Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
After nearly two weeks of voting, a whole lot of passionate opinions, and zero incidents requiring security to escort anyone out of the building, the results are officially in. The ballots have been counted, the spreadsheets triple-checked, and we’re ready to unveil our Three Most Beautiful Bicycles of 2025 (Road, Gravel, MTB), along with our “best in show” overall winner.
Agree? Disagree? It’s cool, we can take it.
Our only request: no Will Smith moments. No slapping, no storming the service desk, no impassioned speeches. This is 2025, people; fire up a spirited email or leave an anonymous comment like a civilized adult. 😉
Without further adieu, here are this year’s winners.
Yeah, I saw it a couple of years ago. Joseph from Contender told me about it so I went in and checked it out.
Amazing skillset on the paint job.
Best,
Bobby
Bobby on
Seriously? There is a La Vie Claire painted bike out there and I missed it?
PLEASE post some pictures of it.
Thanks.
Fast Eddy on
La Vie Claire custom paint job???
That sounds amazing.
1- How did I miss that?
2-Can you please repost some photos of it?
Thanks for being amazing and respecting these comments and requests.
Eddy
E. Merckx on
I remember a couple year ago when Contender had their custom paint booth and someone had an Open painted with a La Vie Claire retro paint job. What a masterpiece.
You should feature that again with the year in review. Put some pictures of it up to remind people of what an amazing shop Contender is.
I wonder who the lucky SOB who has that open is. What a beautiful bike for a beautiful person.
Max Payne on
I think there is one bike that should be on this list as a perennial favorite, and that is the retro Open La Vie Claire custom-painted bike by Contender. What a beautiful bike and paint. Whoever owns and rides that bike is lucky.
Tomas on