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Old 02-27-07, 03:02 AM
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OMG!! I am speechless.... I am without speech.
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Old 02-27-07, 11:33 AM
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MY EYES, MY EYES!!
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Old 02-27-07, 11:56 AM
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^^^^^^^^^^

Think that's ugly? Check this out...generic carbon.

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Old 02-27-07, 12:21 PM
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I kinda liked stripey. People should make their bikes goofy more often. Could be a theft deterrent too.
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Old 02-27-07, 12:40 PM
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How can you object to blank carbon? Boring yes, but is it ugly?
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Old 02-27-07, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jit5
I really wouldn't call this ugly.
I see it as a possibility for a nice stealth bike or a chance to modify it and make in unique (housing, bar tape, bottle cage, etc)

I'd take that frame in a heart beat
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Old 02-27-07, 12:49 PM
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the bedroom unicycle...I think I just threw up in my mouth
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Old 02-27-07, 02:31 PM
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People seem to have opinions about this one:



More photos here: https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/272391-what-do-you-think-pegoretti-paint-job.html
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Old 02-27-07, 04:15 PM
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The bumblebee stripes aren't nearly as nasty as plain 80's and 90's mountain bikes. The look of a hard tail mountain bike from that era is just too boring, especially in the drab single color paint schemes, at least the designers of these other bikes were trying to do something that stands out in a crowd.
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Old 03-01-07, 07:22 PM
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Here is my favorite ugly bike.



The reinforcements really make it!
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Old 03-01-07, 07:57 PM
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To most, the Clive is pretty fugly!

Custom paint though!
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Old 03-01-07, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Deltron
To most, the Clive is pretty fugly!

Custom paint though!
Contest over. That thing is scaring me.
How's it ride, y'know, missing a tire and all?.....
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Old 03-02-07, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by duane041
Contest over. That thing is scaring me.


Oh good, it's working!

Originally Posted by duane041
How's it ride, y'know, missing a tire and all?.....
With a tire... GREAT!
Without a tire...not so much.

I have off-roaded that bike many, many times. I even held the local record for highest air on the "Saddle Mountain Sunday" ride. Over 3' of air, on what is essentially a road bike! At least from the neck down.
It's not what you ride, it's how you ride it!

"Steel is Real" is this bike. 531 is great stuff. I replaced all the "clamp-on" dohickies with braze-ons for a cleaner look. When it eventually gets new paint, I'll have the stamped drop-outs replaced.

Only problem I've had with this bike, it's a wheel eater! I have relaced those hubs 3 times since I've owned it. The previous owner did it that many times as well. And that's why it has no rear tire now. I have to find a single MA40 yellow/green lable in 27". Then I can relace the rear wheel and make it ridable again.

And then, along came the Merlin....
POOF went the money! . . magic!


I also can't really sell the Clive, as it was left to me by a neighbor I grew up across the street from. He was about 12 years older than I am, and he succumbed to the effects of diabetes at age 36. He left the bike to a younger brother with instructions that if it ever got sold, it had to be offered to me first. (I was the "bike crazy" kid in the 'hood) So it joined my stables nearly 20 years ago. And I have to offer it back to the family if I ever decide to sell it.
 
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ok, here's my old commuter. It worked very well, but I'm looking for a hardtail to do this with. I should have got a pic of the other side. it was sprayed with Grabber Green and John Deere Green (just the other side) one day when I was bored.
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Old 03-24-07, 12:44 PM
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Here's my submission .. Schwinn sprint saved from the trash .. woodgrain contact paper ... freaks people out on the trail

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Old 03-24-07, 02:33 PM
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Nothing wrong with plain carbon. I like the simple, clean looks... but still wary about carbon.
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Old 03-24-07, 03:11 PM
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Bikes are like girls- You have to look further than the face to see what they are truly like. The evil ones are often the best lookers- and those that do not look that special are often the best ones to ride.
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Old 02-19-09, 06:41 PM
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mine is a ugly bike made from cheap ass parts and it rides smooth. this bike here has been left out from of businesses downtown for hours unlocked and even homeless people passed it right by. But sadly my back rim bent an i am now in the market for a new rim and hub. a new hub cause it was getting old and im thinking of flashing the bike up a bit.
By the way, free spirit frame, steel but light rims, on piece crank legs, old ass mountain bike bars chopped down and a nice 3 dollar seat.
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Old 02-19-09, 08:30 PM
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Old 02-20-09, 03:38 PM
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My commuter- just ugly enough...
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Old 02-20-09, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by maestro862
Here's my submission .. Schwinn sprint saved from the trash .. woodgrain contact paper ... freaks people out on the trail - https://velospace.org/node/2512
I hate to pass along bad news, this is not a Schwinn Sprint from 1975. The 74 & 75 Sprints had a bent seat tube, for a shorter wheel base, referred to as a "Compact frame", also available in a Paramount version.

Also, Schwinn did not use lugged frames on the 74 or 75 Sprint model.

Could be a newer Schwinn model, yet uncertain if lugged frames from the mid 80s were applied to the entry level Schwinn.

Still it looks to be a interesting FG with contact paper (?), (picture does not allow for pattern to be presented very well)
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
I have one that is so ugly that I can only show parts of it. Pictures of the whole bike are too hideous for even the internet



I'm sorry. It had to be done.
I agree, please don't show us any more! I can't take it!!!!!
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Originally Posted by slisk
I live in Holland, the land of rusty ugly bikes, and that striped eyesore wins hands down.
Second that. Bet it does ok in traffic though.
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