Need I say more..lol
I found the ugliest bike ever made
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Need I say more..lol
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It's odd how I get instantly turned off by most Scott bikes, for small niggles like having the seat tube so close to the fork.
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I'm reminded of the ugliest bike I can recall:
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Looks like whoever designed this bike was ordered to make it fit into a smaller bike box, to avoid oversized fees, hence a head angle that would excite a rock climber. Pass on shipping savings to the consumer, at the cost of trail-worthy handling! A brand of great value! Being flung over-the-bars and nose-diving in the air are just part of MTB progression! Think of all the traction the front tire will get though! The front wheel will stay sucked to the ground, even when you want to pull up! Imagine the toe overlap in size small!
I'm reminded of the ugliest bike I can recall:
Looks like whoever designed this bike was ordered to make it fit into a smaller bike box, to avoid oversized fees, hence a head angle that would excite a rock climber. Pass on shipping savings to the consumer, at the cost of trail-worthy handling! A brand of great value! Being flung over-the-bars and nose-diving in the air are just part of MTB progression! Think of all the traction the front tire will get though! The front wheel will stay sucked to the ground, even when you want to pull up! Imagine the toe overlap in size small!
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I don’t find old designs ugly at all. I see progression in our sport. I see artwork forms in many.
I get dizzy just looking at that.used to love my Foes Zig Zag. it's crazy cringe-worthy now...
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That seat tube angle is just…. I dont even know.used to love my Foes Zig Zag. it's crazy cringe-worthy now...
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The Salsa Woodsmoke was an absolute abomination… they didn’t make it very long. Those elevated chainstays are the Nissan Juke of the bike world.
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maybe it's just me, but that seems like a a rather large "niggle" as you say...
Salsa has offered a few stinkers in its time.
Their Big Mama wasn't an ugly bike, but if you so much as thought, "chain suck*," that bike would do it. For some reason the phenomenon was perverse with this bike and the brown machine became legendary for it.
I think the BM (perfect acronym) was only offered for 2 years before Salsa axe'd it from their lineup.
The Big Mama was probably the worst bike I ever owned. I ended up selling it to a poor 'buddy' for cheap as he had almost no money plus I suffered a desperate need to get away from the BM as quickly as possible.
I got the BM in 2009 IIRC; the only good thing to come out of owning that miserable bike is that it had to be replaced -- the ensuing search lead me to the DW Link'd Turner Sultan.
OMG! -- the Sultan's suspension was sublime -- night and day difference from the horrible Salsa Big Mama.
Anyway, keep trying, Salsa. You've hit some home runs but you've also struck out a few times. The Big Mama was a horrific loss.
Okay everybody, back to talkin' ugly.
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*Not the beginning of my disdain for front defailures, but this bike def pushed me over the edge with regard to never wanting to deal with another miserable FD.
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Softride would like a word. Make sure your dental insurance is up to par before swinging a leg over one of these.
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Obviously you have no clue.
Ive owned several san andreas and other bikes by this brand! that doesnt mean this model isnt butt ugly!!
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Wow never saw that one.. Brents cringing you pulled that one out ..lolused to love my Foes Zig Zag. it's crazy cringe-worthy now...
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Someone was certainly thinking outside the box on this one 😂used to love my Foes Zig Zag. it's crazy cringe-worthy now...
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This was the first bike I thought about when I read the thread title.
I never had the balls to go huge. There where a few guys with them at Snowshoe years ago hucking off the lift landings.
The guys where nuts. Was crazy to see how far down the mountain they were landing.
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I think Giant was trying to figure out how to make a 29er that handled right. And their failure to do so was so traumatic that they swore off 29ers for a few years... "27.5 is the future of off-road"[...] the ugliest bike I can recall, off the top of my head:
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Looks like whoever designed this bike was ordered to make it fit into a smaller bike box, to avoid oversized fees, hence a head angle that would excite a rock climber. Pass on shipping savings to the consumer, at the cost of trail-worthy handling! A brand of great value! Being flung over-the-bars and nose-diving in the air are just part of MTB progression! Think of all the traction the front tire will get though!
Giant Bets Big on 27.5-Inch Wheels
The brand overhauls its mountain bike line around the new wheel size
www.bicycling.com
before I scrolled to see this I was thinking, I need to dig up an Otis Guy Softride pic...
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“Suspend the rider, not the bike!” 🤣🤣🤣
Such an abomination may actually make sense for riding the road.
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