Ugly Bikes
02-08-07 | 05:54 PM
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Ugly Bikes
Okay, I couldn't resist. Seeing all of the amazing bikes BF members have put together, I thought we needed a thread of ugly-a** bikes. Of course, I can't really fnd the worst I've seen, but I came across this WRONG combination on CL:
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/275631300.html
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bik/275631300.html
02-08-07 | 06:30 PM
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Fell off the Sober Sofa.
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Bikes: Independent Fabrication Deluxe XT, Club Fuji Dura Ace... Specialized Stump Jumper, Trek 930, Cannondale M300... who knows what the cat will drag in next?
My MTB-that-I've-had-forever is pretty ugly.
02-08-07 | 07:02 PM
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Fell off the Sober Sofa.
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Bikes: Independent Fabrication Deluxe XT, Club Fuji Dura Ace... Specialized Stump Jumper, Trek 930, Cannondale M300... who knows what the cat will drag in next?
Eh, it hasn't seen dirt in months. Cleaner than the dog, anyway.
02-08-07 | 11:24 PM
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Mad bike riding scientist
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Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones
I have one that is so ugly that I can only show parts of it. Pictures of the whole bike are too hideous for even the internet
I'm sorry. It had to be done.
I'm sorry. It had to be done.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
02-10-07 | 11:36 AM
#8
You could enter about half of Colnago's paint jobs (unless of course you are sent back to 1986 in a time machine). But the extreme power "jet" paint job takes the cake for me. Fighter jets may be cool, but that's like a 3rd grader's bed spread.
02-15-07 | 01:10 PM
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Here are not 1, but 2 examples of ugly bikes:
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
02-15-07 | 01:42 PM
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Faster but still slow
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From: Jersey
Bikes: Trek 830 circa 1993 and a Fuji WSD Finest 1.0 2006
Originally Posted by folder fanatic
Here are not 1, but 2 examples of ugly bikes:
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
This bike is so ugly, when I bought it and was bringing it home, a group of teenagers pulled up beside me looked at it only (thank God not at me), pointed at the bike and laughed their heads off!:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-o...7594461421431/
And my Dahon folding bike-a real Frankenbike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/265095932/in/set-72157594325178229/
That first bike wasn't ugly. It looks fine. Now, all folding bikes are ugly. They are the mechanical equivalent of a lanky, awkward, teenage boy.
02-16-07 | 11:18 AM
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The Wheel is Turning
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From: Virgil Kansas
Bikes: '05 Novara (REI) Bonanza
Originally Posted by cyccommute
I have one that is so ugly that I can only show parts of it. Pictures of the whole bike are too hideous for even the internet
I'm sorry. It had to be done.
I'm sorry. It had to be done.
02-19-07 | 01:16 AM
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02-19-07 | 04:38 PM
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I couldn't car less.
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Bikes: Ritchey P-series prototype, Diamondback, Nishiki Triathelon Pro.
I damaged the bearings in my right pedal, black set.
Replaced it with the former unsealed bmx red set, right pedal only.
Now you need to visualize that the bike, has a red front bmx caliper brake.
The rear caliper and brace are black, add to this the one red pedal -it looks bad.
Oh ..and on the frame only the seattube is red, all the other tubes black.....and wrapped in old innertubes zip-tied for impacts.
And it's filthy with 4 months of winter commuting and cheap grease.
Replaced it with the former unsealed bmx red set, right pedal only.
Now you need to visualize that the bike, has a red front bmx caliper brake.
The rear caliper and brace are black, add to this the one red pedal -it looks bad.
Oh ..and on the frame only the seattube is red, all the other tubes black.....and wrapped in old innertubes zip-tied for impacts.
And it's filthy with 4 months of winter commuting and cheap grease.
02-26-07 | 11:26 PM
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Mister Goody Two Shoes
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Originally Posted by manual_overide
ok, i nominate the Stryper bike as the ugliest thing I've ever seen ever.
ever.
ever.
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html
02-27-07 | 12:05 AM
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Fat Guy in Bike Shorts!
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From: Cincinnati, OH
Bikes: Specialized Allez
Originally Posted by KnhoJ
I'll see your Stryper bike and raise you one Bedroom Unicycle. (nsfw!)
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/284752271.html