Fugly cycling trends

[iandg]

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.

+1 for long (black) socks

 

[hopless500]

FTFY


Give it a while. We've at least three more years of Cons in Whitehall.

They are here. How much can I get a gravel bike for? Do pothole bikes exist?

 

[mjr]

They are here. How much can I get a gravel bike for? Do pothole bikes exist?

Pothole bikes? I think we need crater bikes over here... possibly caving bikes before 2020

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

This is where it all started to go wrong, 1983 Amstel Gold. Everything is right and classic and traditional in this picture apart from one thing - the carbon frame. It's all been downhill since.

 

[tyred]

It's been going downhill for years. Some cyclists today don't even wear a tie for goodness sake

 

[fossyant]

This is far from Ugly. On my next bike short list.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Most old, traditional bikes were pretty sexy. Most modern and progressive bikes are also generally sexy, if your mind is open to new things.

I can't think of too many ugly things in cycling. Triathlon bikes spring to mind, but that's about it.

 

[Pale Rider]

Cannondale lefties.

All lefties.

 

[ianrauk]

This is far from Ugly. On my next bike short list.

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[swee'pea99]

Never really understood how a-head stems

Could be thought an advance on the simple elegance of quills...

 

[ColinJ]

Never really understood how a-head stems

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Could be thought an advance on the simple elegance of quills...

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You are hardly comparing like with like there ...

I see your ugly raised A-head setup, and er, raise you with an even uglier high quill stem!

 

[User33236]

Most old, traditional bikes were pretty sexy. Most modern and progressive bikes are also generally sexy, if your mind is open to new things.

I can't think of too many ugly things in cycling. Triathlon bikes spring to mind, but that's about it.

Not sure there's a huge difference between a triathlon bike and a TT bike (although www.timetriallingforum.co.uk had a 115+ page thread going on about 3cm) but I quite like my TT bike. My profile picture shows me on it but since that was taken wheels, cockpit and brakes have been replaced.

 

[Pale Rider]

Thorn would be among the favourites in an ugly stem competition.

The bars on a stick represent a triumph of function over form, I don't doubt they make for comfy touring but they are hardly elegant to look at.

 

[swee'pea99]

You are hardly comparing like with like there ...

I see your ugly raised A-head setup, and er, raise you with an even uglier high quill stem!

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Yikes!

 

[ianrauk]