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If a bike starts to remind me of a constipated dog, then I know it is ugly. Many newer dual suspension mountain bikes have that look of a cramp in the hind quarters. I suppose I love mine for its function, not looks.

None of the old classic road bikes has that unfortunate look ........... so if I want to look good I stick to old road bikes and suck my gut in for photographs...........just saying!

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Kind of like the tendency of Mercedes to design that ugly as heck rear end that reminds me of a long bottomed horse's ass. How anyone could drive that and not be embarrassed and ashamed evades me.

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4 hours ago, Headshot said:

One of the early Pole bikes... probably also the best looking one too. Ground breaking at the time but looks pretty normal now.Pole Evolink 140 Review - Frame details

Their bikes are/were deffo a marmite thing…but there’s no denying that the way those things were manufactured was astonishing… 

CNC’ing a block of alloy into a frame…unadulterated awesomeness.

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7 minutes ago, droo said:

Somewhere in the world's design curricula someone needs to add a module called "hubless wheels don't work on bikes, and they're not as original as you think".

/rant

You’re just annoyed because this circumvents your spoke fondling tendencies 😋

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On 5/15/2024 at 2:28 PM, splat said:

Get yours here now : https://www.webuycars.co.za/buy-a-car/Beeno/Reevo/634010720 

is the reevo hubless electric bike the bike of the future?

Although it a monstrosity, its actually quite interesting too!

 

 

On 5/20/2024 at 8:36 AM, splat said:

 

There's also one for sale if that sort of thing grabs you...

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/dual-suspension-bikes/724312/unno-dash-race-demo

I actually like these, okay that Ebike is more of a novelty rather than something to be used extensively. That Unno (okay I don't like the name I had a Uno 😂) but for us vertically challenged people the low standover is a + of the funky design. 

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