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-   -   Ugliest component competition (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1240071-ugliest-component-competition.html)

Thunderlips 10-07-21 09:19 AM
Originally Posted by tkamd73 (Post 22260858)
Well if you can consider the frame a component of a bike, this:
Tim

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2331f4029.jpeg
1992 Series 5 Paramount frame
Is the rider a component? If so, let me post a selfie...

gugie 10-07-21 09:52 AM
Now that we've pulled frames into the conversation, calling out [MENTION=8403]ollo_ollo[/MENTION] for his controversial splatter paint Peugeot.

leftthread 10-07-21 10:33 AM
Originally Posted by elcraft (Post 22260205)
I am surprised no one has mentioned the Huret Alvit.. it works well, but the flattish body seems very inelegant.
Gee, that''s what I was gonna post.
Schwinn version.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...de795afa0b.jpg

Charliekeet 10-07-21 10:37 AM
Originally Posted by DorkDisk (Post 22260919)
"Be seen ... and be mocked!" :p

Ronsonic 10-07-21 10:38 AM
Originally Posted by SJX426 (Post 22259482)
I really don't like the looks of this stem. It works because I don't have another at the same length to replace it.
https://live.staticflickr.com/5678/2...df38c2ed_b.jpgP1030376 on Flickr
Somewhere I've got one just like it that has a + 10 tilt. Really gruesome used it years ago adapting a road race bike to cross for one season. UHHHHHHhgly.

Charliekeet 10-07-21 10:38 AM
OK, that is pretty heinous. For a split -second I wondered why someone had posted a vacuum cleaner instruction sheet!

nlerner 10-07-21 10:45 AM
Okay, here's my entry in the ugly-stem category. I think this one came from the Box 'O Crap:
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5bdea3d9e4.jpg

And in the ugly saddle category:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bcbf2ff00c.jpg

I actually have two of these, which came in a Secret Santa thing we did on BF some years back. Thanks, Santa!

RustyJames 10-07-21 11:42 AM
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0f127a5758.jpg

….and it weighs a ton…

I don’t own own a set and I’ll let someone else pilfer a pic and violate the rules but my #1 vote would be Campagnolo Bora cranks.

bikingshearer 10-07-21 11:42 AM
Originally Posted by Chombi1 (Post 22260169)
I actually sought out, purchased and installed one of those. It went on my son's bike. Long story how this all came to pass, but it allowed him to keep riding the bike as he grew. It's actually a pretty good stem for experimenting with different effective stem heights and lengths, although a longer riser would make it even better. I agree ti won't win any beauty contests, but I would not go so far as to say it's ugly, but that's me.

Besides, compared to some French car designs, this stem is a thing of beauty.

bikingshearer 10-07-21 11:43 AM
Originally Posted by gugie (Post 22259948)
Awww, so I don't get to submit the Campagnolo Gran Turismo derailleur-shaped object/boat anchor?
Sure you can. I think I saw one on eBay the other day...[/QUOTE]
I have plenty of paper weights, thank you.

Andy_K 10-07-21 12:02 PM
Originally Posted by DorkDisk (Post 22260919)
These tires. I do have these. The silver parts are reflective
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4e65fa051d.png
This is the first thing on this thread that actually made me wince to look at it. Definitely the front runner for my vote so far.

Darth Lefty 10-07-21 12:09 PM
I know this is C&V but if you are talking MTB frames you are going to have a really hard time beating the very clever Structure SCW-1

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fa940ccb92.jpg

SurferRosa 10-07-21 02:02 PM
Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22261080)
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bcbf2ff00c.jpg

I actually have two of these, which came in a Secret Santa thing we did on BF some years back.
And you kept them! :lol:

nlerner 10-07-21 02:11 PM
Originally Posted by SurferRosa (Post 22261364)
And you kept them! :lol:
You should see my basement. [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION] can bear witness.

Bianchigirll 10-07-21 02:11 PM
Originally Posted by Flatforkcrown (Post 22259475)
it’s like an uglier, cheaper, version of the mavic.

I was about to call it the White Trash cousin of the Starfish

gugie 10-07-21 02:53 PM
Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22261384)
You should see my basement. [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION] can bear witness.
There are depths of Neal's Bike Cave that I have not plumbed yet.

I stared into his Wheel Grotto once, and it stared back. It was intimidating.

thook 10-07-21 02:59 PM
Originally Posted by nlerner (Post 22261080)


And in the ugly saddle category:
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bcbf2ff00c.jpg

I actually have two of these, which came in a Secret Santa thing we did on BF some years back. Thanks, Santa!
:twitchy:

thook 10-07-21 03:02 PM
Originally Posted by gugie (Post 22261442)
There are depths of Neal's Bike Cave that I have not plumbed yet.

I stared into his Wheel Grotto, and it stared back. It was intimidating.
sound like a rather Nietzschian experience ;)

Andy_K 10-07-21 03:04 PM
Originally Posted by Darth Lefty (Post 22261209)
I know this is C&V but if you are talking MTB frames you are going to have a really hard time beating the very clever Structure SCW-1
Is there any part of that bike that isn't ugly?

jdawginsc 10-07-21 03:07 PM
Originally Posted by Chombi1 (Post 22260169)
i vote for that or the phone stem.

shoota 10-07-21 03:14 PM
Originally Posted by Cynikal (Post 22259022)
I would vote for any modern crankset by Shimano.
Even the 9000 crankset? It's the best looking crankset ever made.

http://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uplo...t-photos04.jpg

52telecaster 10-07-21 03:19 PM
Originally Posted by shoota (Post 22261483)
Even the 9000 crankset? It's the best looking crankset ever made.

http://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uplo...t-photos04.jpg
I hate those things.

USAZorro 10-07-21 03:22 PM
Originally Posted by grant40 (Post 22260102)
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...487e7fc370.jpg
I don't know what it is called but the stem on this bike is the ugliest component I have seen so far.
You're braver than I. Wouldn't fess to owning that even if I did.

USAZorro 10-07-21 03:23 PM
Originally Posted by Darth Lefty (Post 22261209)
I know this is C&V but if you are talking MTB frames you are going to have a really hard time beating the very clever Structure SCW-1

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fa940ccb92.jpg
I feel you, but there's always Cervelo.

Cynikal 10-07-21 03:27 PM
Originally Posted by shoota (Post 22261483)
Even the 9000 crankset? It's the best looking crankset ever made.

http://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uplo...t-photos04.jpg
I'm not a fan of these for what I build and ride. They fit a modern, fat tubed carbon billboard but that is not I'm into.


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