Re: Best looking road bike

08-08-2003, 09:27 AM

"Jiyang Chen" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> What is the best looking road bike with the best design, colors, shape,
etc?
Whatever the cheapest thing is that Wal-Mart is selling
on any given day. Not.....

Why would anyone ask such a question that is based on
personal preference?

08-08-2003, 10:28 AM

Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:27:56 -0500,
<bh0mij$hhm$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].mindspring.net>, "Mark Jones" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Why would anyone ask such a question that is based on
>personal preference?
>
The person asking the question has no taste.
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zk

08-08-2003, 11:38 AM

That's exactly what I'm asking. Just curious what people think are good
looking bikes.
"Mark Jones" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> "Jiyang Chen" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:bgv6r3$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> > What is the best looking road bike with the best design, colors, shape,
> etc?
> Whatever the cheapest thing is that Wal-Mart is selling
> on any given day. Not.....
>
> Why would anyone ask such a question that is based on
> personal preference?
>
>

08-08-2003, 06:45 PM

>"Mark Jones" [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote in part:

>Why would anyone ask such a question that is based on
>personal preference?

I think he's just asking for opinions, not guidance. It struck me as a "survey"
kind of question not unlike, "Which one is more attractive, Angeline Jolie or
Elizabeth Hurley?".

Regards,
Bob Hunt

08-08-2003, 06:49 PM

"Hunrobe" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> >"Mark Jones" [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> wrote in part:
>
> >Why would anyone ask such a question that is based on
> >personal preference?
>
> I think he's just asking for opinions, not guidance. It struck me as a
"survey"
> kind of question not unlike, "Which one is more attractive, Angeline Jolie
or
> Elizabeth Hurley?".

Elizabeth Hurley, of course. (On my shiny new Klein Team Q-carbon!)

Sigh.

Bill

08-08-2003, 07:40 PM

I really don't care to know how well a bike performs. I want people's
subjective opinions on bicycle design.

Jiyang
"Mark Jones" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> "Jiyang Chen" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:bh0u6r$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> > That's exactly what I'm asking. Just curious what people think are good
> > looking bikes.
> Appearance is a purely subjective thing that isn't something
> that can be measured. One person could love the way a
> certain bike looks and another one may think it sucks.
>
> A more useful thing is to as which of a particular type
> of bike is most likely to perform well. This is something
> where actual facts can be used to form an opinion.
>
>

08-09-2003, 05:58 AM

Kevan Smith wrote:
>
> Form follows function. The basic design is two circles and two triangles....

This is not true of many upright bicycles, not to mention the Dark Side.

Wheels that were some shape other than circular would not be very
useful, however.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)