What can kill the looks of a bike for you?

[Grant]

The only thing that really niggles me is stuff that gets built for 'pictures' and then stripped and sold on ? :?

Does that really happen? I like shiny things as much as the next man, but I also don't like selling my shiny things!

oh and obsessive gram counting by armchair dwellers who themselves weigh more than 13 stone . comeon carbon brakelevers and ti bottlecage bolts are the least of your worries

suppose this is the same as the above, done for doings sake. I can see how this could get competitive even if it made no difference to the ride.

Me, I'm with the big headtube haters, I know some people need big frames but anything over about 18" looks odd to me I'm afraid

 

[BoyBurning]

What can kill the looks of a bike for you?

Jez riding it?

 

[Agency_Scum]

Ooh this is going to end in the car park.

 

[TSC.]

Ooh this is going to end in the car park.

Chainsets caked in mud.



TSC.

 

[xizang]

Risers with bar-ends.
As for the rest, cest-la-vie

 

[tintin40]

Putting a rack on the back of a Trimble :shock: :cry: :cry: But its better than using a ruck sack all the time

 

[legrandefromage]

Pace rigid forks when Tange Switchblades are clearly coolerer...

 

[Neil G]

"Too much branding generally.
I'm sorry, but I don't see why I should ride a bike that's basically a free advert for the manufacturer, even if it is cool"

yep

" fat men in lycra "

yep . no point stressing that your stem matches your socks if your a fatty fat fat fat

:roll:

"xc" riders who insist on buying alllllll the kit :roll: clips , clear glasses , lycra skinsuit , bag , camelback , gloves , all that jazz . no bike looks good under that mess

alloy frames that arnt suspension

also agree with the touchers who buy all the bling parts . post pics . sell on . just learn to use photoshop for fook sake :roll:

oh and obsessive gram counting by armchair dwellers who themselves weigh more than 13 stone . comeon carbon brakelevers and ti bottlecage bolts are the least of your worries

the best looking bikes are the ones getting used

Agree on the armchair dwellers/oversized riders...always loads of them in MTB in the past and plenty of them still around now

 

[FluffyChicken]

Blokes on MTB's, Women make them look so much better

 

[gibbleking]

claps in agreement..... ps hoodie twxts on bmxs get my goat.....