Lance Armstrong's Giro Bike

Tony666
Tony666 Posts: 274
edited May 2009 in Pro race
I have thought long and heard but sorry I am afraid I just dont like this. As someone said, it's like biker tattoo designs. I might be the minority though

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  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    The minority of one? There's no photo there dude :-)
    2010 Lynskey R230
    2013 Yeti SB66
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    No pic there - but I've seen the bike and it is FUGLY. You are not in the minority.
  • proto
    proto Posts: 1,483
    This the one?

    trek.jpg
  • GavH
    GavH Posts: 933
    Someone has taken a ride through the ugly jungle on that thing and hit every tree on the way through.
  • Tony666
    Tony666 Posts: 274
    oops. Thanks proto
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Oh. My. God. :shock:

    What a monstrosity.
  • Looks like something Rock would be riding
  • mercsport
    mercsport Posts: 664
    proto wrote:
    This the one?

    trek.jpg

    Despite the Armstrong downer on it , and the colour , I like it . Original , stylish and striking to see . Reminds me a little of the impact Colnago had at the end of the nineties with their radical 'splash' jobs . Good stuff . :D
    "Lick My Decals Off, Baby"
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    That's horrible!
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Would be OK without the Livestrong and Trek brands.
  • that is one sexy frame! im not even joking i would love that, very very unique indeed :D
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  • liversedge
    liversedge Posts: 1,003
    tempted to ask who gives an es-aitch-one-tee but then I looked at it. Ewww.

    NO CLASS.
    --
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  • claudb
    claudb Posts: 212
    Awful - I wouldn't even want to steal it !!!!!!!!
  • epr
    epr Posts: 26
    Reminds me of the old 'ethnic' BA tail fin designs. They were hideous as well.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Foul.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    DaveyL wrote:
    Foul.
    There's no accounting for taste but you can try to put a value on the free publicity a silly paint job can get, images of a stock factory ride get beamed around the world for free, all thanks to some "art".
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Looks a bit like my bike after I've over-oiled the chain & rode to work around tattie-harvesting time
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    I wonder if they've got one in pink. Just in case. :wink:
  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    No sir, I don't like it one bit.... :shock:
    2010 Lynskey R230
    2013 Yeti SB66
  • ACMadone
    ACMadone Posts: 300
    claudb wrote:
    Awful - I wouldn't even want to steal it !!!!!!!!

    That might well be the point. He may get to finish on it.
  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    I quite like that one - it's quite cool

    not so sure about the starTREKing one though...
  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy Posts: 832
    BIt of a minger, if you had the beer goggles on you might take it
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Perhaps, after California, he wanted something no-one would steal ?
  • DavMartinR
    DavMartinR Posts: 897
    But if you had to ride it, you would want someone to steal it.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    If that's the future of cycling paint jobs I guess I'll be riding my current bike for quite
    a while.

    Dennis Noward
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Whether you love it or hate it,it's got you all doing exactly what Trek and Livestrong wanted, you all talking about it.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Mebbe, but I'm not going to buy it, and it's not making me want to go out and buy any other Trek either...
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    OK, here's another stupid question. Does it seem that TREK is not very popular
    with the majority of posters who comment on it? And why? Is it a Lance thing?
    And why would that matter? OK, it was actually questions.
    :? :?

    Dennis Noward
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    dennisn wrote:
    OK, here's another stupid question. Does it seem that TREK is not very popular
    with the majority of posters who comment on it? And why? Is it a Lance thing?
    And why would that matter? OK, it was actually questions.

    You ride a GIOS, so you know an ugly bike when you see one for goodness sakes.

    I have a Trek mountain bike. All mountain bikes are ugly so it doesn't matter :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Well - I have a Madone 6.9 - same as the entire Astana team - and I think most of Lance's paint job's are FUGLY.


    Regardless of available paint jobs, I won't be switching brands any time soon.