Most beautiful bike ever made...

bluechair84

Sorry, it's abit 'mechanophile', but there's some damn lovely bikes out there. This is straight to the top of my hardtail dream list on looks alone.
If you're offended by this, see here.

bennett_346

I love that. Saw it on pinkbike earlier. If i was to have a hardtail it'd be that all the way.

But they did steal my paint scheme!

Stu Coops

Your obviously easily pleased

cooldad

No it isn't, really.

bluechair84

Damn, you guys must have some strange perversions indeed not to think that is a looker!

rockmonkeysc

That is a very average looking, standard Specialized hardtail.
I think the Charge Duster with super skiny tubes is much nicer.


The Intense Tazer HT is also a thing of beauty.

bennett_346

RockmonkeySC wrote:

The Intense Tazer HT is also a thing of beauty.

MY EYES :shock:

Also, the bike the OP linked is not a Specialized.

bluechair84

bennett_346 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

The Intense Tazer HT is also a thing of beauty.

MY EYES :shock:

Also, the bike the OP linked is not a Specialized.

Urgh god! That's a fat child smuggling double cheese burgers that is... He might have been aiming for sarcasm, that the beauty that started the thread is little more than a mass-produced piece of scrap... but looking at his alternative suggestions I don't think he's the aptitude for such observations

rockmonkeysc

I like the Intense, it rides very nicely as well. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder I guess.
That thing at the top of the page certainly looks like a Specialized, same paint, same boring looks.

bluechair84

Is the Intense yours?

Torres

Big fan of the Shan, but I think most of it is to do with the paint job.

The frames have a daft bottom bracket and a hole in the headtube; for those reasons I'm oot.

.blitz

Quite like the look of the Shan even though it's not my cup of tea.

And although I think this is the MTB equivalent of the Anti-christ I have to admit it's not too shabby:

simey83

bluechair84 wrote:

Sorry, it's abit 'mechanophile', but there's some damn lovely bikes out there. This is straight to the top of my hardtail dream list on looks alone.
If you're offended by this, see here.

What kind of bike is this?

allthegearnoidea

i do love the lines of the Air9 but think the Orange colour way suits it best,

also being marjinally biased, i really love the skinny tubes on teh Soul!

bluechair84

simey83 wrote:

bluechair84 wrote:

Sorry, it's abit 'mechanophile', but there's some damn lovely bikes out there. This is straight to the top of my hardtail dream list on looks alone.
If you're offended by this, see here.

What kind of bike is this?

Aggro; slow to go up, fast to go down.

chez_m356

simey83 wrote:

bluechair84 wrote:

Sorry, it's abit 'mechanophile', but there's some damn lovely bikes out there. This is straight to the top of my hardtail dream list on looks alone.
If you're offended by this, see here.

What kind of bike is this?

see here http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Production ... -2012.html

bluechair84

definitely not as nice in those colours

70\ʹspenguin

.blitz wrote:

Quite like the look of the Shan even though it's not my cup of tea.

And although I think this is the MTB equivalent of the Anti-christ I have to admit it's not too shabby:

Saw that on STW.


I love the Niners but my fave is the Jet 9 RDO - Its so ugly, its beautiful. This coming from someone who doesnt really like the look of full suss'ers. I havent a clue why i like it, but i do.

anj132

allthegearnoidea wrote:

also being marjinally biased, i really love the skinny tubes on teh Soul!

Is this out near Perranporth/St.Agnes maybe near Bluehill tin mines?

allthegearnoidea

Anj chapel porth, porthtowan side looking over too aggy,

That aggro looks So much better in blue and Yellow!

leaflite

I agree on the looks

Just a shame about the weight. 2.6kg doesnt look too bad, until you consider that you can get similar travel full sus frames for around the same. I dont really see the point of a HT unless it is lighter than its full suss equivalent.

lawman

I looked at these before I bought the 456, it looks great in the black, had they been reviewed when I got the 456 I may have been tempted by one of these instead, because its bloody lovely!!

Scion1

If it's not a cube it's not the best looking bike. In my opinion the cube ams 130 sl is the best.

ilovedirt

I reckon the shan is a pretty sweet looking bike, not sure about most beautiful ever, but it's definitely a looker. More so than my ragley at least!

chez_m356

ilovedirt wrote:

I reckon the shan is a pretty sweet looking bike, not sure about most beautiful ever, but it's definitely a looker. More so than my ragley at least!

thats just shiny new stuff envy talking, your ragley build is a seriously desirable machine 8)

ilovedirt

Haha, it's a lovely bike for sure, but it aint a looker!

chez_m356

ilovedirt wrote:

Haha, it's a lovely bike for sure, but it aint a looker!

well they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, i mean, just look how many people have bought one of these

ilovedirt

Haha, i do like them...

chez_m356

ilovedirt wrote:

Haha, i do like them...

so do i to be honest but, there's not many things more controversial than the subject of a 5

Richie63

I may be biased but....................

bluechair84

I see you've found the most smouldering picture you can :shock: