Mountain Biking - Hmmm

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Wow. A very cool look. It's about time we started seeing Steam Punk in bike form, though I'm gonna guess that this isn't the first shot at it.

Do you get a discount for the bullet holes?

I dig the paint scheme. The bike not so much.

Looks like a custom job and not from the factory.

Cannondale did a similar riveted airplane panel theme on one of their bikes.

Cannondale did a similar riveted airplane panel theme on one of their bikes.
So did Specialized (http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/2009/bikes/8192-19_d.jpg), though theirs wasn't nearly as nice looking as this one.

Really cool color scheme. But Ed, what are you going to do with a bike like that? Other than break it on the first ride? ;)

Nah, dont like it. It reminds me of temporary tatoos.

http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/johnmullinax/WindowsLiveWriter/SSDOdysseyPart3ProblemsResolutionsandRes_984F/amazement_2.jpg

Love the paint job, just wish it was on a deserving bike.

Do you get a discount for the bullet holes?

Only if they're real bullet holes. (http://mountainbikemilitia.com/stuff/headshok.html)

Love the paint job, just wish it was on a deserving bike.

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Sorry, sorry, you're right, it's not my place to decide what bike deserves a paint job like that. Especially considering it looks to be a higher-end bike than mine, sans the drivetrain. So let me rephrase that:

Love the paint job, but it seems like it belongs on a bike valued at more than the cost of the paint job.

And just to make sure I have my facts straight, that is a Dakar XC frame, correct?

False, wanker. Stop blaspheming the XLT. ;)

Damn! Should've known from the gussets at the head tube. Oh well, I tried.

I dig the rust-colored accent bits...

lipstick on a pig

http://files.myopera.com/edwardpiercy/blog/Lipstick-Pig-9.jpg

Sexy ;)

lipstick on a pig

Face paint on a hooker.

lipstick on a pig

You wrote in the wrong tab. This isn't nameyourfantasy.com.

Only if they're real bullet holes. (http://mountainbikemilitia.com/stuff/headshok.html)

That website is freakin hilarious.

That's a great looking fighter in the first pic, P-51?

^True American Muscle ;)

That's a great looking fighter in the first pic, P-51?

Looks like a Japanese carrier bomber. The canopy would make it a Aichi D3A or something similar, except the wheels aren't right.

http://janterpol.com/Website/D3A1VAL.JPG

This is a P-51:

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/wonder_of_flight/images/p51mustang_500.jpg

Looks like a Brewster to me, but I don't know a whole lot about airplanes. Or maybe a Grumman?

Brewster is a single seat fighter. Grumman made a lot of planes - which one?

Looks like a Japanese carrier bomber. The canopy would make it a Aichi D3A or something similar, except the wheels aren't right.

http://janterpol.com/Website/D3A1VAL.JPG


I believe it's an AT-6:

http://www.eccentricanomaly.org/Corvco/AT-6.jpg

Photo was taken in 1945. The pilot is my Mom.

Yeah I concur, North Amearican AT 6 Trainer

Face paint on a hooker.

boob job on a fat chick

I believe it's an AT-6


Looks right, I stand corrected.

Yup, AT-6 Texan

Brewster is a single seat fighter. Grumman made a lot of planes - which one?

Whoops, shows my true knowledge of aircraft :o

I believe it's the Avenger? I realize that knowledgeable people have chimed in & figured it out already, but that's the one I was referring to.

boob job on a fat chick

Can't polish a turd.

I believe it's an AT-6:

http://www.eccentricanomaly.org/Corvco/AT-6.jpg

Photo was taken in 1945. The pilot is my Mom.

A woman flying a plane in 1945? Seriously? Badass!:thumb:

Can't polish a turd.

Is that so?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI

A woman flying a plane in 1945? Seriously? Badass!

Badass indeed (http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123194315). Waaaay off topic....

This (http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=21087) is the only military 'fame' I'm aware of in my family. Not the only page I could find about him, but definitely the most accurate.

And I don't think it's too far off topic...we started with discussing the bike in the picture, now we're discussing the plane:D

Nice...

Yeah, Cannondale started that look, back in 2005. The F600 Furio hardtail sported WWII era bomber stripes and simulated rivets. That was one great riding HT:

http://velospec.com/i/db/cannondale/b/f600-2005/f600-2005-full.jpg