Cycling Vanity - Choosing a New Bike On Looks Alone

malglass

letap73 wrote:

http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/opera-canova-zoom.jpg

But can't stop looking at this

http://www.steve-z.com/images/pod07/07_03_23A03_sm.jpg

It has a lovely chassis.

HAHA!! Those are my new winter leggings!!

Lazarus

kingrollo wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

Kuota Kharma is a very nice looking bike, but I am biased towards that brand.

+1 - But I am biased to !

+1 again but i am biased also ! ! !

Lazarus

To be honest though the only way to find a lovely bike is to go to every bike shop available and peruse them at leisure , You will eventually find the bike of your dreams and believe me once you see it, even if you don't immediately buy it , you'll keep on going back to the shop to look at it :oops:

Mr Dog

I've got a really bad case of brand loyality.. Giant..Find a bike that presses all you're buttons. Everyone can offer advice but its your cash. Go choose!
Ignore the voices, except the one in your head saying 'thats twice what I should spend, but I must have that bike'.

Good luck 8)

arthur_scrimshaw

NapoleonD wrote:

The Cannondale Six 105. The Matte black paint looks amazing!

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/can ... e-ec020261

+1

Chip \'oyler

You can't beat a nice Baum

http://www.baumcycles.com/bikes/road_corretto.html

timmyflash

Buy British(ish)

http://www.comtat.co.uk/products/158.htm

9/10 reviews on higher spec. Same frame.

http://www.comtat.co.uk/live/pressreviews/4a.pdf

p.s. have a Comtat

Jonny Fortnight

Chip \'oyler wrote:

You can't beat a nice Baum

http://www.baumcycles.com/bikes/road_corretto.html

Thank you for sharing Chip \'oyler, those Baum are Purrrdy!!! It's a shame the pricing's down at the moment.

Dammit, that's another one on the llist.

dmch2

It might be a silly question but what makes a bike nice looking?

Several cyclists have said mine is nice because it's white but I'm basically pretty confused. (And the whole 'a triple looks ugly but a is double fine' aesthetic argument completely baffles me)

malglass

dmch2 wrote:

It might be a silly question but what makes a bike nice looking?

Several cyclists have said mine is nice because it's white but I'm basically pretty confused. (And the whole 'a triple looks ugly but a is double fine' aesthetic argument completely baffles me)

I think for me its anything (a bike in this case that makes you go WOW), this can be a car, clothes, tv or especially important the other person in your life.

Everyone needs a bit of omphh in there life, its just right now Im wanting this omphh to come from my new bike.

kingrollo

http://www.cycle-world.co.uk/

Is in abroath - they do Kuota. He offered me a great deal on a kharma - but I wanted to try before I buy - but phone up and haggle for a price !

CiB

There's a recognised hierarchy of pleasure in making a purchase. I forget the source; if I can find it I'll post it but in essence, the pleasure derives from various stages of the purchase, each stage generates a different amount of pleasure that is both cumulative and separate from the other stages.

It goes something like:

The search
The decision to buy
The provision of funds
The negotiation & purchase process
The post-purchase taking-of-ownership
The sharing with family & friends
The recognition by family & friends of the purchase
Use of the item
Etc

I can't begin to do it justice, but in essence buying something is a whole lot more than just deciding on a spec and buying the most suitable item with no emotion. It's about the build up, the act of buying, showing friends & family afterwards, and then using it. When I first discovered this hierarchy it made complete sense [to me at least]. OP has probably owned up to something that we all do to some extent greater or smaller. Good luck to him with it. Buy what you fancy most.