Just my opinion
09-14-23, 12:38 PM
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Just my opinion
I have been scrolling through new bikes lately. I don't need another bike for the record. I have come to the conclusion that 90% of new bikes are just fugly.
just for reference my 3 main Bikes are Surly Steamroller, LHT and a flat bar Cross Check
just for reference my 3 main Bikes are Surly Steamroller, LHT and a flat bar Cross Check
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09-14-23, 12:49 PM
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Once I realized that there was a standard for beauty independent of personal taste, my life has gotten a lot simpler.
The whole "different things appeal to different people" idea is way too complicated.
So .... let me tell you how you should be spending your money .....
The whole "different things appeal to different people" idea is way too complicated.
So .... let me tell you how you should be spending your money .....
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09-14-23, 01:51 PM
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I worked for a couple of summers in a small town where ALL of the women were, ahem, "unattractive". I worked for a small company where I was the only male, and all of the women were single. Can you guess what happened? Over time, my idea of attractiveness changed. Sure did.
09-14-23, 02:04 PM
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Once I realized that there was a standard for beauty independent of personal taste, my life has gotten a lot simpler.
The whole "different things appeal to different people" idea is way too complicated.
So .... let me tell you how you should be spending your money .....
The whole "different things appeal to different people" idea is way too complicated.
So .... let me tell you how you should be spending your money .....
09-14-23, 02:05 PM
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Tell it to the clouds ...
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09-14-23, 02:16 PM
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Ugly is one thing, now they are downright STUPID with the TT inline with the seat stays. OMG people are buying them.
09-14-23, 03:03 PM
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09-14-23, 03:23 PM
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09-14-23, 03:55 PM
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Opinions should be shared only when requested.
09-14-23, 05:32 PM
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You are of course free to share opinions. And when people disagree ... they are free to disagree.
Get it?
Get it?
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09-14-23, 05:42 PM
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09-14-23, 05:53 PM
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Harumph.
Any bicycle frame that is unlucky enough to miss out on having a gracefully curved top tube and seat stays has not achieved its potential in terms of style and beauty.
Unless it has fastback seat stays. I'll make an exception for that.
But that's just my opinion. Which is worth exactly what everyone is paying here at the moment for it.
Any bicycle frame that is unlucky enough to miss out on having a gracefully curved top tube and seat stays has not achieved its potential in terms of style and beauty.
Unless it has fastback seat stays. I'll make an exception for that.
But that's just my opinion. Which is worth exactly what everyone is paying here at the moment for it.
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09-14-23, 07:30 PM
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Me? At aet. 72 I'll take a nice sloping top tube crabon frame w/a matte black murdered-out finish any day of the week.
Seriously.
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09-14-23, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Anne Frank
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
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Now, my super fly, custom ti bike is a different story. Maybe I’ll post a picture of it one of these days.
09-14-23, 09:23 PM
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It's that little things that count. If the frame doesn't have braze-ons to attach a rear rack, at least two water bottles in the frame triangle, and (optional) attachment points on the fork for a front rack, Its a fail for me. Racks are just sooooo convenient to have and don't weigh that much. I know they give a bicycle a 'Fred' look, but that's OK with me.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
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09-14-23, 09:35 PM
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