Friday, September 16, 2011

Two-Face Bikes

This is Two-Face. Two-Face is a villain from Batman and he is hideous.
This is Radioshack's team bike in the 2010 season. The mismatching wheels are trying to match gray-to-black fade paintjob on the frame, which makes the bike look like Two-Face, ergo hideous. If they had put a black front wheel, it would look better.
This is an SE PK Ripper collaborated with The Hundreds. It's a 26" BMX cruiser with mismatching wheels and tires. Don't make me say it, all right I'll say it: it, too, looks hideous. Another fail is that the picture is of the bike's non-drive side.
Never intentionally mismatch wheel colors to match the frame colors or color scheme, it's ugly. Except for time trial bikes and track bikes, try not to mismatch wheels (unless the situation calls for it, e.g. flat during a race). When buying used bikes, a bike with mismatched wheels is also an indication that it may have been in a severe crash, needing a front wheel replacement.

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