Ugliest Bike of 2005?
12-25-05 | 04:51 PM
#4
Flat black plain bikes are awesome...not for the OCP
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12-25-05 | 04:52 PM
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Stop it.
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Originally Posted by tennisdarren
What do you guys think? My pick is the black Cannondale Synapse. The white/blue one looks a lot better, but this black one has to go.
12-25-05 | 04:57 PM
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Stop it.
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Bikes: 2003 Specialized Hardrock Pro w/ slicks, flipped stem and HB, 2003 Colnago Dream with full Dura-Ace 7700 double, 2001 Bianchi XL Boron/Daytona, Mavic Open Pro/Campy Centaur/DT Champion built wheels.
Originally Posted by jim-bob
Yeah, like those Giant-built Colnagos.
Come to think of it, any colnago. Those things are pretty offensively garish.
Come to think of it, any colnago. Those things are pretty offensively garish.
12-25-05 | 11:30 PM
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The Synapse is ugly? Blasphemy!
I vote for any and all Celeste Bianchis. The Liquigas bike is especially ugly: https://www.bianchiusa.com/06_fc_record.html
I vote for any and all Celeste Bianchis. The Liquigas bike is especially ugly: https://www.bianchiusa.com/06_fc_record.html
12-25-05 | 11:43 PM
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ugliest bike of 2005? this BMC time trial bike for phonak...
compared to a cervelo P3C or Trek TTX, it's really weird looking. maybe it's just the paint job, I think it might look good without any logos or paint on it, just plain black.
compared to a cervelo P3C or Trek TTX, it's really weird looking. maybe it's just the paint job, I think it might look good without any logos or paint on it, just plain black.
12-26-05 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by lanman
That's actually not a Synapse, I happen to like it haha. Here is what it looks like
What was the design criteria? "Ok team, this time, let's design a bike using the absolute LEAST amount of imagination."
I like the Synapse, no, let me revise that, I WILL like the Synapse in a couple of years when they figure out how to apply the right amount of artistic detail to it and then properly market the bike.
12-26-05 | 12:29 PM
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I like the flat black, it's a nice option for the rest of us who want to ride a bike and not an ad campaign. It reminds me of the battleship gray Bianchi Pistas of a few years back. It's not as if there are a shortage of garish and artsy bikes out there I'd personally prefer a few more straight forward bikes.
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12-26-05 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DXchulo
The Synapse is ugly? Blasphemy!
I vote for any and all Celeste Bianchis. The Liquigas bike is especially ugly: https://www.bianchiusa.com/06_fc_record.html
I vote for any and all Celeste Bianchis. The Liquigas bike is especially ugly: https://www.bianchiusa.com/06_fc_record.html
Like mine????
It's not a 2005 of course. I do agree that the Liquigas bikes were hideous though.
12-26-05 | 01:11 PM
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12-26-05 | 01:14 PM
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Colnagos are OK, just skip the Euroflash paint jobs.
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12-26-05 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by thewalrus
ugliest bike of 2005? this BMC time trial bike for phonak...
compared to a cervelo P3C or Trek TTX, it's really weird looking. maybe it's just the paint job, I think it might look good without any logos or paint on it, just plain black.
compared to a cervelo P3C or Trek TTX, it's really weird looking. maybe it's just the paint job, I think it might look good without any logos or paint on it, just plain black.
DING DING DING DING
WE HAVE A WINNER, I HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT THE CANNONDALE TT BIKE WERE HIDEOUS WITH THEIR CIRCUS PAINT SCHEMES, BUT THIS IS PUKE ON A BIKE.
12-26-05 | 01:42 PM
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I just looked to see if my bike was in here. 
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12-26-05 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by woof
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12-26-05 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
I'll have to agree with this thing..
Won't go to the LBS: "Cheapest road bike is seven hunnered dollars?! That was as much as my pick-up truck!" Oh well, at least they're riding a bike.
12-26-05 | 04:15 PM
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Wal-Mart sells a roadbike? The Apocalypse can't be far behind.
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