Is it me, or is this an ugly looking bike?!

[Stressed]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274743031823

 

[raidan73]

Nope, not you. It’s a hideous pile of junk

 

[hova]

One man's trash is another man's... trash?

And what's with the weird punctuation error in the "HT1's" name? What could having an apostrophe there in the name possibly accomplish? So odd!

 

[Stressed]

The more I look, the more hideous it is! It deserves to be saved as a bad example...

 

[mdvineng]

there's enough metal in it, to make two frames!

 

[Markybeau]

Ooh, my eyes. Make it stop.

 

[drystonepaul]

I can imagine the conversation at Raleigh HQ:

Design department: "We need to do something different, something that will really stand out from our competitors..."
Procurement: "We just landed a great deal on some big tubes with really odd profiles."
Design: "Perfect. Let's create a really ugly e-stay!"
Manufacture: "And we can get the apprentices to practice their welding skills."
Everyone: "Hoorah!"

 

[KermitGKona88]

Raleigh executive... I have an idea to reconnect us with the youth of today.. Lets get some children in and let them draw a bike and we will produce the best one..

Everyone else... Great idea boss.

Everyone else 3 days later, Ermmmmm boss.....

 

[CassidyAce]

The design department's idea of an April Fools' joke but the sales team didn't get the joke?

 

[captaincowelly]

Think I know where the inspiration came from.
Probably built from Guy Martin's breakages.Or built to look like one!