Comments on: Is This The Ugliest Bike Ever? http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever Riding / Design / Culture. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Susie http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-4005 Susie Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:12:33 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-4005 I’ve got a Phibra Carrerra in to do an airbrush retouch on the top tube. The paintwork under the clear coat on these bikes is not great quality. The slightest ding and the scratch just wants to run and run – and when you sand it all back it’s very tricky to smooth it out. It doesn’t look like the paintwork has been properly layered up. So every paint chip has an edge to it, making it easy to grow even bigger. They are so difficult to retouch. I also don’t think enough coats of clear have been applied to these frames either, to protect the paintwork in the first place. There’s scratches all over this bike! Scratches are inevitable on any bicycle, but if you scratch a Phibra C., methinks it would be best to actually sand back and redo the entire frame. Agreed, it is an unorthodox frame, but it would make a superb blank canvas for a stellar airbrush artwork!

]]> By: Chris B http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3048 Chris B Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:58:34 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3048 As much as the Phibra has a love it/hate it design, it’s pretty damn impressive looking in person. I’ve never seen a sample with that ugly giant PHIBRA … it’s usually replaced with CARRERA. A friend built it up and rode it … quite stiff from what I hear (even tho, as we all know, that’s not everything).

There’s also a new paint scheme this year – CHROME paint that looks so much like stainless in person that it’s quite amazing.

Blacksmith Cycle here in Toronto has a sample of it – it’s really something to look at!

]]> By: maximus http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3041 maximus Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:21:02 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3041 i honestly can no longer find much difference between the current crop of carbon frames and gaudy, over-branded paint jobs.

they all look like they were styled by tennis racket manufactures.

hang on…maybe that’s no coincidence.

]]> By: cbrady http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3040 cbrady Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:38:20 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3040 Paul Welsh mmm….well actually…I think it looks okay.

]]> By: cbrady http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3039 cbrady Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:38:04 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3039 Stefan Rohner this guy was model for Venge and similar frames? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yrdiiGvtmBs/SanbJfQLzwI/AAAAAAAAAXI/ef3WtaC6DzM/s400/aingold_typeIII-hunchback.jpg
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]]> By: cbrady http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 cbrady Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:37:44 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3038 Stefan Rohner it looks like a Venge in 60 size.

]]> By: cbrady http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3037 cbrady Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:37:26 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3037 Mike Mancuso I actually don’t mind it at all. However as a Cannondale fanboy, it hurts my eyes to look at that bike, though it may be an incredible machine.

]]> By: cbrady http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3036 cbrady Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:37:10 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3036 Scott Brennen i think this one is worse :) http://www.bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Weiss-2012-Cannondale-Slice-RS-prototype-triathlon-bike1.jpg
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]]> By: Nina http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3033 Nina Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:31:48 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3033 Oh I don’t know, there’s something cartoonishly appealing–or appealingly cartoonish–about that long continuous arc of the top tube through the back fork. It’s like what they’d ride in the Laff-a-Lympics road race.

]]> By: Cyclostyle http://elcyclista.com/2011/11/21/is-this-the-ugliest-bike-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 Cyclostyle Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:02:38 +0000 http://elcyclista.com/?p=3536#comment-3032 It’s certainly up there, but there are plenty of challengers in the carbon market where there’s a trend for the “pumped up” look. From a design perspective, with almost every component labelled with a FULL CAPS, bold logo, everything’s fighting for attention. If you’re looking for ugly, I’d go back in time a while – the Gitane 1989 challenger for the hour record takes some beating. The aero dynamic saddle is now banned by the UCI, but the colour scheme should have been banned too. A photo can be found at http://zlogblog.com/?s=fignon

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