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Ole Rodrigo · 2013-11-13 00:02:42

Always hated this one. You'd almost expect it to transform into Darth Vader. Darth Vader in a man bra, prone to falling over, that is.

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#1082 06-08-2015 10:04AM

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Cannondale have been using Lefty forks on their mountain bikes for about 20 years, still fugly

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#1083 06-08-2015 10:07AM

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I don't have personal experience but the leftys on mtbs are supposedly offering exceptional handling. Ugly as hell yes.

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#1084 06-08-2015 10:41AM

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AstraMonti wrote: »

I don't have personal experience but the leftys on mtbs are supposedly offering exceptional handling. Ugly as hell yes.

I wonder what would make them handle better? I can see a weight saving alright. Aren't most regular suspension forks only active on one side anyway?

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#1085 06-08-2015 11:05AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlRqcAQr2w

This show nicely why they 're good.

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#1086 06-08-2015 01:22PM

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AstraMonti wrote: »

This show nicely why they 're good.

You missed an _

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlRqcAQr2w

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#1087 07-08-2015 09:06AM

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It can always get worse..

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#1088 07-08-2015 10:33AM

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Astra Monti, thats sick, you need help, professional help!

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#1089 07-08-2015 10:43AM

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I might have misunderstood you here. Do you actually mean that you like this?

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#1090 07-08-2015 10:57AM

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I 'd like one too to be honest, it ll great for CX, it's just ugly.

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#1091 07-08-2015 11:12AM

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AstraMonti wrote: »

I might have misunderstood you here. Do you actually mean that you like this?

i would rather have my arm tore off and be beaten over the head by the bloody stump than own one of them!

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#1092 07-08-2015 12:14PM

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That cannondale reminds me of when we were kids, and we used to make karts and trikes from bits of old bicycles taped and tied together any old way. That front end is just wrong!

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#1093 07-08-2015 01:34PM

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If you put some shocks on the down tube and seat stays, it might be a ' so ugly its beautiful ' type of thing.

Also, the only one to pull off purple on a bike was Paul Smith with Mercian. ( Over in the beauty thread )

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#1094 08-08-2015 10:46PM

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Some folk love the English frames. To me, this just looks like a bunch of odd shaped tubes stuck together.

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#1095 08-08-2015 10:57PM

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front end is rank...stem, headtube and fork dont work..
colour only highlights its rankness!!!!

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#1096 08-08-2015 11:00PM

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the forks don't look like they were made with that bike in mind.
plus, i really don't like that design of chainwheel.

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#1097 08-08-2015 11:01PM

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I like the rim and tyre combination!

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#1098 08-08-2015 11:15PM

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i think someone sandblasted the labels off the rims.

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#1099 09-08-2015 12:22AM

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AstraMonti wrote: »

It can always get worse..

**** this bike for existing! No. No. No. A thousand times NO

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#1100 09-08-2015 09:25AM

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Raam wrote: »

Some folk love the English frames. To me, this just looks like a bunch of odd shaped tubes stuck together.

Are the seat stays curved / slightly bent downwards in the middle?

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#1101 09-08-2015 01:35PM

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magicbastarder wrote: »

i think someone sandblasted the labels off the rims.

Out of shame.

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#1102 09-08-2015 03:37PM

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Saw this and thought of you guys.

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#1103 09-08-2015 08:51PM

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The bar in the middle of the triangle was put there just for spite :pac:

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#1104 09-08-2015 09:13PM

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As bad a s it is there's some cool touches on it.

Lock threaded through the frame integrated lights at either end of the top tube.

As a city mule I'd use it but it I'd imagine it ain't light

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#1105 09-08-2015 09:53PM

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iwillhtfu wrote: »

As bad a s it is there's some cool touches on it.

Lock threaded through the frame integrated lights at either end of the top tube.

As a city mule I'd use it but it I'd imagine it ain't light

It's even a straight top tube.

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#1106 13-08-2015 03:42PM

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Details.

Edit: I've just figured out what it reminds me of Slightly NSFW.

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#1107 13-08-2015 05:00PM

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MagicMarker wrote: »

Saw this and thought of you guys.

<snip>

This ugliness cost around 1000e

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#1108 13-08-2015 11:28PM

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niceonetom wrote: »

Edit: I've just figured out what it reminds me of Slightly NSFW.

is that what geordi laforge dreams about in his private moments?
i'm sure the holodeck could dial that up for him.

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#1109 14-08-2015 08:37AM

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niceonetom wrote: »

Details.

Edit: I've just figured out what it reminds me of Slightly NSFW.

I am speechless, it will take something out of this world to beat that for fuglyness

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#1110 14-08-2015 10:17AM

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niceonetom wrote: »

Details.

.

You'd love to try it out though..

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#1111 14-08-2015 10:44AM

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Bloggsie wrote: »

I am speechless, it will take something out of this world to beat that for fuglyness

Agree, but it has given me some pause for thought. Why are there not accessories available that would give a performance enhancement even though not UCI legal - for those uninterested in racing. I suppose the disc brakes on my road bike fall exactly into this category, but i wonder would there be a real benefit to, e.g., attaching a "windscreen" like that to a bike?

On the other hand I suppose if you pursue that logic too far you end up with an e-bike.

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