Trimble time trial frame

[mynchiboy]

And here is Trimble's recumbent time trial version:

 

[Mike Muz]

And here is Trimble's recumbent time trial version:

Iseem to remember Giant making another one in the early '90s , that looked even more hideous than the one above . They challenged cyclists to buy it even more by painting it yellow red and purple ! Still saw a few on the local tt circuit though :roll: :facepalm:
Mike

 

[Mike Muz]

Found it !

Only made worse by the Giant colour scheme IMO

 

[lewisfoto]

I knew I had an equally appalling bike in the brochure collection, I give you the Tommasini Carbon Velocista:

 

[Mike Muz]

OMG :shock:

That takes the gong , I could only look for a split second , as my eyes started to well up !
Honestly didn't realise that a bike frame could be this ugly . Whoever designed it should be confined to a padded cell for life !
Mike

 

[lewisfoto]

...and the poop brown paint job as a final touch...

 

[Mike Muz]

...and the poop brown paint job as a final touch...

Quite apt IMO !
And it's Italian too , home of Colnago , Bianchi , Moser et al .
'80s Tommasini frames looked good , so where did it all go wrong ?
Mike

 

[lewisfoto]

Surveying brochures from this time period, late 80s, it seems all of the venerable Italian builders felt like they had to offer a carbon bike regardless of the outcome. Early Colnago attempts were not much better...

 

[Mike Muz]

I have to admit , I have a soft spot for a steel frame with a fancy paint job , although my pockets arent deep enough to own one

 

[Woz]

The form of that Colnago looks like the majority of moderns to me. That doesn't make it any less butt ugly mind.