Wow, is this frame ugly!

[fiamme red]

Cinelli WYSIWYG

http://www.businesscycles.com/graphics/cin_wysiwyg.jpg

http://www.businesscycles.com/graphics/cin_wysiwyg.jpg

[justinf]

yes, that's bad. I would hope to get more than I see here from a Cinelli.

[vaxn8r]

Cinelli WYSIWYG


The frame or the paint or both?

I don't care for the frame but the graphics are kind of Dario-esque are they not? Okay..maybe over the top...

[Bill Bove]

Got a small one here! Marked down from $2199.99 to 1899.99, frame, fork and headset. Sold the two mediums and two larges at full boat.

I actually like it. I'd build it up for myself but it doesn't have a bottle boss on the downtube due to the shape, only boss is on the seattube.

[Grant McLean]

The frame or the paint or both?

I don't care for the frame but the graphics are kind of Dario-esque are they not? Okay..maybe over the top...


I was thinking the same thing!!

-g

[fiamme red]

The frame or the paint or both?

I don't care for the frame but the graphics are kind of Dario-esque are they not? Okay..maybe over the top...You're right about the graphics being in Pegoretti's style. I confess that I don't care for them. The weird-shaped tubes, the welds, and the carbon seatstays contribute to the ugliness of the frame.

I think what bothers me most about this is that it's sad that the illustrious Cinelli company has come to this hideous lack of taste. But then again, it's been downhill ever since they were bought by Columbus.

But I do like the Laser! As Ken Denny says: "This bike is a work of art. To me, it represents the complete embodiment of form and function in way that integrates design components of line, plane, mass, etc. It also embodies aerodynamic design ideologoies that were current at the time."

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/g/denny10.htm

[Sandy]

If you remove all the graphics on the frame, I would think that it would be quite attractive. Really.



Sandy

[fiamme red]

If you remove all the graphics on the frame, I would think that it would be quite attractive. Really.Well, I don't know that I'd find it attractive, but a good deal less offensive.

[The Spider]

they should stick to making bar tape!

WYSIWYG is a great name, UGLY MO-FO would also be a good name.

[justinf]

ha ha, yes to clarify I don't mind the frame design, I just think the graphics suck. Moreover, I bemoan the transition Cinelli has made over time from its identity as a true standard of beautiful cycling design (see the laser above) to a follower with nothing original to offer at all.