-holiday76

RARE 1977 SEKINE (IC) MECHA VX-GTO 5- SPEED BIKE:

I just wanted to make sure so I can snipe it.




look at that cockpit:



Disc brakes!


it's cute



makes a statement:



Oh yeah, "I C" where you're going with this



It's a good thing I'm married, because if not, I'd buy this thing, and I'd have to beat the girls off of me when I rode this thing around town, blasting the Doobie Brothers on the transistor radio.

Anyway, don't bid on it. It's mine.

KonAaron Snake 

I am so bidding on it...and I'm going to donate it to a College so they can hit it with hammers during stress week. I'll send you photos afterwards

Edit - $1300?!?!?!?!?

All your's!

-holiday76

that's just mean Aaron. This bicycle is a work of art.

rhm

Okay, but remember this. You're gonna owe me one.

ColonelJLloyd 

Isn't this "the world's finest bicycle"? I keep seeing a thread to that effect pop up around here, but I'm just not curious enough to open it.

-holiday76

This bike isnt an IGH so you wouldnt have been interested anyway.

That's funny since I've seen the same thread myself many times, yet never opened it. Same with the "history of ross" or whatever that other stupid one is.

DavidW56

Actually, it is the "World Finest Bicycle". No apostrophe - s. I've got a made-in-Japan model.

(edit -- this, despite my signature, which I lifted from one of the catalogs.)

KonAaron Snake 

Ross's history contains our favorite guys from Spectrum, and Redcay, so I am interested in that, at least for the 4 years where they made bikes suitable for riding.

ColonelJLloyd 

Have some pride in your state, Aaron.

nlerner

^ That looks like the love child of Sylvester Stallone and Billy Joel.

Neal

KonAaron Snake 

Man have you hit the wrong guy - I absoutely hate the whole Rocky thing.

We have real boxers here who won real belts.

I do like the MTB though - a Mt. Hood?

-holiday76

Billy Joel isnt from PA, he just sang about Allentown, that's all.

some of those Ross bikes are pretty cool. I just can't bother myself with reading a 7,000 page thread about them. I'd rather spend my time most constructively, like talking about flexy Berthoud rails, Riven-err-De Rosas, and other useful internet information.

ColonelJLloyd 

I didn't mention that one guy. I just know how much you love "Uptown Girl". Sheesh.

All these years. . . . I feel like Billy Joel lied to me. Damn you, Piano Man.

-holiday76

wait that's not Billy Joel!

HAHAHAHA

EDIT: or is it?

Wtf

why does billy joel having boxing gloves? Is he drunk again?

ColonelJLloyd 

I think Neal was right all along. What do you get when you put ca. 1976 Sylvester Stallone and Billy Joel in a hotel room on the outskirts of Philly with a case of Yuengling? See above.

KonAaron Snake 

I hate admitting this, but the first record I ever owned was a 45 of Piano Man. I won it playing darts when I was about 5.

-holiday76

And Stallone isnt from here either. And it's not cool to be into Stallone if you live in Philly. Just like it's not cool to say "San Fran" if you live in San Francisco. It's SF. But no one is really from SF, so whatever.

khatfull

One of those came up on our CL a while back, for <$100. I foolishly didn't jump on it.

KonAaron Snake 

Everyone I know in Philly loves Stallone.

It's not cool, or sensible, to like Pats or Genos.

-holiday76

let's get back to this beautiful bicycle. I think I'd only ride it wearing an orange safety vest and a helmet with drink holders. Thoughts?

rhm

Yeah, well, I went out and bought the 45 of "Dark Lady" by Cher (and my sister had "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks!).

It's okay, though. I eventually found my way to The Kink Kronikles and saw the light.

ColonelJLloyd 

You, sir, are a damned fool.

-holiday76

you're not hanging out wit the "cool" people then.

Though I will give you that Rocky is almost always playing in South Philly Tap room when I used to go there.

KonAaron Snake 

At least you're into something worthwhile

KonAaron Snake 

Story of my life.