Originally Posted by
plumberroy
For the record ugly doesn't mean that they are bad. And I have what I consider an ugly bike and ride it fairly often . Bikesdirect Gravity 29 plus. Flat black . If I don't know what kind of terrain I will encounter, it's what I take. As far as colors I have flat black , Nickel plated , mustard yellow, purple olive green, Bronze green (Raleigh) what Surly called maroon and a kind of steel blue green gray that I don't know what Surly calls but I like it.
Like this? It's not ugly. It's simple and utilitarian, but looks good imho.