Hahaha, great gifs.
In all honesty, I also think they look weird and not that beautiful on a bike.
But they're part of the 90's crayziness and are after all super iconic. I'd love to test a pair of them (if I can get rid of that tire) and and create a superporn bike.
We're somehow talking about vintage bikes – but not quite: the plan is to mount them on a 2002 Cervélo Soloist