In the eye of the beholder The Ugly Bike Thread

[splat]

20 minutes ago, mecheng89 said:

Anyone ever heard of Unno bikes? Another love if or hate styling.

https://unno.co.za/

 

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

Edited May 20, 2024 by splat

[Headshot]

A classic from the Bike Hub classifieds. What the actual ...

[RustyHWR]

Winner.

[Me rida my bicycle]

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 

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. 

[Shebeen]

2 hours ago, RustyHWR said:

Winner.

https://www.conradstoltz.com/index.php/specialized-shiv-tandem-concept-bike/

 

2009!!!!!

[droo]

13 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

https://www.conradstoltz.com/index.php/specialized-shiv-tandem-concept-bike/

 

2009!!!!!

Two thousand and nein danke.

[Shebeen]

25 minutes ago, droo said:

Two thousand and nein danke.

SHAFT DRIVE!!

[The Ouzo]

3 hours ago, RustyHWR said:

Winner.

is it just the pic or is something weird happening with those rear cranks ?

plus front and rear cranks dont seem to be aligned.

[droo]

1 minute ago, The Ouzo said:

is it just the pic or is something weird happening with those rear cranks ?

plus front and rear cranks dont seem to be aligned.

Those S-Works cranks are super easy to misalign during installation. I'm guessing pre-show panic building and not having the extractor tool are what caused that.

[Zebra]

2 hours ago, The Ouzo said:

is it just the pic or is something weird happening with those rear cranks ?

plus front and rear cranks dont seem to be aligned.

…(many)tandems are built with the two cranks offset by 2 teeth. One gets the other over top dead centre…

.and…

…It has been suggested that tandem riders offset the pilot/stoker crank alignment by up to 6 teeth to offset this and give smoother pedaling…

(source: Google-Fu), but i have heard about this before.

Chris

 

[The Ouzo]

14 minutes ago, Zebra said:

…(many)tandems are built with the two cranks offset by 2 teeth. One gets the other over top dead centre…

.and…

…It has been suggested that tandem riders offset the pilot/stoker crank alignment by up to 6 teeth to offset this and give smoother pedaling…

(source: Google-Fu), but i have heard about this before.

Chris

 

Interesting. Only ever seen them lined up, but the concept sounds like it should work. 

[MORNE]

1 hour ago, Zebra said:

…(many)tandems are built with the two cranks offset by 2 teeth. One gets the other over top dead centre…

.and…

…It has been suggested that tandem riders offset the pilot/stoker crank alignment by up to 6 teeth to offset this and give smoother pedaling…

(source: Google-Fu), but i have heard about this before.

Chris

 

 

[Iwan Kemp]

On 5/4/2024 at 2:41 PM, Bira said:

There we go. I expected this thread to be a coded place for Hellsworth owners to share pics of their bikes. 

[Headshot]

Okay its not that bad but reminds us how things have changed...

[RustyHWR]

3 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Okay its not that bad but reminds us how things have changed...

Think @Zebra still got one?

[Doring]

Also when suspension wasn't fully figured out yet. Though I do have a soft spot for the crazy things 1990's experimentation brought to the MTB world.