Great reviews but could you love it ?

ilovegrace
ilovegrace Posts: 677
edited February 2015 in Road buying advice
Looks ugly but could you grow to love it.
Need a bike this fits the bill , but the looks !!
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -15-48994/
what do you think
regards
ILG

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The most off putting thing for me is the size of the welds on the bb. Looks chippy as f@#k
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Yes. Soooo ugerrrrly its cool.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

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    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
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    He's right you know.
  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    No!
  • matt-h
    matt-h Posts: 847
    Maglia Rosa wrote:
    The most off putting thing for me is the size of the welds on the bb. Looks chippy as f@#k

    This!
    good spec and weight for the money though

    matt
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  • macleod113
    macleod113 Posts: 560
    Maglia Rosa wrote:
    The most off putting thing for me is the size of the welds on the bb. Looks chippy as f@#k

    Yikes! hell no!

    so much other choice for the price i'd easily avoid it.
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Aah I have fond memories of my GT mountain bike I first raced on.

    I'd have it - the bike is to ride - not to look at.
  • TheHound
    TheHound Posts: 284
    I think it looks cool and like the chunky welds.

    Makes it look beefy, like it could take a kicking off road.
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  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Great looks & a great ride are two different things....I'll say 'yes' and leave it there I think.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Dandelionclock30
    Dandelionclock30 Posts: 306
    Its alright, theres worse looking bikes than that one, look at Giants! they look like crap and look at the amount of people that ride them.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    No no for me I am afraid.
    I am super fussy about seat stay, seat tube, top tube junctions and that one looks criminal to me.
    Not to mention those welds :shock:

    Am sure you can get a better looking bike that rides at least as well, so why have an ugly one?
  • bondurant
    bondurant Posts: 858
    I like it!
  • ilovegrace
    ilovegrace Posts: 677
    Been into a LBS today taken a fancy to this with a good reduction in price https://www.ridley-bikes.com/be/en/bike ... isc-1504am .
    What do you recon /
    ILG
  • cookeeemonster
    cookeeemonster Posts: 1,991
    yeah sort the welds and it wouldn't be a bad bike. Nice to see something different
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    ilovegrace wrote:
    Been into a LBS today taken a fancy to this with a good reduction in price https://www.ridley-bikes.com/be/en/bike ... isc-1504am .
    What do you recon /
    ILG

    Looks quite nice if its going cheap.
    Just noticed the ugly one had HY\RD hydraulic callipers though. Self adjusting and much better feel/braking IMO.
    Its starting to look less ugly now....... but i still couldn't 8)

    You could upgrade the Ridley to them for about £180. Really easy to do if you find you hate cable discs as much as I did.
  • ilovegrace
    ilovegrace Posts: 677
    Looks quite nice if its going cheap.
    £950 , what do you think ?

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