Thought I'd start this thread here, it's run it's course through 17 pages on the MTB forum but I think it'd be interesting to gather views of roadies regarding how many of us believe modern bikes are pig ugly.
Mountain bikes have always uglier than their Road brethren but these days MTB's are ugly beasts.
But the real shock are modern Road bikes, they've lost the grace elegance and artisan crafted feel of the retro bikes and instead are pseudo mtb slopes framed things with alloy over sized tubing, or plastic bits (Carbon) or completely composite.
Sure theyre very light and they fly like the proverbial of a shovel with all the modern race bred features but I'd say the majority of buyers aren't pro racers but rather hobbyists or commuters or weekend club cyclists or just people who want to keep fit or enjoy cycling.
Anyway I think modern bikes look horrid
Discuss
Mountain bikes have always uglier than their Road brethren but these days MTB's are ugly beasts.
But the real shock are modern Road bikes, they've lost the grace elegance and artisan crafted feel of the retro bikes and instead are pseudo mtb slopes framed things with alloy over sized tubing, or plastic bits (Carbon) or completely composite.
Sure theyre very light and they fly like the proverbial of a shovel with all the modern race bred features but I'd say the majority of buyers aren't pro racers but rather hobbyists or commuters or weekend club cyclists or just people who want to keep fit or enjoy cycling.
Anyway I think modern bikes look horrid
Discuss