Fugly cycling trends

[screenman]

Yep 'sintered' carbon, not bonded together with resin and have you seen the price of those.

No.

 

[Drago]

Hydraulic brake brifters. As lovely to use as they are fugly to behold.

People like me in lycra. I'm surprised there's not a law against it.

The word "Boardman" in 12 metre high letters on the side of their products. As unsightly as it is subtle.

Grifters. As ugly as they were popular.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Modern handlebar stems with all those Allen key bolts facing front. A far cry from the beautiful smooth lines of the old Cinelli stems.
And long socks. Especially long black socks.

 

[raleighnut]

They make discs out of among other thing carbon fibre.

View: https://youtu.be/ET1jRVynOBA

EDIT - Jump to 3 mins for the gen

 

[biggs682]

multi coloured bar tape

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Dropper Posts.
Apart from being not very essential,they look like a Prosthetic limb with a wire attached.

 

[burndust]

My recent travails looking for a jersey for winter brought home to me how fundamentally ugly some things in cycling now are.

Di2 mechs, yeuk
Big fat carbon frames
Hideously finished carbon frames with the weave showing (is that deliberate)
totally black rat bikes (Specialized I'm looking at you)
discs on roadbikes (Hideous)
curved main tubes (why, just why)
Squared tubes (g'way with you now)
Huge branding on everything

And that's just the things that immediately stood out. I couldn't find a jersey unless it was red or black or branded across the chest. I also thought the quality was pretty iffy for the price on some stuff.

No doubt some of you will disagree. I won't argue with you, there's no point in arguing with people who are wrong, that's why I never bother with Markymark.

sorry i only agree with your last point

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Will you shave it off again when/if we get a warm summer?

I got annoyed by the length of my winter whiskers so I am now keeping them trimmed to about 3-4 mm. I'll shave them off altogether once the clocks have gone forward.

I'm not sure, what normally happens is I shave it of then after about a month I get fed up with shaving in the morning and let it grow back again.

 

[screenman]

Brookes saddles, yuk! Where as my Essax Shark is a thing of beauty.

 

[djb1971]

you bunch of elitist, miserable gits

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Hairy legs

 

[Tim Hall]

The word "Brifter"
The word "Campy"

 

[screenman]

bAGGY SHORTS OVER LEGGINGS, i CANNOT EVEN LOOK TO TYPE THAT.

 

[Oldfentiger]

My recent travails looking for a jersey for winter brought home to me how fundamentally ugly some things in cycling now are.

Di2 mechs, yeuk
Big fat carbon frames
Hideously finished carbon frames with the weave showing (is that deliberate)
totally black rat bikes (Specialized I'm looking at you)
discs on roadbikes (Hideous)
curved main tubes (why, just why)
Squared tubes (g'way with you now)
Huge branding on everything

No doubt some of you will disagree. I won't argue with you, there's no point in arguing with people who are wrong, that's why I never bother with Markymark.

I could agree with all the above.
But then both of us would be wrong

 

[Crackle]

Dropper Posts.
Apart from being not very essential,they look like a Prosthetic limb with a wire attached.

I excluded mtn bikes as so much goes except curved mainframes, especially top tubes, yes you Marin, although the Whyte Carbon frame thing for 5.5K was quite hideous.