Best/Worst Looking TDF Bike this year

mfin
mfin Posts: 6,729
edited August 2011 in The bottom bracket
Looking back at the photos from this year.... what do people reckon was the Best and Worst looking bike used this year then?

Best, might have to go for S-Works of Saxo Bank. Classic lines. Contador's colours in particular looked pretty good.

Worst, Im gonna go for Sky's Pinarello Dogmuck, the colours saved it a bit but all the wobbly melted bits overshadow that, looks like its been through a liquify filter in photoshop.

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  • AndyD2574
    AndyD2574 Posts: 1,034
    Best = Cervelo S5

    Worst = Everything else

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  • ThatBikeGuy
    ThatBikeGuy Posts: 394
    I liked Philippe Gilbert's Canyon with the Belgian National Champ paintjob.
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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Best = Look Cofidis/ or Cavs Mclaren venge

    Worst = No question The Dogma.
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    I really like the Dogma and the S-Works McLaren. worst one anything painted bright yellow, it just looks to much to me.
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  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    andy46 wrote:
    I really like the Dogma and the S-Works McLaren. worst one anything painted bright yellow, it just looks to much to me.

    +1
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    My local Specialized concept store had a Venge in HTC livery and that looked great in the flesh, My god was it light too, we could have played catch with it!!

    I like the way the Dogma looks but I ve always wanted a Cervelo....
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Europcar's green Colnago, SR and matching Boras.

    Yum, yum, yum.
  • fortyone
    fortyone Posts: 166
    + 1 for Look Cofidis and white Merckx.

    - I despise drab all black: think we were back in the Victorian era.
  • StageWinner
    StageWinner Posts: 202
    guinea wrote:
    Europcar's green Colnago, SR and matching Boras.

    Yum, yum, yum.


    I was going to pick that as the ugliest. Looks like a 2005 bike in a 2011 world.
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Any of Euskatels Orbea Orcas look the best.
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  • brianonyx
    brianonyx Posts: 170
    Another vote for the Orbea.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    This thread just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    Best - Tough choice, give in.

    Worst - Polka dot paint job.
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Best for me is definitely Cavendishes Mclaren Venge, that thing is just so lovely looking, with some trick bits of kit!

    Don't really have a worst, they are all quite nice in my opinion!
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Best - Lampre's non day-glo Cento Uno SLR with gum wall Vittoria Corsa Evo tires on Fulcrum Racing Light XLR's
    Worst - Lampre's day-glo Cento Uno SLR - it's just wrong :?
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Best - The new Canyon black paint jobs and Sky's green Dogmas

    Worst - Vacansoleil-DCM Ridley
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    No doubt fugly to many, but I really like the custom Spartacus Speed Concept TT bike:

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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Pokerface wrote:
    No doubt fugly to many, but I really like the custom Spartacus Speed Concept TT bike:

    cancellara_speed_concept_nondriveside_600.jpg
    +1, definitely a good looking bike !!
    Dispite the detailed graphics, it still looks understated and purposful !!
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I can't pick a worst - I'd have any of them given as long as it was a 56cm!

    Best - I love the Giants of Rabobank. Simple styling done simply. Nice.
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  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Cheers - Wiliers
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  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    Ben6899 wrote:
    I can't pick a worst - I'd have any of them given as long as it was a 56cm!
    +1 although I doubt the pro peleton has many 63cm bikes in it...
  • careful
    careful Posts: 720
    Orbea Orca as the worst - man they are ugly!!
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,692
    Saur Sojasun (?) on Time RXRS... cr@p team, great bikes.

    Was wondering how to hijack the team car from Europcar - a roof-load of C59's with Boras? Very tasty... except the yellow one which looked hideous.

    I like the Dogma, in Movistar colours anyway, not a fan of the Sky colour scheme. The Dogma is one bike that I think looks waaaaaaaaaaay better in real life than pictures. Photos always make it look a bit flat and chunky, but see one out in the sunshine and all those curves and fancy tube shapes start to look really good, the shadows and reflections from that crazy sparkly paint really stand out. Bling overload, but luscious.

    Quite like the BMC too, they look sharp, precision-tools-for-the-job kind of aesthetic.
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  • sjacob33
    sjacob33 Posts: 38
    All i can say is i miss Felt although i do like the cevelos
  • nevman
    nevman Posts: 1,611
    Saxos Spesh S works ruled-classy paint jobs.Best frames though were the Cervelos,by a long way.As usual.Want one.Now.
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  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    This thread needs more pics....
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  • stfc1
    stfc1 Posts: 505
    StageWinner wrote:
    guinea wrote:
    Europcar's green Colnago, SR and matching Boras.

    Yum, yum, yum.


    I was going to pick that as the ugliest. Looks like a 2005 bike in a 2011 world.

    Timeless beauty. The C59 ignores passing trends and will always look classy. No gimmicks, just a bike, looking like a bike should.

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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Here's a shot I took at the tour

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