ugliest bike ever made

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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    The ugliest bike ever was the Whyte "Preston" (PRST-1)...and it's just a fact that it's the ugliest bike ever.
    I just made the mistake of looking that up on Google images. I wish I hadn't :shock:
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  • mcnultycop
    mcnultycop Posts: 2,143
    Bartimaeus wrote:
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    The ugliest bike ever was the Whyte "Preston" (PRST-1)...and it's just a fact that it's the ugliest bike ever.
    I just made the mistake of looking that up on Google images. I wish I hadn't :shock:
    I did the same; which end is the front.
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  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    mcnultycop wrote:
    Bartimaeus wrote:
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    The ugliest bike ever was the Whyte "Preston" (PRST-1)...and it's just a fact that it's the ugliest bike ever.
    I just made the mistake of looking that up on Google images. I wish I hadn't :shock:
    I did the same; which end is the front.
      the one with the handlebars attached to it :wink:
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    • prb007
      prb007 Posts: 703
      it's all very well being an exF1 suspension designer - but no-one had to look at - except if it was crashed and upside down!
      This ticks all the boxes for offending my sensibilities, as an ex-engineer, and as a cyclist it's just plain fugly
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    • YeehaaMcgee
      YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
      As an engineer, it shouldn;t offend your engineering sensibilities - it really worked very well.
      Aesthetically though. Erhmagherd, it'd disgusting!
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    • prb007
      prb007 Posts: 703
      YeehaaMcgee wrote:
      As an engineer, it shouldn;t offend your engineering sensibilities - it really worked very well.
      Aesthetically though. Erhmagherd, it'd disgusting!

      I'd imagine it would ride like a bag of spanners, though :shock:
      Some nice pics in your sig, there, mate...
      nice inversion... http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye_see_so ... /lightbox/
      pity you got your snowboard pants in the corner of this shot!
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      otherwise, da iawn :)
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    • DanDax1990
      DanDax1990 Posts: 1,201
      Reminds me of a praying mantis...
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    • YeehaaMcgee
      YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
      cyd190468 wrote:
      They must have been interesting to ride as the pivot hardware began to loosen up with age.
      oooh yeah, that would be bad! I wonder how much worse it would be than the bushes going in a set of "normal" forks?

      I don't know how well they lasted, but I have an older, Whyte designed Marin full suss, and it's still solid, with no play. So these old preston praying mantii might be fine. I wonder if we can ever find someone willing to admit to owning one that can tell us? :lol:

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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      I always liked those whytes, not really sure why, but then again i do have slightly odd tastes.

      My vote will always be the
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    • YeehaaMcgee
      YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
      See, as much fun as it is to make fun of Orange bikes, I have to admit, I don't see anything wrong with the 5 in terms of aesthetics (from afar).
      It's pretty much standard bike-shape.
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    • The Rookie
      The Rookie Posts: 27,812
      Its a bit agricultural looking, but it's not BAD looking.
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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      I disagree, if it were early 90's then ok, but were not.
      its not just the 5 though, the Commi's with their single rear arm is just as ugly IMHO
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    • nicklouse
      nicklouse Posts: 50,675
      what no Tank yet?
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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      didnt want to offend you
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    • nicklouse
      nicklouse Posts: 50,675
      i am offended that it is not here yet.
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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      just trying to google a pic on Nicks Tank, i found this
      Steer by wire anyone?
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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      pbpic871731.jpgMakes the 5 look positively gorgeous
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    • YeehaaMcgee
      YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
      VWsurfbum wrote:
      I disagree, if it were early 90's then ok, but were not.
      its not just the 5 though, the Commi's with their single rear arm is just as ugly IMHO
      Why is a single rear arm linked in any way with the 90s?
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    • VWsurfbum
      VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
      because i feel old.
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    • nicklouse
      nicklouse Posts: 50,675
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    • The Rookie
      The Rookie Posts: 27,812
      I'm not sure whether I love or loath that......
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    • ilovedirt
      ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
      Really don't like these things - though apparently they ride really well. Still, they make Nick's Tank look nice.

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    • cat_with_no_tail
      cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
      Whilst we're on the subject of hideous DH bikes:

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    • Northwind
      Northwind Posts: 14,675
      This was mine.

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      Either end of it individually would be ugly, so it's kind of masterful that they've combined two different type of ugly into a single, greater ugly.
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    • VWsurfbum
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    • chez_m356
      chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
      YeehaaMcgee wrote:
      cyd190468 wrote:
      They must have been interesting to ride as the pivot hardware began to loosen up with age.
      oooh yeah, that would be bad! I wonder how much worse it would be than the bushes going in a set of "normal" forks?

      I don't know how well they lasted, but I have an older, Whyte designed Marin full suss, and it's still solid, with no play. So these old preston praying mantii might be fine. I wonder if we can ever find someone willing to admit to owning one that can tell us? :lol:
      a guy not too far from where i live has a PRST-1, think he commutes on it, bike looks to be in tip top condition
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    • Northwind
      Northwind Posts: 14,675
      There's one at glentress quite often, magic thing. Yes it's ugly but in a cool way. Always looks like it's about to eat someone else's bike.
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    • EH_Rob
      EH_Rob Posts: 1,134
      Northwind wrote:
      There's one at glentress quite often, magic thing. Yes it's ugly but in a cool way. Always looks like it's about to eat someone else's bike.

      Hahaha that sums it up, I could never quite put my finger on it but that's the perfect description.
    • mac_man
      mac_man Posts: 918
      YeehaaMcgee wrote:
      There's no need for this thread. The ugliest bike ever was the Whyte "Preston" (PRST-1).
      It worked, it was apparently great to ride, but it was gopping, and it's just a fact that it's the ugliest bike ever.
      Difficult to say whether they've put the saddle/bars on the wrong way round :lol:
      Tis fugly as sin. And not ugly in any kind of cool way at all.
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    • Shotsaway
      Shotsaway Posts: 175
      The BMW Q6S from 2000/2001. Very similar in looks to the Whyte PRST but which one is uglier?

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