMO. That thing is so ugly it actually made me guffaw.

EDIT: Ah, good, I'm not suffering alone then:

I think Woodys Trek is so ugly people are afraid to discuss it and are going off topic a bit.

Seriously people, that is the most appalling bike I have ever seen. We now need some sort of support group to help people who have seen the picture.

Wow, just had a look at the Trek (couldn't see it here, had to look on my mobile) - LOL - I remember those - they really were proper aesthetic horrors weren't they!