What's the ugliest road racing bike then?

[Fnaar]

Charge Stove. Like Norah Batty with wheels.

I agree, but that first road bike (fixie) looks nice. Good website too. Are they any good, anyone know?

 

[Fnaar]

TT version is even better

He got bananas for feet and a prolapsed rectum

 

[SamNichols]

TT version is even better

I'm not sure who it is, and I prefer not to encourage violence...

But, that guy rightly deserves a good kicking for that outfit and that bike.

 

[Bollo]

Leave Thorns alone! My racing-green Sports Tour is rakishly handsome.

If he were human, he would look thus.....

 

[Will1985]

I'm not sure who it is, and I prefer not to encourage violence...

But, that guy rightly deserves a good kicking for that outfit and that bike.

That is Landis in his mantis position - looks early on in the season too as when I saw his bike up close at the Tour, he had an absolutely massive solid carbon 56t crankset.

 

[Fnaar]

Leave Thorns alone! My racing-green Sports Tour is rakishly handsome.

If he were human, he would look thus.....

I say!

 

[simon l& and a half]

errrr.... haven't I seen one like this somewhere recently? SimonL¼ can you shed any light on this (but not too close the frame!)?

I can assure you that the ride is as ridiculous as the frame. On the other hand....it does pull the crowds.

 

[John the Monkey]

I agree, but that first road bike (fixie) looks nice. Good website too. Are they any good, anyone know?

The Plug? It got decent reviews at t'other place in both '07 and '08 models. Lovely looking bike that, although fixed isn't my thing...

 

[Fnaar]

The Plug? It got decent reviews at t'other place in both '07 and '08 models. Lovely looking bike that, although fixed isn't my thing...

Not tried fixed meself... would be interesting, no doubt... that review criticises the bike for practicality/adaptability, so looks like it might be a fashion statement sort of bike....

 

[John the Monkey]

...would be interesting, no doubt... that review criticises the bike for practicality/adaptability, so looks like it might be a fashion statement sort of bike....

Reading the review, that seems to be because you can't fit mudguards (fair point mebbe), and there's no gear hanger (thought that was the point )

I guess one option is to buy an old frame and do a conversion yourself...

 

[SamNichols]

Isn't the plug deliberately low-tech, I thought they stripped it down totally to keep it cheap, and it is primarily for use as an urban run-around. As it is, it is a bit of a fashion statement, with those annoying handle bars that most of the posey fixie types seem to have these days.
This winter hasn't seen much need for mud guards anyway, even Manchester has been pretty dry for the most part.

 

[John the Monkey]

This winter hasn't seen much need for mud guards anyway, even Manchester has been pretty dry for the most part.

we are talking about Manchester, England, aren't we?

I can't remember being dry for most of January....

 

[SamNichols]

There were a few days of heavy rain in January, but mostly it has simply been grey. Manchester always seems to be raining, but in fact it doesn't more than any other: I think it's due to it being an industrial city and it has a certain grey to it all the time. February's weather has been superb so far. I'm pretty sure it's a sign of the coming apocalypse

 

[Yellow Fang]

May I ask what you liked about it?

I liked the London Underground motif on the paintwork and the way the two brake levers were positioned closed to the stem on the handlebars.

 

[red_tom]

Another beauty