Extreme component branding practices...

[minor_LEGEND]

I Hate this

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@hamster it's on my bike thread

 

[hamster]

Absolutely agree about that Trek - especially that totally pointless notch interrupting the seat tube. Probably the marketing blurb says it saves one nanowatt of drag.

 

[sjcprojects]

I Hate this

I see your ugly Trek, and raise you this Pinarello (from 2006). One of the ugliest bikes ever made in my opinion (and continuing the red, black and white theme).

 

[bikeworkshop]

I see your ugly Trek, and raise you this Pinarello (from 2006). One of the ugliest bikes ever made in my opinion (and continuing the red, black and white theme).

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OmG we got so sick of the RedWhiteAndBlack colour scheme of virtually every road bike back then.
Next try explaining to someone why that spoke pattern is a good idea
Then follow up with the stays

 

[Twozaskars]

I see your ugly Trek, and raise you this Pinarello (from 2006). One of the ugliest bikes ever made in my opinion (and continuing the red, black and white theme).

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That's awful.

Why did someone not check both the wheels and crank were in the correct position prior to taking the photograph?

 

[bikeworkshop]

That's awful.

Why did someone not check both the wheels and crank were in the correct position prior to taking the photograph?

If I look at it for more than a few seconds, I feel slightly nauseous.

The misaligned wheels and the wavy stays and graphics are just queasy.

 

[rentedmule]

I really want to like those OG Syncros cranks and stick them on my Dekerf, but that logo is just too ugly to do it.

 

[FluffyChicken]

**** me there is a lot of road bike shite in an MTB section, get it out of here.




As for Billboards and real bikes like MTBs, I hope you know the only reason Tioga used the Sugino disk at the time was for a billboard to advertise on.


Anyway mods get this moved to general chat as it not MTB specific, this places is.going to the dumps


;-)

 

[DrmZ]

I love this bike but it was pretty funny when someone pointed out that Ben managed to put his name on every tube of this frame



A lot of brand names on a bike makes it look like a race bike. Same with race cars and all the sponsor logos.
Back in my youth that was a cool look. Magazines came with sticker sets.
Now that I'm older I prefer understatement.