Author Topic: fugly or Phwoar?  (Read 5528 times)

ElyDave

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #1 on: 15 March, 2017, 07:56:59 pm »
Ooh, ooh, sir, I know this one!


Fugly.

Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #2 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:05:27 pm »
Fugly
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Kim

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #3 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:07:45 pm »
Fugly, though I'll give them points for thinking about mudguards.

Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #4 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:11:12 pm »
Disjointedly fugly.

It would have worked better, asthetically as well as practically, if it had 'E stays' and rack mounts.

Who on earth is going to pay that for a bike that has no apparent practical porpoise?
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TheLurker

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #5 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:12:17 pm »
Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every single branch on the way down.  Nor am I inclined to cut it any slack for the mudguards.

And the price!  Dear $DEITY$!  Are they joking?
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ElyDave

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #6 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:26:13 pm »
not just me then
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fuaran

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #7 on: 15 March, 2017, 08:43:28 pm »
It is rather boring in grey. It would be more fun if it was bright green or orange.

zigzag

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #8 on: 15 March, 2017, 09:04:33 pm »
totally not my style, but i wouldn't call it fugly, looking at the spec it should cost £6-700

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #9 on: 15 March, 2017, 09:05:45 pm »
A bit ugly to my eyes but BMC's bikes all have a similar industrial aesthetic and plenty of folk buy the race bikes. Thumbs up for the (flexible-looking) mudguards. Swiss stuff always costs more than Chinese, partially labour/ material/ compliance costs, partially perceived value.
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Wowbagger

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #10 on: 15 March, 2017, 09:25:26 pm »
You could get a perfectly good Thorn bike with Rohloff hub for that money - and it would be as good a touring machine as you could buy anywhere.
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LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #11 on: 15 March, 2017, 09:49:35 pm »
The perceived value of a Thorn varies depending on the person.
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Clare

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #12 on: 15 March, 2017, 10:56:05 pm »
F*ck me that's f*cking disgusting.

 :sick: :sick: :sick:

caerau

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #13 on: 15 March, 2017, 11:17:14 pm »
To be somewhat controversial.


Meh  :demon:
It's a reverse Elvis thing.

caerau

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #14 on: 15 March, 2017, 11:17:58 pm »
Silly money for a hybrid certainly.  It could at least have a carbon frame for that price.
It's a reverse Elvis thing.

Wowbagger

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #15 on: 15 March, 2017, 11:23:22 pm »
The perceived value of a Thorn varies depending on the person.

Is that not the same with every purchase? At least with a Thorn & Rohloff combination the components justify the price.
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Kim

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #16 on: 15 March, 2017, 11:41:34 pm »
The perceived value of a Thorn varies depending on the person.

I dunno, you could strip it for parts and get a decent set of V-brakes, a Rohloff and about 50 quid's worth of headset spacers.  :P

Jaded

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #17 on: 16 March, 2017, 12:11:18 am »
What is it  ???
It is simpler than it looks.

ElyDave

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #18 on: 16 March, 2017, 06:37:55 am »
you could compare that to a Pedersen or a flying gate, both unconventional, but at least elegant engineering (to my eyes anyway)

This thing is like 70's brutalist architecture
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #19 on: 16 March, 2017, 07:32:49 am »
"Alpenchallenge"?  It's made of muesli?
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #20 on: 16 March, 2017, 07:44:45 am »
If you look closely, there is a nice curved rake on the fork, but overall C- stay after class.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #21 on: 16 March, 2017, 08:10:43 am »
I don't like the lowered seat stays or the squareness of all the tubing. Also, it looks odd to have the bars so much lower than the saddle on a hybrid – but I guess this is an "ultimate speed" hybrid, so that's ok! Not at all sure the Gates belt justifies the price either.
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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #22 on: 16 March, 2017, 08:25:04 am »
Having looked at them in the flesh, while it still isn't my cup of tea, I'd say they don't photograph well and actually look ok in the metal. I'd applaud them for putting together a commuter bike designed to a purpose rather than idea, allowing the options of Alfine or derailleur on each of their offerings. Had they used 26" wheels I might well be considering one of them.

Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #23 on: 16 March, 2017, 08:54:20 am »
If it's functional, who cares what it looks like?  You don't look at it while riding, after all.

An unfashionable view, I know... ;D

I agree that I'd want a Rohloff or Pinion at that price, though.
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Re: fugly or Phwoar?
« Reply #24 on: 16 March, 2017, 09:00:43 am »
From what I can see the money is more in the frame and the geegaws, there are a wide range of bikes and prices all with same geometry. https://www.evanscycles.com/bikes/hybrid-bikes_c/bmc-brand