Ugly Bikes
02-08-07, 05:54 PM
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Ugly Bikes
Okay, I couldn't resist. Seeing all of the amazing bikes BF members have put together, I thought we needed a thread of ugly-a** bikes. Of course, I can't really fnd the worst I've seen, but I came across this WRONG combination on CL:
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/275631300.html
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/275631300.html
02-08-07, 06:30 PM
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My MTB-that-I've-had-forever is pretty ugly.
02-08-07, 07:02 PM
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Eh, it hasn't seen dirt in months. Cleaner than the dog, anyway.
02-08-07, 11:24 PM
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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'm sorry. It had to be done.
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02-10-07, 11:36 AM
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You could enter about half of Colnago's paint jobs (unless of course you are sent back to 1986 in a time machine). But the extreme power "jet" paint job takes the cake for me. Fighter jets may be cool, but that's like a 3rd grader's bed spread.
02-10-07, 03:20 PM
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Pimp Style w/the in-bike DVD option. Now how do I had a Landau top to this thing?
02-14-07, 11:28 PM
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that cannondale in its own right, might not be TOO ugly. Its not FUGLY, I kind of dig it.
02-15-07, 01:10 PM
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Here are not 1, but 2 examples of ugly bikes:
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
02-15-07, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by folder fanatic
Here are not 1, but 2 examples of ugly bikes:
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
That first bike wasn't ugly. It looks fine. Now, all folding bikes are ugly. They are the mechanical equivalent of a lanky, awkward, teenage boy.
02-16-07, 11:18 AM
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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'm sorry. It had to be done.
02-19-07, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by EyeRobot
My MTB-that-I've-had-forever is pretty ugly.
02-19-07, 01:16 AM
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02-19-07, 04:38 PM
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I damaged the bearings in my right pedal, black set.
Replaced it with the former unsealed bmx red set, right pedal only.
Now you need to visualize that the bike, has a red front bmx caliper brake.
The rear caliper and brace are black, add to this the one red pedal -it looks bad.
Oh ..and on the frame only the seattube is red, all the other tubes black.....and wrapped in old innertubes zip-tied for impacts.
And it's filthy with 4 months of winter commuting and cheap grease.
Replaced it with the former unsealed bmx red set, right pedal only.
Now you need to visualize that the bike, has a red front bmx caliper brake.
The rear caliper and brace are black, add to this the one red pedal -it looks bad.
Oh ..and on the frame only the seattube is red, all the other tubes black.....and wrapped in old innertubes zip-tied for impacts.
And it's filthy with 4 months of winter commuting and cheap grease.
02-26-07, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by KyleKranz
ever.
02-26-07, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by manual_overide
ok, i nominate the Stryper bike as the ugliest thing I've ever seen ever.
ever.
ever.
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html
02-27-07, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by KnhoJ
I'll see your Stryper bike and raise you one Bedroom Unicycle. (nsfw!)
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html
02-27-07, 02:10 AM
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I live in Holland, the land of rusty ugly bikes, and that striped eyesore wins hands down.