Coolwall August 2016 - Kirk

[chrisv40]

After a rather long break the coolwall is back!

Not much point running a July poll now so straight into August we go with Kirk the brand that brought us the much maligned Revolution. Owners seem to love them so lets see what the general consensus is on here.

 

[longun]

Re:

Easy

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Any frame that may spontaneously combust and burn with invisible flames that are hotter than the sun has to be cool!

 

[tiboltrider]

Uncool, unless you like 2 wheel steering bikes :?

 

[M-Power]

Re:

A monocoque design that was ahead of its time, despite its flaws, defo cool.

 

[brocklanders023]

Not cool at the time, not cool now.

 

[tiboltrider]

...and it was way too heavy! Dawes had to replace the broken 2WS frames for their steel frames. All the ones that we sold where I worked had to be done. :evil:

 

[jimo746]

Re:

The idea behind them was cool, a typically eccentric British solution to errr.... well, anyway....
sure a few (ok, a lot) of them broke, but that even happens to the most expensive frames.
The one I had was a nice ride, nothing too exciting, but I think these bikes have one of the best silhouettes of any Retrobike, even today the frame design gets peoples attention.

An oddball bike for sure, flawed, but still retro cool

 

[kingoffootball]

Tough one. I like the different approach and invention, but it doesn't appeal aesthetically to me, so in the end I had to go uncool.

 

[SouthCoastRetro]

They were made of seaweed! What's not to be cool about that to an impressionable youngster in a Halfords showroom?! I always liked them bitd.