'Stealth Bikes' Why?

mr_goo
mr_goo Posts: 3,770
edited August 2012 in The cake stop
I cannot help notice that there is an increasing amount of 'Stealth' looking road bikes both shown off on this forum and in the LBS. What is it with the pre-occupation to try and have a bike that has all the cosmetic attributes of the B2 bomber?
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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    Nah - dunno what you mean!! :D

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    C'mon - what do you expect. People can't keep buying red, white and black bikes forever! :lol:
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  • Barteos
    Barteos Posts: 657
    A stealth bomber looks better than a garish advertising board :wink:
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    Nah - dunno what you mean!! :D

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    You need to get rid of those wheels decals. :wink:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    Nah - dunno what you mean!! :D

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    That is not a good example.

    Sorry mate, it looks awful.
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    tired of stealth bikes - they're a fad, soon may they pass
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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    daviesee wrote:
    You need to get rid of those wheels decals. :wink:

    Actually - i need to get rid of those wheels - they weight a ton (Fulcrum Racing 7's) :mrgreen:

    Its my winter bike so i'm not really bothered how it looks. It rides brilliantly mind - and is probably a damn site better than most winter bikes Jim (and only 17lb even with heavy wheels) - so I dont really care if you like it's look or not.

    Oh and if I get bored of the colour, I can strip it down and respray it for the cost of 1/3l of paint (£14 or so).
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    jim453 wrote:
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    Nah - dunno what you mean!! :D

    DSCF0285.jpg

    That is not a good example.

    Sorry mate, it looks awful.

    Far be it from me to criticise your choice of an extreme adjective, bet you use awesome too :D
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  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    team47b wrote:
    jim453 wrote:
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    Nah - dunno what you mean!! :D

    DSCF0285.jpg

    That is not a good example.

    Sorry mate, it looks awful.

    Far be it from me to criticise your choice of an extreme adjective, bet you use awesome too :D

    Not when describing that bike.

    Are there any other english words in common usage that you either don't like or don't understand? Write a list and we can tailor the whole forum to suit your particular, special needs.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Six of one half a dozen of the other for me. Not a massive fan of plain black but a bare carbon bike does hide a few knocks and scratches better than flash paint job. Mine best bike is 6 years old now and if I'd bought the white version instead of the carbon it'd be looking a bit of a shed by now.

    That said I've never looked at someone's bike in a race and thought I wish mine looked as good as that.
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  • airbag
    airbag Posts: 201
    Barteos wrote:
    A stealth bomber looks better than a garish advertising board :wink:

    mmhmm - though I'd prefer something in the middle myself, which is what the look of a typical steel bike achieves so well. Are there mainstream manufacturers that do the same with cf?
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    I can see the appeal but they're not the safest bikes to ride at night. Can't see the bloody things, just the cyclist in garish florescent garb. Lookslike he's floating in mid air, can cause a crash that can! :P
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  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    You need to get rid of those wheels decals. :wink:

    Actually - i need to get rid of those wheels - they weight a ton (Fulcrum Racing 7's) :mrgreen:

    Its my winter bike so i'm not really bothered how it looks. It rides brilliantly mind - and is probably a damn site better than most winter bikes Jim (and only 17lb even with heavy wheels) - so I dont really care if you like it's look or not.

    Oh and if I get bored of the colour, I can strip it down and respray it for the cost of 1/3l of paint (£14 or so).

    Fair enough, though I only commented on it as you posted a picture of it completely unprompted. I would suggest, if you're obviously this touchy about peoples opinions of the bike that you don't post pictures of it on the internet.
  • acidstrato
    acidstrato Posts: 945
    maybe you should do the same with your opinion of someones bike when that too is unprompted?

    just saying..
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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    acidstrato wrote:
    maybe you should do the same with your opinion of someones bike when that too is unprompted?

    just saying..

    Absolutely - given that this is a thread about plain black "stealth" bikes and given my blatantly obvious post with smiley prior to my pic making light of the subject!!

    Judging by Jim's post history - it seems he has little in the way of helpful comments to add to this forum it seems. Just saying like...
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    "Stealth bikes" why?

    So you can sneak up on other cyclists undetected. :wink:

    But don't tell anyone, it's a secret.
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  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    Frank the tank wrote:
    "Stealth bikes" why?

    So you can sneak up on other cyclists undetected. :wink:

    Sneak up on all those strava segments / going on a lone breakaway without anyone seeing :wink::wink:
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    "Are there any other english words in common usage that you either don't like or don't understand? Write a list and we can tailor the whole forum to suit your particular, special needs."

    You could do that?

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  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    Wirral_Paul wrote:
    acidstrato wrote:
    maybe you should do the same with your opinion of someones bike when that too is unprompted?

    just saying..

    Absolutely - given that this is a thread about plain black "stealth" bikes and given my blatantly obvious post with smiley prior to my pic making light of the subject!!

    Judging by Jim's post history - it seems he has little in the way of helpful comments to add to this forum it seems. Just saying like...

    Yes, sorry Paul, I really must try to take discussions about the ubiquity of 'stealth' bikes a little more seriously.

    I'm sorely tempted to sign off my post with either an emoticon or a pathetically useless banality such as 'just sayin' like.....' though I shall resist.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    That's not stealth, it's shiney black.
    Plus, I bet it'd reflect radar like a b*stard ! :wink:
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    A C59 with matt black paint and black Colnago decals - lovely. You know why. You can go thro' the radar undetected and other riders are thinking 'was that a ?' those Movistar Pinarellos look nice but only when the sun shines.
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