Beautiful bikes under a grand..?

[Tin Pot]

Google beautiful bikes under a grand and you get a list of "best" bikes under a grand...but if we set aside the shimano-veloce-carbo-italio-titanium stuff for a second and go on looks alone...

What's out there?

I submit this non production idea:
http://m.fastcompany.com/3037472/wanted/can-a-bike-be-both-cheap-and-beautiful#

 

[Tim Hall]

You seem to have missspelt "ugly as sin bikes under a grand". HTH.

 

[slowmotion]

Mine. £650 in an end of season sale.

 

[Tin Pot]

View attachment 89982 Mine. £650 in an end of season sale.

Cinelli?

 

[Tin Pot]

$400 so about a tenner in real money, but with tax probably £500(!)

 

[slowmotion]

Cinelli?

Assolutamente!

 

[Drago]

The Guvnor.

 

[cardiac case]

Google beautiful bikes under a grand and you get a list of "best" bikes under a grand...but if we set aside the shimano-veloce-carbo-italio-titanium stuff for a second and go on looks alone...

What's out there?

I submit this non production idea:
http://m.fastcompany.com/3037472/wanted/can-a-bike-be-both-cheap-and-beautiful#

IMHO

As an engineerly by trade I can't help question the use of a single sided fork, although I suppose it's no longer a fork.

Conventional forks can almost be made from a couple of drinking straws, but the moment you reduce this by half
you must increase the strength, and therefore weight, several times over. I just can't see any gain.

Paul G

 

[Big Dave laaa]

IMHO

As an engineerly by trade I can't help question the use of a single sided fork, although I suppose it's no longer a fork.

Conventional forks can almost be made from a couple of drinking straws, but the moment you reduce this by half
you must increase the strength, and therefore weight, several times over. I just can't see any gain.

Paul G

Agreed! The forces applied to the axle in a cantilever set-up like that must be horrendous. I always hated those Cannondale Lefty forks as well, I just can't see the benefit. Definitely form over function.

 

[Tin Pot]

Form over function is this thread's raison d'être...

£240ish

 

[Big Dave laaa]

Form over function is this thread's raison d'être...

£240ish

This bike whilst being beautiful is also the epitome of form and function, proving that they can exist in harmony

 

[uphillstruggler]

Form over function is this thread's raison d'être...

£240ish

I like that, especially at that price.

 

[Tin Pot]

Not bad lookin for an mtb

 

[User42423]

Bikes for under a £1000 pounds. Gosh, where does one start!.
My Itera plastic cycle. Bought from a cycling friend recently for £25.00. I still think he ripped me off!!.

My 1980s Bickerton alloy folder. Possibly the worst cycle I've owned (never ridden). But I can't complain for a fiver.

My 1965 Mk1 Moulton De-luxe. Considering how much these things fetch on "fleabay", I think I got a good deal at £10.

My all time favourite machine. A 1926 Sun "All Weather" roadster. A steal at £300

 

[PaulSecteur]

eye of the beholder, init?