These are sorta creepy. Anybody own one?
11-19-11, 10:17 AM
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These are sorta creepy. Anybody own one?
Looks like it might an interesting piece of wall art for the shop, but then again, it's sort of creepy.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HANDSADDLE-H...8#ht_984wt_966
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HANDSADDLE-H...8#ht_984wt_966
11-19-11, 10:26 AM
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Check out his other stuff. He is offering possibly the ugliest frame I've ever seen:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
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Only a hipster could love a saddle that ugly - and yes, creepy!
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11-19-11, 10:42 AM
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Very interesting. Not sure I'd want either saddle or frame, but as artwork they are interesting. The frame represents some serious labor. Shame the frame underneath looks pretty wimp. (The dropouts give me cause to think this.)
This is the sorta thing to decorate the funky coffee shop.
This is the sorta thing to decorate the funky coffee shop.
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11-19-11, 10:46 AM
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Check out his other stuff. He is offering possibly the ugliest frame I've ever seen:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
Looks like some of the bicycles and "other" pics I see on Milano Fixed.
https://www.milanofixed.com/
11-19-11, 10:56 AM
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Probably one to avoid on your cyclocross bike...remounting could get ugly after hopping those barriers.
11-19-11, 10:59 AM
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Check out his other stuff. He is offering possibly the ugliest frame I've ever seen:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
11-19-11, 12:06 PM
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Check out his other stuff. He is offering possibly the ugliest frame I've ever seen:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMIC-BOOK-A...item336e6410bd
Ask your daughter about this one.
11-19-11, 12:13 PM
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I hafta say, as a guy that loves solid colors or basic panels... That frame is way cool. Too bad its not a little bit nicer base or my size, but i can appreciate the work that went into it and even the final product looks way nicer than expected if i were to just hear about it.
11-19-11, 12:24 PM
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They're not kinda creepy. They're absolutely perverse.
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11-19-11, 12:55 PM
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Ugh. He can keep 'em.
11-19-11, 01:20 PM
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that's an impressive use of decopauge - his finish work is impeccable. like repechage said...it's too bad he ran out of good source material, as some of the panels cut look rather haphazard.
i think i was the only one who thought "hey, that saddle could hold a LOT of things on the fingers," haha. i mean...you could stick a light on a ring on one finger...an umbrella on another...etc.
i think i was the only one who thought "hey, that saddle could hold a LOT of things on the fingers," haha. i mean...you could stick a light on a ring on one finger...an umbrella on another...etc.
11-19-11, 02:30 PM
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I wouldn't put one on my bike.. I wouldn't buy one, if a friend gave me that saddle I would politely tell them to take it back or I would ebay it.
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If one of those had been in the Box-o-crap, I would have taken it out and put it in the garbage. I would not want anyone to think I had ever had such a thing in my possession. I value my reputation.
11-19-11, 04:18 PM
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Just imagine all the possibilities with that saddle... Or like if he built a complete fixed gear with no brakes and a Viscount death fork and instead of comics he just used obituary clippings instead.
11-19-11, 04:19 PM
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That frame is pretty awesome, IMO. Could've been TOTALLY awesome if there was no yellow paint exposed.
Saddle? Nunh-unh.
Saddle? Nunh-unh.
