My hideous bike...
 

The biking world is funny. I was dumb enough to post a picture of my commuter bike in the roadie section while answering a question. However, this hideous bike will take me between 4,000 and 5,000 miles in its first year. And, that is solely commuting and occasionalhttp://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=513993http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=513994 short trips.

I think any bike that is ridden as bikes are meant to be are beautiful bikes. Do you have a beautiful bike?

I like the views. Where were the pics taken? I like my commuter a lot.

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My pic on the boat is the Puget Sound going from Seattle to Bainbridge Island.

I'll be staying on Vashon Island later this summer. Looking forward to doing some riding out there.

[MENTION=395421]Kindaslow[/MENTION] Your bike is definitely not hideous and is definitely viable as transportation, commuting or whatever. The 41 section is sort of schizophrenic, lot of A-holes but a lot of nice people, too. Don't let it get you down.

Keep on biking. :thumb:

Nice! I circled the Olympic Peninsula in the fall of 2014; absolutely stunning scenery.

There are no "hideous bikes". There is only "use other than intended".

Yes, all of them.

Well, this one isnt.....

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I found the comment humorous, and the individual a jerk. I still find the comment humorous, and my guess is he is still a jerk.

This bike is a nice bike, functional, and decent looking for a commuter (my opinion). Commuter bikes need to be based on function for the user and sometimes that means less clean lines.

That bike looks purty to me, and I'm not even a fan of black/dark-dark-grey. Looking at your bike reminds me, is it just me, or are the latest bicycle designs decoupling the seat tube from the seat stays and head tube? The stays seem to go around the seat tube and connect/merge directly with the top tube...

I guess in support and revenge for you, us geriatrics should post pictures of our bikes in the road forum? LOL

If we all did that, even for just a day, they would all need psychiatric help. So, I am torn, is that a fair thing to do.....




to the psychiatrists!!!

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Beautiful and classic, IMHO.

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NOS Pinarello frame/fork = Beautiful

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Merckx with drillium on a sunny day = Beautiful

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DeRosa Professional (all original) w/ Campy CdA = Beautiful

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Vintage Campy on a classic with your surname on it = Beautiful

edit: pedals = hideous, but temporary.

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Made to order w/ 2004 Campy 10spd = Beautiful

I like classic lugged steel for beautiful bikes. Duh! :thumb:

Hey Wildwood,

Somehow my hideous bike made it back across from the islands. You will recognize these photos.

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Not so beautiful, but most functional for riding anywhere = triple chainring and 28mm tires.

Haven't ridden on Bainbridge Is. and only a little on Kitsap. I'm always headed to the Port Angeles & Forks areas for riding. Getting to the San Juans is my goal for later this spring.

What a hideous boat you are riding on! *whistles*:innocent:

No matter how many times I rode the ferry while I lived up there, the view coming into Seattle never got old.

I stopped paying attention to their opinions in the 41 when someone in Hot or Not said they didn't like the "vintage" look. Well, I have "vintage" look bikes that I bought new before a lot of them were born. :p

If your bike makes you happy, that's all that matters.

I have to confess, I have zero sense of what makes one bike beautiful and another not. I like the OP bike, I'd choose it in a heartbeat for commuting or riding around.

In large part, I am trying to have a little fun with the silliness of some people. I cannot imagine anyone, besides friends giving each other crud, calling someone else's bike ugly, or hideous. I believe any bike that is loved by its owner and ridden s a great bike. I do not understand the vintage love, but I respect it. And, I like visiting with folks about their bikes, even when the bikes are from a style that is not mine, if there is passion.