Ugliest component competition
10-07-21, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by shoota
Even the 9000 crankset? It's the best looking crankset ever made.
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10-07-21, 05:07 PM
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Not only ugly to view but horrible ugly to use...
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10-07-21, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by randyjawa
Not only ugly to view but horrible ugly to use...
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10-07-21, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
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.
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10-07-21, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by randyjawa
Not only ugly to view but horrible ugly to use...
"Mister!,...... is that humpty dumpty's bike you're riding??!"
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10-07-21, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Mar
One of the early, high end ATB companies took the basic design and rotated it 90 degrees, providing a fork with two rake settings
10-07-21, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tkamd73
Well if you can consider the frame a component of a bike, this:
Tim
1992 Series 5 Paramount frame
Tim
1992 Series 5 Paramount frame
If that's 60 to 62 cm and it's looking for a new home send me a pm.
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10-07-21, 09:32 PM
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Somebody here must own a Shimano 600 arabesque rear derailleur they can post.
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10-08-21, 02:00 AM
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Does the rider of a bicycle meet the definition of a component? Just wondering...
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10-08-21, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Insidious C.
Does the rider of a bicycle meet the definition of a component? Just wondering...
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10-08-21, 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by obrentharris
Somebody here must own a Shimano 600 arabesque rear derailleur they can post.
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10-08-21, 03:26 AM
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I think my 1/2" PVC & 2 zip ties handlebar bag support is hideously ugly. Like "your mother-in-law at 4 AM after a pub crawl" or "homemade soap" kinda ugly.
But it works, and it was free... so it's got that going for it.
--Shannon
PS: I'm voting for the Blaze crankset. Because unlike those godawful tires, Suntour's designers actually thought they looked good. (They were wrong.)
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10-08-21, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
Go for a ride and get a prostate exam into the bargain. What a great idea . . . . 
10-08-21, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Cynikal
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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10-08-21, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by thumpism
I know GT had a horizontal fork tip that allowed about an inch of fore-aft adjustment, but I would not characterize that as a version of the Ross fork tip.
What I'm referring to predates the GT fork end, going back to circa 1983. I can't recall the brand but they did only high end ATBs. Unlike the GT design, it had only two different axle positions in a T-shaped slot. The positions were about 1" apart, with one being in front of the downward facing exit slot and the other being behind it. Somewhere, I have a picture of it, which I'll try to find.
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10-08-21, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by gugie
Now that we've pulled frames into the conversation, calling out @ollo_ollo for his controversial splatter paint Peugeot.
edit: Oh, I also have a couple bikes with those Shimano Arabesque rear DR's and while not as fancyesque as the ornate shift levers, I like them too!
See p98 of the you & your bike thread for a pic of Spot.
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10-08-21, 08:38 AM
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Speaking of ugly shift levers, has anybody seen an actual Camapagnolo Elefante shift lever? They seem to be non-existant. That could be explained by the fact that they're so grotesque that Campagnolo sold very few and any owners are embarrassed to admit that they bought one. Still, I'm hesistant to nominate something that only seems to exist in an illustration.
10-08-21, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by majmt
There’s ugly, then there’s creepy ugly. This very nice and well regarded SMP saddle came to me on a bike I picked last year. It just looks wrong to me. Hard to appreciate the looks from about any angle. Very high quality - I’d like to like it but it’s hard to get around the way it screams ED.
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10-08-21, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SwimmerMike
I have that saddle in black on my CF bike! I always thought it looked great and sleek on the bike. Now I'm going to be self conscious every time I ride that bike. It's a good thing I have leather saddles on my C&V bikes so I can still ride them. I do have to admit that it would look really bad on a classically set up still bike.
Ooops, Hope I didn't wreck it for you. Like I said, it's a high quality saddle and the droopy beak probably does add to the comfort and function. Maybe the ED aspect I mentioned would be reverse compensation, showing the world that the male rider is secure enough in his own virility that he doesn't need advertise it with a macho riveted saddle (just kidding). Apart from the haunting Freudian imaging, one could also posit that from certain angles, it also bears a resemblance to a cartoon elephant on the bike.. Off the bike though, I think it looks a lot better - sort of a vaguely erotic sculptural piece.
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10-08-21, 11:38 AM
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Since someone brought it up, and I own one (2 actually), here it is on my Mask 3V volumetrica. What can I say, it fits my bottom!
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10-08-21, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mgopack42
Since someone brought it up, and I own one (2 actually), here it is on my Mask 3V volumetrica. What can I say, it fits my bottom!
10-08-21, 01:34 PM
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Since we’re lifting images from the internet and horrid cranks seem to be a thing….
